Vogtland

Also known as Variscia

Region im Grenzgebiet Deutschlands und der tschechischen Region

Key facts

Former Country.conventional_long_name: County of Vogtland, County of Greiz
Former Country.common_name: Vogtland
Former Country.era: Middle Ages
Former Country.status: Vassal
Former Country.empire: Holy Roman Empire
Former Country.government_type: Principality
Former Country.year_start: 11th century
Former Country.year_end: 1563
Former Country.event1: Bohemian protectorate
Former Country.date_event1: 1327
Former Country.event2: Land exchange with    Margraviate of Meissen
Former Country.date_event2:  1357
Former Country.event3: Power struggles with    Electorate of Saxony
Former Country.date_event3:  fourteenth–sixteenth centuries
Former Country.event4: Restored to Vögte    after Battle of Mühlberg
Former Country.date_event4:  1547
Former Country.event_end: Annexed to Saxony
Former Country.image_coat: Wappen Gera.svg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: region
Named after: Vogt
Country: Germany
Located in: Saxony
Capital: Weida

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Commons category: Vogtland
topic's main category: Category:Vogtland
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P8168: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
IPA transcription: ˈfoːktˌlant

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Das Vogtland (tschechisch Fojtsko, lateinisch Variscia) ist eine Region im Grenzgebiet von Bayern, Sachsen, Thüringen und Böhmen. „Vogtland“ bezieht sich auf den ehemaligen Herrschaftsbereich der Vögte von Weida, Gera, Plauen und Greiz. Im Vogtland leben etwa eine halbe Million Einwohner.

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