X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Zeil


Bad Wurzach

Seibranz was once taxable for the most part by the chieftain of Waldburg-Zeil.

Eschenheimer Turm

Apart from a central boulevard (die Zeil), the site of the cattle market and the Roßmarkt, the new town was primarily devoted to gardens and agriculture, rather than residential or commercial buildings.

Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg

Georg III Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil (Waldsee, January 25 1488 – Bad Waldsee, May 29 1531), also known as Bauernjörg, was a German Army Commander in the German Peasants' War.

Monarchy of Liechtenstein

After some time, the family was able to arrange the purchase of the minuscule Herrschaft ("Lordship") of Schellenberg and countship of Vaduz (in 1699 and 1712 respectively) from the Hohenems.

Waldburg-Waldburg

Waldburg-Waldburg was a partition of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil and was divided between the other two parts of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil — Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil — in 1660.

Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach

Karl Gero, Duke of Urach (1899–1981), 3rd Duke, who married Countess Gabriele of Waldburg-Zeil (1910–2005).


Inditex

Today Inditex's stores can be seen in places like New York's Fifth Avenue, Milan's Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, London's Regent Street and Oxford Street, Frankfurt's Zeil, Shanghai's Nanjing West Road, Tokyo's Shibuya, Istanbul's Nişantaşı, Seoul's Myeong-dong, and Vienna's Kärntner Straße.

Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild

The couple first resided in the Rothschild house on the Zeil (Zeilpalast), but later moved to a palace in Grü­ne­burg, and also lived in a villa in Königstein im Taunus.


see also