Württemberg
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Württemberg is an area in southern Germany. Although a member of the German Empire, it also remained a Königreich (kingdom) through 1918. Official documents submitted from Württemberg during our time period sometimes describe the filer as a subject of the King of Württemberg.
(The kingdom eventually merged with neighboring Baden and Hohenzollern to form the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.)
Württemberg contains Stuttgart, home of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, and Friedrichshafen, home of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin—both companies producing icons of German industrialization.[1]
References
- ↑ Bellon, 1990, Mercedes in peace and war, p. 11. "By 1900, the metal and machine-building industries had emerged as an important pillar of the economy, providing grounds for Wuerttemberg's renown as a producer of quality goods. Relying on a well-educated work force for success rather than on cheap and copious supplies of raw materials, the region developed a core of high-performance industries. By the twentieth century, Graf Zeppelin's airships, Daimler's Mercedes cars, and Voith's turbines enjoyed worldwide fame."
Patents filed by Württembergers
- Patent GB-1898-131 (English title: Navigable Balloons, Inventors: Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1895-98580)
- Patent US-1897-621195 (English title: Navigable balloon, Inventors: Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1895-98580)
- Patent US-1914-1098785 (English title: Armored Aerial Machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1913-293131)
