en.unionpedia.org

Runkel Castle, the Glossary

Runkel Castle (Burg Runkel), a ruined hill castle from the High Middle Ages, is located in the city of Runkel in the Landkreis of Limburg-Weilburg in the state of Hesse.^[1]

Open in Google Maps

63 relations: Anhausen, Archbishop of Cologne, Beselich, Celtic languages, Celts, Charlemagne, Comune, Confederation of the Rhine, County of Wied, Croats, Dierdorf, Duchy of Nassau, France, Frankfurt, Frazione, Frederick Barbarossa, Gleichen, Grafschaft, Grand Duchy of Berg, Gudensberg, Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Hermann of Wied, Hermann, Prince of Wied, Herrschaft, Hesse, High Middle Ages, Hill castle, Holy Roman Emperor, Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Isenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Italy, Lahn, Landgrave, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Late Middle Ages, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg-Weilburg, Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor, Matthäus Merian the Elder, Maximilian Henry, Count of Wied-Runkel, Michael Imhof Verlag, Monarchy, Moors, Neuwied, Philip Melanchthon, Piacenza, Prince-elector, Principality, Prussia, ... Expand index (13 more) »
Buildings and structures in Limburg-Weilburg
Museums in Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg
Tourist attractions in Hesse

Anhausen

Anhausen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Anhausen

Archbishop of Cologne

The archbishop of Cologne governs the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cologne in western North Rhine-Westphalia.

See Runkel Castle and Archbishop of Cologne

Beselich

Beselich is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Beselich

Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic.

See Runkel Castle and Celtic languages

Celts

The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.

See Runkel Castle and Celts

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

See Runkel Castle and Charlemagne

Comune

A comune (comuni) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

See Runkel Castle and Comune

Confederation of the Rhine

The Confederated States of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states established at the behest of Napoleon some months after he defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz.

See Runkel Castle and Confederation of the Rhine

County of Wied

The County of Wied was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire located on the river Wied where it meets the Rhine.

See Runkel Castle and County of Wied

Croats

The Croats (Hrvati) or Horvati (in a more archaic version) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language.

See Runkel Castle and Croats

Dierdorf

Dierdorf is a town in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Dierdorf

Duchy of Nassau

The Duchy of Nassau (German: Herzogtum Nassau) was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.

See Runkel Castle and Duchy of Nassau

France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

See Runkel Castle and France

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

See Runkel Castle and Frankfurt

Frazione

A frazione (frazioni) is a type of subdivision of a comune (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town.

See Runkel Castle and Frazione

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.

See Runkel Castle and Frederick Barbarossa

Gleichen

Gleichen is the name of two groups of castles in Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (gleich like, or resembling).

See Runkel Castle and Gleichen

Grafschaft

A Grafschaft was originally the name given to the administrative area in the Holy Roman Empire over which a count, or Graf, presided as judge.

See Runkel Castle and Grafschaft

Grand Duchy of Berg

The Grand Duchy of Berg (Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories between the French Empire at the Rhine river and the German Kingdom of Westphalia.

See Runkel Castle and Grand Duchy of Berg

Gudensberg

Gudensberg is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Gudensberg

Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the first international treaty that focuses exclusively on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict.

See Runkel Castle and Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

Hermann of Wied

Hermann of Wied (German: Hermann von Wied) (14 January 1477 – 15 August 1552) was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.

See Runkel Castle and Hermann of Wied

Hermann, Prince of Wied

Hermann, Prince of Wied (Wilhelm Hermann Karl Fürst zu Wied; 22 May 18145 March 1864) was a German nobleman, elder son of Johann August Karl, Prince of Wied.

See Runkel Castle and Hermann, Prince of Wied

Herrschaft

The German term Herrschaft (plural: Herrschaften) covers a broad semantic field and only the context will tell whether it means, "rule", "power", "dominion", "authority", "territory" or "lordship".

See Runkel Castle and Herrschaft

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Hesse

High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.

See Runkel Castle and High Middle Ages

Hill castle

A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain.

See Runkel Castle and Hill castle

Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

See Runkel Castle and Holy Roman Emperor

Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)

The Imperial Diet (or Comitium Imperiale; Reichstag) was the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire.

See Runkel Castle and Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)

Isenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Isenburg is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Isenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

See Runkel Castle and Italy

Lahn

The Lahn is a, right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Lahn

Landgrave

Landgrave (Landgraf, landgraaf, lantgreve, landgrave; comes magnus, comes patriae, comes provinciae, comes terrae, comes principalis, lantgravius) was a rank of nobility used in the Holy Roman Empire, and its former territories.

See Runkel Castle and Landgrave

Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse.

See Runkel Castle and Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt

Late Middle Ages

The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500.

See Runkel Castle and Late Middle Ages

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the 44th Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.

See Runkel Castle and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated Limburg a. d. Lahn) is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg-Weilburg

Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.

See Runkel Castle and Limburg-Weilburg

Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

Lothair III, sometimes numbered Lothair II and also known as Lothair of Supplinburg (1075 – 4 December 1137), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 until his death.

See Runkel Castle and Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

Matthäus Merian the Elder

Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt, Germany for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house.

See Runkel Castle and Matthäus Merian the Elder

Maximilian Henry, Count of Wied-Runkel

Maximilian Henry, Count of Wied-Runkel (1 May 1681 – 19 December 1706) was a German nobleman.

See Runkel Castle and Maximilian Henry, Count of Wied-Runkel

Michael Imhof Verlag

Michael Imhof Verlag is a German publishing company in Petersberg, Hesse.

See Runkel Castle and Michael Imhof Verlag

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

See Runkel Castle and Monarchy

Moors

The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.

See Runkel Castle and Moors

Neuwied

Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied.

See Runkel Castle and Neuwied

Philip Melanchthon

Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.

See Runkel Castle and Philip Melanchthon

Piacenza

Piacenza (Piaṡëinsa) is a city and comune (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province.

See Runkel Castle and Piacenza

Prince-elector

The prince-electors (Kurfürst pl. Kurfürsten, Kurfiřt, Princeps Elector) were the members of the electoral college that elected the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

See Runkel Castle and Prince-elector

Principality

A principality (or sometimes princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch with the title of prince and/or princess, or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under the generic meaning of the term prince.

See Runkel Castle and Principality

References

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

, Pyrenees, Red wine, Regensburg, Roncevaux Pass, Runkel, Saxony, Spain, Thirty Years' War, Tithe, Villmar, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Wiesbaden.

Runkel Castle, the Glossary

Table of Contents

See also

Buildings and structures in Limburg-Weilburg

Museums in Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Tourist attractions in Hesse

References