Principality of Bayreuth
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The Principality of Bayreuth or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Since Burgrave Freder
Wappen Brandenburg Ansbach Kulmbach Bayreuth
Plassenburg in Kulmbach
Bayreuth and Ansbach (blue) as part of Prussia
Burgraviate of Nuremberg
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The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centurie
Principality of Bayreuth
…Brandenburg-Kulmbach until the Empire's dissolution in 1806. The Kulmbach-Bayreuth principality arose from the northern uplands (Oberland) of the former Burgraviate of Nuremberg, while the southern lowlands (Unterland) formed the Principality of Ansbach. The final border demarcation was settled by the 1541 House Treaty of…
Coat of arms of the Hohenzollern as burgraves, in a stained glass window at Hohenzollern Castle
Nuremberg Imperial Castle
The Burgrave's Castle
Cadolzburg Castle (from 1260 seat of the Burgraves)