Duchy of Jülich-Berg
State of the Holy Roman Empire (1348-1521, 1614-1803)
Location: Northwest Germany
Capital City: Düsseldorf
Government type: Absolute Monarchy
Main languages: German
Main religions: Catholic Christianity
Chronology
1348: Duchy of Berg and County of Jülich unite
1521: United with Cleves as Jülich-Cleves-Berg
1614: After a succession crisis, Jülich-Cleves-Berg is partitioned between Protestant Cleves, annexed to Prussia, and Catholic Jülich and Berg, in personal union with the Palatinate (and later Bavaria from 1742)
1801: Jülich conquered by France
1803: Berg formally separated from Jülich, end of the duchy
Currency
Pfennig (1423-1500)
1 Pfennig = 2 Heller • 1 Bausche = 3 Pfennig • 1 Weißpfennig = 4 Pfennig
Thaler (1500-1521, 1614-1795)
1 Thaler = 21 Schilling = 60 Stüber = 80 Albus = 624 Heller • 1 Ducat = 3.5 Thaler
Coins from Jülich-Berg in the collection
•1/4 Stüber, 1785 (Duke Karl Theodor (1742-1794), copper, Düsseldorf mint, KM#205)
•1/2 Stüber, 1794 (Duke Karl Theodor (1742-1794), copper, Düsseldorf mint, KM#206)