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TheWürttemberg (German pronunciation:[ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk]ⓘ; official name until 1907:Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of theGerman city ofStuttgart, capital ofBaden-Württemberg. Its peak lies abovevineyards at 411 m above sea level, on the eastern edge of theStuttgart cauldron valley, in the Rotenberg quarter of Stuttgart's district ofUntertürkheim, overlooking theNeckar valley with theDaimler-Benz industrial plant and theMercedes-Museum.
The name of the hill is probably derived fromWirdeberg, a hill inLuxembourg, the possible origin of the Württemberg family. Other theories claim it came fromCelto-Romanic sources (Wirodunum). It is homonymous to the name of the area and historic territory ofWürttemberg, which is now a part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
In 1083,Burg Wirtemberg was erected on the hill, family seat of therulers of Württemberg. In 1824,Württemberg Mausoleum was built on the site of the former castle by KingWilhelm 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 wasGiovanni Salucci. The hill was renamed Württemberg from Rotenberg in 1907 byWilhelm II, the last King of Württemberg.
48°46′56″N9°16′07″E / 48.7821°N 9.26867°E /48.7821; 9.26867
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