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History of the Kingdom of Romkerhall
The Royal House of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover was governed by the Royal House of Hanover. Hanover's Kings had been Kings of Great Britain for a period of 123 years (Georges I to IV and William IV). King George V of Hanover enjoyed staying in the Harzer Okertal and established his hunting lodge in 1862 in Romkerhall. On his instruction the small river Romke was re-routed in order to create a waterfall on the area of this hunting lodge. This waterfall is, with its 64 meters, stil today's largest in the area of the Harz. King George V. made Romkerhall municipality-free and subordinated it directly to the crown in Hanover.
Prussian Hegemony
With the intention of smashing the young Federal State of 1848, and with it the liberty of the individual and free German countries, Prussia declared war on Austria in 1866. The other German countries suspected badness but remained neutral. Prussia, however, also smashed this neutrality. Now Prussia tried to split the neutral German Federation with promises and to find allies against Austria. Prussia offered to allow the King of Hanover to annex the Grand-Duchy of Oldenburg, as well as the Counties of Waldeck and Schaumburg-Lippe if he left the Federation and fought on Prussia's side. But King George V. remained faithful to the Federation, unlike some other princes of small German states, which were enticed by the Prussian promises. Prussia marched prevail-addicted into individual countries. This in partial without declaration of war. The consequences of the Prussian nationalism can be reread in each historical book up to the year 1945. When it finally came to the war between Austria and Prussia, Bayern's fear became reality: Prussia saw her chance to take over the guidance of Germany and to rearrange the territorial possessions: The Prussian-Austrian war developed into the Prussian-German war, since Prussia declared war on the neutral states of the German Federation - among them the Kingdom of Hanover. Before the Hanoverian troops could unite with those of the southern German states, half the way from northern to southern Germany near Langensalza (Thuringia), Hanoverian troops came across the Prussians. Though the Hanoverians triumphed over Prussians, their leaders realized they could have achieved no further victory against oncoming Preussian troops. During the time of Prussian occupation the life for the Hanoverian people was not simple. The self-sufficiency was resolved, one was governed from Berlin . Like catholics and social-democrats, also the Hanoverians were regarded as enemies of the state, since they still remained faithfully to their king and wanted a free Hanover. Even Bismarck knew that its power-over-privilege-politics is wrong. On a request of the chairman of the German central party, Ludwig Windthorst, whether the annexations of Hanover and Hessen Kassel, Hessen-Nassau and the free city of Frankfurt is not illegitimate, he answered: "we know we do not have the right to do so, but we have the power and we use it !". Bismarck "seized" the properties of the legal king after the battle of Langensalza, among other things also the Guelpfs treasury, which came up in the so-called "reptile fund" . From this cash, among other things, Bavaria's King Ludwig II. was paid alimony, in order to receive his agreement for the appointment of the Prussian king to become the German emperor.
The Royal House of Saxonia
Bismarck did not "seize" the hunting lodge and its grounds of King George V, Romkerhall. Surely he was afraid of the Royal Saxonion Houses reaction on such a provocation like an illegitimate annexation of Romkerhall, and because of that King George V had made Romkerhall as a gift to his wife Queen Marie (1818-1907), a princess from the Royal House of Saxonia. Romkerhall remained in its free state of affairs. The legal king, accompanied by his three children and his wife Queen Marie (1818-1907), went into exile in Austria. King George V. of Hanover did not recognize the illegitimate Annexation. He did not resign and did not renounce the throne. His only son, Kronprinz Ernst August (1848-1923) accepted the title Duke of Cumberland in Austria exile in 1878, but did not renounce the throne of Hanover.
Independent State of Hanover
This injustice lasted 81 years. When the Allied re-organisated Germany after the end of the Second World War, especially Prussia - the home of militarism and nationalism in Germany - was a thorn in the side: The largest of the German states, which had possessed the supremacy and agressed not only against Germans, but also against European countries. After the detachment of the Prussian provinces, she was distinguished on February 25th 1947 forever after. However, August 23rd 1946 meant the long desired liberty for the former Prussian provinces. By regulation No. 46 of the British Military Government Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as the new formed North Rhine-Westphalia received the statuses of independent states, i.e. the former Kingdom of Hanover was released from Prussian hegemony and justified as State of Hanover again. For the Hanoverians it was a special satisfaction that it was a British regulation; for the Hanoverian kings from 1714 to 1837 were in personnel union also king of Great Britain. Romkerhall remained free until 1988.
The Kingdom Romkerhall
The new owner used this historical occurrence and based Romkerhall 1988 proclaiming the Kingdom of Romkerhall. On 23 July 1988 PRINZESSIN ERINA VON SACHSEN - HERZOGIN ZU SACHSEN - has been crowned and proclaimed Queen.
Her majesty queen Erina handed the office business 1992 over at Contessa Sabina. The appointment took place in the castle of Drachenburg at Königswinter / Rhine.
External links
- Die Welfen (de) Official homepage of the House of Welf
- Kingdom Hanover History of the Kingdom Hanover
- Kingdom Romkerhall History of the Kingdom Romkerhall
