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From: "Henning Boettcher" <>
Subject: Re: Dumb question
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 09:46:06 +0200
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"pkom" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Gc3Na.351618$...
> The question is not dumb at all. The two replies that you already
got do not
> give the full picture, though.
> The Holy Roman Empire (founded by Charlemagne on Christmas Eve of
the year
> 800) was considered "Germany", and it ended when its last emporer,
Kaiser
> Franz II, abdicated under Napoleon's pressure and declared the
empire as
> dissolved after a little more than 1000 years. Franz was a
Hapsburg, and
> although they originally came from elsewhere within Germany, they
resided ....

The Habsburgs/Habsburger came from a place that is now in
Switzerland. There is a very small castle called Habsburg which can
be seen now in Canton Aargau in Switzerland. 'Die Habsburger'
originated from this castle.

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Kind regards
Henning Boettcher
Switzerland
http://home.sunrise.ch/boettche

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