Waldeck

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a former principality in the W. N. W. of Germany; comprises the former county of Waldeck, girt the Prussian provinces of Westfalen and Hessen-Nassau, and that of Pyrmont lying apart between Lippe, Hanover, Braunschweig, and Westfalen; 433 square miles; pop. about Waldeck is among the highest between the Rhine and Weser, the est elevations being the ( 2,750 feet), near Stryck, the ( 2,703), and Pön ( 2,519). The picturesquely diversified with vale and upland, plain and forest, is watered by the Weser, Eder, Werbe, Itter, Aar, Diemel and Twiste. At Niederwildung are chalybeate springs, and at Pyrmont are famous saline and iron springs. The chief crops are rye, oats, and potatoes. The woods cover 105,142 acres. principal export is the mineral water of Wildung, which is sent as far as Japan and China. The princely house of Waldeck dates from the 12th century and till the end of the 14th possessed Swalenberg Cyc or and Sternberg. George Victor (born Fos- 1831) negotiated a " Treaty of Accession " Correlation in 1867, by which he transmitted the Pale- administration to Prussia, himself re- The Brachiopoda"; taining merely nominal power. treaty was renewed in 1888. Waldeck was proclaimed a republic in November 1918, still remaining, however, under the administration tion of Prussia. PIERRE WALDECK-ROUSSEAU, MARIE, a French statesman; born in Nantes, France, Dec. 2, 1846; he studied law and practiced in Rennes till 1879, when he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a Gambettist. He was Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of 1881-1882, and again during the Ferry administration in 1883-1885. He continued as deputy from Rennes till his election to the Senate in 1889. After the fall of the Dupuy ministry in 1899 he was appointed premier by President Loubet, and under many difficulties formed a new and greatly strengthened ministry. As a lawyer he was engaged as counsel for Count de Lesseps in the Panama case, and was a Dreyfus "revisionist." He died Aug. 10, 1904. WALDEMAR I., called THE GREAT, King of Denmark; born in 1131, succeeded Eric V. in 1147. His reign was illustrated by expeditions against the pirates of the Baltic, and he compelled Magnus VI., King of Norway, to sign a humiliating treaty. He died in 1181. WALDEMAR II., called the Victorious, younger son of the preceding, succeeded his brother Canute VI., in 1202. He made many warlike expeditions into Sweden, Norway, and Germany, created of his kingdom. He died in 1241. WALpowerful navy, and revised the laws girt by DEMAR III., eldest son of the preceding, was regent from 1219 to 1231. WALDE- MAR IV., third son of Christopher II., area, was in Bavaria at the death of his father 65,000. in 1333. In 1340-1344 he recovered part districts of his kingdom by force of arms, and great- obtained some further successes against Hegekopf Sweden in 1353 and 1357; eventually, Ettelsberg however, he was glad to obtain peace by country, making some sacrifices; he died in 1376. a famous Christian