Ochsenhausen is a city in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located between the city of Biberach and Memmingen. For many centuries, Ochsenhausen Abbey (Reichskloster Ochsenhausen), first mentioned in writing in 1093, was a self -governing prince-abbey within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a prince-abbot. In 1803, during the course of the German mediatization, the abbey was secularized and erected into a secular principality, which was annexed to the short-lived principality was annexed to the Kingdom of Württemberg, which in turn became part of the German Empire in 1871. As a consequence of World Wars I and II, the borders of Württemberg were reshuffled several times until the final Baden-Württemberg state was established in 1952, with Ochsenhausen as part of the restructuring.
Ochsenhausen in Through Darkest Europe[]
| Archbishopric of Ochsenhausen | |
| Through Darkest Europe 1st POD: c. 1100 CE 2nd POD c. 1265 CE | |
| National Language: | German |
| Status: | Active within the German Empire |
The Archbishopric of Ochsenhausen was state within the German Empire. It was small, located in the southern part of Germany on the border with the Swiss cantons. A "Crusader" named Gottlieb Schrempf who hailed from the archbishopric had made his way through the cantons into the Grand Duchy of Italy to join the Aquinist Uprising. He was captured after a gunbattle and interrogated in the Italian Ministry of Information.[1]
Literary comment[]
The fictional archbishopric is implicitly bigger than the historical town of Ochsenhausen. It is placed here for convenience.
References[]
- ↑ Through Darkest Europe, pg. 147-149, loc. 2147-2177, ebook.
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