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| Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
| Date | 1899 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
| Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
| Title | Page 105 |
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| File Name | exotic_201304_001_114.jpg |
| Transcript | The Thirty Tears' War Council appealed to the Diet, saying that the town was o\ D inquiry into her finances showed that Nuremberg was heavily in debt and practically bankrupt. There had been a large yearly deficit since 1763. A commission to economise and to govern was appointed from both Councils, and in 1794 an arrangement was confirmed by the Emperor by which the larger Council was to consist of 250 members (70 of whom were to be patricians), chosen by the smaller Council. Tlu citizens, however, were not contented, complaining that they were still not properly represented. Meanwhile an event had occurred which drove another nail into the coffin of the free Imperial city. In 1791, Charles Alexander, Markgraf of Brandenburg, Ansbach and Batreuth, died childless, and the government of his principalities passed to Prussia, together with the old claims o nconian line of the Brandenburg house. A minister, Graf August von Hardenberg, the famous chancellor, was appointed to rule these lands. In the name of the King of Prussia he asserted his right of supr rritory up to the gates of the town The oldest claims of the .' were reasserted by the Prussians. N g was powerless I sjq her troubles were not yet ended. A Phsjajn army had occupied Fiirth on July .;. \\d in August a vanguard of the French victorious army, which was swarming over South QenasaQfi entered Nuremberg on the 9th of August. The scenes of the Thirty Yi repeated. The country was r. : upon for contributions. It was impossible to comply at once with these v". izens were therefore taken aw.iv to France as hostages. V a few weeks L 105 |