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Tag Archives: Harz
Brunswick-Osterode
BRUNSWICK-OSTERODE BRAUNSCHWEIG-OSTERODE. The junior branch of the Grubenhagen line, when that divided in 1322: Osterode is south of the Harz and northeast of Göttingen. The Osterode lands were themselves partitioned in 1361 into Salzderhelden and Osterode. The Salzderhelden line inherited … Continue reading
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Tagged Duchy of Brunswick, Göttingen, Grubenhagen, Harz, Osterode, Principality of Grubenhagen, Salzderhelden
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Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Duchy and Land. BRAUNSCHWEIG. A County in early medieval Germany and a Duchy from 1235; the city of Brunswick is north of the Harz Mountains, ESE of Hanover, and stands on the River Oker, a tributary of the Aller … Continue reading
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Tagged Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Harz, Holy Roman Empire, Welf
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Barby
BARBY A lordship in the Holy Roman Empire, in northeastern Germany; the town of Barby is on the River Elbe, southeast of Magdeburg. The lordship belonged to the Abbey of Quedlinburg, and in the 12th century was held in fief … Continue reading
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Tagged Anhalt-Zerbst, Elbe, Electorate of Saxony, Harz, Holy Roman Empire, Saxe-Weissenfels, Upper Saxon Circle
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Ballenstedt
BALLENSTEDT County in the northeastern Harz in east central Germany in the 11th and 12th centuries; the town is west of Aschersleben and southwest of Magdeburg. The Counts were already important when Count Otto the Rich (d.1123) married one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert the Bear, Aschersleben, Ballenstedt, Harz, Magdeburg, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Saxony
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Arnstein
ARNSTEIN Medieval Imperial lordship in the eastern Harz Mountains, a neighbour of Mansfeld and lying northwest of Halle. Two branches of the family acquired territory in the region southeast of Magdeburg, at Barby and at Lindow (Lindau). The Lindow branch … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandenburg, Counts of Falkenstein, Harz, Harz Mountains, Lindau, Lindow, Magdeburg, Mecklenburg
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Anhalt-Aschersleben
ANHALT-ASCHERSLEBEN The senior line of the partitioned Principality of Anhalt, c.1252-1315. When the line died out in 1315, Aschersleben, which is northeast of the Harz Mountains, southeast of Halberstadt, and SSW of Magdeburg, passed to the Bishops of Halberstadt. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandenburg, Harz, Harz Mountains, Magdeburg, Nordmark, Principality of Anhalt, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxony
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Anhalt
ANHALT Principality in eastern Germany, which in the 18th century lay between western Brandenburg in the Kingdom of Prussia and western Saxony but in the 19th century was entirely surrounded by Prussia. It stretched from lands to the north of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anhalt, Brandenburg, Elbe, German Confederation, Harz, Saxony, Upper Saxon Circle
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