List And Brief History of the German States, Grand Duchies, Principalities, etc before 1806.......Page F. Remmick-Hubert Site
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Falkenstein Estates. Several estates known by this
name. (1) One of them is presently in Kreis Rottweil, Ba-Wu
[Baden-Wuerttemberg] which was taken by Austria in the 15th Century and was
known as a Grafschaft; (2) Another is presently in Kreis Roding, Bavaria
which belonged to the Bavarian Duke until 1829 when it was bought by Prince
Thurn and Taxis ; (3) Another is presently in Hessen and belonged to the
family of Nassau-Weilburg; (4) Another in Kreis Heidenheim, Wu. ; (5)
another in Kreis Hettstedt, Berzirk Halle which belonged to the bishopric
of Halberstadt....
Finstingen Estate or Fenetrange. Presently in
Department of Mosel, Lorraine, France. Was a Herrschaft. Held
a vote in the Reichstag which was cancelled in 1458. A portion
of this estate was regained in 1751 under Hapsburg-Lothringen who were
Catholic.
Frankfurt on the Main (River). Presently in Hesssen. Old
Imperial city. Was Reichstadt. Member of the Protestant corpus at the
Peace of Westphalia. A great many families from Netherlands (Dutch)
and Walloon (area in Belgium) refugees of the Reformed Church were given
refuge in this city. Many elections and coronations of German
"kaiser" were held in this city. 1806 to 1813 the city was the
capital of the Rheinbund. 1810 was the capital of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
which included Hanau, Fulda, Wetzler and Aschaffenburg. In 1866 was
annexed by the Hohenzollerns of Prussia.
Franconian Collegium of Counts (Franische Grafenkolleg) of
the Protestant corpus at the Peace of Westphalia. It should be noted
that some of the Counts were not Protestant. The members were:
[Note - Personal List = Personalist*: title is personal to the title holder and not based on title to a territory bestowed by the Holy Roman Emperor on nobles who did not possess territories or fiefs of the Empire and was an extension of personal favor for their accomplishments in the service of the Emperor. Some of these noble families later acquired, by purchase or marriages, territories from which other Imperial titles were derived.]
Freising. Presently in Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern).
A bishopric. Connected to the estates: (1) Grafschaft
Ismaning, (2) Werdenfelds, (3) Innichen in
Tirol, Bischoflack in Krain (Skofja Loka), (4) Oberwoelz
in Styria. Represented by Salzburg which was in the Catholic corpus
at the Peace of Westphalia. 1802 to 1803 the territory was secularized.
Bavaria absorbed part and Austria absorbed the remainder.
Friedberg. Presently in Hessen (Wetterau). Was
Reichsstadt and Grafschaft. Member of the Protestant Corpus at the Peace
of Westphalia. Until 1729 Friedberg was the headquarters of the
Rheinische Ritterkreises. 1806 merged with Hessen-Darmstadt....
Friedrichshafen. See Buchhorn.
Friesland. Presently a province in Netherlands.
Capital Leeuwarden. Landkreis in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
Verwaltllungsbezierk Oldenburg whose capital was Jever. Was a Grafschaft.
1524 the Dutch province became part of the Hapsburg domain. There was
a division and the area known as West Friesland was part of the Dutch province
and the East was part of Germany. See Ostfriesland.
Fuerstenberg. Presently in Donaueschingen, Gaaden-Wu.
Was Grafschaft and principality. The estates connected were:
(1) Feldberg, (2) Kniebis, (3) Moehringen
in Donau Schoeberg, (4) Grafschaft Heiligenberg, (5) Herrschaft
Messkirch, (6) Landgrafschaft Stuehlingen, (7) Herrschaft
Hewen, (8) other estates in Bohemia and Austria.... Another branch
of the same family held estates in Silesia. In 1806 their lands fell
to Bayern through "Mediatization".
Fugger Estates, Counts von. Connected to the estates
of (1) Grafschaft Kirchberg, (2) Herrschaft
Weissenhorn, (3) Schmeihen, (5)
Pfaffenhofen, (6) Merstetten, (7)
Fussendorf, (8) Dischhausen, (9)
Wullenstetten, and (10) Babenhausen. Family was Catholic.
Family suppported a Jesuit College at Augsburg. Their ancestor
was an "honorable weaver" who owned a measure of land (Tagwekes)
in Graben an Lechfeld and later a citizen of Augsburg in 1370. The monies
inherited by his sons gave them the opportunity to be engaged with international
trade that carried their goods to Levant and as far as the West Indies.
Fulda. Presently a Lankreis Fulda in Hessen. Was
a principality under a prince-abbot. Abbey Fulda was represented by Bamberg
and found in the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia. The
prince-abbot ruled a small territory in the Rhoen Mountains and from Brueckenau
to Hammelburg in Franconia. During the Reformation there was a great
deal of fighting in this area. Became secularized in 1802. In 1815 became
part of Hessen-Kassel.
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