1390s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

Immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the Hohenzollerns as part of Brandenburg-Ansbach, member of the Franconian Circle

public university in Thuringia, Germany

Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation. Ruled by the House of Ascania, it was created in 1396 following the partition of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and finally merged into the re-united Duchy of Anhalt in 1863. The capital of the state was Dessau in present-day Saxony-Anhalt.

Anhalt-Köthen was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania. It was created in 1396 when the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. The first creation lasted until 1562, when it fell to Prince Joachim Ernest of Anhalt-Zerbst, who merged it into the reunited Principality of Anhalt.

Immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the Hohenzollerns as part of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, member of the Franconian Circle

farm village in the Netherlands

confederation formed in 1395 in the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein valleys, Raetia (in modern-day Switzerland), named after the homespun grey clothes worn by the people; one of the Three Leagues

canal