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Württemberg or Württemberger may refer to:
- Mount Württemberg (about 400m high) at City of Stuttgart - with Mausoleum of the Württembergians Kings
- The County of Württemberg (1083–1495), a county of the Holy Roman Empire
- The Duchy of Württemberg (1495–1803), a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire
- The Electorate of Württemberg (1803–1806), an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire
- The Kingdom of Württemberg (1806–1918), a kingdom of the Confederation of the Rhine and the German Confederation, that later became part of the German Empire
- The Free People's State of Württemberg (1918–1945), part of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany
- Württemberg-Baden
- Baden-Württemberg
- The Württemberger, a breed of horse
- The Württemberger or Merinolandschaf, a breed of sheep
- The Württemberg (wine region)
- List of rulers of Württemberg, the former ruling House of Württemberg (kingdom abolished 1918)
Württemberg is a region (Anbaugebiet) for quality wine in Germany, and is located in the historical region of Württemberg in southwestern Germany, which today forms part of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Under German wine legislation, Württemberg and Baden are separate wine regions.
With under vine in 2008, Württemberg is Germany's fourth largest wine region. Winemaking cooperatives are very common in Württemberg, number around 70, and are responsible for almost 75% of the region's production. Unlike most other German regions, Württemberg has a long history of producing red wines, although from somewhat different varieties than other German wine regions.
The Württemberg (official name until 1907: Rotenberg) is a hill on the territory of the German city of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg. Its peak lies above vineyards at 411 m above sea level, on the eastern edge of the Stuttgart cauldron valley, in the Rotenberg quarter of Stuttgart's district of Untertürkheim, overlooking the Neckar valley with the Daimler-Benz industrial plant and the Mercedes-Museum.
It is homonymous to the name of the area and historic territory of Württemberg, which is now a part of the state of Baden-Württemberg.
Württemberg is a historical German territory. Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, it now forms the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg.