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Brauweiler Abbey, the Glossary

Brauweiler Abbey (Abtei Brauweiler) is a former Benedictine monastery located at Brauweiler, now in Pulheim near Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.^[1]

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1020s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
1024 establishments in Europe
1803 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Buildings and structures in Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Burial sites of the Ezzonids
Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia

Bernard of Clairvaux

Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. (Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order.

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Brauweiler

Brauweiler is a part of Pulheim, west of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

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Chancellor of Germany

The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Cologne

Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.

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Count palatine

A count palatine (Latin comes palatinus), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German Pfalzgraf), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ordinary count.

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Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia

Ezzo (– 21 March 1034), sometimes called Ehrenfried, a member of the Ezzonid dynasty, was Count Palatine of Lotharingia from 1015 until his death.

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Ezzonids

The Ezzonids were a dynasty of Lotharingian stock dating back as far as the ninth century.

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Forced displacement

Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963.

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Liudolf of Lotharingia

Liudolf of Lotharingia, also Ludolf (c. 100010 April 1031), was Count of Zutphen and Waldenburg.

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Lotharingia

Lotharingia was a medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire.

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Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia

Matilda (Summer 979 – November 1025), Countess Palatine of Lotharingia, was a member of the Ottonian dynasty.

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Medardus

Medardus or Medard (French: Médard or Méard) (ca. 456–545) was the Bishop of Noyon.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Nazi Party

The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.

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North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state in Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of, it is the fourth-largest German state by size.

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Otto II, Duke of Swabia

Otto II (995 – 7 September 1047), a member of the Ezzonid dynasty, was Count Palatine of Lotharingia from 1034 until 1045 and Duke of Swabia from 1045 until his death.

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Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red, was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Pulheim

Pulheim (Ripuarian: Pullem) is a town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Richeza of Lotharingia

Richeza of Lotharingia (also called Richenza, Rixa, Ryksa; born about 995/1000 – 21 March 1063) was a member of the Ezzonen dynasty who became queen of Poland as the wife of Mieszko II Lambert.

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Rule of Saint Benedict

The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

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Theophanu

Theophanu (also Theophania, Theophana, or Theophano; Medieval Greek Θεοφανώ; AD 955 15 June 991) was empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Emperor Otto II, and regent of the Empire during the minority of their son, Emperor Otto III, from 983 until her death in 991.

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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA, pronounced) was an international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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Wolfhelm of Brauweiler

Wolfhelm of Brauweiler (died 1091) was the Benedictine abbot of Brauweiler Abbey, near Cologne, Germany.

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Workhouse

In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (lit. "poor-house") was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauweiler_Abbey

Also known as Abbey of Brauweiler.

Brauweiler Abbey, the Glossary

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1020s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

1024 establishments in Europe

1803 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire

Buildings and structures in Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Burial sites of the Ezzonids

Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia

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