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25 unusual facts about Usingen


Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

In Frankfurt-am-Main on 9 February 1792 Augustus Christian Frederick married Fredericka (b. Usingen, 30 August 1777 - d. Hochheim, 28 August 1821), daughter of Frederick Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Usingen and later (1806) Duke of Nassau.

Bad Homburg station

In 1895 the Prussian state railways opened another terminus, called Homburg Neu (new) station, for the High Taunus line from Homburg via Friedrichsdorf to Usingen.

Baitul Huda, Usingen

The Baitul Huda (House of Guidance) in Usingen is a mosque in Germany run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) and was inaugurated on September 7, 2004 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad.

Bartholomaeus Arnoldi

Usually called Usingen, after his birthplace, he received his master's degree in 1491 and was promoted to the doctorate of divinity in 1514.

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

He was the eldest son of Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen and his wife, Christina Wilhelmina, the daughter of Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach.

Caroline (1762-1823), married Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747-1837), the son of Landgrave Frederick II and Princess Mary of Great Britain and the founder of the cadet branche Hesse-Kassel-Rumpenheim.

Charles William (9 November 1735 in Usingen – 17 May 1803) was Prince of Nassau-Usingen from 1775 until his death.

Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (born: 31 December 1712 in Usingen; died: 21 June 1775 in Biebrich), was from 1718 to 1775 Prince of Nassau-Usingen.

He then moved his residence from Usingen in the Taunus to Schloss Biebrich in Biebrich and continued the progressive policies of his mother.

Charles was the son of William Henry of Nassau-Usingen and Countess Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Christian-Wirth-Schule

Christian-Wirth-Schule (Christian Wirth School) is a secondary school located in Usingen, Germany.

Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau

On 17 May 1803, he succeed as the Prince of Nassau-Usingen when his elder brother, Charles William died without male heirs.

Friedrich August, born in Usingen, was a younger son of Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen and Princess Christiane Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach (daughter of John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach).

Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

His maternal grandparents were Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen and Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

Saalburg

Since prehistoric times, trade routes like the Lindenweg or Linienweg connected the Rhine-Main plain with the Usingen basin, which had been a centre of population since the Neolithic.

Theodor Langhans

Theodor Langhans (September 28, 1839 – October 22, 1915) was a German pathologist who was a native of Usingen, Duchy of Nassau.

Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

After his death in 1702, he was succeeded as Prince of Nassau-Usingen by his son William Henry.

From 1659, the residence of the Usingen branch of House of Nassau was in the town of Usingen in the Taunus mountains.

At different times, he was General Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation and of the United Provinces of the Netherlands under Prince William III of Orange.

William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

After his mother's death, his brother Charles acted as regent until William Henry came of age in 1741.

Charles received Nassau-Usingen on the right bank of the Rhine; William Henry received Nassau-Saarbrücken on the left bank.

William Henry was the fifth son of William Henry of Nassau-Usingen Born and Princess Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg.

William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (6 March 1718 in Usingen – 24 July 1768 in Saarbrücken), was Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1741 until his death.

William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

William Henry was the son of Prince Walrad of Nassau-Usingen and his wife, Catherine Françoise, comtesse de Croÿ-Roeulx

Prince William Henry of Nassau-Usingen (born: 2 May 1684 in 's-Hertogenbosch; died: 14 February 1718 in Usingen) was from 1702 to 1718 Prince of Nassau-Usingen.


House of Nassau

In 1816, Nassau-Usingen merged with Nassau-Weilburg to form the Duchy of Nassau.

Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel

Princess and Landgravine Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, third daughter of HSH Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and his wife, Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, was born at Rumpenheim Castle, Kassel, Hesse.

Principality of Orange-Nassau

By German Mediatisation, the county Dietz and its dependencies, and the Lordships Wehrheim and Burbach, all came under the sovereignty of the Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

William, Duke of Nassau

On 9 January 1816, he succeeded his father, Duke Frederick William, as the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and joint Duke of Nassau with his cousin, Frederick Augustus, of the Nassau-Usingen branch of his family.