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Caroline Of Berlepsch
Caroline of Berlepsch (9 January 1820 – 21 February 1877) was a member of the noble von Berlepsch family and was the third wife of the Elector William II of Hesse-Kassel. Early life Caroline was born 9 January 1820 in Bad Hersfeld. She was the daughter of Baron Hermann Ludwig von Berlepsch and Melusine von Kruse. Personal life On 28 August 1843, she was married to William II, who was 43 years her senior, in Wilhelmsbad (now part of Hanau). She was his third wife, following the death of his first wife, Princess Augusta of Prussia (the fourth daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia) in 1841, and his second wife, Countess Emilie of Reichenbach-Lessonitz in 1843. This was a morganatic marriage, because she was considered lesser nobility and therefore not befitting for a sovereign Elector. The couple's main residence was Frankfurt, since the elector had in 1830 and virtually abdicated the government to his son, Frederick William I, from his first, non-morganatic, marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (''Bad'' is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ''Herolfisfeld'') is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel. Bad Hersfeld is known countrywide above all for the ''Bad Hersfelder Festspiele'' (festival), which have taken place each year since 1951 at the monastery ruins. These themselves are said to be Europe's biggest Romanesque church ruin. In 1967, the town hosted the seventh ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location The town lies in the Hersfeld Basin formed here by the forks of the Fulda and the Haune. The inner town lies on the Fulda's left bank. Furthermore, the Geisbach and the Solz empty into the Fulda in the municipal area. In the southwest lie the Vogelsberg Mountains, in the northwest the Knüll and in the northeast the Seulingswald (ranges, the latter visible in the background of this image). The town's lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
