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unusual facts about Eichenberg, Hildburghausen


Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Hildburghausen, a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in the state of Thuringia, Germany


Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

In 12 November 1826, after the redistribution of all the family territories after the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Bernhard II received Hildburghausen and Saalfeld.

Billmuthausen

It lay in the extreme south of Thuringia in the Heldburger Land in the district of Hildburghausen, only five hundred meters away from the Thuringian-Bavarian border.

Christian Friedrich Hornschuch

In 1808 he started his career as an apprentice at a pharmacy in Hildburghausen.

Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (15 October 1733 in Neustadt an der Aisch – 8 October 1757 in Jagdschloss Seidingstadt in Straufhain) was a member of the Kulmbach-Bayreuth branch of the Franconian line of the House of Hohenzollern and was, by marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen

Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen (13 December 1664 in Arolsen – 1 February 1699 in Hildburghausen) was a daughter of Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Wilhelmine Christine, a daughter William of Nassau-Hilchenbach.

Deutsches Burgenmuseum

The Deutsches Burgenmuseum (German Castle Museum) is a in preparation historical museum at the fortress Veste Heldburg (Castle Heldburg) in the Heldburger Land and in district Hildburghausen in Thuringia.

Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Charlotte married Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (later Duke of Saxe-Altenburg), youngest child of Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his third wife Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, on 3 September 1785 in Hildburghausen.

Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

On 3 September 1785, at the age of 16, Charlotte married Duke Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, who stood until 1787 under regency of his great-great uncle Joseph Frederick.

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg line upon the death of Duke Frederick IV in 1825, Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen received the lands of the former Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen as well as the Saalfeld territory of the former Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld duchy.

Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

Charles was married on 5 February 1735 in Eisfeld to Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, daughter of Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Saale-Holzland, a municipality in the district of Saale-Holzland in the state of Thuringia, Germany

Eichenberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria

Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

# Ludwig Frederick (b. Hildburghausen, 11 September 1710 – d. Nimwegen, 10 June 1759), married on 4 May 1749 to Christine Luise von Holstein-Plön.

# Elisabeth Albertine (b. Hildburghausen, 3 August 1713 – d. Neustrelitz, 29 June 1761), married on 5 May 1735 to Karl Ludwig Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Herr of Mirow.

Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Ernst Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (Königsberg, 10 June 1727 – Seidingstadt, 23 September 1780), was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

In Fürstenau on 19 June 1726 Ernst Frederick married Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau (d. July 1745).

# Ernst Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (b. Königsberg, 10 June 1727 – d. Seidingstadt, 23 September 1780).

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Frederick succeeded his father Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen in 1780, when only seventeen years old; because of this, his great-great-uncle, the prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, assumed the regency on his behalf, this regency only ended in 1787 at the death of Prince Joseph.

Friedrich Dotzauer

Born in Haselrieth, near Hildburghausen, to a father who was a church music minister, he learned at a young age to play a number of instruments, including piano, double bass, violin, clarinet, and horn.

Friedrich Konrad Müller

He became an apprentice pharmacist in Hildburghausen in and the mid-forties, he went to Heidelberg, where he met the poet Wilhelmine von Chézy, which supported him financially and encouraged his first works.

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Döll

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Döll (8 October 1750, Veilsdorf bei Hildburghausen - 30 March 1816, Gotha) was a German sculptor.

Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Heldburger Land

Heldburger Land means the historic Saxon administrative district Amtsbezirk Heldburg (borough Heldburg) and is today the southernmost part of the Free State of Thuringia and the district of Hildburghausen, between the towns Coburg, Hildburghausen and Bad Königshofen.

Hildburghausen Castle

It was completed by Duke Ernest Frederick I, who wanted to imitate the court at Versailles.

John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

In 1638, he received the towns of Coburg, Bad Rodach, Römhild, Hildburghausen and Neustadt, according to the divisionary treaty between him and the branch of Saxe-Weimar after the death of the duke John Ernest of Saxe-Eisenach without surviving issue.

Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller

Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (February 6, 1862 – December 19, 1948) was a German botanist born in Hildburghausen, Thuringia.

Joseph Leutgeb

The composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf stated that Leutgeb performed in Vienna in the early 1750s for Prince Hildburghausen.

Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen, 27 August 1789 – Altenburg, 25 November 1868), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Kloster Veßra

Kloster Veßra is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia, Germany.

Louis Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Louis Frederick was the younger son of Duke Ernest Frederick I of Saxony-Hildburghausen and his wife Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach.

Lucas Maius

He was married on 13 Jan. 1551 to the daughter of the mayor of Rodach, Dorothea Schmuck (d. 9 Apr. 1560 in Hildburghausen), with whom he had six children.

Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

He was the seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Prince Eugene of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Eugene was the younger son of the Duke Ernest Frederick II of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau (1700–1758 ).

Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen

In 1737, his attempt to conquer Banja Luka failed, but in practically all important engagements of the war, Joseph displayed personal bravery, for example in the Battle of Grocka (on 22 July 1739), where he covered the retreat of the Imperial Army.

Joseph Maria Frederick Wilhelm of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duke in Saxony (5 October 1702 – Hildburghausen, 4 January 1787), was an Austrian General and Field Marshal.

His grandnephew, Duke Ernst Frederick III, was incapacitated for ruling.

He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Sophie of Waldeck.

Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Louise was the seventh child of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Ernestine Friederike Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen (22 February 1760, Hildburghausen – 28 October 1776, Coburg), was a Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen by birth, and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

On 6 March 1776, she married at the age of 16 in Hildburghausen the hereditary prince and later Duke Francis Frederick Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Ernestine Friederike Sophie was the daughter of Duke Ernest Frederick III of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727–1780) and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740–1786).

Saxe-Hildburghausen

In the beginning, the Principality had the District and city of Hildburghausen, the District and city of Heldburg, the District and city of Eisfeld, the District of Veilsdorf and the half of the District of Schalkau.

The lands of Saxe-Hildburghausen went to the sixth son, who became Ernest II, the first Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787–1847), by marriage Princess of Württemberg, known as “Princess Paul of Württemberg” since then

Veste Heldburg

After several conquests and plundering during the Thirty Years War the castle was held in 1776 and re-attached residence of the Ernestine dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen and finally in 1871 became the property of the ducal house of Meiningen.

Zeca Schall

In 1988, Fonseca arrived in Germany as a contract worker for Hildburghausen and trained in VEB Screws and Standard Parts Factory as a lathe operator.


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