WÜRTEMBERG

WÜRTEMBERG was a kingdom of South Germany (1806-1918), about one-fourth the size of Scotland, between Baden on the W. and Bavaria on the E.; the Black Forest extended along the W. of it, and it was traversed nearly E. and W. by the Swabian Alp, which slopes down on the N. side into the valley of the Neckar, and on the S. into that of the Danube.

In its fertile soil it produced corn, vines, and fruits, agriculture being the chief industry of the population. Stuttgart was its one of the important town and Ulm was the capital. The towns were the centres of varied manufactures; education was of a high standard; and associated with the country is a number of famous names-enough to mention the names of Kepler, Schiller, Hegel, Schelling, and Strauss. The government was constitutional, under a hereditary sovereign.