Nürtingen Treaty

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After the death of Count Eberhard IV of Württemberg († 1419), his wife Henriette von Mömpelgard took over the guardianship of the two underage sons Ludwig and Ulrich together with the Württemberg councilors . Count Ludwig I was declared of age in 1426, at the age of 14, with which he took over the affairs of government on his own until his brother, Count Ulrich V, was admitted to co-government in 1433. After several years of joint government, Ulrich enforced the division of the country in 1441 after his marriage to Margarete von Kleve (1416–1444) , which was recorded on April 23, 1441. Ulrich received the eastern and northern part of the country with the residential city of Stuttgart, Ludwig the western and southern part of the country with the residential city of Urach.

With the Nürtingen Treaty of January 25, 1442 , the division, which was originally limited to four years, was established as an unlimited division with slightly changed territorial boundaries. With this contract, the two counts defied the Württemberg house contract of 1361, which, according to the Golden Bull , had also asserted the principles of indivisibility and inalienability for Württemberg.

The Nürtingen Treaty permanently split Württemberg into two parts. The Stuttgart part under Ulrich V included the cities of Cannstatt , Göppingen , Marbach , Neuffen , Nürtingen , Schorndorf and Waiblingen ; The Urach part under Ludwig I included the cities of Balingen , Calw , Herrenberg , Leonberg , Münsingen , Tuttlingen and Tübingen .

The division of the country not only brought two independent domains, but also two counts' courts in Stuttgart and Urach. Both farms had different starting situations. While Ulrich V was able to dispose of the established court in Stuttgart, Ludwig I first had to build a residence in Urach. Despite the division of the country, the following forty years until reunification in 1482 were characterized by mutual influence, which was inevitable due to the spatial and family proximity of the farms.

The division of Württemberg was repealed with the Münsingen Treaty of December 14, 1482 and the Esslingen Treaty of 1492.

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