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The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (German: Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis, [ˈtuːɐ̯n ʔʊnt ˈtaksɪs]) is a family of German nobility that is part of the Briefadel. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and became well known as the owner of breweries ...
- Principality
- Early modern period
2 de mar. de 2022 · Thurn and Taxis was a noble family and princely house which dominated the delivery of post in Europe from the late 15th to 18th centuries. They came to control swathes of the continent’s mail after being pronounced the imperial postmasters of the Holy Roman Empire in 1489.
Thurn and Taxis postal system, imperial and, after 1806, private postal system operated in western and central Europe by the noble house of Thurn and Taxis. At least two early ancestors of the family, then called Tassis, had operated courier services in the Italian city-states from about 1290, but.
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Historia. Thurn y Taxis, la familia que controlaba el correo postal de Europa hasta el siglo XVIII. por Jorge Álvarez 31 Jul, 2018. Foto dominio público en Wikimedia Commons.
When we call a taxi we are not only asking for a transport service; implicitly, we evoke the surname of an illustrious aristocratic family of German origin that received the privilege of exploiting in monopoly the postal services of the Holy Roman Empire at the end of 1489.
Information. History of the Thurn und Taxis Family. The family history can be traced back to the early 12th century. Even then, the Tassos or Tassis served the Republic of Venice and the Papal State as faithful couriers on political missions. Their home was in the small village of Cornello to the north of Bergamo.
Historia. En el siglo XII, la familia lombarda Tasso (que significa tejón) residía en Camerata Cornello, Bérgamo. El tejón (en alemán: Dachs) se convirtió en el escudo de armas de la familia cuando los aristócratas Tasso se establecieron en Alemania y, en 1624, se convirtieron en condes (en alemán: Grafen ).
