Demographics of Württemberg
Population statistics for the former Kingdom of Württemberg's four departments (Kreise) for 1900 and 1905 appear below.[1]
| District (Kreis). | Area in mile² |
Area in km² |
Population 1900. |
Population 1905. |
Density (Pop./mile²) 1905. |
Density (Pop./km²) 1905. |
| Neckar Black Forest (Schwarzwald) Jagst Danube (Donau) |
1286 1844 1985 2419 |
3,330 4,780 5,140 6,270 |
745,669 509,258 400,126 514,427 |
811,478 541,662 407,059 541,980 |
631 293 205 224 |
244 113 79 87 |
| Total | 7534 | 19,520 | 2,169,480 | 2,302,179 | 306 | 118 |
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Settlement density concentrates in the Neckar valley from Esslingen northward.
The mean annual population increase from 1900 to 1905 amounted to 1.22%. 8.5% of the births occurred out of wedlock.
Classified according to religion circa 1905, about 69% of the population professed Protestantism, 30% Roman Catholicism, and about 0.5% Judaism. Protestants largely preponderated in the Neckar district, Roman Catholics in that of the Danube.
The people of the north-west represent Alamannic stock, those of the north-east Franconian, and those of the centre and south Swabian.
In 1910, 506,061 persons worked in the agricultural sector, 432,114 in industrial occupations, and 100,109 in trade and commerce.
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The largest towns in the Kingdom of Württemberg included: Stuttgart (with Cannstatt), Ulm, Heilbronn, Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen, Ludwigsburg, Göppingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Tübingen, Tuttlingen and Ravensburg.
[edit] Notes
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Württemberg". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
