List And Brief History of the German States, Grand Duchies, Principalities, etc before 1806......Page L. Remmick-Hubert Site
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Lahr.
Presently in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Formerly Herrschaft.
The territory became part of Nassau-Saarbruecken in 1629. In
1803 it went to Baden. See Saarwerden und Lahr.
Landau / Pfalz. Presently in Rheinland-Pfalz
(Palatinate). Formerly Riechsstadt. Before the Reformation, the town
became Lutheran. Before this time period, the town pertained
to a Landvogtei of Hagenau... In 1648 was French and its ownership
confirmed in 1714... After the first defeat of Napoleon, the territory
was given to Austria... In 1815 the town passed to Bavaria. Much of
her old fortification was destroyed in 1876.... It was a main wine and tobacco
center of the lower Palatinate...
Note: Remmick, Remick, Roemmich, Roemich, Roemig, Remigius family's migrated to Edenkoben / Landau, Pfalz (Palatinate) in the late 1600s and early 1700s.... poss. des. of the 10th Count of Leimen, (n. Heidelberg), Bavaria..
Edenkoben
/ Landau, Palatinate, Germany
Landsberg am Lech Presently on the right bank
of the Lech River in Bavaria... where in 12 c. Heinrich (Henry) the Lion
of Saxony built his schloss (castle)... Territory belonged
to Schenken von Landsberg. Formerly a Grafschaft... 1180 Henrich
(Henry) the Lion is outlawed and Bavaria is given to Otto von
Wittelbach, founder of this dynasty which ruled Bavaria until
1918....
Laubach. Presently in Kreis Giesssen, Hessen.
Formerly Grafschaft. See Wetterauisch Grafenkolleg
(Soms-Laubach)
Lauenburg. Presently in Schleswig-Holstein.
Formerly a duchy. Associated with this duchy was the family of
the Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg [Sachsen-Lauenburg] (ext. 1689) (Sachsenwald).
Duchy of Saxe [Sachsen] -Lauenburg was a member of the Protestant corpus
at the Treaty of Westpahlia. Ownership "passed" to the family of
Braunschweig-Lueneburg in 1689... In 1815 the area was taken by Prussia
(Hohenzollern)... In 1816 it was transferred
to Denmark but returned to Prussia in 1876... It became a Kreis in
Provinz Schleswig-Holstein.... The town Lauenburg is the most southerly
town in Schlewig-Holstein and is on the north bank of the Elbe
River.
Lausanne. Presently in Canton Vaud, Switzerland.
Formerly a bishopric.
Lautern. See Anhalt. See
Pfalz.
LaVant. Presently in Carinthia, Austria. Formerly
a bishopric.
Lebus. Presently in Kreis Seelow, Bezirk Frankfurt
on the Oder. Formerly a bishopric. Absorbed by Brandenburg in
1598. Formerly a part of the German Democratic
Republic.
Leiningen, Princes and Counts of (von). This family
is associated with the following estates: Dagsburg (Dachsburg),
Hartenburg, Amorbach, Miltenberg, Mosbach, Ilbenstadt, Reineck, Aspermont.
The main branch was the Counts of Leiningen - Westerburg. The
main branches of the Leniningen dynasty were Protestant. The origins
of the family can be found in the Rhinepfalz. The Duchy* of Leiningen was
established in 1779. In 1806 Napoleon gave parts of the Duchy to Baden,
Bavaria and Hessen.
Leiningen-Westerburg, Count of (von). See
Leiningen, Princes and Counts. They were associated with the estates
of Hartenburg, Heidesheim, Guntersblum, Westerburg and Ilbenstadt.
Members of the Wetterauische Grafenkolleg. Family main
branch of the family was Protestant. The main branch "mediatized" in
1806.
Note: Charles, Prince of Leiningen b. 1763 m. in 1803 Victoria, dau. of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Augusta, dau. of Henry XXVI. See history of Belgium. Another good marriage was Mary Polyxena's, the dau. of Fred. Emich, Count of Leiningen-Hartenburg to the Luxemburg King John Ernest, (Prince of Nassau-Weiburg) b. 1688.
Leissnick. Presently in ____ . Saxony which absorbed
the territory in ____ Formerly Grafschaft. Reichstag vote was
cancelled in 1538.
Lemgo. Presently in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Formerly
Reichsstadt. It was founded by Princes of Lippe in 1190. Lippe
family became Reformed.... See Princes and
Counts of Lippe.
Leuchtenberg. Presently in Oberpfalz, Bayern (Bavaria).
Formerly Landgrafschaft. Represented by Kurkoeln (Electoral Colonge).
Became part of Bavaria in the Catholic corpus at the Peace of
Westphalia (1648) which ended in 1717. The House of Leuchtenberg
were Orthodox and most of their eastern estates were in Russia.... (not
named) was given the territory.... About 1810 Napoleon named his step-son
Eugene Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg...
Note: Eugene Beauharnais was the son. of Fr. Gen. Alexander von Beauharnais and Josephine , who as a widow m. Fr. Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte. Eugene, under Emp. Napoleon, became Duke of Leuchtenberg (ext. 1974) and m. Augusta, dau. of Maximillian I, King of Bavaria...
Leutkirch. Presently in Kreis Wangen, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Formerly Reichsstadt. Represented by Esslingen in the Protestant corpus
at the Peace of Westphalia (1648). In 1810 Napoleon gave it to the
Wuerttembergs.
Lich.
Presently in Kreis Giessen, Hessen. Formerly
Grafschaft. See Wetterauische Grafenkollge
(Solms-Lich)...
Lichtenberg. Presently in Kreis Dieburg, Hessen.
See Hanau-Lichtengerg.
Liechtenstein (Vaduz). Presently the only
German speaking principality represented and administered by
Switzerland. The area is about 157 sq miles between Switzerland and Austria.
In the Middle Ages they were two separate feudal fiefs, the Lordship
of Schellenberg and the County of Vaduz, both parts were of
the Duchy of Swabia. In 1200 Vaduz passed to the family of Montfort
which in 1396 succeeded in making themselves a direct fief of the Holy
Roman Empire. The Monforts were given the title of Counts of Werdenberg who
secured the Lordship of Schellenberg. In 15c. the property passed to their
cousins the Brandis family then to Counts of Sulz who sold
both estates in 1613 to Count of Hohenems. In 1699 the
Catholic Prince John Adam of Liechtenstein, whose family
was originally Austrian with branches in Moravia, Silesia and
Austria, purchased the estate of Schellenberg and in 1712 the estate of Vaduz...
Their line is said to be des. of Hugo, Lord of Liechtenstein d.
1156...
Limburg. Presently in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Formerly
Grafschaft. Member of the Fraenkische Grafenkolleg. After 1690
and again 1713 it was represented by various "allodial"
heirs.
Limburg-Stirum. See Schaumburg and Gemen. See
Iller-Aichheim.
Lindau im Bodensee. Presently in Schwaben, Bayern
(Bavaria) by the Bodensee (Lake Constance) and a harbor town....
Was originally a fishing village and recorded for the first time in 882 when
the Convent of Our Lady under the Lime Trees was dedicated. Formerly
Reichsstadt and the convent became an abbey for religious women.
Became an imperial city in 1220.... Known as the "Swabian Venice"...
Townspeople became converts under Zwinglian Reformation in 1530. In
1548 Charles V demanded they accept the Augsburg Interim... 1647 it was invaded
by Swedes.. Was a member of the Protestant corpus at the Peace of Westphalia
(1648). In 1775 discovery was made the Reichsmatrikel (imperial certification)
for the abbey was false and it was clear it was not a member of the
Prelatenkolleg. 1796 is was invaded by Austrians after making a separate
peace with Swabia... Conflicts continued. In 1802 the estates
fell to the Princes von Bretzenheim... in 1804 to Austria and in 1805
the lands were ceeded to Bavaria in the Peace of Pressburg... WW II
a section of the town was occupied by the French.... and partly by
Bavaria... From that time to 1956 it held a special status. 1972 the
town has been a Landkreis (rural district) of
Lindau.
Lippe, Princes and Counts of (von). Presently the
principality of Lippe is in Regierungsbezirk Detmold, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The family is associated with the following estates: Herrschaft
Rheda and the Grafschaften Schwalenburg and Sternberg.
Members of the Westfaelische Grafenkolleg. The Lippe family became
part of the Reformed Church... There were several branches. In 1806
the princely houses of Germany were "mediatized". The Princes of Lippe
refused to change in status and Lippe remained a separate state until forcibly
absorbed in 1933 by the National Socialist (1933-1945)...
Lippe-Bueckeburg See Schaumburg and
Gemen....
Lobkowitz, Princes of (von). The following estates
were associated with this Catholic family. They are: Duchy
of Sagan (Silesia), Raudnitz, Neustadt on the Waldnaab and the
gefuerstete Grafschaft Sternstein plus other [unnamed] estates
in Bohemia and Styria. The Herrschaft Neustadt on the Waldnaab became
gefuerste Graschaft Sternstein in 1641. In 1807 it was given to Bavaria.
Loewenstein. Presently in Kreis Heilbronn,
Baden-Wuerttemberg. Formerly Grafschaft. The following estates
were associated with the Loewenstein were: Grafschaft Wertheim
(presently found in Tauberbischofsheim), Rochefort (Provice Namur),
Koenigstein im Taunus, Herrschaft Breuberg. Represented
Virneburg in the Westfaelische Grafenkollege and Wertheim in the
Graenkische Grafenkolleg. The Loewenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg
family were Protestant and held Virneburg and later Amt Fruedenberg
(Kreis Tauberbischofsheim). The junior branch of this family held
Grafschaft Puettlingen and Rochefort, Amt Rothenfels and the
abbey of Bronnbach. Both lines were "mediatized" in 1806.
Many of the estates mentioned above were absorbed by Wuerttemberg which
gained these estates through Napoleon.
Lommersum. Presently in Kreis Euskirchen,
Nordhein-Westfalen. Formerly Grafschaft. See Kerpen-Lomemrsum
which was represented by the Counts of
Schaesberg.
Losenstein. Presently in Austria.. Formerly
Grafschaft. Reichstag vote cancelled in 1629. Absorbed by Austria...
Lothgringen (Lorraine) (Alsace-Lorraine).
Presently in France. ...where it located
in Meuthe-et-Moselle, Meuse and Vosges Departments. Was formerly
a principality. Was the Kingdom of Lotharingia. Lorraine became
a Duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in the 10th c. In 1431 the duchy united
with Bar through the accession of Rene of Anjou ... There was continued conflict
over this fertile land...During the Thirty Years War, the Guise family, a
branch of the House of Lorraine... regained the land.. Leopold I's heir Francis
married the Austrian Empress Maria-Theresa and became Emperor Francis I and
founded the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine..... In 1735 the Hapsburgs exchanged
Lorraine for Tuscany and it came into the hands of Stanislaus I of Poland
who passed it on his death in 1766 to Germany who had defeated France in
the Franco-Prussian War. Prussia united Lorraine with Alsace to form
an imperial territory. In 1918 it was returned to France.... In WW
II Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine but was again returned to
France...
Luebeck. Presently in Schleswig-Holstein. Formerly
Reichsstadt and bishopric. Founded in 1143 by Count Adolf II of Holstein.
Became an imperial city in 1226. Both were members of the Protestant
corpus at the Peace of Westphalia (1648). The Reichstadt vote was held
by the Lutheran bishop from the dynasty of Holstein-Gottorp. From
1810 to 1813 the city was occupied by Napoleon's army. After Napoleon's defeat
in 1814 it was a free state in the German Confederation. It was not
until 1937 that the city became part of
Schleswig-Holstein... There were various exclaves
absorbed by Prussia and Mecklenburg.
Lueders. Presently in _____ . Formerly
prince-bishopric. Represented by the Teutonic Knights (Deutschorden)
in the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Associated
with the Abbey of Murbach in the upper Alsace.
Lueneburg. Presently in Niedersachsen (Northern Saxony).
The city was found around the castle of Duke Hermann Billung of Saxony
on the Kalkberg River in 951. In 1247 it gained municipal charter.
1371 the towns people shook off the rule of the Braunswick
[Braunschweig]-Lueneburg ... By the 16c. it was one of the more wealthy towns
in Northern Germany ....but the city declined in importance in later
centuries..... See Braunschweig -
Lueneburg.
Luettich (Liege). Presently in Belgium.
Formerly and presently a bishopric. Represented by Kurkoeln
(Electoral Cologne) in the Catholic corpus at the Peace of Westphalia (1648).
Lupfen. Presently in ______ . Formerly Grafschaft
or Herrschaft. In 1585 the vote was cancelled.
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