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Simmern

Simmern is a small town in the Hunsrück hills of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. From 1410 it was the seat of the Palatinate-Simmern line of the Wittelsbachs, which in 1559 inherited the Electoral Palatinate. Its church contains the tombs of the Simmern dukes.

Simmern
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Simmern. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/simmern
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