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| 941 |
A simple water-surrounded castle is
built by Luitolf von Schwaben to protect the stud farm |
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| 1227 |
The owners of the castle, the
margraves of Baden, raised the settlement of Stuttgart to a town |
| 1250 |
Stuttgart and the castle fall to the
Württemberg dynasty |
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| 1311 |
The counts of Württemberg move their
seat from the destroyed ancestral castle on Württemberg Mountain
to the Old Palace (Altes Schloß) |
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| 1533 |
Duke Christoph von Württemberg has
the castle expanded to a palace |
| 1560 |
All work on the Main Hall (Dürnitz)
is completed |
| 1562 |
The Palace Church (Schloßkirche) is
consecrated |
| 1572 |
Duke Ludwig has the Palace Church
enlarged |
| End of 16th cent. |
What is today Schiller Square (Schillerplatz)
is built in front of the Old Palace |
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| 1777 |
The bridges over the filled-in palace
moat are torn down |
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| 1931 |
The Old Palace burns |
| 1944 |
The Old Palace is partially destroyed
by bombing raids |
| 1948 -1970 |
The Old Palace is rebuilt for the Württemberg
State Museum (Württembergisches Landesmuseum) |
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