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Anhalt-Köthen was created a second time in 1603, when Anhalt was again divided. In 1806, Anhalt-Köthen was raised to a duchy. With the death of Duke Henry on 23 November 1847, the Anhalt-Köthen line became extinct and its territories were united to Anhalt-Dessau by patent of 22 May 1853. [1]
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The three counties raised to duchies by Napoleon in 1806 were Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. 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.
- 3,800 km² (1,500 sq mi)
- Dessau (when united)
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Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (died Zerbst, 28 August 1473), was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen . He was the eldest son of Albert IV, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, by his first wife Elisabeth, daughter of Gebhard III, Count of Mansfeld .
The town motto is Anhalten und erleben – a play on the name of Anhalt, and which literally means “Stop and experience”. read more. Köthen-Information Schlossplatz 5 06366 Köthen (Anhalt) Phone +49 3496 70099260 bachstadt-koethen.de. Tourist-Information Zerbst/Anhalt Markt 11 39261 Zerbst/Anhalt. Phone +49 3923 760178 stadt-zerbst.de.
Anhalt-Köthen was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania. It was created in 1396 when the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. The first creation lasted until 1562, when it fell to Prince Joachim Ernest of Anhalt-Zerbst, who merged it into the reunited Principality of Anhalt.
Köthen, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany, north of Halle. First mentioned in 1115 and known as a market town in 1194, it was a medieval seat of the counts of the Ascanian Dynasties of Ballenstedt; from 1603 until 1847 it was the capital of the princes and dukes of Anhalt-Köthen. Notable buildings are the residence palace ...
06366 Köthen (Anhalt) Tel. 03496 70099260. koethen-information@schlosskoethen.de. www.schlosskoethen.de. Ⓒ Christian Ratzel. Bach Memorial. The original medieval moated castle burned down in 1547 (the guilty party was a negligent court baker). Following the division of the Duchy of Anhalt in 1606, the local sovereign Ludwig commissioned the ...
