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    Wiesensteig is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Fils, 16 km south of Göppingen...
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    The Wiesensteig witch trial took place in Wiesensteig in Germany in 1562–1563. It led to the execution of 67 women for sorcery. This has been described...
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    Baden-Württemberg. The branch line from Geislingen an der Steige to Wiesensteig was inaugurated on 21 October 1903. In the early years the Tälesbahn...
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    Born February 6, 1736, in the southwestern town of thence Bavarian Wiesensteig, located in the region of (now) Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Messerschmidt...
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    tributary of the Neckar. Its source is in the Swabian Alb hills near Wiesensteig. It flows through Geislingen (Steige) and Göppingen to join the Neckar...
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    (Baden-Württemberg) Wiehl (North Rhine-Westphalia) Wiesbaden (Hesse) Wiesensteig (Baden-Württemberg) Wiesloch (Baden-Württemberg) Wiesmoor (Lower Saxony)...
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    12 December 861 he founded the church at Wiesensteig. Later he also founded the Cyriasus Abbey in Wiesensteig. It is possible that the Counts from Vils...
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    were caught, tried, convicted, and burned in the imperial lordship of Wiesensteig in southwestern Germany, is recorded in 1563 in a pamphlet called "True...
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    Bad Überkingen-Unterböhringen, Geislingen an der Steige-Aufhausen 7335 Wiesensteig, Bad Ditzenbach-Gosbach, Drackenstein, Gruibingen, Hohenstadt, Mühlhausen...
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    Holy Roman Empire Rottweil Witch Trials Derenburg witch trials (1555) Wiesensteig witch trial (1562–1563) Rottenburg witch trials (1578–1613) Trier witch...
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    and daring in harmonious balance". Malakoff Bridge; in the foreground, Wiesensteig entrance to Lämmerbuckel Tunnel Nasenfels Tunnel Drachenloch Bridge Historie...
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    (main town) Uhingen (main town) Waldenbuch (main town) Weilheim an der Teck (central city) Wendlingen am Neckar (central city) Wiesensteig (central City)...
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    sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Straub was born in Wiesensteig in Germany and studied in Munich, but he spent most of his career in...
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  • Eislingen Geislingen an der Steige Göppingen Lauterstein Süßen Uhingen Wiesensteig Deggingen Ebersbach Eislingen-Ottenbach-Salach Geislingen Göppingen Mittleres...
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  • Baldern (1584–1626) and his wife Countess Katharina von Helfenstein-Wiesensteig (1589–1638). She married Margrave William of Baden-Baden in 1650 in Vienna...
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  • Deutschlandfunk Kultur Freiburg-Stadt/DTAG 0,2 90.6 SWR1 Baden-Württemberg Wiesensteig 0,01 90.6 Brandenburg-Stadt 0,8 90.7 WDR 4 Bonn-Venusberg 50 90.7 Bayern...
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  • Udelgard Körber-Grohne (July 11, 1923, in Hamburg – November 6, 2014, in Wiesensteig) was a German archaeobotanist. Körber-Grohne was born in Hamburg. Her...
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    Reichsfreiheit about 1257. Wettenhausen Prince-Provostry Established in 1130. Wiesensteig Lordship Held by the House of Helfenstein, partitioned between Fürstenberg...
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    freight to Geislingen-Altenstadt, a remnant of the former railway to Wiesensteig. The station is served by intercity and regional services. When Georg...
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    August 3 – A severe hailstorm causes serious damage in the German town of Wiesensteig, and leads a few days later to the demand of Mayor Ulrich von Helfenstein...
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    when, in 1806, the Lordship of Wiesensteig was mediatized to them. The two towns were assigned to Oberamt Wiesensteig [de] until 1810, when they were...
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    367 Boßler Tunnel (8808 m) 54.180 Fils Viaduct (~485 m), Geislingen–Wiesensteig railway 54.651 Steinbühl Tunnel (4847 m) 59.962 Tunnel under the A8 (378...
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  • Freundsberg (Frontsperg, Frundsberg), 16th century Birgland Rebévelier Wiesensteig Grünenberg (15th century) Freundsberg (Fronsberg, Frundsberg) Delémont...
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    Nellingen and Westerheim. Later, Bad Ditzenbach and Dornstadt as well as Wiesensteig joined the association. The member municipalities are located in the...
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    Helfenstein-Gundelfingen (d.1629) 1622 five children Franziska Carolina of Helfenstein-Wiesensteig (d.1641) 1636 three children 27 May 1642 aged 41-42 Children of Christoph...
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  • (Hesse-Darmstadt) 1815: Runkel to Prussia Wiesensteig Lordship Swab SC 12th Century: To Helfenstein 1356: To Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1627: Divided between Fürstenberg-Messkirch...
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    (baptism) – 15 July 1784) was a German Rococo sculptor. Straub was born in Wiesensteig, into a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his...
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    was placed within Württemberg's administrative structure in Oberamt Wiesensteig [de] until 1810, when it was transferred to Oberamt Geislingen [de]....
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    fully came under Württemberg's control when in 1806 the Lordship of Wiesensteig, which controlled the town at that time, was mediatized to Württemberg...
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  • Helfenstein-Wiesensteig Helfenstein-Gundelfingen Lordship Swab — 1548: Formed: Partitioned from Helfenstein-Wiesensteig 1626: Extinct; to Helfenstein-Wiesensteig...
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