Mengeringhausen is a village and a municipal district of Bad Arolsen in Waldeck-Frankenberg, in Hesse, Germany. Its population is estimated to be 3,800 people. [1] The was first mentioned as the town 'Stadt Mengeringhausen' in 1234. [2] The town was in possession of sovereign principality Waldeck (later Waldeck and Pyrmont).
In 1974, Mengeringhausen was incorporated to the city Bad Arolsen.
Mengeringhausen is the birthplace of Conrad Goclenius (1490-1539), Renaissance humanist and friend of Desiderius Erasmus; Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608), Lutheran pastor, poet, and composer; 18th century theologian Ernst Friedrich von Ockel; and the Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister Wilhelm von Le Suire (1787–1852). Carl Theodor Severin (1763–1836), also born in Mengeringhausen, was an architect active in Mecklenburg.
The County of Waldeck was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and in 1712 was raised to the rank of Principality. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 it was a constituent state of its successors: the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire and, until 1929, the Weimar Republic. It comprised territories in present-day Hesse and Lower Saxony (Germany).
Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland.
Bad Arolsen is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and then until 1929 as the capital of the Waldeck Free State. The International Tracing Service has its headquarters in Bad Arolsen. In 2003, the town hosted the 43rd Hessentag state festival.
Twistetal is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany, southwest of Bad Arolsen.
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal and, for the last three years of his life, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John.
Bad Wildungen, officially the City of Bad Wildungen, is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.
Diemelstadt is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany.
Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Wittekind Adolf Heinrich Georg-Wilhelm, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont has since 1967 been the head of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Arolsen Castle is a baroque-style schloss in Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany. The castle is now a museum, and is still inhabited by Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his family.
Sophia Henriette of Waldeck was a Princess of Waldeck by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen,
Count Christian Louis of Waldeck was from 1645 Count of Waldeck-Wildungen and from 1692 Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Philip III, Count of Waldeck, was from 1524 to 1539 Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg.
Count Wolrad IV ‘the Pious’ of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German: Wolrad IV. ‘der Fromme’ Graf von Waldeck-Eisenberg, official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, was since 1588 Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg. He founded of the new line of Waldeck-Eisenberg.
Otto IV, Count of Waldeck at Landau was the third and last ruling count of the elder Waldeck-Landau line. He was the grandson of Count Adolph III, who had founded the elder Waldeck-Landau line in 1387 and was the third and only surviving son of Count Otto III and his wife Anna of Oldenburg. His elder brothers John and Henry had died unmarried and childless in 1431 and 1438 respectively.
Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen, German: Josias II. Graf von Waldeck-Wildungen, official titles: Graf zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, Herr zu Tonna, was since 1660 Count of Waldeck-Wildungen. However, he was primarily a military man.
Count John I ‘the Pious’ of Waldeck-Landau, German: Johann I. ‘der Fromme’ Graf von Waldeck-Landau, was since 1539 Count of Waldeck-Landau. He was the founder of the younger cadet branch of Waldeck-Landau.
Otto III, Count of Waldeck-Landau was the second ruling count of the elder Waldeck-Landau line, which had started. He was the son of Count Adolph III, who had founded the elder Waldeck-Landau in 1397, and his wife, Agnes of Ziegenhain.
Hofbrauhaus Arolsen or Royal Brewery Arolsen is the oldest brewery in the Hesse federal state, located in Bad Arolsen town, Germany. Recent company name is "Hofbrauhaus Heinrich Brüne GmbH & Co. KG" and from 1910 is run by 4th generation of the Brüne family.
Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelmine Christine Gräfin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Beilstein, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage Countess of Waldeck-Wildungen.
Coordinates: 51°22′00″N8°59′24″E / 51.36667°N 8.99000°E
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