Waldeck (or later Waldeck-Pyrmont) was a sovereign principality in what is now Lower Saxony and Hesse (Germany). Prince Albert of Monaco on the left represents a principality where he wields adminisitrative authority. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ...

Waldeck was a county within the Holy Roman Empire from about 1200. In 1655 its seat and the chief residence of its rulers shifted from the castle and small town of Waldeck, overlooking the Eder river and first mentioned in 1120, to Arolsen. In 1625 the small county of Pyrmont became part of the county through inheritance. In January 1712 the count of Waldeck and Pyrmont was elevated to prince by Emperor Charles VI. For a brief period, 1805 to 1812, Pyrmont was a separate principality as a result of inheritance and partition after the death of the previous prince, but the two parts were united again in 1812. The independence of the principality was confirmed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, and Waldeck-Pyrmont became a member of the German Confederation. From 1868 onward, the principality was administered by Prussia, but retained its nominal sovereignty. In 1871 it became a constituent state of the new German Empire. At the end of World War I, the prince abdicated and Waldeck-Pyrmont became a Free State within the Weimar Republic. The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (2nd half of the 10th century), now held in the Vienna Schatzkammer. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France Births Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date). ... Waldeck is a small town of about 8,000 inhabitants in northern Hesse, dominated by an imposing castle overlooking the valley of the Eder river and the Edersee and first mentioned in 1120. ... The Eder is a river in Germany (ca. ... Events Welcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. ... Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse and the baroque 18th century residence of the Princes of Waldeck_Pyrmont, a former principality in Hesse, Germany. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Ireland. ... Bad Pyrmont is a spa in northern Germany, formerly seat of a small principality which was combined with the county of Waldeck in 1712 to form the principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. ... The name Charles VI is used to refer to numerous persons in history: Kings: Charles VI of France Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI of Naples This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Congress of Vienna (October 1, 1814 - June 9, 1815) was a conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe that was chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and held in Vienna, Austria. ... The German Confederation (German Deutscher Bund) was a loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to organize the surviving states of the Holy Roman Empire, which had been abolished in 1806. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, 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... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term German Empire (Deutsches Reich) commonly refers to Germany, from its consolidation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Kaiser ( Emperor) Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The period of German history from 1919 to 1933 is known as the Weimar Republic (Pronounced Vye-Mar, and in German it is known as the Weimarer Republik). It is named after the city of Weimar, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after the German monarchy...

On 30 November 1921, following a local plebiscite, the city and district of Pyrmont were detached and incorporated into the Prussian province of Hanover. The remainder of the Free State of Waldeck was incorporated into Prussia in 1929, following another plebiscite, and became part of the province of Hesse-Nassau. The territory is today part of the District of Waldeck-Frankenberg. 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Hanover (German Hannover) is a historical territory in todays Germany. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (German Hessen-Nassau) was created in 1868 as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria... Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ...

The house of Waldeck-Pyrmont is very closely related to the royal family of the Netherlands: the last ruling prince, Frederick, was the brother of Dutch Queen Emma. The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was queen consort of William III of the Netherlands of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. ...

Weblinks

• Principality of Waldeck (German) (http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/fuerstentum_waldeck.htm)
• Waldeck Free State (German) (http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Waldeck/index.htm)