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    Klein-Venedig (German for 'Little Venice') or Welserland (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛlzɐlant]) was the most significant territory of the German colonization...
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    Venezuela (German: Klein-Venedig, also German: Welser-Kolonie), St. Thomas and Crab Island in the 16th and 17th centuries. Klein-Venedig ("Little Venice";...
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    Venezuela and Colombia. He is a significant figure in the history of Klein-Venedig (1528–1546), the concession of Venezuela Province that Charles I of...
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    concession by the King of Spain to the German Welser banking family, as Klein-Venedig. It has its origins with the 1527 foundation of Santa Ana de Coro by...
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    in 1528, becoming owners and rulers of the South American colony of Klein-Venedig (within modern Venezuela), but were deprived of their rule in 1546....
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  • "Klein Venedig (Bamberg) - Aktuelle 2022 - Lohnt es sich? (Mit fotos)". Archived from the original on 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-03. "Klein Venedig...
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  • Banjul Island Neu-Kurland (on Tobago) 1642–1650, 1654–1659, 1660–1666 Klein-Venedig (in Venezuela), 1528–1545 Hanauish-Indies, Planned in 1669 but later...
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    first governor of the Welser concession, also known as “Little Venice” (Klein-Venedig), in northern South America, now Venezuela. Ehinger was a factor in...
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    Georg von Speyer (1500, Speyer, Holy Roman Empire – 11 June 1540, Coro, Klein-Venedig) was a German conquistador in New Granada and Venezuela. His birth name...
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    of Venezuela, which after the concession was called by the Germans "Klein-Venedig" which means "Little Venice". The Germans in Venezuela were mostly conquistadores...
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    conquistador of Venezuela. He is a significant figure in the history of Klein-Venedig (1528 - 1546), the concession of Venezuela Province to the Welser banking...
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    of Hanau Neu-Askania (1828–1856) German colonization of the Americas Klein-Venedig (1528–1546) Pre-unification Italian colonialism Grand Duchy of Tuscany:...
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  • West Africa Kamerun Kapitaï and Koba Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory Klein-Venedig Mahinland New Swabia North Solomon Islands Togoland Wituland Italian...
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  • County Venise, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département, in France Klein-Venedig (Little Venice), Venezuela, a 16th-century German colony Venice, Zimbabwe...
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    Coro known to the Welser Family, who had been granted the colony of Klein-Venedig from Charles V as a payment for debts, as Neu-Augsburg in 1529. He became...
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  • Spanish conquest of New Granada 5.25 million 1525–1540 Spanish Empire and Klein-Venedig vs. Muisca Confederation and other civilizations Colombia Deccan wars...
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  • governor to Santa Ana de Coro (German: Neu-Augsburg), the capital of Klein-Venedig or Welserland (as it was known in Germany) in 1529. On October 7, 1528...
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    of Peru and the establishment of a brief German colony in Venezuela (Klein Venedig, 1528–1546). He regarded the Americas as a land to evangelize and, even...
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  • acquired the colonial rights to Venezuela Province in 1528 and created Klein-Venedig. He was the son of Bartholomeus V. Welser (the elder). In 1540, he journeyed...
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    the Lion, a book preserved in near mint condition from the year 1170. Klein-Venedig. A pittoresque waterside building ensemble (Gracht) along the River...
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    1499. The city was founded three times: the first time was during the Klein-Venedig period (1528–1546), when the Welser bankers of Augsburg received a concession...
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    concession by the King of Spain to the German Welser banking family (Klein-Venedig, 1528–1546). The Spaniards additionally brought African slaves, which...
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    Glonn river in downtown Kirchzeile with Hofberg Obere Kirchzeile "Klein Venedig" (Little Venice) Peat mining in the Schuhbräu-Filze Inner Rosenheimer...
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    eventual settlers of Caracas came from Coro, the German capital of their Klein-Venedig colony around the present-day coastal Colombia–Venezuela border; from...
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    Roman Empire, granting a concession in Venezuela Province, which became Klein-Venedig until the concession was revoked in 1546. Welser was head of the German...
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    certain debts. This led to the renaming of the Province of Venezuela as Klein-Venedig, with its capital established as Neu-Augsburg (now Coro), and the founding...
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    the king of Spain granted a concession to the German Welser family. Klein-Venedig became the most extensive initiative in the German colonization of the...
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    Sweden (1638–1655) Saint Barthélemy (1784–1878) Guadeloupe (1813–1814) Klein-Venedig (Holy Roman Empire) Hanauish-Indies Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)...
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  • Province of Venezuela. There was also for a few years a German colony at Klein-Venedig. The 16th- and 17th-century colonial economy was centered on gold mining...
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    compensation for his inability to repay debts owed. The concession, known as Klein-Venedig (little Venice), was revoked in 1546 during the rebellion in Peru by...
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