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27-419: As of 31 December 2015, there were 14,851 inhabitants. The population has declined from a peak of over 26,000 in the 1940s. Meerane was once important for the manufacture of woollen and mixed cloths; associated industries such as dyeworks, tanneries and machine factories were also located there. The first documented mention of the settlement was in reference to the death of Vladislav II , who died in 1174 after

54-477: A result, relations between the kings of Bohemia and Germany were strained. When his son Adalbert ( Vojtěch ) III became archbishop of Salzburg in 1169, the emperor suspected him of supporting Pope Alexander III . Eager to impose his son Frederick on the throne of the still-elective duchy of Bohemia, he abdicated in 1173 without either the consensus of the Bohemian noblemen or the emperor's permission. Frederick kept

81-459: A stay of four months at 'Burg Mare'. The Sorbian word "Mer" means "border", and the placename most likely refers to the borderlands between Slavic and Germanic speaking peoples at that time. The place also bordered the section of the Via Imperii between Altenburg and Zwickau . In 1546 there were 193 inhabitants, in 1583 120 property holders and in 1750 100 houses in the town and 159 houses in

108-490: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vladislaus II, Duke and King of Bohemia Vladislaus II or Vladislav II (c. 1110 – 18 January 1174) was the Duke of Bohemia from 1140 and then King of Bohemia from 1158 until his abdication in 1173. He was the second Bohemian king after Vratislaus II , but in neither case was the royal title hereditary. Vladislav was the son of Vladislav I and Richeza of Berg . He

135-407: Is located within the town. Merseburg has around 35,000 inhabitants. The town Merseburg consists of Merseburg proper and the following four Ortschaften or municipal divisions: Venenien was incorporated into Merseburg on 1 January 1949. The parish Kötzschen followed on 1 July 1950. Since 30 May 1994, Meuschau is part of Merseburg. Trebnitz, previously part of Kreypau , followed in 2003. Beuna

162-880: The German Peasants' War and also during the Thirty Years' War . From 1657 to 1738 Merseburg was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Merseburg , after which it fell to the Electorate of Saxony . In 1815 following the Napoleonic Wars , the town became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony . Merseburg is where the Merseburg Incantations were rediscovered in 1841. Written down in Old High German , they are hitherto

189-627: The Vltava River in Prague : the construct was named the Judith Bridge in honour of Vladislav's second wife. The bridge was destroyed in a flood in 1342 and the Charles Bridge was built in its place. By his first wife, Gertrude of Babenberg (died 4 August 1150), he had the following issue: By his second wife, Judith of Thuringia (married 1155), daughter of Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia , he had

216-719: The Historical Pageant, the International Palace-Moat Concerts, Merseburg Organ Days and the Puppet Show Festival Week are events celebrated every year. Merseburg station is located on the Halle–Bebra railway . Leipzig/Halle Airport is 25 kilometers away. Merseburg is connected with the Halle (Saale) tramway network . A tram ride from Halle's city centre to Merseburg takes about 50 minutes. Merseburg

243-706: The claims of his cousin, the son of Soběslav who was also named Vladislav. At Soběslav's request, Emperor Lothair II recognised the rights of his son at the Diet of Bamberg in May 1138. Then, in June, the nobility affirmed them at Sadská . Another diet at Bamberg confirmed the succession of the son of Vladislav, however, in April 1140. The local dukes Conrad II of Znojmo , Vratislaus II of Brno, and Otto III of Olomouc, gave him trouble. They were excommunicated by Jindřich Zdík , bishop of Olomouc , who

270-556: The death of Vratislaus II in 1156, Olomouc with the death of Otto III (in spite of the claims of Soběslav, the son of Duke Soběslav, who was imprisoned), and finally Znojmo with the death of Conrad II. Vladislav also intervened in Hungary in 1163 on behalf of the emperor. He married his second son, Sviatopluk, to a Hungarian princess and had diplomatic contact with Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of Byzantium . In 1167, Daniel I, bishop of Prague since 1148 and Vladislav's greatest advisor, died. As

297-664: The election of Frederick Barbarossa to succeed Conrad in 1152, Vladislav was summoned to attend a diet at Merseburg in May 1152. According to Vincent of Prague , he refused and sent Bishop Daniel of Prague as his representative instead. In October 1155, he met Frederick near the Bohemian border. He attended Frederick's wedding to Beatrice of Burgundy in Würzburg in June 1156. It was there that he and Frederick reached an agreement whereby Vladislav would take part in Frederick's upcoming Italian expedition and Frederick would raise Vladislav to

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324-484: The following issue: Merseburg Merseburg ( German: [ˈmɛʁzəbʊʁk] ) is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt , situated on the river Saale , and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg . The University of Merseburg

351-480: The former East Germany, Merseburg has had a general decline in population since German Reunification despite annexing and merging with a number of smaller nearby villages. Population of Merseburg (from 1960, population on 31 December, unless otherwise indicated) : 1834 to 1933 1939 to 1984 1990 to 2007 from 2008 from 2016 Data source from 1990: Statistical Office of Saxony Anhalt 1 29 October 2 31 August 3 3 October 4 14 July 2008 Among

378-640: The help of the local Slavic population. The German princes accepted the sovereignty of the Polish prince in these areas. Some historians believe that since the convention in Gniezno, the Brave might have had certain rights to the German throne after Otto III, guaranteed by some succession document. Merseburg was later the site of a failed assassination attempt on Polish ruler Bolesław I Chrobry in 1002. The town suffered severely during

405-453: The kingship. On 11 January 1158, the secret arrangement of 1156 was put into effect at an imperial diet in Regensburg . Frederick crowned Vladislav with a diadem (called by the chroniclers a diadema or circulus ) evidently distinct from his own imperial crown . On 18 January he issued a privilege to Vladislav regulating his use of the crown and other insignia. Frederick made the grant of

432-634: The notable buildings of Merseburg are the Merseburg Cathedral of St John the Baptist (founded 1015, rebuilt in the 13th and 16th centuries) and the episcopal palace (15th century). The cathedral-and-palace ensemble also features a palace garden. Other sights include the Merseburg House of Trades with a cultural stage and the German Museum of Chemistry, Merseburg. The Merseburg Palace Festival with

459-563: The only preserved German documents with a heathen theme. One of them is a charm to release warriors caught during battle, and the other is a charm to heal a horse's sprained foot. At the beginning of the 20th century, Merseburg was transformed into an industrial town, largely due to the pioneering work done by Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius , who laid down the scientific fundamentals of the catalytic high-pressure ammonia synthesis from 1909 to 1913. The nearby Leuna works continue this tradition of chemical industry. The Merseburger Tageblatt

486-580: The royal title and crown in perpetuity, but they were not used after Vladislav's abdication. Upon the latter's return to Bohemia, the aristocracy strongly opposed both his commitment to campaigning in Italy and his unilateral amendment to the Bohemian constitution. They acquiesced only when he agreed to assume the costs of the Italian expedition himself. He was also invested with Upper Lusatia at Regensburg. He duly accompanied Frederick to Milan in 1158. His coronation

513-609: The throne for less than one year before yielding his place to Soběslav II , the elder son of Soběslav I. Vladislav lived in Thuringia in the lands of his second wife, where he died in January 1174. He was buried in the Cathedral of Meissen . His reign was marked by the founding of numerous Premonstratensian and Cistercian abbeys in Bohemia, as well as the construction of a stone bridge across

540-633: The vicinity. Historical population (from 1960 on 31 December): 1834 to 1946 1950 to 2002 2003 to 2012 from 2013 Data source from 1998: Statistics Bureau of Saxony Meerane station is the train station of the parish. Since the time of the Reformation , the population is principally Evangelical-Lutheran . In 1925, 22,576 inhabitants identified as Evangelisch, 14 as Reformed Church, 260 als Roman Catholic , 17 Jews and 1,227 as "other". [REDACTED] Media related to Meerane at Wikimedia Commons This Zwickau location article

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594-510: Was celebrated in a second ceremony at Milan on 8 September. Vladislav was a firm ally of the emperor Frederick. During the Italian expeditions of 1161, 1162, and 1167, Vladislav entrusted the command of the Czech contingent to his brother Duke Děpold I of Jamnitz and his son Frederick . After the revolt of the Moravian dukes, Vladislav gradually took control of the strongholds of Moravia : Brno with

621-651: Was first mentioned in 850. King Henry the Fowler built a royal palace at Merseburg; in the 933 Battle of Riade , he gained his great victory over the Hungarians in the vicinity. Thietmar , appointed in 973, became the first bishop of the newly created bishopric of Prague in Bohemia . Prague had been part of the archbishopric of Mainz for a hundred years before that. From 968 until the Protestant Reformation , Merseburg

648-452: Was married twice, first to Gertrude of Babenberg and then to Judith of Thuringia . He was an adventurous youth. Having no expectation of reaching the throne during the reign of his uncle Soběslav I , he moved to Bavaria . He returned at the death of Soběslav in 1140 and, with the help of his brother-in-law, the king of Germany , Conrad III , he was elected Duke of Bohemia by the Bohemian nobility. At first, Vladislav had to contend with

675-657: Was published as a local newspaper in Merseburg. Merseburg was badly damaged in World War II . In 23 air raids, 6,200 dwellings were completely or partly destroyed. The historic town centre was almost completely destroyed. Briefly part of Saxony-Anhalt after the war, it was then administered within the Bezirk Halle in East Germany . It became part of Saxony-Anhalt again after the reunification of Germany . Like many towns in

702-626: Was the seat of the Bishop of Merseburg , and in addition to being for a time the residence of the margraves of Meissen , it was a favorite residence of the German kings during the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries. Fifteen diets were held here during the Middle Ages, during which time its fairs enjoyed the importance which was afterwards transferred to those of Leipzig . After Ekkehard's treacherous death on April 3, 1002, Bolesław I Chrobry took Merseburg and Meissen, and then Milsko with Bautzen and Strehla, with

729-550: Was then driven out of his diocese. The territorial dukes then defeated Vladislav through treason at Vysoká on 22 April 1142, but their siege of Prague failed. Vladislav kept his throne with the assistance of Conrad III of Germany , whose half-sister Gertrude of Babenberg he married. In 1147, Vladislav accompanied Conrad on the Second Crusade , but halted his march at Constantinople and subsequently returned. On his way back to Bohemia, he passed through Kiev and Kraków . After

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