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The Principality of Bayreuth (German: Fürstentum Bayreuth) or Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Markgraftum Brandenburg-Bayreuth) was an immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
The margravine made Bayreuth one of the chief intellectual centers of the Holy Roman Empire, surrounding herself with a court of wits and artists that accrued added prestige from the occasional visits of Voltaire and Frederick the Great.
The first impression the Bayreuth margraviate made on Wilhelmine when she passed the border was devastating. When she finally arrived in Bayreuth, her disappointment was even greater. The palace in which she was now to live had none of the proportions she was used to from Berlin.
Margravine Wilhelmine greatly influenced Bayreuth. Without her achievements, Bayreuth would not be the cultural and musical metropolis it is today. Table of contents. The explanatory film about Margravine Wilhelmine. The life of Margravine Wilhelmine. Wilhelmine as a princess obsessed with building. Traces of the Margravine today.
The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, a world heritage site since 2012, is one of the most beautiful baroque theatres in the world. Table of contents. Why the Opera House was built. The architecture of the Opera House. Video: The Margravial Opera House in 37 seconds. New in 2023: Grand Opening of World Heritage Centre.
Outstanding Universal Value. Brief synthesis. The 18th century Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth is a masterwork of Baroque theatre architecture, commissioned by Margravine Wilhelmine of Brandenburg as a venue for opera seria over which the princely couple ceremonially presided.
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1748), Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was the eldest sister of King Frederick II of Prussia. Highly cultivated and deeply interested in the sciences, she formed a small book collection in her Berlin years.
