| Württemberg-Hohenzollern Wurtemberg-Hohenzollern | |||||||||||
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| Part ofFrench-administered Germany State ofWest Germany | |||||||||||
| 1945–1952 | |||||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||||
 Württemberg-Hohenzollern (dark blue) within the French-administered zone of post-war Germany (light blue). | |||||||||||
| Capital | Tübingen Tubingue(in French) | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1950 | 10,406 km2 (4,018 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1950 | 1 184 000[1] | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Landtag of Württemberg-Hohenzollern | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Aftermath of World War II | ||||||||||
• Established | 1945 | ||||||||||
• State ofWest Germany | 23 May 1949 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 25 April 1952 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
Württemberg-Hohenzollern was aWest German state created in 1945 as part of the Frenchpost-World War II occupation zone. Its capital wasTübingen. In 1952, it was merged into the newly founded state ofBaden-Württemberg.
Württemberg-Hohenzollern should not be confused with the largerGau ("shire") of the same name that was formed briefly during theThird Reich.
Württemberg-Hohenzollern consisted of the southern half of the former state ofWürttemberg, thePrussian administrative region ofHohenzollern and theBavarian district ofLindau. The northern half of Württemberg became part of the state ofWürttemberg-Baden under US-administration. The division between north and south was set so that theAutobahn connectingKarlsruhe andMunich (today theA8) was completely contained within the American zone.
On 18 May 1947, a new constitution was enacted and Württemberg-Baden's first parliament was elected.[2] With the formation ofWest Germany on 23 May 1949, Württemberg-Baden joined the federal republic.
Astraw poll was held on 24 September 1950 in Württemberg-Hohenzollern,Württemberg-Baden, andBaden regarding a merger of the three states.[3] A publicreferendum was held on 16 December 1951. All three states were merged and the modernGerman state ofBaden-Württemberg was founded on 25 April 1952.[4]
The coat of arms was the same as that which was featured on the coat of arms of theFree People's State of Württemberg of theWeimar Republic.
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