Baden History: Difference between revisions

<br>During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Palatinian_Succession War of Palatine Succession ](aka Nine Years' War–the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Palatine Succession, or the War of the League of Augsburg) 1688–97. Baden suffered heavily again. The French King [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France Louis XIV] attempted to expand France to the Rhine and exert pressure on the Elector Palatine to sever ties with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Augsburg League of Augsburg]. The French began the policy of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%BBlez_le_Palatinat! “brûlez le Palatinat!"]&nbsp;whereby German towns were systematically destroyed. In 1689, Mannheim, Frankenthal, Worms, Speyer, Bretten, Maubronn, Pforzheim, Baden-Baden and numerous other towns and villages were set afire. In 1691, the French again besieged, attacked, and sacked Pforzheim. In 1692, they returned and took over the town, this time using it as a camp. From there, they set out on expeditions, looting and destroying the towns of Huchenfeld, Calw, Hirsau, Liebenzell, and Zavelstein. They also destroyed Liebeneck castle where part of the Pforzheim town archives were hidden. Another part of the town archive was held in Calw. Both sets of the archives were destroyed by fires set by the attackers. <br>

== The 18th Century  ==