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unusual facts about Brandenburg-Ansbach



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While it is licensed to Saxony-Anhalt, the exposed position of the Brocken at 3,743 ft allows the channel to cover large parts of central Germany, including Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg and Saxony.

Action T4

Extermination centres were established at six existing pyschiatric hospitals: Bernburg, Brandenburg, Grafeneck, Hadamar, Hartheim, and Sonnenstein.

Adalbert von Ladenberg

Adalbert von Ladenberg (born 18 February 1798 in Ansbach; died 15 February 1855) was a Prussian politician.

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

Sophia of Poland (1464-1512)

Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Born in Ansbach, Albert was the second son of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1582–1625) and his wife Sophie (1594–1651), daughter of John George, Count of Solms-Laubach.

Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Albert III administered the Lordship of Stargard, which Brandenburg had acquired from Pomerania in 1236.

Albert, Duke in Prussia

A member of the Brandenburg-Ansbach branch of the House of Hohenzollern, Albert's election as Grand Master had brought about hopes of a reversal of the declining fortune of the Teutonic Knights.

Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg

Frederick I (1460–1536), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Babelsberg Studio

In July 2004, Vivendi sold Studio Babelsberg to the investment company FBB (Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg GmbH), which has Carl Woebcken and Christoph Fisser as shareholders.

Barbara of Brandenburg

She was born in Ansbach as the tenth of the nineteen children of Albrecht III Achilles, Margrave and since 1471 Elector of Brandenburg; however she was the fourth child born from his second marriage to Anna of Saxony.

Bernhard Joachim Hagen

Bernhard Joachim Hagen (April 1720 in or near Hamburg (?) – December 9, 1787 in Ansbach) was a German composer, violinist and lutenist.

Bishopric of Lebus

In view of the pressure exerted by Brandenburg, the bishops in 1276 moved the episcopal seat to Göritz (Górzyca) east of the Oder.

Bryan Brandenburg

In 1994, Brandenburg started another game company, Software Arts International that was acquired in 1996 by Engineering Animation, Inc., where he was the Executive Producer for the public company's Interactive Division, producing titles for Disney, Mattel, Hasbro Interactive and Sierra On-Line.

Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Because his brother George the Pious also joined, Casimir returned to appoint a stadtholder for their Franconian possessions and to raise additional troops.

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Cölln, 30 January 1581 – Bayreuth, 30 May 1655) was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (later renamed Brandenburg-Bayreuth).

Daugavgrīva Abbey

For example, it owned 30 oxgangs (Hufen) of land at Rägelin in Temnitzquell in Brandenburg that had been given to it by the Edler von Plote, on which it ran a farm.

Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg

Elizabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach (29 November 1451, Ansbach – 28 March 1524, Nürtingen) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg.

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Johann, Viceroy of Valencia
Frederick
William, Archbishop of Riga
John Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Frederick Albert
Gumprecht
Elisabeth
Margaret
Sofie, Duchess of Legnica
Anna, Duchess of Cieszyn
Barbara
Elisabeth, Margravine of Baden-Durlach
Barbara, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg

Frederick III of Prussia

Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), as Frederick III Elector of Brandenburg, since 1701 the first King in Prussia

Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1 May 1616, Ansbach – 6 September 1634, Nördlingen) was a German nobleman.

Frederick V

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460–1536), or Friedrich V, Margrave von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth

Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach

Georg Albrecht of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Bayreuth, 20 March 1619 – Schretz, 27 September 1666), was a German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern.

George Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

The military struggle for control of Borculo ended with the intervention of France and Brandenburg, to the detriment of von Galen.

George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

He was killed at the Battle of Kittensee in 1703, and as he was unmarried, Ansbach passed to his younger half-brother William Frederick.

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George Frederick reigned in his native Ansbach, Franconia and Jägerndorf, Upper Silesia since 1556 and, after the death of his cousin Albert Alcibiades in 1557, also in Kulmbach.

Grumbkow

Joachim Ernst von Grumbkow (1637–1690), general and politician of Brandenburg-Prussia

Heidenheim, Bavaria

After that, Heidenheim belonged to the Margrave of Ansbach.

Jacob of Juterbogk

Benedict Stolzenhagen, known in religion as Jacob, was born at Jüterbog in Brandenburg of poor peasant stock.

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (8. April 1722 in Ulm - 11 August 1794 in Ansbach) was a German composer, flutists and Kapellmeister.

Johann Georg Pisendel

At the age of nine, Johann Georg became a choirboy at the court chapel of Ansbach.

Johann Halbig

He created 18 colossal statues representing the leading German provinces for the Befreiungshalle at Kelheim; 60 busts for the Pinakothek (Munich); a statue of King Maximilian II for Lindau (1854); a monument of Count Platen at Ansbach (1858); the monument of Marshal Cachahiba d'Argolo in Bahía, Brazil; a statue of King Ludwig I of Bavaria for Kelheim.

Johann Kusser

Kusser was then employed at the princely courts in Baden-Baden and Ansbach, before in October 1683 taking a trip to Germany.

John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

#Margrave George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703) died unmarried.

Karl Altmann

Altmann, son of Joseph Altmann, was born in Feuchtwangen and grew up in Ansbach.

Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein

Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr vom Stein zum Altenstein (1 October 1770, Schalkhausen near Ansbach - 14 May 1840, Berlin) was a Prussian politician and the first Prussian culture minister.

Kunowice

It was devastated by the troops of Duke Jan II the Mad of Żagań on his 1477 expedition against the Brandenburg elector Albert Achilles of Hohenzollern and again by Imperial as well as Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War.

Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau

In Charlottenburg on 25 July 1767 Leopold married his cousin Louise Henriette Wilhelmine (b. Różanki, Brandenburg, 24 September 1750 – d. Dessau, 21 December 1811), daughter of Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, by his wife Leopoldine Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, a sister of his father.

Ludwig Förster

Ludwig Christian Friedrich (von) Förster (October 8, 1797, Ansbach - June 16, 1863, Bad Gleichenberg, Steiermark) was a German-born Austrian architect.

Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Erdmann August (1615–1651), Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Niklas Kohrt

Niklas Kohrt (born 21 March 1980 in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg) is a German actor.

Prix Europa

The festival takes place in the third week of October in Berlin and Potsdam and is hosted by the German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Przemysł I of Greater Poland

Although he stopped the advance of Brandenburg's troops into his domains (Santok in 1247, Zbąszyń in 1251 and Drezdenko in 1252), the situation remained tense on the Brandenburg border.

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sabina was the daughter of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his second marriage to Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531), daughter of the Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels.

Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

# Barbara (24 September 1495, Ansbach–23 September 1552), married in Plassenburg 26 July 1528 to Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg.

Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg

The former Swedish company AB Vattenbyggnadsbyrån, which was also abbreviated VBB, is now called Sweco

Vogelsang

Vogelsang, Brandenburg, a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (8 January 1686 – 7 January 1723), was Margrave of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1703 until his death in 1723.

Wolfgang Huber

Since choosing the position of Bishop of Berlin-Brandenburg above a seat in the German Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1993 Huber has not associated himself with any political party publicly.

Würzburg Hauptbahnhof

First, in 1861 construction started on a nearly 90 kilometre-long link between Würzburg and Ansbach station, where it connected with a line that had been built in 1859 by the town of Ansbach to connect with the Ludwig South-North Railway in Gunzenhausen.


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Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1620 – 22 October 1667) was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.

Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (24 September 1495 in Ansbach – 23 September 1552 in Karlovy Vary) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and marriage Landgravine of Leuchtenberg.

Bishopric of Eichstätt

The main part was bordered by Bavaria in the north, east, and south, and by the Lordship of Pappenheim and the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach in the west.

Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

As his brother often stayed at the Hungarian royal court, Casimir ruled Brandenburg-Ansbach on his behalf.

Christian Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Since his older brother Leopold Frederick had died at the age of two, he succeeded his father as margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1686.

Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

He was the only son of Erdmann August, Hereditary Margrave (Erbmarkgraf) of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, by his wife and first cousin, Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

The death of the childless George Frederick the Elder in 1603 marked the extinction of the original Franconian line of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach.

Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (23 February 1538, Ansbach – 18 January 1604, Toužim) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage burggravine of Meissen.

Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (23 October 1663, Ansbach – 4 March 1724, Ansbach) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and through her marriage duchess of Württemberg-Winnental.

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Elizabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (25 March 1494 in Ansbach – 31 May 1518 in Pforzheim) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and by marriage Margravine of Baden.

Elizabeth was a daughter of Margrave Frederick "the Elder" of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460-1536) from his marriage to Sophia of Poland ( 1464-1512), a daughter of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland.

Emilie of Saxony

However, the regency of Brandenburg-Ansbach was administered jointly by the reigning Electors of Saxony, Electors of Brandenburg, and the Landgrave of Hesse, Philip I.

The marriage produced the heir he had hoped for: George Frederick, later Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Emilie of Saxony (27 July 1516 – 9 April 1591) was the third wife of Margrave George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 May 1678 – 29 March 1703), known as George Frederick the Younger, the third son of John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife the Margravine Joanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach (and thus a half-brother of Queen Caroline of Great Britain), succeeded his elder brother as Margrave of Ansbach in 1692.

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

In the hereditary lands Brandenburg-Ansbach in Franconia, where with his older brother Casimir of Brandenburg-Kulmbach he had assumed the regency in place of their father, he encountered greater difficulties, although the popular spirit was inclined toward the Reformation.

George Frederick (1539–1603), who became Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Regent of the Duchy of Prussia.

Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

He took over in 1603, the government of the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, after the old line of Franconian Hohenzollerns died out with the death of George Fredrick the Elder of the Ansbach-Jägerndorf branch.

His predecessor, George Frederick had settled the succession of his two Franconian possessions (Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach) in the House Treaty of Gera of 1598.

Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (22 June 1583, Cölln an der Spree – 7 March 1625, Ansbach) was a German nobleman.

John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Caroline of Ansbach) married George II of Great Britain before he became king.

Margaret of Baden

Margaret of Baden (1431 – 24 October 1457) was a Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (28 November 1661, Ansbach – 15 November 1705, Darmstadt) was a German noblewomen, and by her marriage to Ernest Louis countess of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Ordre de la Sincérité

In January 1792, the Kingdom of Prussia bought both Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Brandenburg-Ansbach and on June 12, 1792, King Frederick William II again revived the order as a Prussian royal order.

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (12 May 1529 – 2 November 1575 ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach (23 March 1535, Ansbach – 22 February 1587, Legnica) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage Duchess of Legnica.

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (10 March 1485, Ansbach – 24 May 1537, Legnica) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and was by marriage Duchess of Legnica.