| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,919,960,958 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Rastatt |
Also found in: Wikipedia | 0.01 sec. |
|
|
Rastatt (rä`shtät, –stät), city (1994 pop. 48,574), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Murg River, near the French border; sometimes spelled Rastadt. Manufactures include machinery, lumber, beer, and furniture. First mentioned in 1247, Rastatt was destroyed (1689) by the French, but was soon rebuilt and served (1705–71) as the residence of the margraves of Baden-Baden. The Treaty of Rastatt (Mar., 1714) complemented the treaties signed at Utrecht and Baden in 1713–14 (see Utrecht, Peace of Utrecht, Peace of, series of treaties that concluded the War of the Spanish Succession. It put an end to French expansion and signaled the rise of the British Empire. By the treaty between England and France (Apr.
..... Click the link for more information. ); together they ended the War of the Spanish Succession. As a result of the Treaty of Campo Formio Campo Formio, Treaty of , Oct., 1797, peace treaty between France and Austria, signed near Campo Formio, a village near Udine, NE Italy, then in Venetia. It marked the end of the early phases of the French Revolutionary Wars. ..... Click the link for more information. (1797), a congress of the states of the Holy Roman Empire (attended by France) was held (1797–99) at Rastatt in order to determine compensation for the member states that had lost territory near the Rhine River to France during the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary Wars, wars occurring in the era of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era, the decade of 1792–1802. The wars began as an effort to defend the Revolution and developed into wars of conquest under the empire. ..... Click the link for more information. ; the congress was prematurely adjourned after the resumption of hostilities against France. Noteworthy city buildings include a baroque palace (17th–18th cent.) and several 18th-century churches. 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. |
|
| Mentioned in | ? | References in periodicals archive | ? | Encyclopedia browser | ? | Full browser | ? | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No references found | During a conference organized by Centerpulse and ORTHOsoft in Rastadt in April 2003, Dr. |
Rastadt |
rassle rassled rassler rasslers rassles rassling RASSM Rassokha Rassophore Rassophore RASSP RASSP Design Environment RASSP Design Environment Prototype RASSP Help Desk RASSP Methodology Working Group RASSP System Engineering RASSR Rassvet Rassypnoe RAST RAST Rast method RAST test Rast, Dolj Rasta Rasta Rasta rap Rastadt RastafariRastafari movement Rastafari movement Rastafarian Rastafarian Rastafarian JAH Rastafarian JAH Rastafarian Nation in Jamaica Rastafarianism Rastafarianism Rastafarians Rastafarians Rastas Rastatt Rastatt and Baden, treaties Rastatt Congress of 1797–99 Rastatt, Treaty of 1714 Rastdzinad RASTE Rastenburg Assassination Plot raster raster Raster Blaster Raster burn Raster Chart Display Systems Raster Color Printer Raster Data Management in Databases Raster display Raster display Raster Document Object | |||||||
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|