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3 days ago · In the Diet, the group of middle-sized states, known as Mittelstaaten (Bavaria, Württemberg, the grand duchies of Baden and Hesse, and the duchies of Saxony–Weimar, Saxony–Meiningen, Saxony–Coburg, and Nassau), supported complete demobilization within the Confederation. These individual governments rejected the potent combination of ...
- Lesser Germany
The term "Lesser Germany" (German: Kleindeutschland,...
- Proclamation of The German Empire
The proclamation of the German Empire, also known as the...
- Lesser Germany
2 days ago · Two decades later, in 1802, Mannheim was removed from the Palatinate and given to the Grand Duchy of Baden. In 1819, Norwich Duff wrote of Mannheim: Mannheim is in the Duchy of Baden and situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar over both of which there is a bridge of boats.
3 days ago · Constance, belonging to the Grand Duchy of Baden, adhered to Karlsruhe time, Friedrichshafen used the time of the Duchy of Württemberg, in Lindau, the Bavarian Munich time was observed, and Bregenz used Prague time, while the Swiss shore used Berne time. One would have needed to travel only 46 kilometres (29 mi) to visit five time zones.
5 days ago · As one of the most powerful rulers in Germany, Maximilian strongly supported the sovereignty of the individual duchies, principalities, kingdoms, and city-states within a larger German Confederation. As one of the more liberal rulers during the first half of the 19th century, Maximilian granted Bavaria a constitution in 1816.
5 days ago · The Friedenskirche (Church of Peace) where the wedding of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Sophie von Isenburg took place on Saturday August 27th 2011, is located in the south eastern part of the park of Sanssouci and was built for king Frederick William IV. of Prussia (1795-1861) from 1845 to 1848 by the architects Ludwig Persius ...
5 days ago · The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 Hinterland, Territory, Region. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780199274604; 400pp.; Price: £35.00. Hitherto, the historiography of ‘city-states’ has in general not been comparative, preferring to focus on one city, or one region, rather than taking a European perspective.
4 days ago · Guillermo Kahlo (1871-1941) was born in Pforzheim when it was still under the former state of Grand Duchy of Baden, part of the German Empire. Frida Kahlo always insisted she had Hungarian-Jewish heritage, however, her family has been traced by historians, who all agree that this was fanciful, and her family were actually German.
