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Alsace
Alsace ( ; Alsatian: Elsàss ; , pre-1996: Elsaß, ; ) is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area (8,280 km²), and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km² (total population in 2006: 1,815,488; January 1, 2008 estimate: 1,836,000). Alsace is located on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. The political, economic and cultural capital as well as largest city of Alsace is Strasbourg. Due to that city being the seat of dozens of international organizations and bodies, Alsace is politically one of the most important regions in the European Union.
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Alsace ( ; Alsatian: Elsàss ; , pre-1996: Elsaß, ; ) is the fourth-smallest of the 26 regions of France in land area (8,280 km²), and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the sixth-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km² (total population in 2006: 1,815,488; January 1, 2008 estimate: 1,836,000). Alsace is located on France's eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany and Switzerland. The political, economic and cultural capital as well as largest city of Alsace is Strasbourg. Due to that city being the seat of dozens of international organizations and bodies, Alsace is politically one of the most important regions in the European Union.
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The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück. The mountains themselves span the districts of Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus, Limburg-Weilburg, and Rhein-Lahn.
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Verona () is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, home to approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the second most populated municipality of the region and the third of North-East Italy. The metro area of Verona has an area of and has a population of 714.274 inhabitants. It is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows, and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans.
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- Holy Roman Empire
- John III, Rhinegrave
- John V, Rhinegrave
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- Kingdom of Prussia
- Kyrburg
- Lahngau
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- Maingau
- Nahe
- Nahegau
- Niddagau
- Oberrheingau
- Obersalm Wasgau
- Rheingau wine
- Rhine
- Rhinegrave
- Riesling
- Salm (state)
- Taunus
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- Wiesbaden
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Native name | Grafschaft der Rheingau,Rheingrafschaft |
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Conventional long name | County of the Rhine district,The Rhinegraviate |
Common name | Rheingau |
Continent | Europe |
Region | Central Europe |
Country | Germany |
Era | Middle Ages |
Status | Vassal |
Status text | State of the Frankish EmpireState of the Holy Roman Empire |
Empire | Holy Roman Empire |
Government type | Principality |
Year start | 937 |
Year end | 1866 |
Event start | |
Date start | ca 937 |
Event1 | Donation of Verona: given to Abp Mainz |
Date event1 | 983 |
Event2 | Archbishopric dissolved; to Duchy of Nassau |
Date event2 | 1806 |
Event end | Prussia annexes Nassau into Hesse-Nassau |
Date end | 1866 |
P1 | Kingdom of the Franks |
Image p1 | |
S1 | Kingdom of Prussia |
Flag s1 | Flag of Prussia (1803).gif |
Image coat | }.svg ---> |
Image map caption | The Rheingau shown on a 1905 map of Hesse-Nassau |
Capital | Rheingrafenstein in Kreuznach; later Eltville |
Footnotes | }} |
History
The Rheingau was as a Gau or county of the Frankish Empire, bordered by the Niddagau, the Maingau, the Oberrheingau, and the Lahngau; the counts of the Rheingau were known as Rhinegraves. The first Rhinegrave on record is Hato VI (937–960).In 983, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, gave the Rheingau, together with other territories, to the Archbishopric of Mainz during the Diet of Verona. When the Archbishopric was dissolved in 1806, the Rheingau was given to the Duchy of Nassau.
As a result of the marriage of John III (1383–1428) to Adelheid, scion of the Wildgraves of Kyrburg, John V (1476–95) inherited territories in the Obersalm Wasgau, to the left of the Rhine (from the Nahegau, on the River Nahe and in the Alsace) from the Wildgraves and the counts of Salm, so that these territories also came to be linked to their name, with the counts using the title "Wild- and Rhinegraves of Salm".
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