History of Baden, Germany - History of Baden, Germany History of Baden During the middle ages, various counts ruled the country that now forms Baden. The counts and duchy of Zähringen figure prominently among these. In 1112 Hermann, son of Hermann, Margrave of Verona (d. 1074) and grandson of Berthold, duke of Carinthia and count of Zähringen, having inherited some of the German estates of his family, called himself Margrave of Baden, and from this time the separate history of Baden dates. Hermann appears to have called himself margrave rather than count, because of the family connection to the margrave of Verona. His son and grandson, both called Hermann, added to their territories, which were then divided, and the lines of Baden-Baden and Baden-Hochberg were founded, the latter of which divided.
History of Württemberg - History of Württemberg History of Württemberg Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins 2 The Duchy of Württemberg (1495 - 1805) 3 The Kingdom of Württemberg (1806 - 1918) 4 Post-Royal Württemberg 5 External Link Origins The origin of the name Württemberg remains obscure: scholars having universally rejected the once popular derivation from "Wirth am Berg". Some authorities derive it from a proper name: Wiruto or Wirtino; others from a Celtic place-name, Virolunum or Verdunum. At all events, from serving as the name of a castle near the village of Rothenberg, not far from Stuttgart, it extended over the surrounding country, and as the lords of this district increased their possessions so the name covered an ever-widening area, until it reached its present denotation. Early forms of.
History of Bavaria - History of Bavaria The earliest known inhabitants of the district afterwards called Bavaria comprised a people, probably of Celtic extraction, whom the Romans subdued just before the opening of the Christian era, when founding colonies among them and including their land in the province of Raetia. During the 5th century the troops of Odoacer ravaged Bavaria. Almost denuded of inhabitants, it became occupied by tribes who, pushing along the valley of the Danube, settled there between 488 and 520. Many conjectures relate to the race and origin of these people, who certainly formed a new and composite social aggregate. Most likely they descended from the Marcomanni, Quadi and Narisci, tribes of the Suevic or Swabian origin, with possibly a small intermixture of Gothic or Celtic elements..
History of Cape Colony from the Second Anglo-Boer War - History of Cape Colony from the Second Anglo-Boer War This page deals with the history of Cape Colony during the period of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902) and in the early 20th century until Cape Colony became Cape Province in the Union of South Africa in 1910. Refer to History of Cape Colony for accounts of earlier phases. The Second Anglo-Boer War had no sooner commenced with the ultimatum of the Transvaal Republic on 9 October 1899, than Mr Schreiner found himself called upon to deal with the conduct of Cape rebels. The rebels joined the invading forces of President Steyn, whose false assurances Mr Schreiner had offered to an indignant House of Assembly only a few weeks before. The war on the part.
Baden-Württemberg - Baden-Württemberg Flag Statistics Capital: Stuttgart Area: 35,751 km² Inhabitants: 10.500.000 (2000) pop. density: 294 people/km² Homepage: baden-wuerttemberg.de ISO 3166-2: DE-BW Politics Minister-President: Erwin Teufel (CDU) Ruling party: CDU/FDP coalition Map With an area of 35,750 km² and 10.5 million inhabitants, Baden-Württemberg lies in south-western Germany to the east of the upper Rhine, and is third largest in both area and population among the country's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). The capital is Stuttgart. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 2 Administration 3 History 4 List of Minister-Presidents of Baden-Württemberg 5.
Baden-Baden - Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos river, in the region of Karlsruhe. Population: 53,000 (1999). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Sights 3.
State of Baden - State of Baden Baden was a territory in the southwest of what later became unified Germany. It was created in 1771 as a margravate and became the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806, functioning as a sovereign state. It became part of the German Empire in 1871, remaining a Grand Duchy until 1918 when became part of the Weimar Republic. Baden was bounded to the north by the kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt - to the west and practically throughout its whole length by the river Rhine, which separated it from the Bavarian Palatinate and the Alsace; to the south by Switzerland, and to the east by the kingdom of Württemberg and partly by Bavaria. After WW II, in 1945/46 the French military.
List of Germany-related topics - List of Germany-related topics This is a list of Germany-related articles: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Adolf Hitler, Alb-Donau B Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Basic Law, Bavaria, Berlin, Berlin Airlift, Berlin wall, Biberach (district), Bodenseekreis, Böblingen (district), Bonn, Brandenburg, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Bremen, Bundesrat, Bundestag, Bundeswehr C Calw, Chancellor of Germany, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Cologne, Constance, Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk D Danube, Das Lied der Deutschen, Demographics of Germany, Deputy Chancellor of Germany, Deutschmark, Dresden, Düsseldorf E East Germany, Economy of Germany, Elbe, Emmendingen (district), Enabling Act, Enzkreis, Erich Honecker, Esslingen, Ethnic German F Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Frankfurt am.
Karlsruhe (district) - Karlsruhe (district) Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Adm. Region: Karlsruhe Region: Mittlerer Oberrhein Capital: Karlsruhe Area: 1,084.88 km² Inhabitants: 424,276 (2002) pop. density: 394 inh./km² Car identification: KA Homepage: http://www.landkreis-karlsruhe.de Map Karlsruhe is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rhein-Neckar, Heilbronn, Enzkreis, Calw, Rastatt, Germersheim, Ludwigshafen and the district-free city Speyer. The district-free city Karlsruhe is located in the middle of the district, and cuts it into a northern and a southern part. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
John Sutter - most California school children know his name, he was a commercial failure who resented the fact that his son (John Sutter Jr) had succeded where he had failed. Life History Sutter was born as Johann Augustus Suter (the second t was added later) on February 15, 1803 in Kandern, Baden, Germany. His father came from a nearby town in Switzerland. Sutter incurred debts in his business dealings and had to leave Europe. He undertook extensive travels and was helped by friends to come to New York. With 35 other Germans he went to Santa Fe. He traveled to Honolulu and Oregon. From the Russian colony at Sitka, Alaska he traveled by sail to San Francisco, at that time a tiny poor mission station. At the time when Sutter came to California,.
Johann Eck - first work, Ludicra logices exercitamenta and also proved himself a brilliant and subtle orator, although obsessed by an untamable controversial spirit and unrestrained powers of invective. At odds with his colleagues, he was glad to accept a call to a theological chair at Ingolstadt in Nov., 1510, receiving at the same time the honors and income of a canon at Eichstadt. In 1512 he be came prochancellor at the university and from that time until his death he was in complete control of the destinies of Ingolstadt, on which he impressed the character of ultracatholicism which made it a bulwark of the ancient faith in Germany. His wide knowledge found expression in numerous writings. In the theological field he produced his Chrysopassus (Augsburg, 1514), in which he de veloped a Semi-Pelagian.
Villingen-Schwenningen - of the Schwarzwald-Baar district located in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has about 82,000 inhabitants (as of 2003). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Places of Interest 4 External Link History As part of the Baden-Württemberg territorial reform of 1972, the cities Villingen and Schwenningen were merged to form Villingen-Schwenningen. In the Middle Ages Villingen was a town under Austrian lordship. During the Protestant Reformation it remained Catholic. Schwenningen remained a village until the 19th century. Geography Villingen-Schwenningen lies on the eastern edge of the Black Forest about 700 meters above sea level. The source of the River Neckar is in Schwenningen (Schwenninger Moos). Places of Interest Town Wall Municipal Art Gallery Franziskaner Museum Schwenningen Clock Museum Minster of Our Lady Theater am Ring External Link Stadt.
Heidelberg - Heidelberg Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2002, there are 140,000 people living on the city's 109 km2. View from the so called "alley of philosophers" (Philosophenweg) towards the Old Town, with Heidelberg Castle, Heiliggeist Church and the Old Bridge. Heidelberg lies on the river Neckar at the point where the Neckar leaves its narrow, steep valley in the Odenwald hills to flow into the Rhine valley where, 20 kilometers northwest of Heidelberg it joins the Rhine at Mannheim. The old city is long and narrow and is dominated by Heidelberg Castle which perches 200 metres above the Neckar on the steep wooded hill of the Königstuhl, surrounded by a park where the famous poet J.W. Goethe once walked. The city is a vibrant mixture of.
Heilbronn (district) - Heilbronn (district) Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Adm. Region: Stuttgart Region: Heilbronn-Franken Capital: Heilbronn Area: 1,099.59 km² Inhabitants: 325,173 (2002) pop. density: 296 inh./km² Car identification: HN Homepage: http://www.landkreis-heilbronn.de Map Heilbronn is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Hohenlohe, Schwäbisch Hall, Rems-Murr, Ludwigsburg, Enzkreis, Karlsruhe and Rhein-Neckar. The district-free city Heilbronn is completely sorrounded by the district. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
Heidenheim (district) - Heidenheim (district) Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Adm. Region: Stuttgart Region: Ostwürttemberg Capital: Heidenheim Area: 627.19 km² Inhabitants: 136,993 (2002) pop. density: 218 inh./km² Car identification: HDH Homepage: http://www.landkreis-heidenheim.de Map Heidenheim is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ostalbkreis, Dillingen, Günzburg, Alb-Donau and Göppingen. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
Hohenlohekreis - Hohenlohekreis Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Adm. Region: Stuttgart Region: Stuttgart Capital: Künzelsau Area: 776.68 km² Inhabitants: 109,389 (2002) pop. density: 141 inh./km² Car identification: KÜN Homepage: http://www.hohenlohekreis.de Map The Hohenlohekreis is a district (Kreis) in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Neckar-Odenwald, Main-Tauber, Schwäbisch Hall and Heilbronn. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
Huldrych Zwingli - were not only religious but also political leaders, though neither held a political office. Zwingli died in battle (as field chaplain) in a war between the Reformed and the Catholic states of Switzerland. His successor in the lead of Swiss Reformation was Heinrich Bullinger. A party of believers known as the Anabaptists arose in 1523 among followers of Zwingli, rejecting Infant Baptism or pedobaptism, supporting the idea of Believer's Baptism and supporting the concept of Separation of Church and State. Zwingli did not share their views. Text to integrate from Schaff-Herzog Encyc of Religion: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 1. Early Life and Education 2 2. Initial Doubts 3 3. Leut-priestship at Zürich and Marriage 4 Increasing Alienation from the Roman Church 5 5. The Final Rupture 6 6. Peasant and.
Ulm - Ulm Ulm is a city in Germany, part of the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg. Population is slightly above 115,000. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Geography 3 Industry 4 Sights 5 People from Ulm 5.1 Historical 5.2 Recent 6 External Links History Ulm was first mentioned in 854, and was declared city by Friedrich Barbarossa in 1164. Ulm blossomed during the 1500s and 1600s, mostly due to the export of Barchent. It was also the high of art in Ulm, especially for painters and sculptors. In 1803, it ceased to be a "free city" and became part of Bavaria, and 1810 part of the Kingdom of Württemberg. Since 1938 it became again a free city, that mean's, it does not belong to a county. Geography The Danube River flows.
Göppingen - Göppingen Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and capital of the district Göppingen. It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Statistics 3 External Links History The city was supposedly founded by an Alamannian leader called Geppo sometime in the 3rd or 4th century. A disastrous fire on August 25 1782 destroyed most of the town, but it was immediately rebuilt. The city developed into an industrial town during the 19th century. Statistics Population (July 2001): 56166 External Links Official website: http://www.goeppingen.de.
Göppingen (district) - Göppingen (district) Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Adm. Region: Stuttgart Region: Stuttgart Capital: Göppingen Area: 642 km² Inhabitants: 258,464 (2001) pop. density: 403 inh./km² Car identification: GP Homepage: http://www.landkreis-goeppingen.de Map Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rems-Murr, Ostalbkreis, Heidenheim, Alb-Donau, Reutlingen and Esslingen. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Partnerships 3 Geography 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6.
