Nassau

County of Nassau (1125-1255), Duchy of Nassau (1806-1866)

State of the Holy Roman Empire (1125-1255), State of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813), Independent State (1813-1866)

Location: West-Central Germany

Capital City: Nassau (1125-1255), Weilburg (1806-1816), Wiesbaden (1816-1866)

Government type: Monarchy (1125-1255), Constitutional Monarchy (1806-1866)

Main languages: German

Main religions: Protestant Christianity, Catholic Christianity

Chronology

1125: County of Nassau separated from the Bishopric of Worms

1255: Split between Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Dillenburg

1806: Extant Nassau principalities (Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Usingen) united as the Duchy of Nassau within the Confederarion of the Rhine

1813: Confederation of the Rhine dissolved

1866: Annexed by Prussia

Currency

Conventionsthaler (1806-1837)

1 Conventionsthaler = 120 Kreuzer

Gulden (1837-1866)

1 Gulden = 60 Kreuzer = 240 Pfennig = 480 Heller • 1.75 Gulden = 1 Vereinsthaler

Coins from Nassau in the collection

•1 Kreuzer, 1862 (Duke Adolf (1839-1866), copper, Wiesbaden mint, KM#74)