Reuss-Ebersdorf

The county Reuss- Ebersdorf arose after several divisions of the younger branch of Reuss as well as the County of Reuss- Hirschberg 1678 from a division of the County of Reuss -Goose stone and existed until 1848.

History

Ebersdorf was the capital of the county. He is first mentioned in 1401 as the seat of a manor with several skating documented. With the advent of Count Henry X. Ebersdorf became the residence. The count began the construction of a castle, which was systematically expanded under his successors. At the end of the 18th century there was a classical southern front. With a park in the French style was started.

1712 was half the county Hirschberg, 1824, the county now gefürstete Lobenstein to Ebersdorf. Despite these enhancements, the 1806 also raised the Principality little land remained an area of over 24,000 inhabitants on a few square kilometers not came out and thus represented a typical example of a German Duodezfürstentums.

On the basis of relationships to the Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, the leader of the Moravians, took Heinrich XXIX. 1732 and in the following years, groups of emigrants of the Brethren, who were expelled from the Catholic Church because of their faith, in Ebersdorf on. They set up in the county of its own settlement and deployed a lively social activity.

In 1806, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the campaign against Prussia temporarily in Ebersdorfer castle district. The passage of the French troops brought the country plundering and devastation. Which has now become impoverished principality and was able to recover only slowly.

The last years of the Principality ran quite turbulent. Heinrich LXXII. , A fun-loving bachelor, invited in 1843 the dancer Lola Montez by Ebersdorf one. Spirits in prison and arrogant, she behaved a few weeks so impossible that the prince she had to post. 1846 went to Munich and became the mistress of King Ludwig I, who had to vacate the throne because of her in the Revolution of 1848.

Also in the Principality of Reuss- Ebersdorf it came in the same year to unrest. The people demanded freedom of the press, parliament and independent judiciary. Prince Heinrich LXXII. , Close to the people and very popular, showed understanding, thanked to the amazement of his subjects and moved back to the family estates in Saxony. Lack descendants fell the Principality of Reuss- Schleiz that formed the younger line of Reuss with Reuss- Gera.

Heinrich XXVII. , The last prince of Reuss younger line, his tomb, designed by Ernst Barlach, let establish Ebersdorfer Park.

Reuss-Ebersdorf

History

Overview of regents

Count Reuss to Ebersdorf

Prince Reuss to Ebersdorf