Duchy of Gifhorn
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The Duchy of Gifhorn with its residence at Gifhorn Castle was founded in 1539 and lasted only 10 years until the death of its ruler, Duke Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1549. It consisted of the Ämt
Statue of the praying Duke Francis in the castle chapel at Gifhorn
Principality of Lüneburg
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The Principality of Lüneburg was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire, immediately subordinate to the emperor. It existed from 1269 until 1705 and its
Herzog Ernest the Confessor on a copperplate by P. Troscheli from the 17th century
The heath duke George William in a 1655 oil painting