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Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1866 it was annexed by Prussia, together with the Free City of Frankfurt, Hessen-Homburg and the duchy of Nassau, which established the province of Hessen-Nassau. Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. In the early Middle Ages, Hesse was a part of Thuringia, but in the War of the Thuringian Succession (1247-64) Hesse gained its independence and became an earldom within the Holy Roman Empire. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hesse   (518 words)

Station Information - Nassau (duchy) The castle of Nassau was built in 1125, and since 1160 the county was named after the castle. Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire. In 1255 Nassau was divided for the first time. www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/n/na/nassau__duchy_.html   (112 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hesse Hesse therefore took part in the negotiations of several German states, which resulted in the erection of the ecclesiastical province of the Upper Rhine by the papal Bulls "Provida solersque" (1821) and "Ad Dominici gregis custodiam" (1827). Hesse was separated from Thuringia, and, after a long struggle with other claimants of the title, Henry established his authority as Landgrave of Hesse. Philip's imprisonment by Charles V scarcely exercised a perceptible influence on the progress of the Reformation, and in 1551 Sebastian von Heusenstamm, Archbishop of Mainz, was compelled to resign finally all claims to jurisdiction in Hesse. www.newadvent.org /cathen/07298c.htm   (2436 words)

Province of Hesse-Nassau 1866-1945 (Prussia, Germany) Independent territories prior to 1866 which were combined into the Province Hesse-Nassau: The coat of arms of the Bezirksverband or governmental district of Kassel was "azure a lion of Hesse alternatively striped gules and argent (9 stripes) tongued gules, armed and crowned (Blätterkrone) or". Electorate of Hesse-Cassel / Electoral Hesse 1815-1866 (Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel / Kurhessen) www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-pr-he.html   (333 words)

boys clothing: German royalty--Hesse Hesse was estanlished as a separate landgraviate in 1247 by Duchess Sophia, niece of the Thuringian ruler, Henry Raspe. Hesse is English for Hessen, which was in the 19th century a region of Germany with fluctuating boundaries, situated somewhat west of mid-central southwestern Germany. The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse und bei Rhein) was established by George I, son of Philip the Magnanimous in 1567. histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/royal-hesse.htm   (787 words)

Hesse-Nassau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1944, Hesse-Nassau was split into the provinces of Electoral Hesse (German Kurhessen) with Kassel as its capital and Nassau with Wiesbaden as its capital. In 1929, Waldeck became a part of Hesse-Nassau. Parts of Nassau were moved into the Rhineland-Palatinate. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hesse-Nassau   (106 words)

InternationalReports.net : Germany/Hesse 2003 The Dukes of Nassau were descended from a family whose origins are in the small town of Nassau, located on the Lahn River near the Hesse border in the modern state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The area of the Duchy of Nassau is north and east of the Rhine and so largely included in the modern-day states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. When Duke Adolf of Nassau sided against the Prussians in the war against Austria in 1866, he lost his duchy, which became the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau. www.internationalreports.net /europe/germany/hesse/2003/nassau.html   (301 words)

Station Information - Hesse-Nassau The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau was created in 1866 by combining the previously independent Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, electorate of Hesse-Kassel, duchy of Nassau, and the free city of Frankfurt. After the Second world war it merged with the neighbouring Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt into the German state of Hesse. www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/h/he/hesse_nassau.html   (56 words)

MSN Encarta - Nassau (Alemania) Nassau (Alemania), antiguo ducado alemán que más tarde fue parte de la provincia prusiana de Hesse-Nassau; en la actualidad casi todo su territorio... es.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578904/Nassau_(Alemania).html   (58 words)

Nassau on Encyclopedia.com Nassau was then united with the former Electoral Hesse to form the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Long-distance movement of a Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) to a spawning aggregation in the central Bahamas. The region takes its name from the small town of Nassau, on the Lahn E of Ems, where the original castle of the house of Nassau was built in the early 12th cent. www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NassauG1er.asp   (961 words)

Science Fair Projects - Hesse-Homburg Later that same year these territories were taken from Hesse-Darmstadt again, and the former landgraviate was combined with electorate of Hesse-Kassel, duchy of Nassau, and the free city of Frankfurt to form the Prussian provice of Hesse-Nassau. In 1866, Hesse-Homburg was inherited by the grand-duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, while Meisenheim fell to Prussia. Today it forms a part of the German state of Hesse. www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Hesse-Homburg   (380 words)

Hesse-Kassel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wilhelm's grandson, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War, and after the Prussian victory his lands were annexed by Prussia, which combined it with Nassau and Frankfurt-am-Main, both also annexed, into the new Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Hesse-Kassel (Hessen-Kassel) was a German principality that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1568 upon the death of Landgrave Philip of Hesse, when his eldest son Wilhelm IV inherited the northern portion and established his capital in Kassel. In 1918, Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse-Kassel, younger brother of the head of the house and a brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, was elected by the Finnish pro-German government to be King of Finland, but he never reigned. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hesse-Kassel   (469 words)

Hesse-Darmstadt The majority of the state combined with Frankfurt am Main and the old Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau[?] to form the new state of Hesse following the Second World War. In 1806, upon the dissolution of the Reich and the dispossession of his cousin, the Elector of Hesse-Kassel, the Landgrave took the title of Grand Duke of Hesse. The last Grand Duke, Ernst Ludwig (a grandson of Queen Victoria and brother to Empress Alexandra of Russia), was forced from his throne at the end of World War I, and the state was renamed the Free State of Hesse. www.termsdefined.net /he/hesse-darmstadt.html   (439 words)

Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches The county of Nassau was divided in 1255 ("prima divisio") by Walram and Otto, sons of Count Henry II the Rich. Hesse turns up, curiously, in the history of the American Revolution, since Hessian troups were hired out to King George III and sent to fight against the colonists. At the Congress of Vienna, there were still the Duchy of Nassau and the Principalities of Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg. www.friesian.com /germany.htm   (9830 words)

The Damon and Taber Family Connections - Person Page 12253 Princess Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine (of Nassau) died on 19 February 1841 in Schaumburg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, at age 64. Princess Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine (of Nassau) was the daughter of Prince Karl Christian (of Nassau-Weilburg) and Princess Wilhelmine Karoline (of Nassau-Weilburg). Princess Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine (of Nassau) was born on 6 August 1776 in Pfalz, Bavaria. www.richard.damon.name /genealogy/p12253.htm   (241 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Smalkaldic League The princes of Saxony and Hesse were appointed military commanders of the confederation, and its military strength fixed at 10,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. The Elector John Frederick of Saxony was captured, and shortly after the Landgrave Philip of Hesse was also forced to submit. The conditions of peace included the transfer of the electoral dignity from the former to his cousin Maurice, the reinstatement of Duke Henry of Wolfenbüttel in his dominions, the restoration of Bishop Julius von Pflug to his See of Naumburg-Zeitz, and a promise demanded of the vanquished to recognize and attend the Council of Trent. www.newadvent.org /cathen/14058b.htm   (669 words)

Hesse: History Electoral Hesse, the free city of Frankfurt, and Nassau, having all three sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866), were annexed by Prussia and were merged (1868) in the province of Hesse-Nassau, of which Kassel became the capital. Enfeoffed first to the dukes of Franconia, later to the counts of Thuringia, Hesse emerged in 1247 as a landgraviate immediately subject to the emperor under a branch of the house of Brabant. (Mountbatten) family is a morganatic branch of the house of Hesse. www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0858623.html   (357 words)

Evangelical Church in Germany : Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau It uses material from the wikipedia article Evangelical Church in Germany : Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau. The Evangelical Church of the Hesse Electorate and Waldeck The Evangelical Church in Germany (German Evangelische Kirche in Deutchland) is the institutional form chosen by a community of 24 Lutheran, Reformed and United regional churches. www.eurofreehost.com /ev/Evangelical_Church_of_Hesse_and_Nassau.html   (296 words)

Electorate of Hesse-Cassel 1815-1866 (Germany) Similarly to the [federal] state of Hesse, they use the lion without the sword [or the crown]. The line of Hesse-Darmstadt however died out with prince Louis V of Hesse and of the Rhine on 30th May 1968. The landgraves of the Hesse-Kassel branch flew the same flag [as the Hesse-Darmstadt royal family] with just the shield, but with a golden border and the lion doing without the sword. fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-he_ka.html   (252 words)

Hesse-Nassau Nassau, former duchy, Germany - Nassau, former duchy, W central Germany, situated N and E of the Main and Rhine rivers. 202,160), Hesse, central Germany, on the Fulda River. www.factmonster.com /id/A0914324   (81 words)

Nassau (ducado) Nassau era un estado alemán dentro del imperio romano santo. Durante los siglos próximos que varios estados nombraron Nassau emergió. El castillo de Nassau fue construido en 1125, y puesto que 1160 el condado fueron nombrados después del castillo. www.yotor.net /wiki/es/na/Nassau%20%28ducado%29.htm   (136 words)

De kinderen van Koning Willem III van Oranje-Nassau, Groothertog van Luxemburg In 1255 verdeelde de broers Walram van Nassau en Otto van Nassau het Graafschap Nassau, zo onstonden er 2 linies: De Walramse Linie en de Ottoonse Linie. Sinds 1987 is Nassau de officieële naam van de Luxemburgse dynastie. * Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik van Oranje Nassau (1851-1884). members.home.nl /pushkar/oranje3_3.html   (2643 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Nassau (Germany) Nassau (Germany), former German duchy, later part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, and now largely in the state of Hesse, Germany. Become a subscriber today and gain access to: au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578904/Nassau_(Germany).html   (58 words)

Alster family from Waldeck, Hesse, Nassau, Germany to NY City Area The Alster family was listed as being from the Waldeck, Hesse, Nassau section of Germany and Reinhard was listed as being a butcher. Re: Alster family from Waldeck, Hesse, Nassau, Germany to NY City Area Jim Dietz 6/12/02 Alster family from Waldeck, Hesse, Nassau, Germany to NY City Area genforum.com /alster/messages/1.html   (259 words)

BATTENBERG - Online Information article about BATTENBERG VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. Victoria, daughter of Louis IV., grand-duke of Hesse, and became an See also: duke of Hesse, contracted a morganatic See also: UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union) encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAR_BEC/BATTENBERG.html   (463 words)

"The Passion" Stirs Heated Debate in Germany Culture & Lifestyle Deutsche Welle 17.03.2004 Peter Steinacker, president of the Protestant church in Hesse and Nassau, said that the film fails to adequately explain the hatred directed at Jesus by the people around him and that indirect anti-Semitic sentiments are contained within the text. Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: But Archbishop Thissen does not hold with the critics who claim the film is the anti-Semitic, saying that he was unable to see any anti-Semitic agenda in Gibson's representation of the biblical story. The Protestant Church in Germany has also criticized "The Passion of the Christ". www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1441_A_1144711_1_A,00.html   (830 words)

German Town Origins - Hesse DISTRICTS of DARMSTADT, HESSE-DARMSTADT, HESSE-KASSEL, NASSAU, WALDEK, & WEILBOURG This map below shows the boundaries of the Hesse region of Germany about 1800. If any of the boxes are in pink, then the FAMILY NAME does not appear on the map. www.seawhy.com /gerhesse.html   (87 words)

The Ultimate Rauschenberg, Hesse - American History Information Guide and Reference The town grew to support the nearby Rauschenberg Castle, once an important seat for the Dukes of Hesse-Nassau. Rauschenberg is a small town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district of Hesse, near Frankfort in southwest Germany. The Ultimate Rauschenberg, Hesse - American History Information Guide and Reference www.historymania.com /american_history/Rauschenberg,_Hesse   (54 words)

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