Reuss of Köstritz
| Principality of Reuss-Gera | ||||||||||
| Fürstentum Reuß-Gera (German) | ||||||||||
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Motto Ich bau auf Gott "I build on God" |
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Anthem Heil unserm Fürsten, Heil! "Hail to our Prince, Hail!" |
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.svg) Reuss Junior Line within the German Empire
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 Reuss Junior Line within Thuringia
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| Capital | Gera | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Prince | ||||||||||
| • | 1806–1818 | Heinrich XLII | ||||||||
| • | 1818–1854 | Heinrich LXII | ||||||||
| • | 1854–1867 | Heinrich LXVII | ||||||||
| • | 1867–1913 | Heinrich XIV | ||||||||
| • | 1913–1918 | Heinrich XXVII | ||||||||
| Minister of State | ||||||||||
| • | 1825–1839 | Gustav von Strauch | ||||||||
| • | 1918 | Paul Ruckdeschel | ||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Established | 9 April 1806 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 11 November 1918 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1905 | 827 km2 (319 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1905 est. | 144,570 | ||||||||
| Density | 175/km2 (453/sq mi) | |||||||||
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The Principality of Reuss-Gera (German: Fürstentum Reuß-Gera), called the Principality of the Reuss Junior Line (German: Fürstentum Reuß jüngerer Linie) after 1848, was a sovereign state in modern Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. The Counts Reuss of Gera, of Schleiz, of Lobenstein, of Köstritz and of Ebersdorf, each became princes in 1806, and they and their reigning successors bore the title of Prince of Reuss-Gera. One may also refer to them using their branch names (for example: Prince Reuss of Köstriz).
The territories of four separate branches of the Junior Line amalgamated between 1824 and 1848. In 1905, the principality of the Reuss Junior Line had an area of 827 km2 (319 square miles) and a population of 145,000, with Gera as its capital.
In the aftermath of World War I, the territory of the Junior Line merged with that of the Elder Line in 1919 as the People's State of Reuss, which became part of the new state of Thuringia on 1 May 1920.
The House of Reuss practises an unusual system of naming and numbering the male members of the family, every one of whom for centuries has borne the name "Heinrich". While most royal and noble houses give numbers only to the reigning head of the house, and that in the order of his reign, the Reuss Junior Line used a numbering sequence for all male family members which began and ended roughly as centuries began and ended.
In consequence of this naming system, certain heads of the Reuss Junior Line have had the highest numbers attached to their name of any European nobility. Note also that the male children within a single nuclear family need not bear sequential numbers, as all members of the larger family use a common numbering system. For example, the sons of Prince Heinrich LXVII Reuss of Schleiz, in order of their births, used the names Heinrich V, Heinrich VIII, Heinrich XI, Heinrich XIV, and Heinrich XVI.
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