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The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House of Ascania, and is now part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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The Duchy of Anhalt (German: Herzogtum Anhalt) was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east.
The Duchy of Anhalt was a historical German duchy. The duchy was located between the Harz Mountains in the west and the River Elbe and beyond to the Fläming Heath in the east. The territory was once ruled by the House of Ascania, and is now part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
By mid-October 1808, a total of 35 states had joined the Confederation of the Rhine (several sources say 39 states, but the principalities of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg had merged to form the Duchy of Nassau; four branches of the Reuss family had formed the principalities of Reuss-Greiz and Reuss-Schleiz; the principalities of Salm-Salm ...
ANHALT: An ancient principality of Germany, now a state of the German empire; formerly divided into four duchies: Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Köthen, and Anhalt-Zerbst. Its former capital was Zerbst, a town on a tributary of the Elbe, situated about ten miles northwest of Dessau.
Anhalt is a historical county (after 1806 duchy) in Germany, locate between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe in Middle Germany. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. During the 9th century, the area was part of the Duchy of Saxony.
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Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into the re-united Duchy of Anhalt in 1863.
