When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled.
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While visiting a relative in Altenkirchen, Ottilie Klaube (née Wangemann and called "Odo"), Wangemann recorded a message, presumed to be to his brother.
Alexander Konrad Friedrich Heinrich, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, (born 22 November 1943 in Salzburg, Austria), a German businessman, MBA HBS '68, is member of the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein and as 7th Prince (German: Fürst) zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn head of the Princely House Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
The Bundesstraße joins the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg (10 km) and Altenkirchen (6 km).
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Schoolchildren go to the primary school in Borod, the Hauptschule and Realschule in Hachenburg or the Gymnasien in Altenkirchen, Marienstatt and Dierdorf, each of which can be reached by public bus.
Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (His Serene Highness Prince Botho of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein) (16 February 1927 in Eisenach – 27 January 2008 in Salzburg) was a German politician.
Philipp VII (1613-1645), Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, married in 1634 Countess Anna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Elkenroth is a municipality that lies on the boundary of the Westerwald region in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Frederick (1640–1675), married Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1646–1678), daughter of Count Ernest of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1599–1649)
Marceau fought in the desperate actions on the Lahn (16–18 September 1796) until at Altenkirchen on 19 September, he received a mortal wound.
Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst, 28 February 1907 – 1944 (declared legally dead 29 November 1969) was Prince and Head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
Hattert lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen, on the so-called Altenkirchen Plateau (Altenkirchener Hochebene) in the “Further” Westerwald (Vorderwesterwald).
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On 1 April 1885, the Altenkirchen-Hachenburg stretch of railway, the so-called Oberwesterwaldbahn, was opened with a station at Hattert, whose building time can nevertheless no longer be exactly dated.
The widowed mother moved with her five children from Berlin to her parents' house in Altenkirchen (Westerwald), where Körner spent her childhood.
This probably disappeared with the demise of the County of Sayn-Altenkirchen.
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, a county of the Holy Roman Empire (1657–1806), situated between Hesse-Darmstadt and Westphalia
Gottfried I of Sayn from the House of Sponheim (1247-1283/84) transferred his castrum Homburg to the German King Rudolf of Habsburg, in order to place it under his protection.
Hövels is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.
: married secondly 29 May 1727 Philippsruhe Castle with Duke John William of Saxe-Eisenach (born 17 October 1666 in Friedewald; died 14 January 1729 in Eisenach) , son of Duke John George I of Saxe-Eisenach (1634-1686) and his wife Countess Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1626-1701)
Through the buslines of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, the Westerburg-Limburg-Frankfurt and Westerburg-Altenkirchen-Cologne railway lines and the InterCityExpress stop in Montabaur, Kaden is linked to the long-distance transport network.
Linden is connected to the national highway network by Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg (10 km) and Altenkirchen (6 km).
In 1652, she handed over the County of Sayn to her daughters, who divided it into Sayn-Altenkirchen and Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg.
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Countess Louise Juliane of Erbach (1603 at Fürstenau Castle near Michelstadt – 28 September 1670 in Friedewald) was a Countess of Erbach by birth, and by marriage Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn.
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Count Christian, Louis Casimir's youngest brother then besieged Altenkirchen and the Electorate of Mainz besieged Hachenburg.
After his ordination in 1792 he was given the rectorate in the parish church of Altenkirchen on Rügen.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Marburg, Berlin and Würzburg, and following graduation worked as a general practitioner in Wetzlar and Altenkirchen.
Margareta Fouché d'Otrante, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (28 March 1909 – 25 August 2005) was the wife of Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and mother of Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who married Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
The community, first documented in 1346, lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen on the edge of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz) and is characterized by agriculture.
Prince Robin Alexander Wolfgang Udo Eugen Wilhelm Gottfried of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 29 January 1938 in Gießen, Germany) is the son of Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his wife, Franco-Swedish noblewoman Margareta Fouché d'Otrante.
Princess Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born 31 July 1940) is the fourth child and second daughter of Gustav Albrecht, 5th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and his wife, Margareta Fouché d'Otrante, and younger sister of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, the husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
The “Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission” initially deported them into the unoccupied area around Wuppertal-Elberfeld and were placed, several days later in Königswinter and Altenkirchen /Westerwald.
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A month later, he worked first as acting and, from 23 February 1903 as a definitive district administrator in Altenkirchen.
It passed to the Burgraves of Kirchberg in 1715, to the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg in 1799, and to the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1803.
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg was a sideline of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, created by Graf Casimir (ruled 1694–1741) for his brother Karl Wilhelm.
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg was a side line of the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, created by Graf Casimir (ruled 1694–1741) for his brother, Ludwig Francis zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1694–1750).
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallendar was a County of the Holy Roman Empire in Germany.
The room is still used for special events, such as in connection with the marriage of Queen Margrethe II's niece, Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg to Count Jefferson-Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth in 1998.
It was created as a partition of Sponheim-Eberstein in 1261, and it comprised the lands of the former County of Sayn.
Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen.
He married Countess Maria of Solms-Laubach, daughter of Count Otto of Solms-Laubach and Princess Madeleine of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, on 15 October 1994 in Detmold.
His third wife was Countess Antoinette Augusta von Aldenburg (1660-1701), eldest daughter of Anton I, Count von Aldenburg und Knyphausen (by his first wife, Countess Auguste Johanna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein), legitimated son of Anton Gunther, last of the independent Counts of Oldenburg, who belonged to the Delmenhorst cadet branch of the House of Oldenburg whose senior line became hereditary kings of Denmark.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Altenkirchen in the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its ceramics industry).