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Salm-Salm
The Principality of Salm-Salm (; ) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located in the present-day French departments of Bas-Rhin and Vosges (department), Vosges; it was one of a number of partitions of Salm (state), Salm. History Salm-Salm was created as a partition of Salm-Dhaun in 1574, and was raised from a County to a Principality in 1739 after being inherited and renamed by Count Nicholas Leopold of Salm-Hoogstraten. Salm-Salm was partitioned between itself and Salm-Neuweiler in 1608. The last territorial partition occurred in 1751, when Salm-Salm reorganized its borders with the Duchy of Lorraine. Since 1743 the Princes were also Dukes of Hoogstraten, with the seat at Hoogstraten Castle (Gelmelslot). In 1790, after the French Revolution, the princes of Salm fled the territory and moved to their castle in Anholt, Borken, Anholt, Westphalia, Anholt Castle. Salm-Salm then was besieged by the revolutionary army, which blocked food supplies from reaching the state. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salm-Dhaun
Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins and first division The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was ruled by a junior branch of the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg, called the House of Salm. In 1165, it was divided into the counties of Lower Salm, in the Ardennes, situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, and the county of Upper Salm, situated in the Vosges mountains, present France. Upper Salm In 1246 the County of Upper Salm was split up, and the County of Salm-Blankenburg came into existence, next to it. In 1431 the County of Upper Salm was split up again, and the County of Salm-Badenweiler came into existence, next to it. The County of Upper Salm was inherited by the Wild- and Rhinegraves in 1475, who then called their fief the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Upper Salm. In 1499 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salm-Hoogstraten
Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins and first division The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was ruled by a junior branch of the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg, called the House of Salm. In 1165, it was divided into the counties of Lower Salm, in the Ardennes, situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, and the county of Upper Salm, situated in the Vosges mountains, present France. Upper Salm In 1246 the County of Upper Salm was split up, and the County of Salm-Blankenburg came into existence, next to it. In 1431 the County of Upper Salm was split up again, and the County of Salm-Badenweiler came into existence, next to it. The County of Upper Salm was inherited by the Wild- and Rhinegraves in 1475, who then called their fief the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Upper Salm. In 1499 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salm (state)
Salm is the name of several historic countships and principalities in present Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. History Origins and first division The County of Salm arose in the tenth century in Vielsalm, in the Ardennes region of present Belgium. It was ruled by a junior branch of the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg, called the House of Salm. In 1165, it was divided into the counties of Lower Salm, in the Ardennes, situated in Belgium and Luxembourg, and the county of Upper Salm, situated in the Vosges mountains, present France. Upper Salm In 1246 the County of Upper Salm was split up, and the County of Salm-Blankenburg came into existence, next to it. In 1431 the County of Upper Salm was split up again, and the County of Salm-Badenweiler came into existence, next to it. The County of Upper Salm was inherited by the Wild- and Rhinegraves in 1475, who then called their fief the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Upper Salm. In 1499 the Wild- and Rhinegraviate of Salm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anholt Castle
Anholt Castle ( or ) is a monumental moated castle and former princely seat in the municipality of Isselburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, close to the Netherlands, Dutch border where the Münsterland meets the Lower Rhine region. First documented in the late 12th century as a strategic stronghold of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, it developed into the Imperial immediacy, imperially immediate Lordship of Anholt during the Middle Ages and, from 1647, the hereditary residence of the princely House of Salm-Salm. Dominated by its massive round ''Dicke Turm'' keep and encircled by a broad water defence fed by the river Oude IJssel, Issel, the complex is regarded as one of the largest and best preserved water castles in western Germany. Architecturally, the present ensemble blends medieval foundations with a Baroque architecture, baroque remodelling carried out around 1700, when Prince Charles Theodore, Prince of Salm, Charles Theodore of Salm transformed the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Salm
The second Principality of Salm ( German: Fürstentum Salm) was a short-lived client state of Napoleonic France located in Westphalia. History The Principality of Salm was created in 1632 as a state of the Holy Roman Empire, and re-created in 1803 in order to compensate the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, who had lost their states to France in 1793–1795. The territory of the new principality was formally assigned by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803. The new territory was not near most of the old territories of the princes, but instead extended the County of Anholt, which had been a minor possession of the prince of Salm-Salm. Most of the area was taken from the dissolved Bishopric of Münster. The Principality of Salm was ruled jointly by the princes of Salm-Kyrburg and Salm-Salm, Frederick IV, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, and Constantine, Prince of Salm-Salm; each line had equal sovereign rights, but neither had a separate territory. Salm became independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anholt, Borken
The Lordship of Anholt was a small state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was an imperial estate and a member of the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. Geography The state consisted only of the City of Anholt in the present-day District of Borken in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It had received town privileges in 1347 and finally was incorporated into the City of Isselburg in 1975. The Lordship bordered three larger states: the Duchy of Guelders, the Bishopric of Münster, and the Duchy of Cleves. History The Lords of Anholt, originally liegemen of the Utrecht bishops, reached independence as '' Freiherren'' by the early 14th century. In 1402, their territory fell to the Lords of Bronckhorst through marriage. These acquired a comital title and in 1431 had Anholt recognized by King Sigismund of Luxembourg as an imperial estate with a seat in the Reichstag. In 1512 the forces of Guelders under Duke Charles of Egmond occupied Anholt, as the Bronckhorst co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoogstraten Castle (Gelmelslot)
The Gelmel Castle or Hoogstraten Castle ( or ) is a moated castle in Hoogstraten, Belgium. Legend links its origins to a wooden tower raised by the Viking Gelmel in the 9th century, but the first stone fortifications date from the late 12th century. Jan IV van Cuijk rebuilt it as a Gothic stronghold in the early 15th century. Elisabeth of Culemborg and her husband Antoine of Lalaing, 1st Count of Hoogstraeten, Antoine of Lalaing turned it into a princely Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style residence between 1525 and 1555. Although fires, sieges and French confiscation destroyed much of its fabric, key Renaissance elements—most visibly the massive gatehouse and corner towers—still stand. Used since 1810 for social and penal institutions and now housing a penitentiary school centre, the castle remains state property. History Middle Ages Possibly dating back to the 9th century, the castle began life as a timber residential tower ringed by a moat fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium). Hoogstraten (originally ''Hoogstraeten'') has a population of over 20,000, and lies in Flanders at the northern border of Belgium within an enclave surrounded on three sides by the Netherlands. Today, about 15% percent of the population consists of Dutch people. The town is named after the ''hoge straat'' or "high road" – a military highway that linked the old towns of Antwerp and 's-Hertogenbosch. In the town's early days, little trade existed. Villages and towns produced just enough for their own support, with little or no surplus to be 'sold' to other areas. Thus, most travelers along this high road were soldiers and armies. Today Hoogstraten is internationally known for its strawberries. Veiling Hoogstraten (auction) is one of the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Mediatisation
German mediatisation (; ) was the major redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany by means of the subsumption and Secularization (church property), secularisation of a large number of Imperial Estates, prefiguring, precipitating, and continuing after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Most Hochstift, ecclesiastical principalities, free imperial cities, secular principalities, and other minor self-ruling entities of the Holy Roman Empire lost their independent status and were absorbed by the remaining states. By the end of the mediatisation process, the number of German states had been reduced from almost 300 to 39. In the strict sense of the word, mediatisation consists in the subsumption of an Imperial immediacy, immediate () state into another state, thus becoming ''mediate'' (), while generally leaving the dispossessed ruler with his private estates and a number of privileges and feudal rights, such as High, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senones, Vosges
Senones () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ... in northeastern France. It is the location of the former Senones Abbey, founded around 640. The belltower of the abbey church dates from the 12th century, most of the other surviving buildings date from the 18th and 19th century. Until 1793, Senones was the capital of the Principality of Salm-Salm. The journalist and writer Pierre Humbourg (1901–1969), winner of the 1948 Prix Cazes, was born in Senones. Population See also * Communes of the Vosges department References External links Official site Communes of Vosges (department) Salm-Salm {{Vosges-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) department. Both belong to the European Upper Rhine region. It is, with the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine), one of the two departments of the traditional Alsace region which until 1871, also included the area now known as the Territoire de Belfort. The more populous and densely populated of the pair, it had 1,152,662 inhabitants in 2021. The prefecture is based in Strasbourg. The INSEE and Post Code is 67. On 1 January 2021, the departemental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin merged into the European Collectivity of Alsace. The inhabitants of the department are known as or . Geography The Rhine has always been of great historical and economic importance to the area, and it forms the eastern border of Bas-Rhin. The area is also home to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
