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Entrance to Schloss Braunfels from the town A view through the castle gates. During the Thirty Years' War, Braunfels Castle was contested and heavily damaged. [3] Due to his support for Frederick V, the Winter King, Count Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels was placed under Imperial ban, and in 1621, the castle was taken without resistance by Spanish troops on behalf of the emperor. [3]
Prince Carl (Karl) of Solms-Braunfels (27 July 1812 – 13 November 1875) was a German prince and military officer in both the Austrian army and the cavalry of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. As commissioner general of the Adelsverein , he spearheaded the establishment of colonies of German immigrants in Texas.
The county of Solms-Braunfels was partitioned between: itself and Solms-Ottenstein in 1325; itself and Solms-Lich in 1409; and itself, Solms-Greifenstein and Solms-Hungen in 1592. Frederick William (1696–1761) was created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in 1742, with his younger offspring also bearing the title prince and princess, styled ...
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, representing the Adelsverein, selected Indian Point in December 1844 as the port of entry for the Verein colonists from Germany.Prince Solms renamed the port Carlshafen in honor of himself, Count Carl of Castell-Castell [2] and Count Victor August of Leiningen-Westerburg-Alt-Leiningen [3] whom Solms claimed had been christened Carl.
Prince William and Kate Middleton had a fun outing ahead of King Charles III's coronation! On Thursday, the Prince and Princess of Wales stopped by the Dog & Duck pub in London, where they spoke ...
Last year, Prince William, 40, and his wife Kate Middleton, 41, traveled across the pond to attend the second annual Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston, Massachusetts. And now, the exact location ...
The climatic spa of Braunfels lies at a height of some 100 m above the Lahn valley. It is 9 km southwest of Wetzlar, and 28 km northeast of Limburg an der Lahn.. Braunfels borders in the northwest on the town of Leun, in the north on the town of Solms, in the east on the community of Schöffengrund, in the southeast on the community of Waldsolms (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the south on ...
GRAND CHUTE — Voters will choose between challenger Tim Bantes and incumbent Jeff Ings for town supervisory seat No. 2 in the April 2 nonpartisan election. In the three-way primary election ...