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Zweibrücken

Also known as Deux-Ponts

Zweibrücken is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with Saarland. It was the seat of the Counts of Zweibrücken and from 1453 of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken line of the Wittelsbachs, whose dukes later became kings of Sweden and of Bavaria. France occupied it in 1793 and annexed it in 1797; it passed to Bavaria in 1816.

Zweibrücken
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Zweibrücken. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zweibrucken
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“Zweibrücken.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zweibrucken. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Zweibrücken.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zweibrucken.
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