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Vogtland
German region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vogtland (German: [ˈfoːktlant] ⓘ;[1][2] Czech: Fojtsko) is a region spanning the German states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and north-western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euroregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former leadership by the Vögte ("advocates" or "lords protector") of Weida, Gera and Plauen.
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County of Vogtland, County of Greiz | |
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11th century–1563 | |
![]() Map of the Vogtland in 1350 | |
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire |
Capital | Weida (Osterburg), Gera, Plauen |
Common languages | "Vogtländisch" (East Franconian German, North Bavarian) |
Government | Principality |
Historical era | Middle Ages |
• Established | 11th century |
1327 | |
1357 | |
fourteenth–sixteenth centuries | |
1547 | |
• Annexed to Saxony | 1563 |
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