In 919, Duke of Saxony Heinrich was elected the first German king.. Since not all princes of the former East Frankish Empire had taken part in his election, it took him 10 years to convince the rest - partly with benefits, partly with campaigns - to convince him that he was the right man in office.. He also had to defend his empire against external attacks.. For this he built castles, in which the population could seek protection, and obliged the rural population to turn off every ninth man for the preservation and defense of the castles.. So he created the state of the ´citizens´.. After this extensive work was accomplished, he summoned all the princes and representatives of the nobility and the clergy in 929 for a large court day at the royal court in his Palatinate Quedlinburg.. He made himself pay homage «loyalty swear» and his son Otto of all to his successor determine..
With this measure, he ensured that the kingdom existed beyond his death, thus creating the principle of ´Reichsunteilbarkeit´..

Germany was born - the cradle was Quedlinburg.. At the request of his wife, Mathilde I, Heinrich established a ladies´ pen on the Schlossberg, which, according to today´s understanding, is a place of education for aristocratic daughters..

The World Visits Quedlinburg
King Otto I, son of the first German king, was crowned the first German Emperor on 2 February 962 in Rome.. At Easter 973 Otto I held on his Palatinate Quedlinburg the most glamorous Reichstag of the Middle Ages.. Present were in addition to the German representatives of the nobility and the church of the Danish King Harald Bluetooth, the Duke of Poland and later King Boleslaw I, Duke Boleslaw II of Bohemia, 12 nobility from Hungary, a representative of the Byzantine Emperor Johannes Tzimices and Ibrahim Ibn Achmed as Representative of the caliph Makam I, the ruler of Spain.. Thus, almost the entire Occident occurred together for the first time: Denmark, Germany, Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, Byzantium, Bulgaria, the Roman Papal States, Benevento and the Hispanic caliphate discussed commonalities and mutual demarcations..

{§§LINK:www.quedlinburg.de/de/unesco-welterbe.html: Here´s online more info..

       
     



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