# Rotenberg (Stuttgart)

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**Rotenberg** is a village which is a part of the [Untertürkheim](/source/Untert%C3%BCrkheim) district of the City of [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), [Germany](/source/Germany). The area overlooks Untertürkheim and the [Neckar valley](/source/Neckar) and lies on the north and east slopes of the hill known as [Württemberg](/source/W%C3%BCrttemberg) (previously Wirtemberg). On this hill the first castle of the Counts of Württemberg was built in 1083 by Conrad of [Beutelsbach](/source/Beutelsbach) who subsequently became [Konrad I, Count of Württemberg](/source/Konrad_I,_Count_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) and is considered the founder of the Württemberg dynasty.

The hill also gave its name to the State of Württemberg. The castle was rebuilt in 1316 by [Count Eberhard I](/source/Eberhard_I,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg). However, in about 1330 Eberhard built the ["Old Castle"](/source/Old_Castle_(Stuttgart)) in what is now the centre of Stuttgart. The castle on Württemberg fell into disuse as a royal residence.

In 1534 the castle was rebuilt a third time by [Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg](/source/Ulrich,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) who had been restored to the throne after entering exile in 1519.

By 1819 the castle was in ruins. King [William I of Württemberg](/source/William_I_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) (whose father, [Frederick III, Duke of Württemberg](/source/Frederick_I_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg) became king in 1806) built [Württemberg Mausoleum](/source/W%C3%BCrttemberg_Mausoleum) on the hill for his second wife [Queen Catherine](/source/Catherine_Pavlovna_of_Russia) (1788–1819) (daughter of Tsar [Paul I of Russia](/source/Paul_I_of_Russia) and [Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg](/source/Maria_Feodorovna_(Sophie_Dorothea_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg)) ). After his death in 1864, King William was also buried in the mausoleum (German: "Grabkapelle Württemberg"). Today the mausoleum is an important local landmark as it is visible from many areas of east [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart).

Amnong the notable people of Rotenberg are [Christian Gentner](/source/Christian_Gentner) and [Käte Schaller-Härlin](/source/K%C3%A4te_Schaller-H%C3%A4rlin).

## External links

- [Grabkapelle](http://www.wirtemberg.de/ut_32.htm)

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