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The Grand Duchy of Baden (German: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in south-west Germany on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. [1] [2]
Das Großherzogtum Baden 1848/49. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, 1998 ISBN 3-17-014039-6 (=Schriften zur politischen Landeskunde Baden-Württembergs Vol. 26) Der Rhein-Neckar-Raum und die Revolution von 1848/49. Revolutionäre und ihre Gegenspieler. Publ. by the working party of the Archives in the Rhine-Neckar Triangle.
Monument to the Constitution of Baden (and the Grand Duke for granting it), in Rondellplatz, Karlsruhe, Germany The Grand Duchy of Baden (Großherzogtum Baden) within Germany at the time of the German Empire. In the wars after the French Revolution in 1789, Napoleon, the emperor of the French, rose to be the ruler of the European continent.
Baden-Württemberg (/ ˌ b ɑː d ən ˈ v ɜːr t ə m b ɜːr ɡ / BAH-dən VURT-əm-burg; [6] German: [ˌbaːdn̩ ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state (Land) in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.
In 1832 Baden joined the (Prussian) Customs Union. [12] After news broke of revolutionary victories in February 1848 in Paris, uprisings occurred throughout Europe, including Austria and the German states. Baden was the first state in Germany to have popular unrest, despite Baden being one of the most liberal states in Germany.
Germany is traditionally a country organized as a federal state. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German-speaking territories of the empire became allied in the German Confederation (1815–1866), a league of states with some federalistic elements.
Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 1797 – 7 June 1840) [1] Friedrich Wilhelm IV (7 June 1840–1861) Kingdom of Bavaria. Monarch – Ludwig I (1825–1848) Prime Minister – Karl von Abel (1837–1847) Kingdom of Saxony. Frederick Augustus (1836–1854) Kingdom of Hanover– Ernest Augustus (1837–1851) [2]
Map of the railway lines in Baden 1870 The Grand Duchy of Baden was an independent state in what is now southwestern Germany until the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It had its own state-owned railway company, the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways ( Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen or G.Bad.St.E. ), which was founded in 1840.