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    Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about...
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  • Esico of Ballenstedt (died around 1060) is the progenitor of the House of Ascania, (i.e., the oldest known member of his dynasty). Esico was the count...
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    Saxony between 1138 and 1142. Albert was the only son of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, and Eilika, daughter of Magnus Billung, Duke of Saxony. He inherited...
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  • Otto, Count of Ballenstedt, called Otto the Rich (c. 1070 – 9 February 1123), was the first Ascanian prince to call himself count of Anhalt, and was also...
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  • Adelaide of Ballenstedt (c. 1100 - after 1139) was the daughter of Otto of Ballenstedt and a member of the House of Ascania. She married, successively...
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    Hazecha of Ballenstedt (died 1063) was a member of the House of Ascania, and the third abbess of Gernrode (r.1044-1063). Hazecha was a member of the House...
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  • Adalbert von Ballenstedt c. 970, (name uncertain, but possibly Adalbert), was Count of Ballenstedt, Vogt of the Nienburg Abbey, and the provost of Hagenrode...
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  • Ballenstedt/Bode-Selke-Aue was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The seat of the...
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    Adalbert II of Ballenstedt (c. 1030 – 1076/1083), an early member of the House of Ascania, was Graf (count) in Saxony and Vogt of Nienburg Abbey. Adelbert...
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  • boarding school, the National Political Institutes of Education (Napola) at Ballenstedt in Saxony-Anhalt. When World War II began, he joined the Wehrmacht. Aspiring...
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    tower lies within the borough of Ballenstedt. On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig in 1913, Ballenstedt's lord mayor, Wendt, proposed the...
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    Uta von Ballenstedt (c. 1000 — 23 October before 1046), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margravine of Meissen from 1038 until 1046, by marriage...
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  • Ballenstedt Castle First coat of arms of the family Map of Anhalt (1747–1793) The earliest known member of the house, Esiko, Count of Ballenstedt, first...
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    Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia. In 1950, the district of Ballenstedt was added to the district. Parts of the districts of Blankenburg and...
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    The Northern March or North March (German: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast Marca Geronis in 965. It initially comprised the northern...
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    margrave of Brandenburg. Albert was descended from Albert, count of Ballenstedt, whose son Esico (died 1059 or 1060) appears to have been the first to...
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  • Radisleben (category Ballenstedt)
    Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Ballenstedt. Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches...
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  • of the Billung dynasty. Through marriage to Otto of Ballenstedt, she was countess of Ballenstedt. Eilika was the younger daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony...
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    Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 19 April 1801 – d. Ballenstedt, 24 May 1801). Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (b. Ballenstedt, 2 March 1805 – d...
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    Siegfried I of Ballenstedt (c. 1075 – 9 March 1113), was the son of Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, and a member of the House of Ascania. He was count palatine...
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    Countess of Bar. If she was married to Esico of Ballenstedt, Matilda had: Adalbert II, Count of Ballenstedt Adelaide of Ballenstadt, wife of Thiemo of Schraplau...
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    Ascania via Eilika (1080 – 16 January 1142), who married Count Otto of Ballenstedt. Appleton's Cyclopedia of Biography. 1872. p. 527. Retrieved 13 November...
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  • Heinrich II of Laach 1085–95 Siegfried of Ballenstedt 1095–1113 Gottfried of Kalw 1113–29 William of Ballenstedt 1129–39 Henry IV Jasomirgott 1139–42 Hermann...
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    The Oberhof Ballenstedt is a stately home next to the town hall in Ballenstedt in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today it is a schloss, but originally...
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  • Rieder (category Ballenstedt)
    Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 December 2013, it is part of the town Ballenstedt. Between 1 January 2011 and 19 February 2013, it was part of the town...
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  • operational on November 1, 1944 with 32,471 prisoners. Alfred Artern Ballenstedt Blankenburg Dora Ellrich Großwerther Harzungen Hohlstedt Ilfield Ilsenburg...
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    Feuerschwanz Feuerschwanz at Rockharz Open Air 2019 in Ballenstedt, Germany Background information Origin Erlangen, Bavaria Genres Medieval metal, folk...
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    Rhine-Westphalia) Baiersdorf (Bavaria) Balingen (Baden-Württemberg) Ballenstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) Balve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Bamberg (Bavaria) Barby...
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    Johann Arndt (category People from Ballenstedt)
    gained strength in the late 17th century. He was born in Edderitz near Ballenstedt, in Anhalt-Köthen, and studied in several universities. He was at Helmstedt...
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  • (approximate date) Sylvester III, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1063) Uta von Ballenstedt, margravine of Meissen William V, count of Auvergne (d. 1064) Yi Yuanji...
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