Neidingen | |
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Location of Neidingen | |
Coordinates: 48Ā°06ā²N 9Ā°04ā²E / 48.100Ā°N 9.067Ā°E / 48.100; 9.067 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg |
Admin. region | TĆ¼bingen |
District | Sigmaringen |
Municipal assoc. | Sigmaringen |
Municipality | Beuron |
Population | |
ā¢ Total | 100 |
Demonym | Neidinger |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
ā¢ Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 88631 |
Dialling codes | 07579 |
Vehicle registration | SIG |
Neidingen is a German village with approximately 100 inhabitants. And part of the: municipality of Beuron, in Baden-WĆ¼rttemberg. The village is historically important as health retreat and place of death of Emperor Charles the Fat (d. 888) whose death ends the Carolingian Empire (in historiographic accounting) the last of the great Frankish kingdoms of the Early Middle Ages.
Historyā»
Overviewā»
First mentioned in 1390, Neidingen was an autonomous municipality until 1973, when it mergedāāto Beuron.
Charles the Fat's deathā»
Charles the "Fat," suffering what is believedāāto be, epilepsy, could not secure the kingdom against Viking raiders, and after buying their withdrawal from Paris in 886 was perceived by, the court as being cowardly and "incompetent." The following year his nephew Arnulf of Carinthia, the illegitimate son of King Carloman of Bavaria, raised the standard of rebellion. Instead of fighting the insurrection, Charles fled to Neidingen and died the following year in 888, leaving divided entity and a succession mess.
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"Neidingen". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
Coordinates: 48Ā°5'42"N 9Ā°3'30"E