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unusual facts about Conrad of Hohenstaufen



Bishopric of Würzburg

In 1115, Henry V awarded the territory of Eastern Franconia (Ostfranken) to his nephew Conrad of Hohenstaufen, who used the title "Duke of Franconia."

Hillin von Fallemanien

Hillin resisted the Count Palatine Conrad, who supported the rights of the citizenry of Trier to create a commune.

Stahleck Castle

The palas (residential building) is 2 storeys high, built of crushed stone lined with Rhenish Schwemmstein (a traditional artificial material made of dried pumice and lime, similar to concrete), and stands at the eastern, Rhine valley end of the courtyard, over a vaulted cellar that Ernst Stahl dated to the time of Conrad of Hohenstaufen.


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