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Württemberg (hill)

The medieval Württemberg Castle on the hill, in a 1700s print

The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the German city of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg. Its peak lies above vineyards at 411 m above sea level, on the eastern edge of the Stuttgart cauldron valley, in the Rotenberg quarter of Stuttgart's district of Untertürkheim, overlooking the Neckar valley with the Daimler-Benz industrial plant and the Mercedes-Museum.

The name of the hill is probably derived from Wirdeberg, a hill in Luxembourg, the possible origin of the Württemberg family. Other theories claim it came from Celto-Romanic sources (Wirodunum). It is homonymous to the name of the area and historic territory of Württemberg, which is now a part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

In 1083, Burg Wirtemberg was erected on the hill, family seat of the rulers of Württemberg. In 1824, Württemberg Mausoleum was built on the site of the former castle by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg for his second wife, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, who had died in 1819 at the early age of 30.[1] The architect was Giovanni Salucci. The hill was renamed Württemberg from Rotenberg in 1907 by Wilhelm II, the last King of Württemberg.

References

  1. ^ "The Sepulchral Chapel on Württemberg Hill: Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg". www.grabkapelle-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved 2025-03-21.

48°46′56″N 9°16′07″E / 48.7821°N 9.26867°E / 48.7821; 9.26867