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Württemberg, Duchy of
The Duchy of Württemberg is a state in southwestern Germany.
It is a member of the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1806.
The dukedom's long survival for nearly four centuries is due mainly to its size, being larger than its immediate neighbors.
During the Protestant Reformation, Württemberg faces great pressure from the Holy Roman Empire to remain a member.
Württemberg resists repeated French invasions in the seveneteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Württemberg is directly in the path of French and Austrian armies who are engaged in the long rivalry between the House of Bourbon and the House of Habsburg.
In 1803, Napoleon raises the duchy to be the Electorate of Württemberg of the Holy Roman Empire, and when he abolishesd the Empire in 1806, the Electorate is elevated as the Kingdom of Württemberg.
Member Cities
- Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg Germany Capital
- Auhausen Bayern Germany Location
- Bad Mingolsheim Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Bad Wimpfen Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Banská Bystrica > Besztercebánya Banskobystricky Slovakia Location
- Bergen op Zoom Noord-Brabant Netherlands Location
- Brandenburg Brandenburg Germany Location
- Cleves > Kleve Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Donauwörth Bayern Germany Location
- Frankfurt am Main Hessen Germany Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Halifax Nova Scotia Canada Location
- Hamm Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Heidelberg Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Heilbronn Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Höchst Hessen Germany Location
- Jülich Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Kassel Hessen Germany Location
- Linz Oberösterreich Austria Location
- Mainz Rheinland-Pfalz Germany Location
- Metz Lorraine France Location
- Mikulov > Nikolsburg Brnensky Kraj Czech Republic Location
- Munich > München Bayern Germany Location
- Münster Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Olomouc Olomoucky Kraj Czech Republic Location
- Paris Ile-de-France France Location
- Pilsen > Plzen Plzensky Kraj Czech Republic Location
- Pozsony > Bratislava Bratislavsky Slovakia Location
- Prague > Praha Hlavni mesto Praha Czech Republic Location
- Ratisbon > Regensburg Bayern Germany Location
- Sankt Pölten Niederösterreich Austria Location
- Stadtlohn Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location
- Strasbourg Alsace France Location
- Tübingen Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Ulm Baden-Württemberg Germany Location
- Vienna > Wien Wien Austria Location
- White Mountain Hlavni mesto Praha Czech Republic Location
- Würzburg Bayern Germany Location
- Xanten Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Location