Waldburg
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Waldburg | |
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_Panorama_(02-2).jpg) Panorama of Waldburg | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Waldburg within Ravensburg district  | |
  Waldburg  Waldburg | |
| Coordinates: 47°45′25″N 09°42′46″E / 47.75694°N 9.71278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Ravensburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Ravensburg (district) |
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| • Mayor (2018–26) | Michael Röger[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.70 km2 (8.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 723 m (2,372 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,301 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 88289 |
| Dialling codes | 07529 |
| Vehicle registration | RV |
| Website | www.gemeinde-waldburg.de |
County of Waldburg Grafschaft Waldburg | |||||||||||
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| 12th century–1424 | |||||||||||
 The County of Waldburg, shown in green at the bottom right, within Württemberg | |||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Waldburg | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Alemannic German | ||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 12th century | ||||||||||
• First comital line extinct | 1183 | ||||||||||
| 1424 | |||||||||||
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Waldburg is a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is the home of Waldburg Castle, a medieval castle that sits atop the large hill in the town. The castle dates from the twelfth century, when Waldburg was a County of the Holy Roman Empire.
House of Waldburg
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In 1424, the county was partitioned:
- Waldburg-Sonnenburg, annexed by Austria, 1511
- Waldburg-Trauchburg, partitioned in 1504:
- Waldburg-Capustigall, annexed by Prussia, 1745
- Waldburg-Trauchburg, partitioned in 1612:
- Waldburg-Friedburg-Scheer, restored in 1717
- Waldburg-Trauchburg, partitioned in 1717:
- Waldburg-Scheer, restored in 1764
- Waldburg-Trauchburg, annexed by Waldburg-Zeil, 1772
- Waldburg-Wolfegg-Zeil, partitioned in 1589:
- Waldburg-Waldburg, divided between Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldburg-Zeil in 1660
- Waldburg-Wolfegg, partitioned in 1667:
- Waldburg-Waldsee, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to Württemberg in 1806
- Waldburg-Wolfegg, annexed by Waldburg-Waldsee in 1798
- Waldburg-Zeil, partitioned in 1674:
- Waldburg-Wurzach, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to Württemberg in 1806
- Waldburg-Zeil, raised to principality in 1803, mediatised to Württemberg in 1806
References
[edit]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
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