Baden, City in Germany

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Bade, or Baden, Bada, and Thermae inferiores, a Town of Germany in Suabia, that bears the Title of Marquisate; it is famous for its Baths, being five Leagues off of Strasbourg, and eight of Spire. This Marquisate is upon the Rhine, between Brisgaw and the Dutchy of Wirtemberg. Its Marquesses are Princes of the Empire, and are of a Noble and Ancient Family. The Baden Durlach Branch has two Voices in the Diet of the Empire, and in the Circle of Suabia; one for Durlach, and the other for Hochberg: These two Branches act by turns in all these Diets, as it was regulated in the Peace of Munster. This Noble Family of Baden derives its Original from the Duke of Zering Bartholdus I. being Father to Herman the Founder of this Family. It's divided into two Branches, Hochberg and Durlach, the former Popish, the other Protestants. The present Prince Lewis of Baden, who hath been General for the Emperor in Hungary, and obtained such great Victorys, is of the first Branch. This Town is Twenty two Miles N. E. of Strasbourg, Thirty four S. of Spire, Forty N. W. of Thibungen.