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Württemberg-Baden

• 1946–1949 Country of Württemberg-Baden
• 1949–1952 federal country of the FRG
• 1952 merged into Baden-Württemberg

Contents

• Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Coat of Arms

• Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name

Flags

1946–1952,
Flag of the country,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Flaggenkunde





1946–1952,
Official flag,
ratio = 3:5,
Source, by: Flaggenkunde

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The flag of Württemberg-Baden was adoped in 1946. It shows the german tricolor from 1848. The colours were emerged by a combination of the colours of Württemberg (black and red) and the colours of Baden (red and gold). The official flag showed in the midddle the coat of arms of the country.

Source: Volker Preuß, Flaggenkunde

Coat of Arms

Coat of arms of Württemberg-Baden,
Source, by: Flaggenkunde

Meaning/Origin of the Coat of Arms

The coat of arms of Württemberg-Baden showed the heraldry of Württemberg (antlers) and Baden (red diagonal bar on gold) in square. In the head of the shield appear furtherly the colours of Württemberg: Red and Black.

Source: Flaggenkunde

Map

Borders to 1945,
Quelle: mhoefert.blogspot.com
und Ssch / CC BY-SA


Borders 1946–1952,
Quelle: mhoefert.blogspot.com und No machine-readable author provided. Flosch assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA

Numbers and Facts

Area: 6.063 square miles

Inhabitants: 3.908.000 (1950)

Density of Population: 644 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Stuttgart

Source: Wikipedia (D)

History

1946 · creation of the country Württemberg-Baden as a part of the US-American occupation zone from the northern parts of the countries Baden and Württemberg

1949 · Württemberg-Baden becomes a federal country of the FRG

1952 · after a plebiscite gets Württemberg-Baden fused with Württemberg-Hohenzollern and the remainding Baden to the country of Baden-Württemberg

Source: Wikipedia (D)

Origin of the Country's Name

The name "Württemberg" goes back to the former – until 1918 ruling – dynasty of the Dukes of Württemberg. Their name has its roots in the Castle Wirtemberg (located in Stuttgart-Rotenberg). With the elevation of the Duchy to an Electorate in 1803, the name of the country was officially changed from "Wirtemberg" to "Württemberg". The name "Baden" points out to the town of Baden (Baden-Baden), namesake of the Marquisate of Baden, which appeared in the middle of the 12th century. The word "Baden" ("bath") refers to the existing hot springs there, which were already known by the Romans as a bathing place, which they called "Aquae Aureliae" (Bath of Aurelius).

Source: Wikipedia (D), Volker Preuß, Handbuch der geographischen Namen