Rastatt

Rastatt is a city in the District of Rastatt, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located on the Murg, 4 miles above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of 47,000 (2003).

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Until the end of the 17th century Rastatt was unimportant, but after its destruction by the French in 1689 it was rebuilt on a larger scale by Louis William, margrave of Baden, the imperial general in the Austro-Ottoman War. It was then the residence of the margraves of Baden-Baden until 1771. The Baden revolution of 1849 began with a mutiny of soldiers at Rastatt in May 1849 under Ludwik Mieroslawski and Gustav Struve, and ended here a few weeks later with the capture of the town by the Prussians. (See The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states and History of Baden.) For some years Rastatt was one of the strongest fortresses of the German empire, but its fortifications were dismantled in 1890.

Murg: The Murg is a right tributary of the Rhine, located in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It rises in the Black Forest, and flows through Baiersbronn, Forbach, Gaggenau, and Gernsbach before reaching the Rhine at Rastatt. Its length is 96 km; its drainage area has a size of 637 km?....

Rhine: At 1,320 km (820 miles), the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein) is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The name of the Rhine in all these languages comes from Celtic Renos, literally "that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei- ("to flow, run"), which also ...

17th century: As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar....