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Maximilian, prince of Baden

(Encyclopedia)Maximilian, prince of Baden (Max of Baden), 1867–1929, German statesman, last chancellor of imperial Germany. A liberal, he was made imperial chancellor at the end of World War I as Germany neared d...

Max of Baden

(Encyclopedia)Max of Baden: see Maximilian, prince of Baden. ...

Baden-Baden

(Encyclopedia)Baden-Baden bäˈdən-bäˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 55,499), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, in ...

Baden-Württemberg

(Encyclopedia)Baden-Württemberg bäˈdən-wûrˈtəmbûrg, Ger. vürˈtəmbĕrkˌ [key], state, 13...

Württemberg-Baden

(Encyclopedia)Württemberg-Baden vürˈtəmbĕrk-bäˈdən [key], former state, c.6,060 sq mi (15,700 sq km), SW Germany. Stuttgart was the capital. The state was formed after 1945 and comprised the northern parts ...

Baden, city, Austria

(Encyclopedia)Baden –bī-vēnˈ [key], city, Lower Austria province, E Austria, on the Schwechat River, n...

Baden, town, Switzerland

(Encyclopedia)Baden, anc. Aquae Helveticae, town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Limmat River. A noted spa since ancient times, the town has hot sulfur spri...

Harden, Maximilian

(Encyclopedia)Harden, Maximilian mäkˌsēmēˈlyän härˈdən [key], 1861–1927, German journalist, whose real name was Witkowski. One of the leading publicists of his time, he was an admirer of Bismarck. After ...

Louis of Baden

(Encyclopedia)Louis of Baden bäˈdən [key], 1655–1707, margrave of Baden (1677–1707), military commander in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1689 he was made chief commander of the imperial army in Hu...

Baden, former state, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Baden bäˈdən [key], former state, SW Germany. Karlsruhe was the capital. Stretching from the Main River in the northeast across the lower Neckar valley and along the right bank of the Rhine to Lake...