Klassenberg



The Duchy of Klassenberg (クラッセンブルク, Kurassenburuku) is a region in the northwestern parts of the kingdom of Yurgenschmidt, and currently holds the state of a greater duchy.

The territory is bordered by the following other territories:
 * The duchy of Ehrenfest to the far Southeast
 * The duchy of Lortzing to the South.
 * The duchy of Gaussbuttel to the Southwest.
 * The duchy of Josbrenner to the West
 * The former territory of the duchy of Zausengas to the Southeast.
 * an unnamed country to the North

Klassenberg's duchy colour is red.

The south-eastern border region of Klassenberg, known as Eisen among their people, was a part of former Eisenreich annexed to Klassenberg as a punishment of their rebellion. The region used to thrive in mining, but is currently almost deserted due to depletion of minerals. The duchy now invests very little time, effort and money into hunting feybeasts in this region. Due to the danger posed by the roaming feybeasts and the lack of any trade relations between them and Ehrenfest, the border gate between the two duchies has been permanently closed with neither side even bothering to put any guards at the gates. If a particularly strong feybeast is spotted crossing the border, they inform Ehrenfest about it out of courtesy. Since the province of Haldenzel, directly south of Klassenberg extensively hunts the feybeasts on their side of the border, it is very unlikely that any strong feybeasts cross from Ehrenfest into Klassenberg.

Several years ago there was a coup within the Sovereignty. Klassenberg was the strongest ally of the prince that eventually became the new king. Their victory was in large parts thanks to Klassenberg and as a result their influence has greatly increased after the war.

Following this victory Klassenberg was charged with managing the former territories of Zausengas.

Furthermore the duchy had close ties to royalty even before the coup, since the daughter of Aub Klassenberg was married to the now deceased third prince of the kingdom. The two of them had a daughter Eglantine together. Upon the death of the prince, Aub Klassenberg adopted the girl - his own granddaughter - as his daughter.

Due to her royal blood and the great influence that Klassenberg holds within the kingdom, Eglantine has become highly sought after by the current first and second princes of the Sovereignty, since winning her hand in marriage would be a great step forward toward securing the right of succession for the throne.

They are currently ranked as the highest of all the duchies.

Within the duchy the Aub's father is still alive and seems to still retain considerable influence.

Recently a marriage between Eglantine and the second prince Anastasius has become very likely due to the prince successfully negotiating with the Klassenbergs, his father and his older brother to allow him to escort Eglantine at their graduation ceremony. During the after-ceremonial socializing a mysterious blessing affected the pair and was declared to have come directly from the gods by the Sovereign High Bishop.


 * Looking at the Japanese name クラッセンブルク, "Klassenburg" as transcription seems to resemble the Japanese more. While "-berg" stands for "Berg" which means mountain in German, "-burg" stands for "Burg" which means "castle" in German.
 * The easternmost part of Klassenberg's territory once belonged to Eisenreich, the greater duchy preceded Ehrenfest. This region known as Eisen used to see much traffic due to the abundance of mineral ores, but was mostly abandoned after the ores were depleted. It is now a region where strong feybeasts appear frequently and avoided by even traveling merchants.
 * Noblewomen from Klassenberg are often named after flower names in French.
 * Églantine: Briar rose
 * Primevère: Primrose
 * Hortensia: Hydrangea

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