Offenburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany, in the Kinzig valley, close to the Rhine and the French border. It developed in the Middle Ages and became a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, later passing to Baden. It is known for its role in the German democratic movement: in 1847 radicals gathered at Offenburg and put forward demands for freedom of the press, a people's army and other liberal reforms, in what is called the Offenburg Program, and it was again the venue of meetings in the revolution of 1848 and 1849. A monument to the English sailor Francis Drake stands in the city, and the town is also the home of a large university of applied sciences.
Before and after
- from 1140 to 1530Gothic art
- 1147Construction of Koutoubia Mosque
- 1147Construction of Maulbronn Monastery
- from 1147 to 1149Second Crusade
- 1148Founding of Offenburg
- from 24 July 1148 to 28 July 1148Siege of Damascus
- 12th centuryOrigins of Citadel of Aleppo
- from 1150 to 1971Founding of University of Paris
- 1150Construction of Poblet Monastery
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- 1386Construction of Heidelberg University
The era
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