Tag Archives: Bavaria

Cham

Posted on November 3, 2013 by davidseurope

CHAM   Margraviate in the Holy Roman Empire, in Bavaria. The town, which is now the administrative centre of the Bavarian Landkreis of Cham, is northeast of Regensburg and stands just below the confluence of the River Cham with the Regen, … Continue reading →

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Castell

Posted on October 1, 2013 by davidseurope

CASTELL County in the Holy Roman Empire, in Franconia in central Germany (the castle is east of Kitzingen, ESE of Würzburg and SSE of Schweinfurt). The Noble Lords of Castell became Counts in 1205, and divided into two lines in … Continue reading →

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Burgau

Posted on July 16, 2013 by davidseurope

BURGAU Margraviate in southern Germany;  named after a town on the River Mindel, a tributary of the Danube, southeast of Gunzburg, east of Ulm, and WNW of Augsburg. The lordship of Burgau, in eastern Swabia, was held by a branch … Continue reading →

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Bucchorn

Posted on July 15, 2013 by davidseurope

BUCCHORN Imperial Free City in southwestern Germany, now the greater part of  the town of FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, which stands on the northern shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee) and  is the capital of Bodenseekreis in Baden-Württemberg. Bucchorn was the capital of a … Continue reading →

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Bobfingen

Posted on June 16, 2013 by davidseurope

BOPFINGEN Imperial Free City in eastern Swabia, west of Nördlingen.   The town is now in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Wurttemberg. It was founded by the Hohenstaufen and was later frequently pawned, usually to the Counts of Oettingen, by needy Kings.   The … Continue reading →

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Bogen

Posted on June 15, 2013 by davidseurope

BOGEN County in the Holy Roman Empire, named from a town in Bavaria on the left bank of the Danube, between Regensburg and Passau, and a little below Straubing.   The town is now in the Landkreis of Straubing-Bogen in the … Continue reading →

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Berg ~ Rhineland

Posted on June 8, 2013 by davidseurope

BERG ~ Rhineland County, later Duchy, in the Holy Roman Empire, in northwestern Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine and extending northwards from the northern slopes of the Westerwald to the River Ruhr east of Duisberg; A Grand … Continue reading →

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Berchtesgaden

Posted on June 7, 2013 by davidseurope

BERCHTESGADEN Monastery in the southeastern corner of Germany, founded early in the 12th century.   Its territory now forms the Berchtesgadener Land, which is a Landkreis in the Land of Bayern and is that finger of land in southeastern Bavaria, which … Continue reading →

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Bayreuth

Posted on May 28, 2013 by davidseurope

BAYREUTH   BAIREUTH  (older spelling). Principality in eastern Franconia; Nazi Party Gau in eastern Bavaria, …taking their name from the city, which is on the River Roter Main, east of Bamberg and northeast of Nuremberg.  The city is now a Stadtkreis … Continue reading →

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Bayern

Posted on May 27, 2013 by davidseurope

BAYERN   Bavaria. The eastern Land of southern Germany is divided into seven Regierungsbezirke (administrative regions).   Niederbayern (in the southeast) and  Oberbayern (in the south) (i.e. Lower and Upper Bavaria)  represent, broadly speaking, the reunited Duchy in the early 16th century.  … Continue reading →

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Bayerische Ostmark

Posted on May 27, 2013 by davidseurope

BAYERISCHE OSTMARK Nazi Party Gau in Bavaria, bordering on Austria and Czechoslovakia.   It extended from Niederbayern in the south through Oberpfalz to Oberfranken, and when Czechoslovakia ceded its border districts to Germany after the Munich Agreement in October 1938 those … Continue reading →

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Bavaria-Straubing

Posted on May 27, 2013 by davidseurope

BAVARIA-STRAUBING    BAYERN-STRAUBING. Straubing, which is now a Stadtkreis in the Land of Bayern, stands on the right bank of the Danube below Regensburg and above Passau,  and was the capital of one of the divisions of the Duchy of Lower … Continue reading →

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Bavaria-Munich

Posted on May 26, 2013 by davidseurope

BAVARIA-MUNICH   BAYERN-MÜNCHEN. In the division of the Bavarian lands in 1392 the youngest brother, John III, received the southern part of Upper Bavaria, with its capital at Munich; a share of the lands on the Danube around Straubing were added … Continue reading →

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Bavaria-Landshut

Posted on May 26, 2013 by davidseurope

BAVARIA-LANDSHUT   BAYERN-LANDSHUT. Landshut stands on the River Isar, a tributary of the Danube, northeast of Munich and south of Regensburg.   It was the capital of the Lower Bavarian Duchy, which was formed in 1255 and which reunited with Upper Bavaria … Continue reading →

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Bavaria-Ingolstadt

Posted on May 26, 2013 by davidseurope

BAVARIA-INGOLSTADT   BAYERN-INGOLSTADT. Duchy formed in 1392 when the three sons of Stephen II divided the lands in Upper and Lower Bavaria they had jointly ruled since his death in 1375.   The eldest brother, Stephen III, received the northwestern lands (the … Continue reading →

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