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    Absberg is a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany. The Absberg family was named by this place and had their home...
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  • Hans Thomas von Absberg (1477 – 3 July 1531) was a Frankish knight of the Absberg family, known as a robber baron. He kidnapped important travellers like...
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    The Absberg family was an old, minor German noble family in Franconia. The family received its name from the village of Absberg, today located in the...
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  • Barbara von Absberg was abbess of Obermünster (higher monastery) in Regensburg from 1435 to 1456. Barbara von Absberg was a member of the noble family...
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    of Absberg and clergyman. From 1465 to his death he was bishop of Regensburg. According to Biedermann (1748), he was the son of Henry of Absberg, Rumberg...
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    Franconian War (category House of Absberg)
    castles in Franconia, whose nobles were supporters of Hans Thomas of Absberg in the Absberg Feud. By comparison with other wars and battles the Franconian War...
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    Grumbach Successor Lorenz von Bibra Orders Consecration 28 September 1466 by Heinrich von Absberg Personal details Born Würzburg Denomination Roman Catholic...
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    Schloss Kugelhammer Schloss Dürrenmungenau Burgstall Harrlach Schloss Absberg, Absberg Schloss Altenmuhr, Muhr am See Burg Bechthal, Raitenbuch Schloss Cronheim...
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    from asylums took place at Absberg in Franconia in February 1941 and others followed. The SD report on the incident at Absberg noted that "the removal of...
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    Germany: St. Odile's Church Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland Absberg, Bavaria, Germany (St. Odile's Church (in German)) Bettringen, Schwäbisch...
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    along the Rhine river. Some of the most notorious of these were Thomas von Absberg and Götz von Berlichingen, who both made a career out of highway robbery...
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  • Weißenburg in Bayern ¹ administered inside a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Märkte Absberg Gnotzheim Heidenheim Markt Berolzheim Nennslingen Pleinfeld Altmühltal...
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    near Daun, the Hochsimmer and Scheidkopf near Mayen; the Eickelslay and Absberg in the southeast; and the Krautscheid and Hohe Kuppe in the southwest....
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  • west of the Kleiner Brombachsee lake between the villages of Langlau and Absberg, near the Hühnermühle and Neuherberg in the parish of Thannhausen. Since...
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  • Podnart) Krainburg Podčetrtek Windisch-Landsberg Rann Podgorje, Apače Absberg Podlehnik Lichtenegg in Steiermark Pettau Podplat Podplat bei Pöltschach...
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    Thomas of Absberg, regularly kidnapped merchants and noblemen in the Franconian region. This resulted in the Emperor, Charles V outlawing Absberg by imposing...
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  • into the Igelsbachsee, which is connected to the Großer Brombachsee, near Absberg. List of rivers of Bavaria "Stauwurzel Igelsbachsee". 2 June 2011. Archived...
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  • modern Germany. pp. 35. Baader, Joseph. Verhandlungen über Thomas von Absberg und seine Fehden gegen den Schudbischen Bund 1519 bis 1530. Tubingen, 1873...
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    Emperor; he promptly placed the imperial ban on the Absberg family. Finally, in May 1521, Absberg attacked a group of returnees from the Reichstag in...
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    and Maria Magdalena Albrecht was the daughter of Michael Forst, Vogt of Absberg and bailiff for the Dean of Comburg near Schwäbisch Hall. Leonhard Albrecht...
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    Elisabeth II von Murach 1400–02 Margarethe I Sattelbogerin ?–1435 Barbara von Absberg 1435–56 Kunigunde von Egloffstein 1456–79 Sibylla von Paulsdorff 1479–1500...
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    was a German engineer, pilot and a rocket pioneer. Tiling was born in Absberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, as the son of a pastor. Shortly after he began the...
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    the Margraves of Nuremberg, intended to start a war against Thomas von Absberg and his allies. The Franconian War broke out in 1523, and several castles...
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    and Zedtwitz. As a consequence of supporting the robber baron Thomas von Absberg, they were forced to give up their origin lands and moved to Upper Palatinate...
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  • subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. Absdorf Absberg Atzenbrugg Atzenbrugg, Ebersdorf, Heiligeneich, Hütteldorf, Moosbierbaum...
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    Friedrich III von Plankenfels (1450–1457) Rupert I (1457–1465) Heinrich IV von Absberg (1465–1492) Regiomontanus (1476) Rupert II (1492–1507) John III of the...
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    1946 in Schwegermoor) Architect Reinhold Tiling (born 13. Juni 1893 in Absberg/Franken; died 11. October 1933 in Osnabruck) Engineer, pilot and pioneer...
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    north and going clockwise) Abenberg Georgensgmünd Röttenbach Pleinfeld Absberg Haundorf Mitteleschenbach Windsbach The following places belong to the...
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    Pfalzgraf von Rhein † (2 Sep 1457 Appointed – 10 Oct 1465 Died) Heinrich von Absberg † (3 Nov 1465 Appointed – 26 Jul 1492 Died) Ruprecht Pfalzgraf bei Rhein...
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    managed to end the feuds between the bishopric and the noble families of Absberg, Abensberg, Schwarzberg and Seckendorff and with the Burgraviate of Nuremberg...
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