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Baden-wrttemberg With an area of 35,742 km and 10.7 million inhabitants, Baden-Wrttemberg lies in south-western Germany to the east of the upper Rhine, and is third largest in both area and population among the country's sixteen Bundeslnder (federal states). The capital is Stuttgart. Geography The state borders on Switzerland to the south, France in the west, and the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Bavaria. Its principal cities include Stuttgart, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Ulm, Tbingen, Pforzheim and Reutlingen. The Rhine forms the western border as well as large portions of the southern border. East of the Rhine there is the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), the main mountain range of the state. In the south Baden-Wrttemberg shares in the foothills of the Alps and in Lake Constance (Bodensee). The source of the Danube is located in the state. See also List of places in Baden-Wrttemberg Administration Baden-Wrttemberg is divided into 35 counties, grouped into the four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Tbingen.
Map Furthermore there are nine independent towns, which don't belong to any district: - Baden-Baden
- Freiburg
- Heidelberg
- Heilbronn
- Karlsruhe
- Mannheim
- Pforzheim
- Stuttgart
- Ulm
History The state combines the historical states of Baden, Hohenzollern and Wrttemberg. After World War II the Allied forces established three states: Wrttemberg-Baden (US), Wrttemberg-Hohenzollern (French) and Baden (French) - in 1952 these territories were merged in order to form the state of Baden-Wrttemberg. List of Minister-presidents of Baden-Wrttemberg - 1952 - 1953: Reinhold Maier (FDP/DVP)
- 1953 - 1958: Gebhard Mller (CDU)
- 1958 - 1966: Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU)
- 1966 - 1978: Hans Karl Filbinger (CDU)
- 1978 - 1991: Lothar Spth (CDU)
- since 1991: Erwin Teufel (CDU)
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