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Saxe-Merseburg. The Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, with Merseburg as its capital. It existed from 1656 or 1657 to 1738 and was owned by an Albertine secundogeniture of the Saxon House of Wettin .
The residence of the dukes of Saxe-Merseburg from 1656 to 1738, it passed to Prussia in 1815. It was heavily bombed in World War II. Merseburg’s most notable buildings are the imposing castle (1480–89) and the cathedral, begun in 1015 and dating mainly from the 13th and 16th centuries. Today there is a technical university (now part of ...
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The University of Merseburg is located within the town. Merseburg has around 35,000 inhabitants. ... Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg 1657-1738 Poland-Saxony 1738-1763
In 1656, what was now the electorate of Saxe-Meissen sub-divided itself to create Saxe-Merseburg, Saxe-Weissenfels, and Saxe-Zeitz. The agreement was confirmed by Elector John George II and his brothers in 1657, with the aim being to avoid fratricidal disputes over the succession. None of the new sub-states would last for too long, with the ...
Until 1731 Heinrich (born: 2 September 1661 in Merseburg; died: 28 July 1738 in Doberlug), Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg until 1731, inherited Saxe-Merseburg in 1731; References. Martina Schattkowsky/Manfred Wilde (Hg.): Sachsen und seine Sekundogenituren. Die Nebenlinien Weißenfels, Merseburg und Zeitz (1657–1746).
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 – 13 March 1679) was member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenberg. Born in Merseburg , she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife, Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
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The first evidence of an organ in Merseburg Cathedral is from the end of the 13th century, when the canon Conrad Hevestrit, who is documented from about 1280 to 1299, bequeathed 12 marks “ad organa” (for the organ) in his legacy – an enormous sum at that time, which could well have served for the construction of a new organ after the cathedral renovation in the 13th century.
