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Schmalkalden

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[shmahl-kahl-dn] / ˈʃmɑlˌkɑl dn /

noun

  1. a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.


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Already planning war with the League of Schmalkalden he wished only to secure his own safety from attack by his great rival.

From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

But the two chiefs of the Schmalkalden League, John Frederick of Saxony and Philip of Hesse, showed a timidity almost amounting to cowardice in this emergency.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor

For his services to Prussia he received as a present the forest of Schmalkalden.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

On the other hand, princes and towns were so jealous of an increase of central authority that Charles, at least until his victory over the League of Schmalkalden, had little effective power.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

In 1550 he was appointed dean of the Collegiatstift in Schmalkalden.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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