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10 unusual facts about Blankenheim


Ahr

Its source is at an elevation of approximately 470 metres above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim.

Blankenheim

Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn.

Clara Elisabeth of Manderscheid-Blankenheim

She experienced an improvement in her health on 13 July 1681, when she was blessed by the miracle healer Marco d'Aviano.

Dahlem, North Rhine-Westphalia

Dahlem is located in the northern Eifel region in the High Fens – Eifel Nature Park between Blankenheim in the Northeast and Stadtkyll the southwest.

Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg

In 1444 he won the Battle of Linnich but was unable to prevail in his fight for Guelders and ultimately sold his claim to Burgundy and acquired Blankenheim-Löwenberg and Heinsberg from Guelders.

Jünkerath

Count Sternberg-Manderscheid acquired in the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss as the landholder, among other things, the holdings formerly belonging to the monasteries at Weissenau and Schussenried in Upper Swabia to offset his loss of Blankenheim, Jünkerath, Gerolstein and Dollendorf.

Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim

Count Moritz Hermann of Limburg-Stirum

Count Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum

Karoline was the daughter of Count Johann Wilhelm von Manderscheid-Blankenheim zu Geroldseck and Countess Johanna Maximiliana Franziska von Limburg-Stirum (daughter of Christian Otto of Limburg-Stirum).

Moriz Lieber

Moriz Lieber (b. at the castle of Blankenheim in the Eifel, 1 Oct., 1790, d. Kamberg, in Hesse-Nassau, 29 Dec., 1860) was a German Catholic politician and publisher.


Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Aloys married Karoline Gräfin von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (Köln, 14 November 1768 - Vienna, 11 June 1831) in Feldsberg on 15 November/16 November 1783.