Gernrode, the Glossary
Gernrode is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.[1]
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- 1570 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- 1728 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- 990s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- 999 establishments
Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Adelaide I (Adelheid; 973/74 – 14 January 1044 or 1045), a member of the royal Ottonian dynasty was the second Princess-abbess of Quedlinburg from 999, and Abbess of Gernrode from 1014, and Abbess of Gandersheim from 1039 until her death, as well as a highly influential kingmaker of medieval Germany.
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Adelaide II of Büren
Adelaide II of Büren (also Adelheid II. von Büren; † 3 November 1220) was the abbess of Gernrode Abbey (r.1207-1220).
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Advocatus
During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German:; French) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.
Albert the Bear
Albert the Bear (Albrecht der Bär; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.
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Anhalt-Bernburg
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt.
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Anhalt-Dessau
Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation.
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Askanian
Askanian (Askaniysky, full name: Асканійська тонкорунна вівця) is a breed of domesticated sheep found in Ukraine.
Ölbergshöhe
The Ölbergshöhe in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a mountain spur, above sea level, of the Ramberg ridge near Bad Suderode in the Saxony-Anhalt county of Harz.
Bachant
Bachant is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Ballenstedt
Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Canoness
A canoness is a member of a religious community of vowed women, historically a stable community dedicated to the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours in a particular church.
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI (Karl; Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I.
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Cuckoo clock
A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note.
Cyriacus
Cyriacus (Kyriakos, fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the Diocletianic Persecution.
De facto
De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.
De jure
In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.
Duchy of Saxony
The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.
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East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
Eichsfeld (district)
Eichsfeld is a district in Thuringia, Germany, and part of the historical region of Eichsfeld.
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Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1545–1574)
Elisabeth of Anhalt (15 October 1545, Dessau – 26 September 1574, Barby) was a German abbess of the secular abbeys at Gernrode and Frose as Elisabeth III of Anhalt.
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Fürst
Fürst (female form Fürstin, plural Fürsten; from Old High German furisto, "the first", a translation of the Latin princeps) is a German word for a ruler as well as a princely title.
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis II and I (Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835.
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Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (Friedrich I; Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later in 1190.
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Gandersheim Abbey
Gandersheim Abbey (Stift Gandersheim) is a former house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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George Rudolf of Liegnitz
George Rudolf of Liegnitz (Georg Rudolf von Liegnitz; Jerzy Rudolf Legnicki) (22 January 1595 – 14 January 1653) was duke of Liegnitz-Wohlau (present-day Legnica-Wołów) from 1602 to 1653.
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German reunification
German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.
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German town law
The German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht) or German municipal concerns (Deutsches Städtewesen) was a set of early town privileges based on the Magdeburg rights developed by Otto I. The Magdeburg law became the inspiration for regional town charters not only in Germany, but also in Central and Eastern Europe who modified it during the Middle Ages.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gernrode Abbey
Gernrode Abbey (Stift Gernrode) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Gernrode in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Gernrode, Thuringia
Gernrode is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.
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Gernrode/Harz
Gernrode/Harz was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Gero
Gero I (900 – 20 May 965), sometimes called the Great (magnus),Thompson, 486.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Harz
The Harz is a highland area in northern Germany.
Harz (district)
Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park
The Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park (Naturpark Harz/Sachsen-Anhalt) is situated n the districts of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist.
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History of Saxony-Anhalt
The history of Saxony-Anhalt began with Old Saxony, which was conquered by Charlemagne in 804 and transformed into the Duchy of Saxony within the Carolingian Empire.
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Hoftag
A Hoftag (pl. Hoftage) was the name given to an informal and irregular assembly convened by the King of the Romans, the Holy Roman Emperor or one of the Princes of the Empire, with selected chief princes within the empire.
House of Ascania
The House of Ascania (Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers.
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In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit or Reichsfreiheit) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' (unmittelbar) to Emperor and Empire (Kaiser und Reich) and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that status was defined as 'mediate' (mittelbar).
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.
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John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George I of Anhalt-Dessau (9 May 1567 – 24 May 1618) was a German prince of the House of Ascania.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg
This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther (10 November 1483– 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.
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Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg.
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Municipal association
A municipal association, also called municipal league or local government association, is an organization made of municipal governments.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.
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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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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto III (June/July 980 – 23 January 1002) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 996 until his death in 1002.
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Otto the Great
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (Otto der Große Ottone il Grande), or Otto of Saxony (Otto von Sachsen Ottone di Sassonia), was East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973.
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Ottonian art
Ottonian art is a style in pre-romanesque German art, covering also some works from the Low Countries, northern Italy and eastern France.
Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire
Princely abbeys (Fürstabtei, Fürststift) and Imperial abbeys (Reichsabtei, Reichskloster, Reichsstift, Reichsgotthaus) were religious establishments within the Holy Roman Empire which enjoyed the status of imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit) and therefore were answerable directly to the Emperor.
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Principality of Anhalt
The Principality of Anhalt (Fürstentum Anhalt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Central Germany, in what is today part of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Quedlinburg Abbey
Quedlinburg Abbey (Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Ramberg (Harz)
The Ramberg, also called the Ramberg Massif, is a granite massif, about 30 square kilometres in area, in the eastern part of the Harz Mountains of central Germany.
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Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode
Saint Cyriakus (Stiftskirche St.) is a medieval church in Gernrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt; Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony.
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Schwabengau
The Schwabengau (modernized name; originally: Suavia, Suevon, Nordosquavi) was an early medieval shire (Gau) in the Eastphalia region of the medieval Duchy of Saxony.
Selke (river)
The Selke is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Selke Valley Railway
The Selke Valley Railway (Selketalbahn), Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway (Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn) and the Anhalt Harz Railway (Anhaltische Harzbahn) were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germany, originally owned by the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, GHE).
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Skat (card game)
Skat, historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
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Soviet occupation zone in Germany
The Soviet occupation zone in Germany (or label) was an area of Germany that was occupied by the Soviet Union as a communist area, established as a result of the Potsdam Agreement on 1 August 1945.
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Spa town
A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring).
Stiege
Stiege is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Gernrode and Stiege are former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt.
Thermometer
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of an object) or temperature gradient (the rates of change of temperature in space).
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Thuringia
Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Walsrode
Walsrode (Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Weather station
A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.
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Wilhelm von Kügelgen
Wilhelm Georg Alexander von Kügelgen (20 November 1802, in St.Petersburg – 25 May 1867, in Ballenstedt) was a German portrait and history painter, writer, and chamberlain at the Court of Anhalt-Bernburg.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
See also
1570 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- Gernrode
- Zweibrücken-Bitsch
1728 disestablishments in the Holy Roman Empire
- Gernrode
990s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
999 establishments
- Bedia Cathedral
- Gernrode
- Orsay
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gernrode
Also known as Gernrode (Harz), Gernrode (Quedlinburg), Gernrode / harz, Gernrode/harz.
, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto the Great, Ottonian art, Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Anhalt, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg Abbey, Ramberg (Harz), Reformation, Rome, Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode, Saxony-Anhalt, Schwabengau, Selke (river), Selke Valley Railway, Silver, Sister city, Skat (card game), Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Spa town, Stiege, Thermometer, Thirty Years' War, Thuringia, United States Army, Walsrode, Weather station, Wilhelm von Kügelgen, World War II.