ZÄHRINGEN

tsĕrˈĭng-ən, noble German family. It took its name from a now ruined castle near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, and can be traced to the 10th cent. The family held extensive fiefs in Baden and W Switzerland, and Duke Berthold V, one of the most powerful nobles of his era, founded many towns, notably Bern. His death (1218) deprived the family of its Swiss holdings; his domains passed largely to the related Kyburg and Hapsburg families. A younger branch continued in N Baden and split (16th cent.) into the branches of Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach, reunited in 1771. In 1806, Charles Frederick of Baden was raised to grand ducal rank. Grand Duke Frederick II abdicated in 1918.

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Henry IV of Germany, 1056-1106
Book by I. S. Robinson; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Constitutional History--Holy Roman Empire, Germany--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Henry--Iv--Holy Roman Emperor--1050-1106, Holy Roman Empire--History--Henry Iv, 1056-1106, Holy Roman Empire--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...successor was the Swabian prince Berthold I the Bearded of Zahringen. He seems, like Otto of Northeim, to...her third husband, Conrad II.) In appointing Berthold of Zahringen, Rudolf of Rheinfelden and Otto of Northeim to the three...
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Mediaeval Germany, 911-1250 - Vol. 2
Book by Geoffrey Barraclough; B. Blackwell, 1938
Subjects: Church And State--Germany, Constitutional History, Medieval, Constitutional History--Germany, Germany--History--843-1273, Investiture
...particularly lucid example, the " state " built up by the dukes of Zahringen in the Black Forest VI , illustrates the methods they used...Hirsch 131 VI. THE STATE OF THE DUKES OF ZAHRINGEN. By Theodor Mayer 175 VII. CONSTITUTIONAL...
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The History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time - Vol. 1
Book by Wolfgang Menzel, George Horrocks; Bell & Daldy, 1871
Subjects: Germany--History
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Regional Identity and Economic Change: The Upper Rhine, 1450-1600
Book by Tom Scott; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Alsace (France)--Economic Conditions, Breisgau (Germany)--Economic Conditions, Cities And Towns, Medieval--Rhine River, Guilds--France--Alsace, Guilds--Germany--Breisgau, Rhine River--Economic Conditions
...native to the Upper Rhine, the house of Zahringen, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries...from 1190 onwards styling themselves Zahringen after their fortress near Freiburg...the phrase the state of the dukes of Zahringen, 16 their power-base never extended...
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The Origins of Modern Germany
Book by G. Barraclough; Basil Blackwell, 1946
Subjects: Germany--History
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Kaspar Hauser: Europe's Child.
Journal article by Jonathan Sperber; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2003
Subjects: Kaspar Hauser: Europe's Child (Book)--Reviews
...that the throne would pass to a side line of the grand-ducal Zahringen family, descended from what had originally been a morganatic...Recent DNA tests have shown definitively that Hauser was not a Zahringen. Kitchen suggests the most plausible explanation of his identity...
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Books Received
Journal article; The Monist, Vol. 89, 2006
...Bourbon. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. xv + 273. Cloth, $49.95. Four Seminars: Le Thor 1966, 1968, 1969, Zahringen 1973. Translated by Andrew Mitchell and Francois Raffoul. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2003. Pp. xvii + 118...


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Nonstop to Germany for Its Sights, Tastes
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, December 22, 2001
Subjects: Germany
...103, 76534 Baden-Baden/Umweg, Germany; 49-7223-940-800; the fax 49-7223-940-8029. mFreiburg, established by the Counts von Zahringen in 1120, is a large city with a major German university, several department stores and numerous shops. The main tourist attraction...


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encyclopedia articles on: ZAhringen  - 8 results

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ZÄhringen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZAHRINGEN tser ing- n, noble German family. It took its name from a now ruined castle near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, and can be traced...
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Murten
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...It is known chiefly as the scene of the defeat (1476) of Charles the Bold of Burgundy by the Swiss. Founded by the dukes of Zahringen in the 12th cent., Murten has preserved much of its historic architecture. It has a 13th-century castle, town walls (14th...
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Breisgau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the western slopes of the Black Forest. Freiburg is the chief city. After the extinction (1218) of the first house of Zahringen , it was divided among various heirs. Most of it passed to the Hapsburgs in 1368. France held the region at various times...
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Hapsburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Albert III (d. 1199) and passed to Rudolf II (d. 1232) and Albert IV (d. c.1240). The extinction of the houses of Lenzburg, Zahringen , and Kyburg facilitated family acquisitions. The election (1273) of Count Rudolf IV as Rudolf I , king of the Germans...
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Fribourg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...manufactures include machinery, electrical equipment, wood products, beer, and clothing. Founded in 1178 by Berchtold IV, duke of Zahringen, it passed successively to the houses of Kyburg (1218), Hapsburg (1277), and Savoy (1452). Fribourg is an episcopal residence...
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