HOHENASPERG
, an See also:ancient fortress of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, ro m
.
N. of See also:Stuttgart, is situated on a conical See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, limo ft. high, overlooking the See also:town of Asperg
.
It was formerly strongly fortified and was See also:long the See also:state See also:prison of the kingdom of Wurttemberg
.
Among the many who have been interned here may be mentioned the notorious See also:Jew financier, See also:Joseph Suss-Oppenheimer (1692–1738) and the poet C
.
F
.
D
.
See also:Schubart (1739–1791)
.
It is now a reformatory
.
Hohenasperg originally belonged to the See also:counts of See also:Calw; it next passed to the counts See also:palatine of See also:Tubingen and from them was acquired in 1308 by Wurttemberg
.
In 1535 the fortifications were extended and strengthened, and in 1635 the town was taken by the Imperialists, who occupied it until 1649
.
See Schon, See also:Die Staatsgefangenen von Hohenasperg (Stuttgart, 1899) ; and Biffart, Geschichte der Wurttembergischen Feste Hohenasperg (Stuttgart, 1858)
.
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