List And Brief History of the German States, Grand Duchies, Principalities, etc before 1806......Page G. Remmick-Hubert Site
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Gandershein. Presently in Verwaltungsbezirk, Braunschweig,
Lower Saxony. Was prelate nullius. 1589 the territory became
the property of the Protestant abbess. Gandershein's membership in
the Reichsstand is unclear to historians. From early times to
Braunschweig-Wolfenbuettel and continued to do so even after 1709....The
abbey was dissolved in 1810
Gedern. See Wetterauische Grafenkolleg
(Stolberg-Gedern-Ortenberg)
Geldern. Gelderland, Guelderland, Guelders. Presently
a part of it is in North Rhineland-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
and part of it being in Gelderland in the Netherlands. Was a
Duchy. Connected to the estates of (1) Erkelenz, (2)
Roermond, (3) Grafschaft Zutphen, (4) Goch,
(5) Arnheim, the capital, and (6) Venlo.
Population was predominantely Catholic. 1473 the Duchy became part
of Burgundy under Charles the Bold. At his death the land became Hapsburg.
Later, 1579 the northern part of the area became part of the Netherlands
(Dutch) .... The southern part fell under the Spanish... 1713 /1715
the southern part became Hohenzollern... Erkelenz became part of the Electoral
Palatinate (Kurplaz)....
Gelnhausen. Presently in Hessen. Was Reichsstadt and
Ritterschaft. The Reichstadt paid imperial taxes even though it was
not a member of the Reichsstaende. Through sale and inheritance the territory
came into the hands of the Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz) and Hanau. .
Lands morgaged in 1349.... and the town became fully obligated to the
mortgage holders in 1745. Later it was sold to Hessen-Kassel.....
1830 it merged with Hessen.
Gemen. Presently in Kreis Borken in North Rhineland-Westphalia.
Was Herrschaft. See Schamburg and Gemen.
Geneva (Genf). Presently in Switzerland. Was Bishopric.
Shared history with Burgundy... 1033 became a part of the Holy
Roman Empire... Dukes of Savoy were representatives and shared authority
with the bishops. 1533 the citizens expelled the bishops and
gained rights of self-rule.... and accepted the Reformation.... When Geneva
became Protestant, the Catholic bishop moved to Annecy in France. .
1798 to 1814 were under French rule...Territories joined the Swiss Confederation
in 1815....
Gengenbach. Presently in Kreis Offengurg in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Member of the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia. Was
Reichsstadt but dropped in 1735 and prelate nullius. Area held
a imperial abbey... Reichsstadt and Reichsabtei (imperial abbey) were
merged with Baden... 1803
Gerna
Presently in Thueringen. Was part of the Democratic Republic.
Was formerly in Herrschat. Voted in the Reichstag and was cancelled
in 1550. From 1562 it was the seat of the House of Reuss' Junior
Line which was Lutheran.
Gernrode.
Presently in Kreis Quedlinburg of Saxony-Anhalt. Was the town
next [some 7 miles, now] to the woman
religious abbey which became Protestant about 1525
and under Hohenzollern's protection... It holds
a monastic church of St. Cyriacus dated abt 959 which is presently a Parish
Church....The Reichtag vote was controlled by Anhalt after 1614. Was
part of the Bezirk Halle, a German Democratic Republic....
Gerolstein (Gerolstein, Geroldstein). Presently
part of Kris Daun, Rheinland-Pfalz. An estate who's original residence
was Juelich which fell to the ownership of the Blankensteins in
1469 and was ruled by one of the branches of the Count von Manderscheid
family. A former Grafschaft. Personal note: There is a large family
group of Hein who are connected to this area.
Giech, Counts of [von]. Estates connected
to the Count of Giech, who is from a Franconian noble family who turned
Protestant [Lutheran] are: (1) Herrschaft Thurnau which was lost to Prussia
[Hohenzollern] in 1796...; and (2) Graefliche
Wolfsteinische Allodialerben (heirs of the Wolfstein estate with the
rank of count) in the Fraenkische Grafenkolleg and also the Personalist of
the Collegium. 1806 territories were merged with
Bavaria.
Giengen and der Brenz. Presently in Kreis Heidenheim,
Baden-Wuerttemberg. Formerly Reichsstadt. Represented by Ulm in the
Protestant corpus at the Peace of Westfalen. Merged with Wuerttemberg
in 1803.
Gimborn-Neustadt. Presently in Oberbergischen
Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Formerly a Grafschaft. Before 1760
in was a territory that held 50 small villages represented by the Princes
von Schwarzenberg. After 1760 the area was represented by Counts
von Wallmoden. Neustadt was part of the Grafschaft Mark. The
Schwarzenberg family was Catholic.
Gleichen. Presently in Thuringen. Was
part of the Reichstag but its vote was cancelled in 1569 [1631?]. Formerly
a Grafschaft. Was sold to the Archbishopric of Mainz when the Gleichen
ruling family became extinct. Was part of the German Democratic
Republic.
Goerz. Presently in Gorizia, an Italian Province.
It once held a vote in the Reichstag which was cancelled in 1501.
Property became part of the House of Hapsburg of Austria.
Napoleon took control from 1809 to 1815 after which it became, again
part of the Austrian crown land. After 1919 it became Italian territory,
however, a portion of it went to Yugoslavia.
Gottingen. Presently in
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). Held a
great deal of freedom since it held the old university. It was never
part of the Reichsstadt. First record of it is in 953. Received a municipal
charter in 1210. Member of the Hanse from 1351 to 1572. 1734
George II, Elector of Hanover founded the University.... Nearby are the
ruins of the Please Castle.
Goslar. Presently in Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony).
Owed its founding to the discovery old Goslar Cathedral of which part
was built in c. 1150.... and the Jakobikirch, also, in the 12th C. .Formerly
part of the Reichstadt. Was represented by the Protestant corpus at the Peace
of Westphalia. In 1802 became part of Prussia
(Hohenzollern). In 1815 part of Hanover.
In 1866 returned to Prussia (Hohenzollern). 1941 to Braunschweig.
Gottorp. See Denmark, Holstein had
Oldenburg.
Graevenitz, Counts of (von). Family found on
the Personalists in the Fraenkische Grafenkolleg. They were close allies
of the Duke of Wuerttemberg due to a morgantic marriage in
1707.
Gronsfeld. Presently..... Represented
by the Counts von Toerring-Jettenbach since 1719 who were Catholic.
Was a member of the Westfalisch Grafenkolleg.
Grumbach. See Wild und Rheingraf zu Grumbach
(Wetterauische Grafenkolleg)
Gundefingen. Presently in Kreis Muesingen,
Baden-Wuerttemberg The single vote in the Reichstag was
cancelled in the 1400s. Formerly a Grafschaft.
Guntersblum. Presently in Kris Mainz,
Rheinland-Pflaz. There had been a Teutonic Knight's (Deutschorden)
office in Guntersblum. Since 1660 was the seat of the Leiningen Dynasty
(Leiningen-Billigheim-Guntersblum) family branch. They were Catholics.
Also, see Hoch und Deutschmeister and Wetterauische Grafenkolleg
(Leiningen-Gutersblum).
Gurk. Presently in Bezirk St. Veit / Glan,
Carinthia, Austria. Formerly a bishopric and was absorbed as a landsaessig
by Austria [Hapsburg] [date not
given]...
Gutenzell. Presently in Kreis Biberach,
Baden-Wuerttemberg Village near a women's religious abbey and within
a territory that held 11 villages which was administered by the Abby of Salem
until 1753. Was secularized in 1803 and came under the protection of
the Counts von Toerring..
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