Turckheim, the Glossary
Turckheim (Alsatian: Tercka) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.[1]
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- 1648 disestablishments
- Décapole
- Populated places established in the 1310s
- States and territories established in 1312
Alsatian dialect
Alsatian (Elsässisch or Elsässerditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; Alsacien; Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Battle of Turckheim
The Battle of Turckheim took place during the Franco-Dutch War that occurred on 5 January 1675 at a site between the towns of Colmar and Turckheim in Alsace.
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Colmar
Colmar (Alsatian: Colmer; German: Kolmar) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Turckheim and Colmar are communes of Haut-Rhin and Décapole.
Colmar Agglomération
Colmar Agglomération is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Colmar.
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Communes of France
The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Haut-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rhin. Turckheim and communes of the Haut-Rhin department are communes of Haut-Rhin.
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Décapole
The Décapole (Dekapolis or Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights.
Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Drei-Ähren Railway
The Drei-Ähren Railway (German for Three Ears of Corn Railway, French Voie Ferrée Trois Épis) consisted of the track gauge Electric Tramway from Türkheim to Drei-Ähren and the track gauge Military Light Railway from Drei-Ähren to Uhlhorst at Drei-Ähren near Colmar in Alsace.
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Fan Museum
The Fan Museum, which opened in 1991, is the world's first museum dedicated to the preservation and display of hand fans.
Fecht (river)
The Fecht is a river in the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
France in the early modern period
The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the Renaissance to the Revolution (1789–1804), was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon (a Capetian cadet branch).
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Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Free imperial city
In the Holy Roman Empire, the collective term free and imperial cities (Freie und Reichsstädte), briefly worded free imperial city (Freie Reichsstadt, urbs imperialis libera), was used from the fifteenth century to denote a self-ruling city that had a certain amount of autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government. Turckheim and French Third Republic are former republics.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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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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Grand Est
Grand Est ("Great East") is an administrative region in northeastern France.
Greenwich
Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.
Hand fan
A handheld fan, or simply hand fan, is a broad, flat surface that is waved back-and-forth to create an airflow.
Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin is a département in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland.
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne, was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France.
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High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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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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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kientzheim
Kientzheim (Alsatian: Kientza) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France.
Manorialism
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages.
Market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.
Météo-France
Météo-France is the official French meteorological administration, also offering services to Andorra.
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Munster, Haut-Rhin
Munster is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Turckheim and Munster, Haut-Rhin are communes of Haut-Rhin and Décapole.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.
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Rampart (fortification)
The multiple ramparts of the British Camp hillfort in Herefordshire In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Thuringii
The Thuringii, or Thuringians were a Germanic people who lived in the kingdom of the Thuringians that appeared during the late Migration Period south of the Harz Mountains of central Germania, a region still known today as Thuringia.
Town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
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Treaties of Nijmegen
The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (Traités de Paix de Nimègue; Friede von Nimwegen; Vrede van Nijmegen) were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen between August 1678 and October 1679.
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Victor Sieg
Charles-Victor Sieg (8 August 1837 – 6 April 1899) was a French composer and organist.
Vosges
The Vosges (Vogesen; Franconian and Vogese) are a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany.
See also
1648 disestablishments
Décapole
- Colmar
- Décapole
- Haguenau
- Kaysersberg
- Mulhouse
- Munster, Haut-Rhin
- Obernai
- Rosheim
- Sélestat
- Seltz
- Turckheim
- Wissembourg
Populated places established in the 1310s
States and territories established in 1312
- Duchy of Siewierz
- Turckheim