Treaty of Münsingen

By Münsinger agreement dated December 14, 1482, the two parts into which the County of Württemberg had disintegrated since Nürtinger Treaty of 1442, reunited. The inheritance disputes between the Urach and Stuttgart's part were settled after 40 years. The resident in Urach, Count Eberhard V beard, later Duke Eberhard I, took over the government of the country and moved the residence to Stuttgart, the capital of the other part of the country. The succession was the reigning Count in Stuttgart part of the country Eberhard VI. determined. With the agreement, which was negotiated with the participation of representatives of the Württemberg Estates, the so-called respectability, the indivisibility of the country and the law of primogeniture ( primogeniture ) have been established legally binding in Württemberg. The Münsinger contract prevented the fragmentation Württemberg, thus creating an important prerequisite for the recovery of the duchy of Württemberg in the year 1495th

The original document of the Treaty is now kept in the Central State Archive Stuttgart.