2907:
1289:
101:
86:
900:
930:
915:
885:
2544:
381:
1326:
406:
74:
2229:
1694:
1246:
636:
616:
114:
100:
512:. Its economy was based on agriculture, forestry, and small industry. The state had a constitutional monarchical form of government with a parliament composed of thirty members chosen by male taxpayers over 25 years of age.
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1623:
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1659:
1255:
965:
ThĂĽringisches
Staatsarchiv Altenburg (Hrsg.): Rautenkranz und rote Rose: Die Hoheitszeichen des Herzogtums und des Freistaates Sachsen Altenburg. Sax-Verlag, Altenburg, 2010.
2796:
3123:
2182:
3103:
2423:
3128:
2933:
2713:
2390:
2145:
504:. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a population of 207,000 (1905) of whom about one fifth resided in the capital,
3143:
2175:
1652:
815:
1325:
1277:
809:
3133:
2789:
1645:
1083:
1041:
929:
85:
2416:
2198:
914:
725:
149:
2896:
884:
3148:
2782:
803:
733:
241:
2482:
899:
1588:
3138:
2409:
2685:
2575:
2570:
2362:
2255:
2250:
1780:
1775:
2880:
2855:
2850:
1668:
140:
838:
2543:
1820:
778:
330:
3098:
2670:
2347:
1975:
1270:
869:
256:
1076:
863:
131:
2875:
2509:
851:
729:
2228:
690:
2888:
2805:
1380:
857:
746:
167:
3067:
2662:
2432:
2339:
2041:
1263:
765:
until the extinction of that house in 1825, when Gotha and
Altenburg were divided up, with Gotha going to the Duke of
751:
685:
443:
158:
3077:
2487:
1693:
3113:
3004:
2996:
2840:
2654:
2331:
2028:
1069:
674:
509:
153:
73:
3027:
2680:
2533:
2357:
2110:
1728:
1471:
1310:
459:
3118:
3062:
3052:
2978:
2580:
2478:
2474:
2260:
2082:
1990:
1785:
1613:
1245:
666:
520:
Saxe-Altenburg had an area of 1,323 km (510 sq. mi.) and a population of 207,000 in 1905. Its capital was
2860:
2835:
2462:
1436:
905:
508:. The territory of the duchy consisted of two non-contiguous territories separated by land belonging to the
3057:
3022:
2745:
2675:
2517:
2352:
2135:
2105:
2072:
1466:
1360:
658:
463:
711:
2865:
2649:
2618:
2326:
2298:
2064:
1970:
1912:
1532:
1523:
1461:
1232:
1061:
1011:
750:, for much of the 17th century until the extinction of its ruling line in 1672 when it was inherited by
696:
2167:
1056:
670:
3014:
2983:
2963:
2820:
2585:
2565:
2560:
2491:
2265:
2245:
2097:
1920:
1904:
1790:
1765:
1760:
1584:
1557:
1542:
1315:
1224:
1216:
1152:
1112:
975:
891:
827:
766:
762:
681:
596:
588:
568:
455:
435:
144:
2729:
2968:
2845:
2513:
2470:
1928:
1744:
1342:
1184:
844:
770:
3108:
2608:
2505:
2452:
2447:
2288:
2213:
1810:
1723:
1713:
1708:
1637:
1596:
1547:
1429:
1397:
1293:
560:
2950:
2825:
2528:
2497:
2218:
1888:
1815:
1718:
1628:
1605:
1592:
1552:
1496:
1407:
1402:
1288:
1092:
1035:
946:
662:
493:
451:
316:
201:
135:
119:
701:
3072:
2774:
2008:
1875:
1843:
1501:
1424:
1375:
678:
592:
584:
2603:
2401:
2283:
2018:
1998:
1980:
1859:
1851:
1828:
1683:
1601:
1576:
1562:
1365:
497:
485:
191:
171:
1192:
1005:
716:
2973:
2923:
2703:
2631:
2623:
2501:
2380:
2308:
2303:
2130:
1936:
1833:
1580:
1387:
1302:
1208:
1176:
774:
741:
447:
298:
17:
623: Saxe-Altenburg in the 19th century, shown in relation to the Kingdom of Saxony (
583:(including the exclave of Ammelstädt). The Ostkreis roughly corresponds to the modern
3092:
2049:
1965:
1960:
1867:
1537:
1446:
1419:
1370:
1334:
1200:
1160:
1128:
1030:
651:
162:
106:
635:
536:
2761:
2752:
2641:
2521:
2466:
2318:
1483:
777:. This family ruled the duchy until the end of the monarchies in the course of the
1528:
576:
527:
The duchy consisted of two separate areas: the
Ostkreis, containing the cities of
2552:
2237:
1456:
1441:
1120:
1104:
921:
707:
552:
532:
386:
284:
3043:
2915:
2695:
2372:
1770:
1451:
1144:
823:
755:
544:
302:
1168:
786:
647:
640:
615:
580:
556:
528:
521:
505:
501:
471:
399:
343:
181:
600:
113:
1491:
1414:
1392:
1352:
599:, with small portions in neighbouring districts. The duchy contained the
564:
216:
2928:
2830:
2708:
2385:
2140:
467:
424:
2870:
2458:
1034:
1004:
728:
died in 1602, the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar passed to his younger brother
2595:
2275:
634:
614:
604:
572:
540:
211:
1515:
1511:
548:
2778:
2405:
2171:
1641:
1259:
1065:
646:
The duchy had its origins in the medieval
Burgraviate of
773:, who in exchange gave up Hildburghausen to the Duke of
3040:
3013:
2995:
2949:
2942:
2914:
2813:
2738:
2722:
2694:
2640:
2594:
2551:
2440:
2371:
2317:
2274:
2236:
2206:
2123:
2096:
2063:
1989:
1949:
1887:
1842:
1799:
1753:
1737:
1701:
1676:
1510:
1482:
1351:
1333:
1301:
877:
Secondary residences of the Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
567:; and the Westkreis, which contained the cities of
420:
340:
327:
313:
295:
281:
269:
250:
235:
223:
207:
197:
187:
177:
127:
34:
677:in 1547, the area around Altenburg went to the
3124:States and territories disestablished in 1918
2790:
2417:
2183:
1653:
1271:
1077:
816:Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
8:
3104:1602 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
2759:
2750:
1045:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
810:Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
587:district of Thuringia, plus the area around
761:Saxe-Altenburg thereafter remained part of
492:) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the
3129:States and territories established in 1602
2946:
2797:
2783:
2775:
2424:
2410:
2402:
2190:
2176:
2168:
1953:
1803:
1660:
1646:
1638:
1278:
1264:
1256:
1084:
1070:
1062:
684:, but it was transferred to the Ernestine
99:
31:
732:. In 1603 Frederick William's eldest son
122:after 1825, with Saxe-Altenburg in orange
3144:States of the North German Confederation
2199:States of the North German Confederation
724:When Johann Wilhelm's son and successor
958:
880:
785:was incorporated into the new state of
804:Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
744:in its own right, with a vote in the
547:(including the exclave of Mumsdorf),
470:all merged to form the Free State of
339:
326:
312:
294:
280:
276:
249:
234:
230:
222:
7:
1296:(1512–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire
1015:. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
976:"The Ernestine Line's Saxon Duchies"
935:The New Hunting Lodge at Hummelshain
1095:after the Division of Erfurt (1572)
3134:States of the German Confederation
1669:States of the German Confederation
706:in 1554, and then to the Duchy of
25:
1132:(1596–1638, 1640–1644, 1672–1806)
1003:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913).
839:Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
595:. The Westkreis is now mostly in
440:†As Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
2905:
2542:
2227:
1692:
1324:
1287:
1244:
928:
913:
898:
883:
870:Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
404:
379:
112:
84:
72:
864:Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
758:, who had married the heiress.
2019:ReuĂź-Lobenstein und Ebersdorf
852:Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
466:and the two principalities of
1:
3149:States of the Weimar Republic
2806:States of the Weimar Republic
858:Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
769:and Altenburg to the Duke of
657:, a possession of the Wettin
47:Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
783:Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
779:German Revolution of 1918–19
3139:States of the German Empire
2433:States of the German Empire
1057:Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg
822:Line extinct, inherited by
740:as compensation. It was an
736:received the newly created
665:in 1485, Altenburg fell to
319:rearranged, duchy restored
54:Freistaat Sachsen-Altenburg
43:Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg
3165:
985:. Tacitus Historical Atlas
675:Capitulation of Wittenberg
661:since 1243. Following the
510:Principality of Reuss-Gera
154:North German Confederation
105:Saxe-Altenburg within the
2903:
2681:Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
2540:
2358:Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
2225:
2154:
1956:
1806:
1690:
1589:Lower Rhenish–Westphalian
1573:
1322:
1242:
1100:
920:The Old Hunting Lodge at
890:Christiansburg Castle at
460:Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
430:
358:
354:
277:
265:
231:
98:
68:
61:
2488:Lauenburg and BĂĽtow Land
669:, the progenitor of the
667:Ernst, Elector of Saxony
36:Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
3099:Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
1624:Unencircled territories
1042:Encyclopædia Britannica
793:Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
738:Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
597:Saale-Holzland district
18:House of Saxe-Altenburg
2760:
2751:
2746:German colonial empire
2676:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
2353:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1140:(1603–1672, 1826–1918)
1124:(1596–1633, 1681–1699)
1116:(1572–1596, 1633-1638)
1036:"Saxe-Altenburg"
1006:"Saxe-Altenburg"
643:
632:
489:
464:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
1233:Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1012:Catholic Encyclopedia
638:
618:
188:Common languages
2856:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
2851:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2723:Imperial Territories
2576:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
2571:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2492:Starostwo of Draheim
2256:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
2251:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1781:Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1776:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1225:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1217:Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1153:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
1113:Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
843:(Previously Duke of
828:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
767:Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
763:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
682:Electorate of Saxony
663:partition of Leipzig
659:Margraves of Meissen
456:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
436:Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
145:German Confederation
2686:Waldeck and Pyrmont
2363:Waldeck and Pyrmont
1981:Waldeck and Pyrmont
1600:Circles est. 1512:
1575:Circles est. 1500:
1185:Saxe-Hildburghausen
845:Saxe-Hildburghausen
771:Saxe-Hildburghausen
726:Friedrich Wilhelm I
712:Partition of Erfurt
446:of Saxe-Altenburg,
2510:Schleswig-Holstein
1621:
1617:
1294:Upper Saxon Circle
752:Ernest I the Pious
697:Treaty of Naumburg
644:
633:
444:ex-Imperial states
3114:Ernestine duchies
3086:
3085:
3036:
3035:
2772:
2771:
2399:
2398:
2343:
2335:
2165:
2164:
2119:
2118:
2045:
2032:
1945:
1944:
1889:Ernestine duchies
1635:
1634:
1629:Ernestine duchies
1614:Electoral Rhenish
1543:Schönburg (Saale)
1497:Quedlinburg Abbey
1393:Hatzfeld-Gleichen
1253:
1252:
1237:
1229:
1221:
1213:
1205:
1197:
1189:
1181:
1173:
1165:
1157:
1149:
1141:
1133:
1125:
1117:
1109:
1093:Ernestine duchies
947:Ernestine duchies
781:. The succeeding
671:Ernestine Wettins
655:(Terra Plisensis)
628: pale yellow
490:Sachsen-Altenburg
479:
478:
452:Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
416:
415:
412:
411:
392:
391:
342:• Merger of
331:German Revolution
317:Ernestine duchies
252:• 1908–1918
237:• 1603–1613
202:Roman Catholicism
136:Holy Roman Empire
120:Ernestine duchies
56:
50:
45:
39:
16:(Redirected from
3156:
2988:
2947:
2909:
2893:
2885:
2876:Schaumburg-Lippe
2799:
2792:
2785:
2776:
2765:
2756:
2671:Schaumburg-Lippe
2666:
2658:
2628:
2546:
2525:
2495:
2426:
2419:
2412:
2403:
2348:Schaumburg-Lippe
2341:
2333:
2231:
2192:
2185:
2178:
2169:
2089:
2088:
2079:
2078:
2056:
2055:
2043:
2038:
2037:
2030:
2025:
2024:
2015:
2014:
2009:Reuss-Lobenstein
2005:
2004:
1976:Schaumburg-Lippe
1954:
1933:
1925:
1917:
1909:
1901:
1880:
1872:
1864:
1856:
1844:Anhalt (Ascania)
1825:
1804:
1696:
1662:
1655:
1648:
1639:
1622:
1618:
1502:Walkenried Abbey
1328:
1292:
1291:
1280:
1273:
1266:
1257:
1248:
1235:
1227:
1219:
1211:
1203:
1195:
1187:
1179:
1171:
1163:
1155:
1147:
1139:
1131:
1123:
1115:
1107:
1086:
1079:
1072:
1063:
1046:
1038:
1017:
1016:
1008:
1000:
994:
993:
991:
990:
983:Historical Atlas
980:
972:
966:
963:
932:
917:
902:
887:
720:
705:
694:
650:in the Imperial
629:
627:
622:
585:Altenburger Land
408:
407:
396:
395:
383:
382:
376:
375:
360:
359:
323:12 November 1826
261:
246:
116:
103:
88:
76:
52:
48:
41:
37:
32:
21:
3164:
3163:
3159:
3158:
3157:
3155:
3154:
3153:
3119:House of Wettin
3089:
3088:
3087:
3082:
3042:
3032:
3009:
2991:
2986:
2984:Weimar-Eisenach
2938:
2910:
2901:
2891:
2883:
2809:
2803:
2773:
2768:
2734:
2730:Alsace–Lorraine
2718:
2690:
2664:
2656:
2636:
2626:
2590:
2586:Weimar-Eisenach
2566:Hesse-Darmstadt
2547:
2538:
2490:and the former
2486:(including the
2485:
2456:
2436:
2430:
2400:
2395:
2367:
2313:
2270:
2266:Weimar-Eisenach
2246:Hesse-Darmstadt
2232:
2223:
2202:
2196:
2166:
2161:
2150:
2115:
2092:
2086:
2085:
2076:
2075:
2059:
2053:
2052:
2035:
2034:
2022:
2021:
2012:
2011:
2002:
2001:
1999:Reuss-Ebersdorf
1985:
1941:
1931:
1923:
1921:Gotha-Altenburg
1915:
1907:
1905:Coburg-Saalfeld
1899:
1883:
1878:
1870:
1862:
1854:
1838:
1823:
1795:
1791:Weimar-Eisenach
1766:Hesse-Darmstadt
1749:
1733:
1697:
1688:
1672:
1666:
1636:
1631:
1626:
1620:
1616:
1599:
1569:
1506:
1478:
1347:
1329:
1320:
1297:
1286:
1284:
1254:
1249:
1240:
1096:
1090:
1053:
1029:
1026:
1021:
1020:
1002:
1001:
997:
988:
986:
978:
974:
973:
969:
964:
960:
955:
943:
936:
933:
924:
918:
909:
903:
894:
888:
879:
835:
800:
795:
714:
699:
688:
686:Duchy of Saxony
631:
625:
624:
620:
613:
563:and RuĂźdorf by
518:
500:in present-day
498:House of Wettin
475:
442:‡ In 1920, the
441:
439:
405:
380:
347:
333:
320:
306:
288:
259:
253:
244:
238:
215:
172:Weimar Republic
166:
157:
148:
139:
123:
117:
111:
109:
94:
93:
92:
89:
81:
80:
77:
63:
57:
51:
46:
40:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3162:
3160:
3152:
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3141:
3136:
3131:
3126:
3121:
3116:
3111:
3106:
3101:
3091:
3090:
3084:
3083:
3081:
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3075:
3070:
3065:
3060:
3055:
3049:
3047:
3038:
3037:
3034:
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3031:
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3025:
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3008:
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2999:
2993:
2992:
2990:
2989:
2981:
2976:
2971:
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2955:
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2936:
2931:
2926:
2920:
2918:
2912:
2911:
2904:
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2900:
2899:
2894:
2886:
2878:
2873:
2868:
2863:
2858:
2853:
2848:
2843:
2838:
2833:
2828:
2823:
2817:
2815:
2811:
2810:
2804:
2802:
2801:
2794:
2787:
2779:
2770:
2769:
2767:
2766:
2757:
2748:
2742:
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2736:
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2733:
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2717:
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2711:
2706:
2700:
2698:
2692:
2691:
2689:
2688:
2683:
2678:
2673:
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2660:
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2646:
2644:
2642:Principalities
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2634:
2629:
2621:
2616:
2611:
2606:
2600:
2598:
2592:
2591:
2589:
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2583:
2578:
2573:
2568:
2563:
2557:
2555:
2549:
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2541:
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2431:
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1786:Oldenburg
1524:Hohnstein
1398:Pomerania
1169:Saxe-Jena
892:Eisenberg
789:in 1920.
787:Thuringia
747:Reichstag
730:Johann II
721:in 1572.
679:Albertine
648:Altenburg
641:Altenburg
589:Ronneburg
577:OrlamĂĽnde
569:Eisenberg
529:Altenburg
522:Altenburg
516:Territory
506:Altenburg
502:Thuringia
494:Ernestine
472:Thuringia
400:Thuringia
344:Thuringia
309:1672–1825
198:Religion
182:Altenburg
64:1826–1920
62:1602–1672
2441:Kingdoms
2207:Kingdoms
1860:Bernburg
1816:Holstein
1702:Kingdoms
1602:Austrian
1577:Bavarian
1553:Stolberg
1548:Stolberg
1538:Mansfeld
1492:Gernrode
1484:Prelates
1415:Querfurt
1366:Bernburg
941:See also
607:rivers.
565:Chemnitz
549:RoschĂĽtz
533:Schmölln
257:Ernst II
217:Republic
3073:Rhenish
3068:Bavaria
2929:Hamburg
2889:Waldeck
2866:Prussia
2831:Bavaria
2709:Hamburg
2596:Duchies
2514:Silesia
2471:Hanover
2453:Prussia
2448:Bavaria
2386:Hamburg
2276:Duchies
2214:Prussia
2141:Hamburg
1821:Limburg
1800:Duchies
1724:Hanover
1714:Bavaria
1709:Prussia
1684:Austria
1677:Empires
1581:Swabian
1403:Further
1353:Secular
695:in the
611:History
537:Gößnitz
425:Germany
329:•
315:•
297:•
283:•
270:History
245:(first)
178:Capital
170:of the
161:of the
152:of the
143:of the
134:of the
2964:Coburg
2951:Ernest
2934:LĂĽbeck
2924:Bremen
2871:Saxony
2821:Anhalt
2814:States
2714:LĂĽbeck
2704:Bremen
2604:Anhalt
2529:Saxony
2506:Saxony
2459:Berlin
2391:LĂĽbeck
2381:Bremen
2284:Anhalt
2219:Saxony
2146:LĂĽbeck
2131:Bremen
1876:Köthen
1868:Dessau
1852:Anhalt
1829:Nassau
1719:Saxony
1563:Rossla
1512:Counts
1430:Junior
1408:Hither
1381:Zerbst
1376:Köthen
1371:Dessau
1361:Anhalt
1343:Cammin
1316:Saxony
908:Castle
626:
621:
601:PleiĂźe
486:German
273:
260:(last)
227:
192:German
128:Status
110:
3005:Reuss
2997:Reuss
2969:Gotha
2846:Lippe
2841:Hesse
2826:Baden
2739:Other
2650:Lippe
2561:Baden
2498:Posen
2327:Lippe
1991:Reuss
1971:Lippe
1761:Baden
1529:Lohra
1516:Lords
1425:Elder
1420:Reuss
1388:Barby
979:(Web)
953:Notes
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704:]
693:]
605:Saale
593:Greiz
573:Kahla
541:Lucka
301:with
212:Duchy
168:State
159:State
150:State
141:State
132:State
603:and
581:Roda
579:und
543:und
468:ReuĂź
434:See
350:1920
224:Duke
118:The
79:Flag
591:in
559:by
3095::
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2500:,
2496:,
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1591:,
1587:,
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