List And Brief History of the German States, Grand Duchies, Principalities, etc before 1806......Page K. Remmick-Hubert Site
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Kaiserberg. Presently in France and has been
since 1648. Formerly was in the Reichsstadt.
Kaisersheim. Formerly a prelate
nullius.
Kammerich. Presently in Cambrai, France and has been
since 1678. Formerely was in the Reichstadt and a
bishopric.
Kammin. Formerly a bishopric. Secularized in
1648 and held a vote in the Reichstag by
Brandenburg.
Kassel See Cassel. See
Hesse-Cassel....
Kaufbeuren. Presently in Bavaria. Formerly in
the Reichsstadt. Member of the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westpahalia
(1648).
Kaufmanns-Saarbruecken (Saarburg). Kaufmanns
is presently in France. It was taken by the bishopric of Metz then
transfered to Lorraine and then to France. However,
Saarbruecken is not a part of France. It is
the capital city in the Land (state) of Saarland which can be found
in the lower south western corner edge of Rhineland-Pfalz....
History carries this area back to the Kelts settlements... The Romans
held a fortress here... A Frankish royal stronghold was
here which was known as Villa Sarabrucca. In time the villa became
residence of the Counts of Nassau-Saabruecken and the Counts were
later to rise to the title of Prince... Prince Heinrich b. 1741 was remembered
for his Baroque buildings...The town developed into an important industrial
center... It is next to the Saar River (Saravus) which was the
natural border between German (the Saarland) and France
(Lorraine)....
Kaufaungen. Presently in Hessen. Was built around
a religious abbey for women. Absorbed by Hessen-Kassel.
Kaunitz, Prince of (von). They held estates of Essen,
Stedesdorff, Wittmund, Austerlitz, Questenberg. They were a Catholic
family. The main branches were in Bohemia, Moravia and Ostfiesland.
See Rietberg.
Kempten. Presently in Allgaeu, Bavaria. Keltic
settelment..... on the Iller River...Romans occupied the area in 1c. A.D.
(Cambodunum) .... Fomerly Reichsstadt and prince-bishopric which was
a member of the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and
member of the Protestant corpus of the Reichstadt. As you can
imagine, there was turmoil between the bishopric and the Protestant burghers
who left the Catholic church in 1525....
In 1803 the Reichsstadt became Bavaria's and united in 1811 to 1818.
Kerpen-Lommersum. Presently in Bergheim (Erft) and
Kreis Euskirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Area had belonged to Spanish
Netherlands (Belgium) before 1712 and was known as "Little Spain."
Became a Grafschaft. Represented by the Counts von Schaesberg from
1712 to 1794.
Khevenhueller, Princes and Counts von (of). This family
held the estates of Metsch, Aichelberg, Hohenosterwitz, Annabuehl, Landskron,
Werberg, Grafschaft Hardegg, Fronsberg, Prutzendorf, Starrein, Peygarten,
Ladendorf, Kammerburg, and Franenburg. Member of the Schwaebische
Grafenkolleg. Personal members of the imperial nobility after 1792.
They controlled no tenancies-in-chief, however. Family originally
was from Carinthia and were quite prominent in Mittelfranken. There
were two major brances: Khevenheller-Frankenburg (ex 1884) and
Khevenhueller-Metsch. The family was Catholic.
Kirchberg, Estate of . Presently in _______ . After
1530 the estate belonged to the Fugger family who were
Catholic.
Kitzingen. Presently in Unterfranken, Bayern (Bavaria)
on the right bank of the Main River.... Formerly a prelate nullius.
Town belonged to the Wuerzburg's archbishopric and became part of Bavaria
in 1802-1814.... And, is, again, part of Bavaria....
Klettgau. Presently in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Switzerland
and can be found on the lower Wutzch River near Schaffenhausen.....
Formerly a Landgrafschaft. Member of the Schwebische Grafenkolled.
Prepresently the Princes of Schwarzenburg, who were Catholic,
until 1805 when the territory merged with Baden.
Kulmbach. See Bayreuth and
the ruling family of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
[Hohenzollern]
Koblenz (Coblenz). Presently
in Rheinland-Pfalz and at the junction of the Mosel River and the Rhine
River..... known as "Deutsches Eck" ("German Corner") In 9th c. stood
the Roman fort of Castrun and Confluentes... .Formerly Ballei (administrative
region) of the Deutschorden (Teutonic Knights). 1018 belonged
to the Archbishops... Later It held the Electors of Trier... who often
used the city as residence.... From the 13 c. the town became a stronghold
of the Prussians (Hohenzollerns) . In 1937 the
city extened across the Rhine river bank to Rhineland and claimed the
Fortress of Ehrenbreitsein, rebuilt in 1816 where the old fortress
built by the Electors of Trier once stood and stands on the hill top
overlooking the Rhine and the city...
Personal note. Garry J. D. Hubert's ancestor lived in Koblenz. See Photographs: Hubert Web site and his des. Sophia Schodt b. 28 Dec 1721 Nickenich / Koblenz found: Families of Sackelhausen from "A' to "Zzz"
Koeln
(Cologne). Presently in North Rhine-Westphalia
[Nordrhein-Westfalen]. Said to have been developed by the Romans who
held here a colony of Colonia Caludia Ara Agrippinensis... After the 5th
c. it was taken by the Franks and made the seat of the archbishopric by
Charlemagne, Emp. of the Franks...Fomerly a Reichsstadt and electoral
prince-archbishopric....Estates and territories connected
were: (1) strip of land along the west bank
of the Rhine from Andernach to Rheinbuerg, (2) Duetz and Linz-Altenwied
on the east bank Vest Recklinghausen, (3) Duchy of Westfalen, (4) Grafschaft
of Arnsberg and Uelchrath, (5) bishoprics of Muenster, Paderborn, Trier....
Both the electoral prince-archbishopc (Kurkoeln) and the Reichsstadt
were members of the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia (1648).
It should be noted that the Catholic community of archbishops and cardinals
were influential in the German church history and politics. From 1583
to 1761 the archdiocese was controlled by the Wittelsbachs, who were
Barvarian Princes... In 1794 the French occupied the Kurkoeln's west
bank territories and in 1803 they held the east bank territories.... 1815
the lands became Prussian (Hohenzollern) ...
Reorganization of the church in 1821 changed the makeup of this area:
northern and northeastern territories went to the bishoprics of Muenster
and Paderborn.... After WW I Eupen and Malmedy were given to Liege,
diocese, however, they are presently in Belgium....
Koenigsbronn. Presently in Heidenheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Formerly Grafschaft. An associated estate was Grafschaft Rothenfels
(Allgaeu) Belonged to the family von
Koenigsegg-Aulendorf (branch of the
Trencks). Was Catholic. Rothenfels
was sold to Austria in 1804 and Aulendorf came under the sovereignty of
Wuerttemberg in 1806...
Koenstein und Eppenstein. Presetnly in Obertaunuskreis,
Hessen. Formerly a Herrschaft. The Riechstag seat was cancelled
in 1535 when the "tenancy" was taken up by the von Stolberg Family who introduced
Protestantism.... The local archbishop of Mainz did not agree and took contol
of the territory to re-Catholicize the area.... In 1793 the French
invaded and took contol of the territories and the fortress was
destroyed....
Konstanz (Constance). Presently in
Baden-Wuerttemberg and the largest town on Lake Constance.... Rose out of
a Roman camp of the 1st c. A.D. ... German territory founded in 590...Granted
as a market place abt 900... crossroad to France and Italy... 1192 to 1548
was a free Imperial city..... Formerly Reichsstadt and bishopric.
Rechenau and Propstei Oehningen were associated with the history of these
territories.. The bishopric was a member of the Catholic corpus at the Peace
of Westphalia (1648) and the Reichsstadt was a member of the Protestant
corpus.... at the time of the Reformation and their Bshop lived at
Meersburg.... Under Austria, the area was re-Catholicized after
1548.... and remained Catholic until 1805 when it became Baden's
territory....
Kornelimuenster. Presently in Kreis Aachen,
Nordrhein-Westphalen. Formerly prelate nullius.
Kreuzlingen. Presently in Canton Thurgau,
Sweitzerland. Formerly prelate nullius.
Kriechingen (Creange). Presently in Department
Moselle, France. Formerly Grafschaft. Member of the Wetterauische
Grafenkolleg. Riechstag vote was cancelled in 1697 but reinstated in
1765. Represented by the Protestant family of
Wied-Runkel. The Grafschaft was discontinued during the
French Revolution... See Wied-Runkel.
Kronberg. Presently in Obertaunuskreis, Hessen. See
Hohengeroldseck und Kronberg.
Kufstein. Presently in Tirol, Austria. Formerly
Grafschaft. Member of the Schwegische Grafenkolleg. Ruling family
was von Kufstein, a Protestant family whose members were on the
Peronalisten after 1792.
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