Württemberg-Hohenzollern

As a result of the Yalta Conference, France was given its own occupation zone in Germany. The border between the American and French sectors was set along the highway Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Ulm (nowadays the A8). Regions south of the road became part of the French Zone.

France joined the Prussian Hohenzollern(-Sigmaringen) with the southern part of Württemberg to form Württemberg-Hohenzollern and created the state of South Baden from the southern part of the former Baden Free State.

On 18 May 1947 Württemberg-Hohenzollern adopted a constitution. In 1949 parliament adopted the constitution for the West German states and Württemberg-Hohenzollern became a Land of the Federal Republic of Germany on 23 May 1949.

Capital: Tübingen

Government: parliamentary democracy, part of the French Occupation Zone

Area: 10.406 km²

Population: 1.183.934(1950)

Currency: Mark (100 pfennig)

UN country code: -

Internet TLD: -

Dialling code: -

Member of: no international organizations

For more stamps see:

Baden

Germany (Allied occupation)

Rhineland-Palatinate

Links

The state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in Wikipedia.

The flag of Württemberg-Hohenzollern (French zone) in Flags of the World.

Stamp catalogue

UPU 75th anniversary

date: 4 October 1949

designer: Meyer and Pixa

printer: Druckerei F. Burda, Offenburg, Baden

perforated: 14:14¼

sheet: 100 (10 x 10)

1 20 post horn, globe, olive branch, text "75 / JAHRE / WELT / POST / VEREIN / 1874 / 1949"

brown-lake

(cat. Michel 51/SG FW51/Yvert 51)

2 30 post horn, globe, olive branch, text "75 / JAHRE / WELT / POST / VEREIN / 1874 / 1949"

blue

(cat. Michel 52/SG FW52/Yvert 52)

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