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came to participate in territorial governance between the 1470s and the 1490s. In 1482, the land was already secured against new partitions through the declaration of its indivisibility; it acquired a fixed capital in Stuttgart and a university in Tübingen; and in 1495, when Württemberg was
The Duchy of Württemberg (German: Herzogtum Württemberg) was a duchy located in the south-western part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1806. The dukedom's long survival for over three centuries was mainly due to its size, being larger than its immediate neighbors.
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Famous People from Baden-Württemberg. 1487-02-08 Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) 1557-08-19 Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, born in Montbéliard, France (d. 1608) 1572-09-15 Erasmus Widmann, German composer, born in Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg (d. 1634) 1586-08-17 Johann Valentin Andreae, German theologian and writer ...
The County of Württemberg was a historical territory with origins in the realm of the House of Württemberg, the heart of the old Duchy of Swabia. Its capital was Stuttgart. From the 12th century until 1495, it was a county within the Holy Roman Empire. [1] It later became a duchy and, after the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom .
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Jun 14, 2018 · Württemberg survived the renewed cull of the smaller German states arranged as part of that settlement and remained only one of five German kingdoms alongside Bavaria, Hanover, Saxony and Prussia. Given the turbulence of the preceding three decades, this outcome represented a real political success in many respects.
Feb 10, 2020 · Droughts and heatwaves are both dangerous natural hazards with a potential significant impact on human societies. In order to understand these hazards, it is important to examine such extreme events in the past. During the years 1471 to 1474, warm and dry weather conditions are described in most parts of Europe. Until now, these extraordinary years have not been examined in depth. Moreover, in ...
The Battle of Freiburg, fought over three days on 3, 5, and 9 August 1644, took place during the Thirty Years' War, near Freiburg im Breisgau, now in Baden-Württemberg. A French army of 16,000, led jointly by Condé and Turenne, sought to relieve the town, which had recently surrendered to a Bavarian force under Franz von Mercy.
