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
Principality of Calenberg
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The Principality of Calenberg was a dynastic division of the Welf Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg established in 1432. Calenberg was ruled by the House of Hanover from 1635 onwards; the princes received t
Schloss und Ampt Calenberg, engraving by Caspar Merian (1654)
Coat of arms of the Calenberg-Grubenhagensche Landschaft on a building in Göttingen
The remains of Calenberg Castle. Here, the battery tower at the main entrance
Calenberg Castle in 1654