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1 day ago · The House of Habsburg (/ ˈ h æ p s b ɜːr ɡ /; German: Haus Habsburg [haʊs ˈhaːpsbʊʁk] ⓘ), also known as the House of Austria, [note 6] was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
2 days ago · Basel (/ ˈ b ɑː z əl / BAH-zəl; German: ⓘ), also known as Basle, [note 1] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [4] Basel is Switzerland's third-most-populous city (after Zurich and Geneva), with 177,595 inhabitants within the city municipality limits. [5]
Sep 16, 2024 · History of Europe - Habsburg Lands, Crisis, Conflict: While the Cleves-Jülich crisis held the attention of western Europe in 1609, the eyes of observers farther east were on Prague, the capital of Bohemia.
4 days ago · In 1460 Pope Pius II entitled the Swiss to conquer Thurgau, another Habsburg territory in the east, near Lake Constance, which as a result became a joint dependency. With the conquest of Thurgau and especially as a result of the Burgundian War (1474–77), Switzerland became a dynamic European power for half a century.
2 days ago · The 26 cantons of Switzerland [1] are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three confederate allies used to be referred to as the Waldstätte.
4 days ago · Sometimes joining the confederation was the result of discord within a town; for example, Zürich became a member of the alliance in 1351 after a revolution by the guilds against the pro-Habsburg nobility. In the resulting treaty, common arbitration was first established as a means to settle conflicts between the cantons.
Sep 14, 2024 · Der GeoWeg ist ein Themenweg zu Geologie, Ökologie und Geschichte. Er ist 11 km lang und führt an 23 Stationen vorbei. Er führt durch die drei Gemeinden Schinznach Bad (Brugg), Habsburg und Scherz (Lupfig).
