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Breisgau (brīs`gou), region, Baden-Württemburg, SW Germany, including the Rhine plain and the western slopes of the Black Forest. Freiburg is the chief city. After the extinction (1218) of the first house of Zähringen Zähringen , noble German family. It took its name from a now ruined castle near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden, and can be traced to the 10th cent. The family held extensive fiefs in Baden and W Switzerland, and Duke Berthold V, one of the most powerful nobles of
..... Click the link for more information. , it was divided among various heirs. Most of it passed to the Hapsburgs in 1368. France held the region at various times in the 17th–18th cent. In 1805 the Breisgau was divided between Baden and Württemburg; the latter gave its share to Baden in 1810. BreisgauHistoric region, southwestern Germany. Located between the Rhine River and the Black Forest, it was once part of the Roman empire. From the 3rd century AD it was occupied by the Germanic Alemanni. It became a countship in the early Middle Ages, and in 1120 the town of Freiburg im Breisgau was founded. In the 14th century the Habsburgs incorporated most of it into their domains. Breisgau was subjected to destructive sieges during the Thirty Years' War, and for a time was held by the Swedes. It now forms part of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | By means of bursaries, he had enjoyed a summer program in 1956 for teachers of German at the University of Vienna, and non-degree studies in Freiburg im Breisgau and Strasbourg over the course of 1958-60. The contracted growers, who supply well over 80% of Agrarfrost's processing requirements, till the soils of the rich farmland areas of Aldrup (Wildeshauser Geest), Oschersleben and Westeregeln (Magdeburg Borde), Schellerten and Benningsen (near Hanover), Rheinland, Pfalz and Breisgau. 9 This book presents selected contributions from the workshop "Security in Autonomous Systems" and "Long-Lasting Security," which took place at the conference ETRICS--Emerging Trends in Computer Security, held in June 2006 at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. |
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