Map of Germany showing Rastatt

Rastatt is a city in the District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Murg, 6 km (4 miles) above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of 47,000 (2003). Image File history File links Rastatt_in_Germany. ... Image File history File links Rastatt_in_Germany. ... Rastatt is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... The Murg is a right tributary of the Rhine, located in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

History

Until the end of the 17th century Rastatt was unimportant, but after its destruction by the French in 1689 it was rebuilt on a larger scale by Louis William, margrave of Baden, the imperial general in the Austro-Ottoman War. It was then the residence of the margraves of Baden-Baden until 1771. The Baden revolution of 1849 began with a mutiny of soldiers at Rastatt in May 1849 under Ludwik Mieroslawski and Gustav Struve, and ended here a few weeks later with the capture of the town by the Prussians. (See The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states and History of Baden.) For some years Rastatt was one of the strongest fortresses of the German empire, but its fortifications were dismantled in 1890. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Events Louis XIV of France passed the Code Noir, allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies. ... Louis William, Margrave of Baden called the Türkenlouis or shield of the empire. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... Austro-Ottoman War refers to: the so-called Great Turkish war of 1683-1699, and/or the subsequent 1716-1718 war any number of other Austro-Ottoman wars in Europe This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Gustav Struve, known as Gustav von Struve until he gave up his title, was born 11 October 1805 in Munich, Germany and died 21 August 1870 in Vienna, Austria. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... // Preliminaries Germany at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of over 30 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. ... The History of Baden begins in the 12th century and continues until the mid-1900s. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

It was the location of the First and Second Congress of Rastatt, the former giving rise to the treaty of Rastatt. At the First Congress of Rastatt, which was opened in November 1713, negotiations were carried on between France and Austria for the purpose of ending the War of the Spanish Succession. ... The Second Congress of Rastatt, which was opened in December 1797, was intended to rearrange the map of Germany by providing compensation for those princes whose lands on the left bank of the Rhine had been seized by France. ... The Treaty of Rastatt, in March 7, 1714, was essentially part of the Treaty of Utrecht. ...

External link

• Official site

References

• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.