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Hace 5 días · In mid-2019, it was revealed that Prince Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Head of the House of Hohenzollern had filed claims for permanent right of residency for his family in Cecilienhof, or one of two other Hohenzollern palaces in Potsdam, as well as return of the family library, 266 paintings, an imperial crown and sceptre, and the ...
Hace 3 días · Moltke had indeed massed three armies in the area—the Prussian First Army with 50,000 men, commanded by General Karl von Steinmetz opposite Saarlouis, the Prussian Second Army with 134,000 men commanded by Prince Friedrich Karl opposite the line Forbach-Spicheren, and the Prussian Third Army with 120,000 men commanded by Crown Prince ...
- France and the Rhine Province, Prussia
- German annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
Hace 2 días · Construction took over a decade, with the new Berliner Dom finally consecrated in 1905. The finished cathedral was an architectural marvel, featuring: A monumental dome soaring 115 meters (377 ft) high. Four flanking towers topped with copper-green domes. An ornate façade of columns, pilasters, arches, and sculptures.
Hace 3 días · The Franco-Prussian War. The Franco-Prussian War, won decisively by Prussia in just over six months, shifted the balance of power in continental Europe in favor of the German states, which were united during the war. Germany as its is known today was not a united country for much of the 19th Century. Although much of the area had been part of ...
Hace 1 día · Events leading to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Hace 5 días · Maximilian I (born May 27, 1756, Mannheim, Palatinate [Germany]—died October 13, 1825, Munich, Bavaria) was the last Wittelsbach prince-elector of Bavaria (1799–1806) and first king of Bavaria (1806–25). His alliance with Napoleon gained him a monarch’s crown and enabled him to turn the scattered, poorly administered Bavarian holdings ...
Hace 3 días · Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (* 15. Oktober 1795 in Berlin; † 2. Januar 1861 in Potsdam) war vom 7. Juni 1840 bis zu seinem Tod König von Preußen. Er entstammte der Dynastie der Hohenzollern. In seiner Regierungszeit sah er sich mit zwei elementaren Umbrüchen konfrontiert: der Industriellen Revolution und der bürgerlichen Forderung nach ...
