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House Of Leiningen
The House of Leiningen is the name of an old German noble family whose lands lay principally in Alsace, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland, and the Palatinate. Various branches of this family developed over the centuries and ruled counties with Imperial immediacy. Origins The first count of Leiningen about whom anything definite is known was a certain Emich II (d. before 1138). He (and perhaps his father Emich I) built Leiningen Castle, which is now known as "Old Leiningen Castle" (German: ''Burg Altleiningen''), around 1100 to 1110. Nearby Höningen Abbey was built around 1120 as the family's burial place. This family became extinct in the male line when Count Frederick I died about 1220. Frederick I's sister, Liutgarde, married Simon II, Count of Saarbrücken. One of Liutgarde's sons, also named Frederick, inherited the lands of the counts of Leiningen, and he took their arms and their name as Frederick II (d. 1237). He became known as a ''Minnesinger'', and one of his songs w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germans
Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, implemented in 1949 following the end of World War II, defines a German as a German nationality law, German citizen. During the 19th and much of the 20th century, discussions on German identity were dominated by concepts of a common language, culture, descent, and history.. "German identity developed through a long historical process that led, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, to the definition of the German nation as both a community of descent (Volksgemeinschaft) and shared culture and experience. Today, the German language is the primary though not exclusive criterion of German identity." Today, the German language is widely seen as the primary, though not exclusive, criterion of German identity. Estimates on the total number of Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Immediacy
In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy ( or ) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' () to Emperor and Empire () and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that status was defined as 'mediate' (). The possession of this imperial immediacy granted a constitutionally unique form of territorial authority known as "territorial superiority" () which had nearly all the attributes of sovereignty, but fell short of true sovereignty since the rulers of the Empire remained answerable to the Empire's institutions and basic laws. In the early modern period, the Empire consisted of over 1,800 immediate territories, ranging in size from quite large such as Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, and Brandenburg, down to the several hundred tiny immediate estates of the Imperial knights of only a few square kilometers or less, which were by far the most numerous. Acquisition The criteria of immediacy varied and classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schloss Dürkheim
Schloss Dürkheim () is a former Baroque-style palace in Bad Dürkheim, a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the Counts and later Princes of Leiningen. Except for a few remnants, it has disappeared; today, the Kurhaus and the Kurpark-Hotel stand in its place. History From 1560 to 1725, the Hardenburg castle was the main residence of the Counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg. In 1725, they moved their residence to the centrally located town of Dürkheim, which also gained economic importance and became the capital of the county. To this end, the ruling Count Friedrich Magnus of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg (1703–1756) had the Baroque-style Dürkheim Palace built as a residence between 1720 and 1725 on a hill at the northeastern corner of Bad Dürkheim. To the north, he incorporated the medieval city wall as the outer boundary of the palace grounds. From 1739 onward, he extended or heightened this wall and laid out a garden between it and the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuleiningen Castle
Neuleiningen Castle is a ruin on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the States of Germany, state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the Municipalities of Germany, municipality of Neuleiningen in the Bad Dürkheim (district), Bad Dürkheim district. It was built in 1238-41 by House of Leiningen#Saarbrücken Line, Count Frederick III of Leiningen. The French destroyed it in 1690 and it has lain in ruins since that time. Location The castle is located on a foothill of the Haardt on the northeastern edge of the Palatinate Forest. Its eponymous village is grouped around the castle, high above the left bank of the Eckbach (Rhine), Eckbach at an elevation of about 300 metres above sea level. Near the castle is the Old Vicarage (''Alte Pfarrey''), which was first recorded in 1524 and which houses a gourmet restaurant today. History Its name, like that of its sister castle, Altleiningen Castle, Altleiningen five kilometres to the southwest, is derived from the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landau
Landau (), officially Landau in der Pfalz (, ), is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long-standing cultural centre, and a market and shopping town, surrounded by vineyards and wine-growing villages of the Palatinate (wine region), Palatinate wine region. Landau lies east of the Palatinate forest, on the German Wine Route. It contains the districts (''Ortsteile'') of Arzheim, Dammheim, Godramstein, Mörlheim, Mörzheim, Nussdorf, Queichheim, and Wollmesheim. History and other settings Landau was first mentioned as a settlement in 1106. It was in the possession of the counts of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Landeck, whose arms, differenced by an Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon of the Imperial eagle, served as the arms of Landau until 1955. The town was granted a charter in 1274 by King Rudolph I of Germany, Rudolf I of Kingdom of German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landeck Castle (Palatinate)
Landeck Castle () is a ruined hill castle southwest of Landau, near Klingenmünster in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are .... Gallery File:LandeckKlingenmünster.JPG Landeck-06-Bergfried-2019-gje.jpg File:150406-Landeck-07.jpg File:150406-Landeck-03.jpg File:Landeck Rekonstruktion.jpg Literature * * Alexander Thon, Hans Reither, Peter Pohlit: ''Burgruine Landeck''. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, . * Alexander Thon (Hrsg.): ''... wie eine gebannte, unnahbare Zauberburg. Burgen in der Südpfalz''. 2., verb. Aufl. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, S. 80–85, . * Alexander Thon, „Es ist keine Kunde auf uns gekommen, von welchem Beherrscher des teutschen Reiches dieselbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Dagsburg
The County of Dagsburg with its capital Dagsburg (now Dabo, Moselle, Dabo in France) existed in Lorraine (duchy), Lorraine from 11th to 18th centuries when the area was still part of Holy Roman Empire. History The ancestral castle in Dabo, the in Lorraine, was acquired by the Etichonids shortly before the year 1000 through the marriage of Hugo VI, Count of Nordgau (Alsace), Nordgau and County of Eguisheim, Count of Eguisheim, with Heilwig of Dagsburg (d. 1046). The Etichonids built another Château de Dagsbourg, Dagsburg Castle in Upper Alsace in 1150. The male members of the family used the title of Count of Dagsburg and Count of Eguisheim at this time; later they added the County of Metz. Among their possessions were numerous manors in the upper Saar (river), Saar area, County of Moha, Moha and Villers-le-Bouillet, Waleffe and High justice in the Diocese of Metz. The Etichonids died out in 1225. Gertrude of Dagsburg, the last member of the family, left behind eleven castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogt
An , sometimes simply advocate, (German, ), or (French, ), was a type of medieval office holder, particularly important in the Holy Roman Empire, who was delegated some of the powers and functions of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey. They typically had responsibility for the "comital" functions which defined the office of early medieval "counts", such as taxation, recruitment of militias, and maintaining law and order. This type of office could apply to specific agricultural lands, villages, castles, and even cities. In some regions, advocates came to be governors of large provinces, sometimes distinguished by terms such as . In different parts of medieval Europe, the term advocate developed different meanings, and other terms were also sometimes used to represent similar offices. For example, Anglo-Norman comital functions for larger districts were executed by vicomtes in Normandy, and sheriffs in England. In contrast, the or advocate as an offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limburg Abbey
Limburg Abbey is a ruined abbey near Bad Dürkheim, at the edge of the Palatinate Forest in Germany. In the 9th century, the Salian Dukes from Worms built a fortress on the ''Linthberg'' as their family seat. History In 1025, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor converted the fortress into a monastery. Between 1034 and 1065, the imperial regalia and other valuables were secured at Limburg. The abbey church was completed under Conrad's son, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. With the rise of the Hohenstaufen, in 1205 the Counts of Leiningen became ''Vogt'' (guardian) of the monastery. Based on this, they built Hardenburg Castle on land that belonged to the abbey. Limburg Abbey was repeatedly damaged by the power struggles that ensued in the Rhine region. In 1470, Count Emich VII of Leiningen plundered the abbey, sparing only the library and the sanctuary. Dating Advent Conrad's paternal uncle William began his ecclesiastical career in the royal court where he served as archchaplain to Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardenburg (Bad Dürkheim)
The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim is even as a ruin one of the mightiest castles of Palatinate. It was the residence of the Counts of Leiningen, who in 1725 moved to Schloss Dürkheim Schloss Dürkheim () is a former Baroque-style palace in Bad Dürkheim, a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the Counts and later Princes of Leiningen. Except for a few remnants, it has disappeared; today, the Kurhau .... Literature * * * References External links Kreisstadt Bad Dürkheim: ''Burg Hardenburg''Burgen in Rheinland-Pfalz: ''Burg Hardenburg'' Wolfgang Braun: ''Rekonstruktionszeichnung'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardenburg (Bad Durkheim) Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Manesse
The Codex Manesse (also or Pariser Handschrift) is a (a German term for a manuscript containing songs) which is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German ''Minnesang'' poetry. It was written and illustrated manuscript, illustrated between when the main part was completed, and with the addenda. The codex was produced in Zürich (Switzerland), for the Manesse family. The manuscript is "the most beautifully illumined German manuscript in centuries"; its 137 miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniatures are a series of "portraits" depicting each poet. It is currently housed in the Heidelberg University Library. In 2023, Codex Manesse was admitted to UNESCO's Memory of the World. Contents The Codex Manesse is an anthology of the works of a total of about 135 minnesingers of the mid 12th to early 14th century. For each poet, a portrait is shown, followed by the text of their works. The entries are ordered approximately by the social status of the poets, starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesinger
(; "love song") was a tradition of German lyric- and song-writing that flourished in the Middle High German period (12th to 14th centuries). The name derives from '' minne'', the Middle High German word for love, as that was ''Minnesang'''s main subject. People who wrote and performed ''Minnesang'' were known as ''Minnesänger'' (), and a single song was called a ''Minnelied'' (). The ''Minnesänger'' are comparable to the Occitan troubadours and northern French ''trouvères,'' but they are "an original German contribution to courtly lyric." Social status In the absence of reliable biographical information, there has been debate about the social status of the ''Minnesänger''. Some clearly belonged to the higher nobility – the 14th-century Codex Manesse includes songs by dukes, counts, kings, and the Emperor Henry VI. Some ''Minnesänger'', as indicated by the title ''Meister'' (master), were clearly educated commoners, such as Meister Konrad von Würzburg. It is thought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
