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6 unusual facts about Grafschaft


Anton Raaff

Anton Raaff (6 May 1714 – 28 May 1797) was a German tenor from Gelsdorf near Bonn.

Bollingen

In the Middle Ages, the two settlements named Unterbollingen and Oberbollingen are mentioned as part of the latter Grafschaft of the Counts of Rapperswil.

Lothar von Metternich

Lothar von Metternich was born in Schloss Vettelhoven in Grafschaft on August 31, 1551, the son of Johann von Metternich (1500-1562), Lord of Vettelhoven and bailiff of Saffenberg, and his fourth wife, Katharina von der Leyen zu Adendorf (1528-1567).

Principality of Erfurt

The Principality of Erfurt (Fürstentum Erfurt) existed from 1806 to 1814 and included Erfurt and the surrounding land, including the Grafschaft Blankenhain.

Rapperswil

The Grafschaft of Rapperswil proper passed to the house of Homberg represented by Count Ludwig († April 27, 1289) by first marriage of Elisabeth of Rapperswil.

Rapperswil Castle

The Grafschaft of Rapperswil proper passed to the house of Homberg represented by Count Ludwig († April, 27 1289) by fist marriage of Elisabeth of Rapperswil.


Arenstorff

In the Einschreibebuch Book of Registers of the Dobbertin Abbey, there are 13 entries for the daughters of the A(h)renstorff family for the years between 1723 and 1910 from Krümmel (Lärz), Sadelkow and Oyle in the Grafschaft County of Hoja for the admission into the noble community at the Dobbertin Abbey.

County of Werdenfels

The County of Werdenfels (German: Grafschaft Werdenfels) in the present-day Werdenfelser Land in South Germany was a county that enjoyed imperial immediacy that belonged to the Bishopric of Freising from the late 13th century until the secularisation of the Bishopric in 1803.


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