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Borders of the German Confederation, c. 1840 The Rhine as France's eastern border, 1806. The Rhine crisis of 1840 was a diplomatic crisis between the Kingdom of France and the German Confederation, caused by the demand by French minister Adolphe Thiers that the river Rhine be reinstated as France's border in the east, at a loss of some 32,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi) of German territory.
Hace 2 días · c From 18 January 1871. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, [b] often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. Lasting from 19 July 1870 to 28 January 1871, the conflict was caused primarily by France's determination to ...
Hace 1 día · The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
Hace 5 días · In the end, the second Confederation of the Rhine brought about the demise of the Reich after which the German states (including Austria!) never wanted to resurrect it. One of the ‘reforms’ of the 1648 settlement had been to make France the guarantor of the new independence of the German princes who looked to her to protect their rights from the Emperor.
Hace 5 días · Prussia and the other states in Northern and Central Germany united as a federal state, the North German Federation, on July 1, 1867. The Southern states Bavaria, Wurttemberg, Baden, and Hesse-Darmstadt entered military alliances with Prussia. Those states joined the North German Federation in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
Hace 5 días · Netherlands, country located in northwestern Europe, also known as Holland. The country is low-lying and remarkably flat, with large expanses of lakes, rivers, and canals. Some 2,500 miles of the Netherlands consist of reclaimed land, the result of a process of careful water management dating back to medieval times.
Hace 4 días · Rheinstein Castle. Address : Burg Rheinstein, 55413 Trechtingshausen, Germany. Here’s one of the most elegant, romantic castles in the Rhine Valley and one of the best castles in Germany. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is perched on a steep hilltop castle that slopes directly down the river.
