Bavaro-Austrian Region: NIs, DHEs and Suggestions

Palando · Feb 26, 2017

Dear Paradoxers,

today I want to present you my suggestions for the "Greater" Bavarian Region or more like what is nowadays called Bavaria. For a Swedish develepor team it might be hard to come up with ideas regarding this region, thus I as a Bavarian myself, living in the centre of Bavaria, have made up my mind for about one month or two, what I would improve. This post contains NI suggestions for Augsburg, Memmingen, Nuremberg,Salzburg, Bayreuth, Ansbach, Passau and Rothenburg as well as some DHEs for these OPMs. I also propose some new DHEs for Bavaria which compared to Brandeburg/ Austria is quite lacking regarding those and discuss what possibilities there are for new tags / provinces.

Because this will be quite a long thread, here a small table of contents:

Bavaria proper: DHEs, (minor) NI rework and missions
Austria proper: DHEs and missions
Wurzburg, Bamberg and Bayreuth
Nuremberg: NIs, DHEs and Ansbach
Augsburg: NIs and DHEs
Memmingen: NIs and DHEs
Salzburg: NIs and DHEs
Passau: NIs and DHEs
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: NIs and DHEs
Palatinate: NIs, DHEs and missions
Trient, Styria, Tyrol

Map Changes:
First of all let's discuss what possibilities there are for new provinces and tags. There are the following which do not vanish on every HRE map:

Bishopric of Eichstätt: the province would be between Ingolstadt and Ansbach, but a lot smaller than e.g. Frankfurt --> personally, I would not implement this one
Free City /Bishopric of Regensburg: the province for this would exist, however together the free city and the bishopric maybe held about 30% of the province, whereas more belonged to Bavaria. Adding a mini province would result in a clickfest.
Free City of Rothenburg o.d.T.: This would result in a split from the Ansbach province in the west. If one also takes into account the other free cities in the region like Schwäbisch Hall, Dinkelsbühl and Bad Windsheim, the province size would be between Frankfurt and Ulm. Rothenburg also was an expanding free city. This was quite fertile land with a lot of grain, thus maybe a development of ~11 (4 tax / 5 prod / 2 man) would be right.
Bishopric of Passau: For this a splitting of the province of Straubing is needed. The part east of the river fork would then belong to the bishopric if one takes the maximal extension into account. A possible trade good could be fish, since there are three rivers. Passau was a rich province and many wanted this land, but compared to Salzburg it was also smaller (but with less mountains), so that I would suggest a development of about ~14 (5 tax / 6 prod / 3 man)
Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and Margravate of Bayreuth: see the next chapter.

Furthermore, I would suggest the following new provinces:

Niederbayern:

Regensburg
Oberpfalz
Straubing
Landshut: 5/4/2 (Grain)
Passau: 3/5/1 (Fish)

Oberbayern:

München
Ingolstadt
Salzburg
Burghausen: 2/3/3 (Salt)

A census from 1770 (taken from Andreas Kraus and Max Spindler, Geschichte Bayerns, 2013):

Rentamt Munich (together with Ingolstadt): 388,000, Munich having 39,000, 16 cities, 25 marktet communities, 24.3% city population
Rentamt Landshut: 246,000, Landshut having 7,500, 6 cities, 24 market communities, 16.5% city population
Rentamt Burghausen: 180,000, Traunstein having 2,500, 5 cities, 12 market communities, 11.8% city population
Rentamt Straubing: 168,000, Straubing having 5,000, 10 cities, 21 market communities, 16.5% city population
Rentamt Amberg: 165,000, Amberg having 3,500

In 1654, Bavaria had an estimated population of around 1,000,000.

Actually, the dukes of Bavaria-Landshut were rich, because of the tremendous amount of grain harvested around Landshut. Salt was/is produced in Bad Reichenhall, Rosenheim, Traunstein, and others. Thus, Burghausen would be the Salt producing province.
Following the unification of the Bavarian duchies, Burghausen was made one of the four administrative divisions in 1507 (Ingolstadt lost its status, due to the loss of the later called Palatinate-Neuburg reducing the owned territory greatly.). Even before, Burghausen was an important centre of administration.
Burghausen is Lower and Upper Bavarian, but to preserve a coherent territory it should get added to Upper Bavaria. Salzburg should be changed to Bavarian culture, too (see this thread).
Innbaiern/Innviertel should also be Bavarian, as it changed ownership only after the Bavarian Succession War in 1779. Thus, for 335 years it was part of Bavaria and only for 42 years a part of Austria.

Map (17th century)

Furthermore, the region around Garmisch and Partenkirchen should be added to the Munich province, as they belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Freising. As Freising is too small to implement, and the territory later became a part of Bavaria (Reichsdeputationshauptschluss), it is best represented as being part of the Munich province.

Lastly, I would also like to mention that Ingolstadt's city should be north of the Danube, since that is where the historical city centre is, and also that Landshut is mispositioned and too close to Straubing and too far away from München.

Österreich ob und unter der Enns:

Oberenns (Ob der Enns): 5/4/3 (Wine)
Obermannhartsberg (Ob Mannhartsberg, capital: Krems): 1/2/2 (Wool)
Untermannhartsberg (Unter Mannhartsberg, capital: Korneuburg) 3/4/2 (Wine)
Wienerwald (Ob Wienerwald, capital: St. Pölten): 3/3/2 (Wine)
Wien: 6/5/7 (Wine)

Innerösterreich:

Kärnten (possible to split it into Oberkärnten(capital: Villach) and Unterkärnten(capital: Klagenfurt) like I did in the screen above)
Judenburg
Graz
(possible to carve a Bruck province from Graz and Judenburg, making a Krain area necessary)
Cilli: 3/2/1 (Grain)

Küstenland:

Görz: 3/4/2
Istria (Venice)
Triest: 3/2/1 (Naval Supplies)
Oberkrain(capital: Laibach): 5/2/2 (Grain)
Unterkrain(capital:Neustädtel): 2/4/1 (Iron, Idrija)

Tirol:

Tirol
Lienz
Etsch (capital: Meran): 2/2/1 (Wool)
Vorarlberg: 1/2/1 (Wool)
Trient

Linz should be renamed to "Ob der Enns" as this was the official name of Upper Austria back then. The division of Lower Austria is based on the four historical quarters.

Ober- and Unteranhartsberg were the two northern divisions. Obermanhartsberg (since the 18th century called Waldviertel= forest quarter) was/is a low populated region with many forests and a hilly landscape. Wood (which still hasn't an own trade good) and wool as well as (coarse) cloth were produced there. Thus, wool would be the appropriate trade good, because the cloth woven there wasn't as fine as in the Netherlands. On the other side, Untermanhartsberg was/is known for its wine production being the biggest wine region of Austria(from the 18th century it was called Weinviertel = wine quarter). As capital for Untermanhartsberg, I would suggest Korneuburg.

Although, the quarter was called Unter Wienerwald, I decided to go with Wien as its the biggest city /capital of Austria. Wien became the centre of industrialisation in Austria, so that an event to change the trade good/increase production between 1750 and 1821 would be a good idea (comparable to the already existing one changing Ob der Enns' trade good). Hard to say what the trade good between 1750 and 1821 should be; maybe cloth, since it is the only trade good I would associate with the industrial revolution?
(Ob) Wienerwald is/was known for its cider earning it the name Mostviertel (= cider quarter). As cider is represented by wine, the latter should be the trade good of this quarter. Capital should be the very old city of St. Pölten.

A new province to represent the holdings of the counts of Cilli should be included. Krain should be also split into Oberkrain and Unterkrain according to the divisions of Krain. Although, the latter is only a part of the proposed province (Inner- and Mittelkrain being the other two), the naming would make more sense (Oberkrain = Upper Krain, Unterkrain = Lower Krain). Capital of Oberkrain would be Laibach, while Neustädtel would be the one for Unterkrain.
With this, there would be three provinces, i.e. a Slovene culture could be added. Görz' and Triest's culture is a highly disputed thing. But maybe events to change the culture would be a good idea (changing the culture to an accepted one).

Tirol should be split into three parts making Trent an own OPM (province: Venetian, country's culture: Austrian). Etsch with Meran would be a low value province with wool as a trade good representing the famous Tyrolese felt.
The small Vorarlberg should be also added and have Swiss culture, because of migrations of people from Wallis and the culture / dialect being a lot closer to the Swiss than to the Austrian culture.
Tirol was split into 4 quarters/Viertel (see here in Die Entstehung des Gesetzgebungsstaates am Beispiel Tirols Gesetz und Herrschaft Martin P. Schennach on page 353), namely the two Innviertel in the north (too small as provinces on their own, so I decided to fuse them into one), the Viertel am Eisack and the Viertel an der Etsch. Additionally, the Bishopric of Brixen was a landowner. As far as I'm concerned, Brixen as a province owned by the Habsburgs doesn't fit. (Sadly, I couldn't find a better map showing the concrete borders)

Some Census Records:

Erzherzogtum unter der Enns:

Erzherzogtum ob der Enns (combined the Mühlviertel with the Schwartzviertel as this happened at the end of the 18th century, the two southern provinces were combined, too)

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Herzogtum Kärnten (Maria Theresia)

Herzogtum Steiermark

Herzogtum Krain (if too small, can still be recombined to two provinces: Ober- + Unterkrain)

Grafschaft Tirol:

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Bonus: Salzburg (if someone ever wanted to split something there, here are the constituencies)

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Mittelfranken:

Nürnberg
Ansbach
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: 4/5/1 (Grain)

Ober- und Unterfranken / Mainfranken:

Würzburg: 3/3/2 (Wine)
Bamberg (own tag)
Bayreuth: 2/1/2 (Wool)

The naming is based on the one introduced by Montgelas during the Napoleonic era. Mainfranken is used for the region around Würzburg only, but still the Main flows through both Upper and Lower Franconia (this naming is based on their relative position in the flow of the Main).

Furthermore, I would suggest splitting Henneberg/Coburg (city should be Coburg) from Thuringia. It should have Franconian culture, because the County Henneberg was part of the Circle of Franconia and in this part of Thuringia Franconian is spoken. Yet it should stay a part of the Wettiner's lands, but would represent this Franconian part of Thuringia.

Thüringen:

Leipzig
Vogtland
Thüringen: 2/3/1
Henneberg: 2/2/1 (Livestock)

[The buff towards Saxony would get diminished by Henneberg not being Saxon but Franconian (-> "yellow" culture penalty).]

Pfalz:

Pfalz: 5/5/2 (Wine)
Zweibrücken: 3/3/1 (Wine)
Mainz

Zweibrücken was an independent county (+ Veldenz) before it was ruled by the cadet branch, Pfalz-Zweibrücken, since 1444. I want to add that King Max I. of Bavaria was of the Wittelsbach dynasty Pfalz-Zweibrücken.

Here, I would also like to mention my suggestion for Swabia, since the territory would need to get redrawn (-> Ansbach and Rothenburg a part of a new Franconian territory). See this thread.
Austria should have a core on the Baden province representing their huge territorys there.

Oberschwaben:

Konstanz: 5/5/1 (Cloth)
Urach: 2/2/1 (Grain)
Augsburg
Memmingen

Niederschwaben:

Ulm
Württemberg
Zollern: 2/2/1 (Grain)

The following replace the names of the Standard German localisation. Provinces which aren't listed here but have a Standard German dynamic province name should still be localised with the Standard German name, e.g. Verona as Welsch-Bern.

1 = "Stockhoim"
49 = "Neimoak"
55 = "Oidenburg"
58 = "Anhoit"
61 = "Dresdn"
64 = "Landshuad"
65 = "Minga"
67 = "Niamberg"
69 = "Obaschwobm"
70 = "Wiattmberg"
71 = "Onsbach"
73 = "Tiroi" #"Inntoi" if the province is renamed to Inntal
74 = "Bodn"
75 = "Öisass"
76 = "Soizburg"
77 = "Heidlberg"
79 = "Wiazburg"
81 = "Hessn"
82 = "Westfoin"
85 = "Köin"
86 = "Minsta"
94 = "Luxnburg"
128 = "Karntn"
132 = "Steiamoak"
134 = "Wean"
267 = "Pülsn"
1757 = "Obapfoiz"
1761 = "Pfoiz"
1768 = "Lianz"
1868 = "Augschburg"
1872 = "Uim"
1874 = "Brema"
2955 = "Ingoistod"
2957 = "Rengschburg"
2964 = "Oidmoak"
2994 = "Greifswoid"

1. Bavaria proper:
New DHEs for Bavaria:

My goal was to implement and flesh out the Counter Reformation chain and connect it with the university in Ingolstadt. I would also propose adding the Oktoberfest, the first took place in 1810, then the constitutionalism of the Kingdom of Bavaria, some advisors and the House Union. The latter concerns the union between Bavaria and the Palatinate in 1777 after the Bavarian Wittelsbachs died out. For the Succession war.

Treaty of Pavia:

Emperor Louis the Bavarian divided his lands between his heirs and his brother's sons in the Treaty of Pavia 1329. From then the Palatinate and Bavaria existed independently from each other until 1777. After Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria died heirless, Carl Theodor of the Palatinate inherited Bavaria according to a passage of this treaty.

Kaiser Ludwig der Bayer teilte sein land zwischen seinen eigenen Erben und den Söhnen seines Bruders im Hausvertrag von Pavia von 1329. Von da an existierten die Pfalz und Bayern unabhängig voneinander bis zum Jahr 1777. Nachdem Maximilian III. Joseph von Bayern kinderlos starb, erbte Karl Theodor von der Pfalz Bayern gemäß einer Passage dieses Vertrages.

the Palatinate and Bavaria have the von Wittelsbach dynasty
the Palatinate or Bavaria die heirless
the Palatinate and Bavaria gain a historical friend modifier
if the Palatinate is not player controlled: The Wittelsbachian lands are again united!: Bavaria gets a PU over the Palatinate
if the Palatinate is player controlled: The Wittelsbachian lands are again united!: the Palatinate gets a PU over Bavaria

Ingolstadt University:

Duke Louis IX of Bavaria-Landshut founded the University of Ingolstadt with papal aproval in 1472. This university with its quadrivium was among the first German humanistic universities, whereby many famous professors like Johannes Aventinus, Peter Canisius, Johan Eck and Peter and Philipp Apian taught there. Thus initiating a cultural and economic prosperity for Ingolstadt.

Herzog Ludwig IX. von Bayern-Landshurt gründete die Ingolstädter Universität im Jahr 1472 mit päpstlicher Billigung. Mit ihrem Quadrivium war diese unter den ersten deutschen humanistischen Universitäten, wobei einige berühmte Professoren wie Johannes Aventinus, Petrus Canisius, Johannes Eck und Peter und Philipp Apian dort lehrten. Dies bedeutete einen kulturellen und ökonomischen Aufschwung für Ingolstadt.

owns province Ingolstadt
year is between 1458 and 1488
MTTH 160 months
Sponsor the University: lose 0.75 years of income, gain 50 admin, Ingolstadt gets +1 base tax, province Ingolstadt gets flagged with -5% dev cost
Do nothing: lose 10 prestige

Landshut Wedding:

Our strong ties with the great house of <target dynasty> have paid off! Our monarch, <own rulername>, is going to marry into this noble house governing the great power of <targe country>. This is a great chance to establish the von Wittelsbachs as a leading dynasty in Europe and also a divine dispensation of benefit to the whole Christianity and the Empire! Therefore, we should celebrate this appropriately through a more than a week long wedding festival. We plan to have tournaments, ball evenings, grand feasts and many more events and we will also invite the highest nobility of Europe to join us. However, our master of mint has pointed out that our treasury is sparse and therefore we will have to take loans. What shall we do?

Unsere enge Beziehung zum großen Haus von <target dynasty> tragen Früchte! Unser Monarch <own rulername> wird in dieses noble die Großmacht von <target country> beherrschende Adelshaus einheiraten. Das ist eine großartige Chance das Haus von Wittelsbach als eine führende Dynastie in Europa zu etablieren und zudem eine göttliche Fügung zum Nutzen von Christenheit und Reich! Deswegen sollten wir dies angemessen durch ein mehr als eine Woche andauerndes Hochzeitsfest zelebrieren. Wir planen Tourniere, Tanzabende, gewaltige Festmähler und noch viele weitere Spektakel und wir werden natürlich den europäischen Hochadel einladen. Jedoch merkte unser Schatzmeister an, dass unsere Schätzkammern nicht in der Lage sind dafür zu zahlen und wir deswegen einen Kredit aufnehmen müssen. Was sollen wir tun?

owns province Landshut
year is before 1500
MTTH 120 months
has a royal marriage with a great power
is catholic
has no spouse
We will celebrate a week!: lose 1 years of income, gain 50 prestige, improve relatations by 50 with the great power royal marriage partner, gain a new spouse of the target dynasty
Just do the neccessary: lose 0.25 years of income, gain 10 prestige, gain a new spouse of the target dynasty
It is too expensive: lose 1 prestige, relations penalty of 30 with the great power royal marriage partner, gain a new spouse of the target dynasty

War of the Succession of Landshut:

Duke George of Bavaria-Landshut died in 1503 without a male heir, thus according to the Treaty of Pavia Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich should have directly inherited Landshut. However, George designated his son-in-law, Ruprecht of the Palatinate, as successor which ultimately lead to a war between Ruprecht and Albert IV.

Herzog Georg von Bayern Landshut starb 1503 ohne einen mänlichen Nachfolger, was gemäßt dem Hausvertrag von Pavia zum direkten Erben durch Herzog Albrecht IV. Bayern-München hätte führen sollen. Jedoch hatte Georg seinen Schwiegersohn Ruprecht von der Pfalz als seinen Nachfolger designiert, was schlussendlich zum Krieg zwischen Ruprecht und Albrecht IV. führte.

owns the province Landshut
year is between 1500 and 1520
MTTH 120 months
MTTH modier 0.5: Legitimacy is below 50
lose 1 stability, pretender rebels (Ruprecht of the Palatinate; Wittelsbach dynasty) rise in Landshut

Cologne Mediation:

After the defeat of Ruprecht and his death caused by dysentery, Emperor Maximilian ended the war at a Diet in Cologne in 1505. Albert IV was granted the rule over the entire Bavaria with the exception of a small territory, latter called Palatinate-Neuburg, which was granted to Ruprecht's sons. One year later Albert IV inistituted the Everlasting Successions forbidding future partitions of Bavaria.

Nach Ruprechts Niederlage und Tod durch die Ruhr beendete Kaiser Maximilian den Krieg durch einen Reichstag zu Köln im Jahr 1505. Albrecht IV. wurde die Herrschaft über ganz Bayern zugesprochen mit Ausnahme eines kleinen Territoriums, später Pfalz-Neuburg genannt, welches an die Söhne Ruprechts ging. Ein Jahr später proklamierte Herzob Albrecht IV. das Primogeniturgesetzt, um künftige Teilungen Bayerns zu verbieten.

no pretender rebels left
Bavaria is united! Landshut gets +1 manpower, +1 goods produced (Reasoning: the duke can then command more men directly from Landshut; Ingolstadt gets no such modifier even though it was a part of Bavaria-Landshut before, since parts of it were redistributed to heirs of Ruprecht)

Leonhard von Eck:

Around 35 years, Leonhard von Eck dominated the political, economical and religious life in Bavaria and is considered to be one of the greatest Bavarian statesmen, possibly only bested by Montgelas. The son of a knight studied in Ingolstadt, where he became a humanist, and became duke William IV's advisor in 1514. Since then until his death, von Eck was responsible for anti-reformatory measurements like the Bavarian Religious Mandates as well as an anti-Habsburg foreign policy. With the inheritance of the Bohemian crown by Ferdinand I in 1526, the fears of an encirclement arose. To combat this, Bavaria was carefully manoeuvring between Habsburg and France as well as between the Leage of Schmalkalden and Habsburg, i.e. rather combating the Habsburgs' expansion than the Protestant Reformation. The greatest success of this foreign policy was a treaty in which the Habsburgs had to pay for military access and subsidies by marrying of Ferdinand's daugther Anna to the later duke Albrecht V and the promise of the Palatine Electorate. Though the latter was out of reach because of the political situation in the Holy Roman Empire, the marriage was important nearly two centuries later, when it was used to justify the Austrian Succession War against Mary Theresia. Nevertheless, Leonhard von Eck's manoeuvring foreign policy was the blue print for the Bavarian foreign policy until around 1670.

year is between 1514 and 1549 (Eck's employment dates)
Bavaria is Catholic
Ingolstadt has the University modifier
MTTH 60 months
Let him guide the state inquisition: gain 50 diplo power, gain a 50% discounted inquisitor
Let him guide our foreign policy: gain 50 admin power, gain a 50% discounted statesman

Bavarian Religious Mandates:

In reaction to the rapid spread of Protestantism, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, and his co-regent and brother, Louis X, enacted the so called First Religious Mandate on the 5th of March, 1522. On the basis of the Edict of Worms, Luther's teachings were forbidden, Bavarian ministeriales had to arrest all Lutherans, and it tried to fight the religious deficiencies together with the Bavarian bishops. As this would have meant for the bishops to start with themselves, they lacked the necessary eagerness. The two dukes reacted with the Second Religious Mandate on the 2nd of October, 1524, in which a commission was instituted to carry out religious visitations, in which printing was only allowed with ducal permission, and in which every liturgical change and studies at the University of Wittenberg were forbidden. This was even before the acquisition of Papal privileges to make visitations in Bavarian cloisters as well as to exercise jurisdiction over priests.
Hereby, the dukes were influenced by the theological professor and preacher in Ingolstadt, John Eck. Eck acidentally became one of Luther's most fervorous adversaries, after his private correspondence condemning Luther's 95 Theses was published by a cathedral canon and after he debated against Luther, Melanchthon and
Karlstadt in the Leipzig Debate.
Although, Albrecht V tried to renew the Religious Mandates after his predecessors' deaths, the validity of the Religious Mandates de facto ended.

Age of reformation
MTTH 120 months
Bavaria is Catholic
Enact them: +10% idea cost, +50% resistance to reformation, -10% stability
cost until the current ruler's death
Tolerate the new faith: -10% idea cost, +20% stability cost until the current
ruler's death

The Historian of Bavaria:

existing event, add the University of Ingolstadt as a prerequisite

The Cartographer of Bavaria:

Philipp Apian, a son of the professor Peter Apian, was just like his father a professor, mathematician, astronomer and cartograph. In 1554, duke Albert V of Bavaria commissioned Philipp Apian to complete Aventinus' Annales Bojorum with a map of Bavaria. Based on this map he also created small tables which Napoleon used over 250 years later during his invasion of Bavaria, because of their until the 19th cenutry undisputed level of detail. What shall we do?

Philipp Apian, ein Sohn des Professors Peter Apian, war genauso wie sein Vater ein Professor, Mathematiker, Astronom und Kartograf. Im Jahr 1554 beauftragte Herzog Albrecht V. von Bayern ihn die Annales Bojorum des Aventinus mit einer Karte von Bayern zu erweitern. Basierend auf diesen Karten erstellte er Landtafeln, welche etwa 250 Jahre danach Napoleon noch bei seiner Invasion Bayerns nutzte aufgrund ihrer unbestrittenen Genauigkeit. Was sollen wir machen?.

owns province Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt has the university flag
has chosen "Annales Bojorum" in the "Historian of Bavaria" event
year is between 1552 and 1576
MTTH 60 months
We need the Bavarian Tables: lose 0.25 years of income, gain 50 admin and 25 military
This is a waste of money! : lose 1 prestige

The Duke invites the Jesuits into Bavaria (expansion of the old event bold and underlined):

Wilhelm IV became a political leader of the counter-reformation movement in Germany, with close cooperation with the Pope and banning many reformers from Bavaria. In 1541, he invited the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, to come to Bavaria and later on founded the Jesuit College of Ingolstadt in 1549 making them the predominant authority at the city's university. This order did great work in reviving the Catholic Church from its headquarters in the Bavarian town of Ingolstadt. What shall we do?

age is the age of reformation
Bavaria has the Counter Reformation
owns province Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt has the university tag
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam! :
- lose 0.5 years of income
- gain 10 papal influence
- province Ingolstadt gets the "Jesuit College of Ingolstadt" flag with -5% local missionary strength (same like Rome) until the end of the Counter Reformation
- religion of Ingolstadt changes to catholic
- Bavaria gets 'Jesuits in Bavaria' until until 1 January 1821, giving the following effects: +1 yearly papal influence, - 2 tolerance of heretics
This will just create problems : same like now
expansion of the old event The Duke invites the Jesuits into Bavaria

Hans Steininger:

A rarity, of which the citizens of Braunau are not least proud of, is the beard of one of their former magistrates, Hanns Steininger, who, as the figure and date at Braunau's Salzburgertor indicate, helped the city to glory less with his insight than with his beard in 1567, which reached close to his toes. This beard miracle is preserved in a more beautiful and lasting way at the parish church, carved into half on a large marble slab. This Hans Staininger had to become the victim of his astonished strangeness; as he once showed his allegiance to a prince, who was passing through, he stumbled over his beard, and, because of the fall, he died soon from the consequences of this injury - as a martyr of his conceited beauty!

Eine Seltenheit, auf welche sich die Braunauer nicht wenig zugute rechnen, macht der Bart eines ihrer einstigen Magistratsräthe, des Hanns Steininger, welcher, wie die Abbildung und Jahreszahl am Salzburgerthor zu Braunau weiset, im Jahre 1567 der Stadt vielleicht weniger mit seiner Einsicht, wie mit dem bis an die Zehenspitzen dicht herabreichenden Barte zum Ruhme half. Schöner und bleibender erhält sich dieses Bartwunder an der Pfarrkirche, auf einer grossen Marmorplatte halb erhaben in Lebensgrösse ausgehauen. Dieser Hanns Steininger mußte das Opfer seiner angestaunten Merkwürdigkeit werden; denn, als er einst einem durchreisenden Fürsten seine Ergebenheit zu bezeigen, den gewöhnlich abgemessenen Schritt übereilte, trat er sich selbst auf den Bart, und durch den Fall im Leibe etwas abschlagend, starb er baldigst an den Folgen der Verletzung — als Märterer seiner eingebildeten Schönheit!

the year is between 1560 and 1570
MTTH 60 months
Interesting: Gain 10 prestige

The Abdication of William the Pious:

William V the Pious piled up debt within an extraordinary short time, since he exceeded the yearly income of 300,000 Gulden by 200,000 Gulden yearly. Although the estates payed back his debts several times, William wasn't able to manage the state finances. This ultimately lead to an ultimatum by the estates to allow his son, Maximilian, to take care of the finances. However William intervened, making it hard for Maximilian to refloat the country, and leading to the officials playing out father and son against each other. When the debt again reached astronomical values, the estates urged William to abdicate, paving the way for Maximilian I to restructure the finances and to even generate a surplus. What shall we do?

Age is not the age of absolutism
Has at least 1 loan
Has a heir with better admin skill than the current ruler
Abdicate: Current ruler dies, -1% interest rates for 10 years
We are the rightful King!: +1% interest rates for 10 years

The Absolutist Reforms of Maximilian I:

The inability of Duke Wilhelm V led to his abdication in favor of his son Maximilian I in 1597, whom he already made three years earlier the president of his Geheimrat, the secret cabinet. Eagerly, Maximilian I began to reform the trade , the economy and the administration as well as strengthening the ducal power while abolishing the Landtage, the parliament. Through the introduction of mercantillism, various state monopolies, tolls and taxes Maximilian was able to redeem all of his father's loans enabling a widespread foregin policy such as the founding of the Catholic League by Maximilian in 1609.

Die Unfähigkeit Herzogs Wilhelm V. führte zu seiner Abdankung im Jahr 1597 zugunsten seines Sohnes Maximilian I., welchen er bereits drei Jahre zuvor zum Vorsitzenden seines Geheimrates gemacht hatte. Eifrig began Maximilian I. den Handel, die Ökonomie und die Verwaltung sowie die herzögliche Macht durch die Abschaffung der Landtage zu stärken. Die Einführung merkantilistischer Politiken, diverser Staatsmonopole, von Zöllen und Steuern erlaubten es Maximilian alle Darlehen seines Vaters zu tilgen und eine ausgedehnet Außenpolitik durch die Gründung der Katholischen Liga 1609 zu betreiben.

age is the age of absolutism
country is Bavaria
MTTH 120 months
The King shall rule supreme: lose 2 stability, gain 10 max absolutism, gain 3 mercantilism, gain -0.05 monthly autonomy change until the current ruler's death, and 1 diplo rep for the rest of the campaign
The King must heed the Landtag: gain 3 stability, lose 10 max absolutism

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly:

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, was appointed as the field marshal of the Catholic League by duke Maximilian I of Bavaria in 1610. During the Thirty Years' War he commanded the League's troops and successfully won the Battle of the White Mountain defeating the Bohemians and conquered the Palatinate and various other protestant cities. However, his most famous "deed" is the Sack of Magdeburg (some historians argue he had no interest to order it and suggest other persons that could have been responsible for this sack), in which the Protestant city Magdeburg was completly devastated, and more than 25,000 citizens killed. This led to the coining of the German phrase "magdeburgisieren", a synonym for a complete devastation or a horrendous terror. Because of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden's advance into the south, Tilly had to return to Bavaria to save the fortress city Ingolstadt, where in the Battle of Rain he was fatally wounded. Until this day he is celebrated as the saviour of Ingolstadt since with his help the Swedes had been successfully expelled for the first time.

Johann T'Serclaes Graf von Tilly wurde durch Herzog Maximilian I. von Bayern im Jahr 1610 zum Feldmarschall der Katholischen Liga ernannt. Während des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs kommandierte er die Truppen der Liga und bezwang die Böhmen in der Schlacht am Weißen Berg und eroberte die Kurpfalz sowie weitere Städte. Allerdings ist seine bekannteste Tat die sogenannte "Magdeburger Hochzeit", in welcher die protestantische Stadt Magdeburg völlig zerstört wurde und mehr als 25.000 Bürger getötet wurden. Deswegen entstand das Wort "magdeburgisieren" als Synonym für eine komplette Zerstörung oder einen größtmöglichen Schrecken. Wegen des Vorstoßes in den Süden des Schwedenkönigs Gustav Adolph, musste Tilly nach Bayern zurückkehren, um die Festung Ingolstadt zu retten, wobei er dort in der Schlacht bei Rain am Lech tödlich verwundet wurde. Bis zu diesem Tag wird er als der Rettes Ingolstadts verehrt, da dank seiner Hilfe die Schweden zum ersten Mal erfolgreich vertrieben werden konnten.

country is Bavaria
MTTH 60 months
is a member of the Catholic League
A great general: gain a general called Johann of Tilly 3/3/4/2

Found the Theatine Church of St. Cajetan:

Our Duchess/Queen/Empress urges our ruler to pledge to found and build a magnificent court church for the Theatiner order, when an heir to the throne is born. She has already destined a Bolognese architect, Agostino Barelli, to build the church in the wonderful Italian high baroque style. Our aristocracy and wealthy burghers would certainly aspire to build in this fashionable style, too, giving Munich an Italian character. What shall we do?

year is between 1652 and 1676 (Henriette Adelaide of Savoy)
Has no heir
Has no regency
Found it: lose 0.5 years of income, gain 100% chance for a new heir, gain 20 prestige, -10% local construction cost in Munich
Humbug!: lose 50% chance for a new heir, lose 5 prestige

Asam Brothers:

The Asam Brothers, Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam, were Baroque and Rococo artists and architects. Their stage-like scenery in churches created by synergistic combination of single elements, the so called theatrum sacrum, yielded them fame and commissions across Bavaria, Bohemia, Tyrol and Switzerland. Their most famous work is the Asam Church in Munich which was designed as a confessional church for the youth with a magnificent interior, although the church measures only 22m x 8m.

Die Gebrüder Asam, Cosmas Damian und Egid Quirin Asam, waren Künstler und Architekten des Barock und Rokoko. Ihre bühnenartige Kulisse in Kirchen verursacht durch synergistische Kombination einzelner Elemente, das sogenannte theatrum sacrum, brachte ihnen Ruhm und Aufträge quer durch Bayern, Bögmen, Tirol und die Schweiz. Ihr bekanntestes Werk ist die Asamkirche in München, welche konzipiert wurde als Beichtkirche für die Jugend mit einem prächtigen Interieur, obwohl die Kirche lediglich die Maße 22m x 8m besitzt.

country is Bavaria
year is between 1700 and 1740
MTTH 120 months
Wonderful: get 25 admin, 10 prestige

Founding of the Bavarian Academy of Science and Art:

After earlier attempts of founding academies, prince elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria founded the Bavarian Academy of Science and laid foundations for the later emerging Academy of Art in 1759. Both had the goal to foster science and art in Bavaria through connecting members and gathering knowdledge and making it accessible under the motto "tendit ad aequum - aspiring the reasonable".

Nach früherer Gründungsversuche von Akademien gründete Maximilian III. von Bayern im Jahr 1759 die bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften und legte die Grundlagen für die später entstehende Akademie der Künste. Beide hatten das Ziel die Wissenschaften und Künste in Bayern zu fördern mittels der Vernetzung der Mitglieder und dem Sammeln sowie Verfügbarmachen von Wissen unter dem Motto "tendit ad aequum - sie strebt nach dem Angemessenen".

country is Bavaria
MTTH 180 months
year is at least 1722
Found it: lose 1 years of income, gain -5% tech cost for the rest of the campaign and gain -1% prestige decay for the rest of the campaign
It is to costly: lose 1 prestige, +5% idea cost for 10 years

Illuminati:

Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati at the University of Ingolstadt in 1776. The goals of this secret society was the abolishment of superstition, obscurantism, religious influence and abusement of state power. The fast increase in member numbers, causing turmoils in Ingolstadt, ultimately lead to a ban of the Illuminati in Bavaria. Since then the Illuminati vanished into the underground, so that they were subject of many absurd conspiracy theories.

Adam Weishaupt gründete die Illuminaten an der Universität von Ingolstadt im Jahr 1776. Ziele dieses Geheimorganisation waren die Abschaffung von Superstition, Obskurantismus, religiösem Einfluss und der Missbrauch von Staatsgewalt. Der rasche Anstieg der Mitgliederzahlen verursachte Unruhen in Ingolstadt, was schlussendlich zum Verbot des Illuminatenordens in Bayern führte. Seit diesem Zeitpunkt verschwanden die Illuminaten in den Untergrund, sodass sich um diesen absurde Verschwörungstheorien ranken.

country is Bavaria
owns province Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt has the university flag
year is between 1772 and 1784
Resist these liberals!: gain 10 unrest in Ingolstadt for 10 years

Decay of the Fortress of Ingolstadt:

Our inspectors have returned with horrible news, as the fortress of Ingolstadt is in a desolate state. Restoring it to its old glory is going to be quite expensive. Some of our advisors have pointed out that our treasury is empty, and no longer spending money on a fortress in Ingolstadt would benefit us. What shall we do?

year is between 1777 and 1797 (reign of Carl Theodor)
MTTH 120 months
Owns Ingolstadt and Ingolstadt has got a fort
It is too expensive: -100% local fort defense in Ingolstadt, -50% local fort upkeep for 20 years, lose 5 prestige
Intensify our efforts: +20% fort upkeep in Ingolstadt for 20 years, gain 10 army tradition

Maximilian of Montgelas - Father of the Modern Bavarian State:

Maximilian Joseph, Baron then Count of Montgelas (1759 - 1838), was the most influential advisor and minister of the heir to the Bavarian Electorate Maximilian IV. As a freemason influenced by the Enlightment and French Revolution and as a self proclaimed Bavarian patriot, he developed the Ansbacher memoiré which latter on became the basis for his reforms. In 1799, Maximilian IV became new Elector and nominated Montgelas as his leading minister. Among his many reforms were the equality of all Christians, a compulsory school attendance, an independent judicative, a coherent economy policy, a compulsory military service and the creation of an independent civil service and administration. The foreign policy of Montgelas was characterized by opportunistic alliances, so that after the initial Austrian defeat Bavaria joined the French alliance yielding huge territorial gains and the proclamation of the Bavarian Kingdom. This alliance endured just few days before Napoleon's desastrous defeat in the Battle of Leipzig. Bavaria again changed sides and joined the anti-napoleonic coalition, securing all achieved gains. Even after Montgelas' dismissal as minister in 1817, he advised and served the Bavarian Crown until his death. Because of all his achievements he is called the Father of the Modern Bavarian State.

Maximilian Joseph, zunächst Freiherr dann Graf von Montgelas (1759 - 1838), war der einflussreichste Berater und Minister des bayerischen Thronerben Maximilian IV.. Als Freimaurer beeinflusst duch die französische Revolution und die Aufklärung und als selbsterklärter bayerischer Patriot entwickelte er das Ansbacher Memoiré, das als Grundlage für die späteren Reformen diente. Im Jahr 1799 wurde Maximilian IV. Kurfürst von Bayern und ernannte Montgelas als seinen leitenden Minister. Unter seinen vielen Reformen waren die Gleichstellung aller christlichen Konfessionen, eine Schulpflicht, eine unabhängige Judikative, eine kohörente Wirtschaftspolitik, die Wehrpflicht und die Erschaffung einer unabhängigen Beamtenschaft und Verwaltung. Die Außenpolitik war geprägt duch opportunistische Allianzen, sodass nach der anfänglichen österreichischen Niederlage Bayern der fränzosischen Allianz beitrat, was territoriale Gewinne sowie die Erhebung zum Königreich mit sich trug. Diese Allianz hielt bis kurz vor Napoleons desaströser Niederlage in der Völkerschlacht bei Leipiz. Bayern wechselte erneut die Seite und trat der antinapoleonischen Koalition bei, umd die erreichten Gewinne zu bewahren. Sogar nach Montgelas Entlassung als Minister im Jahr 1817 beriet und diente er der bayerischen Krone bis zu seinem Tod. Wegen all seiner Errungenschaften wird er als der Vater des modernen Bayerns bezeichnet.

country is Bavaria
year is at least 1795
MTTH 60 months
An excellent minister! :get a rank 3 statesman advisor (Bavarian culture) for the half price, 100 admin, 100 diplo, 100 military

Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria:

The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1818 was the second constitution declared by King Maximilian I as a reform from above. This constitution granted basic rights like personal freedom, access to public offices regardles of birth, the right for property, (partial) freedom of press, freedom of conscience and emigration, but also introduced and independent judicative and bicameral system elected with a census suffrage. Nevertheless, the monarch had a strong position, e.g. the legislative initiative, so that a complete separation of powers was not achieved.

Die Verfassung des Königreichs Bayerns von 1818 war die zweite von König Maximilian I. erlassene Verfassung als eine Reform von oben. Eingeführt wurden Grundrechte wie persönliche Freiheit, Zugang zu öffentlichen Ämtern unabhägig vom Stand, Eigentumsrechte, (partielle) Pressefreiheit, Gewissensfreiheit und Emigrationsfreiheit, aber auch eine unabhängige Judikative und ein Zweikammersystem mit einem Zensuswahlrecht. Nichtsdestotrotz hatte der Monachr eine starke Position inne wie beispielsweise das legislative Initationsrecht, sodass eine vollständige Gewaltenteilung nicht erreicht wurde.

country is Bavaria
has the Kingdom rank
the age is the age of revolutions
MTTH 120 months
We need a constitution: change government type to constitutional, gain 10 legitimacy
<rulername> will rule alone!: lose 2 stability, gain 10 max absolutism, nobility rebels rise in a random owned non capital province

Oktoberfest:

In honour of crown prince Ludwig of Bavaria's and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen's wedding, various different festivities occured in Munich in the autumn of 1810, most notably a horserace organized by Munich's militia. The latter was the origin of the Oktoberfest which from then on took place yearly with the exception of some war years. Since then the Oktoberfest grew bigger and bigger and more and more attractions like lotteries and carrousels were added.

Zu Ehren der Hochzeit des Kronprinzen Ludwigs von Bayern mit Therese von Sachsen-Hildeburghausen fanden diverse Festivitäten in München während des Herbstes 1810 statt, am beachtenswertesten ein Pferderennen organisiert durch die Münchner Nationalgarde. Letzteres war der Ursprung für das Oktoberfest, welches von da an jährlich mit Außnahme einiger Kriegsjahre stattfand. Von da an wuchs das Oktoberfest beständig und es kamen mehr und mehr Attraktionen wie Lotterien und Karussele hinzu.

owns Munich
country is Bavaria
has the kingdom rank
MTTH 160 months
MTTH modier 0.75: has a royal marriage
O'zapft is! : get 10 legitimacy, -10% stability cost modifier until the end of the campaign

Joseph Fraunhofer:

The physicist Joseph Fraunhofer was the eleventh child of a glazier and early on became an orphan. His life changed when his master's house collapsed and he wonderfully survived leading to his support by patrons. Thus after being able to attend school and getting teached in lens grinding, in the following years Fraunhofer developed new sorts of glass and improved existing optical instruments. Precisely measuring the wave length of light with diamonds for which the Fraunhofer diffraction was named after him and the first observation of the Fraunhofer lines of the sun were his important contributions to optics.

Der Physiker Joseph Fraunhofer war das elfte Kind eines Glasmachers und wurde früh ein Waise. Sein Leben änderte sich als das Haus seines Lehrmeisters einstürzte und er wunderbarerweise überlebte, was zur Unterstützung durch Gönner führte. Sodass, nachdem er die Schule besuchen konnte und in Linsenschleifen unterrichtet wurde, Fraunhofer in den folgenden Jahren neue Glassorten entwickelte und bereits bestehende optische Instrumente verbesserte. Mit Diamanten präzise die Wellenlänge von Licht zu messen, weswegen die Fraunhofer-Beugung nach ihm benannt wurde, und die nach ihm benannten Fraunhofer Linien der Sonne zu beobachten waren seine Beiträge zur Optik.

year is at least 1806
MTTH 60 months
country is Bavaria
An excellent scientist: gain a rank 2 natural scientist for the half price
Make sure he is undisturbed in his work: -10% technology cost for 10 years

Frankenstein:

In 1818, the book Frankenstein was published anonymously by Mary Shelley and dealt with the artificial creation of a living monster at the then famous University of Ingolstadt and the resulting implications.

Im Jahr 1818 wurde das Buch Frankenstein anonym durch Mary Shelley veröffentlich, in welchem die künstliche Erfschaffung eines lebenden Monsters an der damals berühmten Universität von Ingolstadt und die daraus resultierenden Konsequenzen beschrieben wurden.

year is at least 1808
is Bavaria
owns Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt has the university flag
MTTH 60 months
Gruel: +1 national unrest for 5 years and gain 5 prestige

Change to NIs:
Found the Royal Order of Saint George: change to 0.5 yearly army tradition (or a morale bonus), switch position to first idea
Reason: The Order of Saint George was originally founded during the crusades and was renewed by Emperor Maximilian I. in 1494, thus earlier than the Everlasting Succession. Furthermore, the charity aspect only entered after 1871.

Bavarian Mission Tree:

Electorate of Bavaria
‘The Treaty of Pavia regulated that the Electorate may alternate between the Palatinate and Bavaria. However, Emperor Charles IV bestowed it only to the Palatinate in the Golden Bull. If we want our right, we have to take it ourselves!‘

Heritage of Louis the Bavarian
‘Our Ancestor, Louis the Bavarian, was emperor of the HRE. Therefore, we should claim what is rightfully ours!‘

War of the Austrian Succession
‘The last Archduke had no son, so because of our connections to the royal house of Austria, whe should claim the title of an Archduke!‘

Control Bohemia
‘The recent extinction of the Bohemian king‘s male line left the throne vacant. We should claim it to solidify our position!‘

War of the Jülich Succession
‘We should use the vacancy on the throne of Jülich-Kleve-Berg to expand our might in the HRE!‘

Heritage of Straubing-Holland
‘We should reclaim the former territories in the Low lands of the now extinct Duchy of Straubing-Holland.‘

Subjugate Memmingen
‘Memmingen has been a rebel nest of peasants for years. To prevent this, we have to subjugate them. ‘

Claim Augsburg
‘Because of our latest conquests, the shape of our borders isn‘t satisfying. If we conquer Augsburg, our lands will be connected again.‘

Bring Salzburg back into the Fold
‘Salzburg once was a part of Bavaria until it became immediate in the 14th century. We have to bring Salzburg back into our possession.‘

Landesfestung Ingolstadt
‘The position of Ingolstadt at a bridge over the Danube and at a frequent crossreads make it perfect for a fort.‘

Fortify Ingolstadt
‘The recent war has shown that the walls can never be too high.‘

Join the Counter Reformation
‘We should battle every reformatory activities in our lands and stay loyal to the Holy See.‘

Phillhelene Ambition
‘The superiority of the Phillhelene art is clear to our rulers, so that they now try to liberate Greece form the Turkish menace.‘

2.) Archduchy of Austria:

Burgundian Inheritance
‘The death of the last Duke of Burgundy has made the future of the country very uncertain. We should at least try to get the imperial part by marriage or conquest.‘

Austrian Low Countries
‘Although we acquired rich territory in the Low Countries, waging wars to secure them has proven to be costly. However, there are other states we could easily conquer to end our financial problems.‘

French Burgundy
‘As we now own parts of the former Burgundy, we should try to complete our possessions with its former French lands.‘

Counter Reformator
‘We should stop the spread of the Reformation to secure our imperial authority.‘

The Spanish Habsburgs
‘We should try to encircle our enemy France. The heir of Spain is female, so either we secure the throne through marriage or through our sword.‘

A.E.I.O.U.
‘Austriae est imperare orbi universo.‘

Swabian War
‘The Swiss want to expell us from Switzerland, but as Counts of Habsburgs we should defend our ancestral family seat in Aargau!‘

Destroy the Swiss Confederacy
‘We should end the Swiss Confederacy for once and for all.‘

Further Austria
‘Our Fruther Austrian territory is disjoint, thus our goal should be to connect it.‘

The Archduke in Sarajevo
‘What could go wrong?‘

Duchy of Salzburg
‘The Archbishopric of Salzburg is a small state close to our borders. Its territory would complete our possessions and add to our many titles.‘

A Turkish Marriage (Austria)

After the fall of Constantinople, the Turks have become an increasingly dangerous threat to both the Holy Roman Empire and Christianity as a whole. Though war may be inevitable, Austria has long practiced the art of strategic marriage, and we may be able to use this to our advantage once more. Emperor Frederick III’s daughter, Kunigunde, is unmarried, as is Mehmed II in the Christian sense. This could be one of the most powerful prospective unions yet, not only subsiding the Turkish threat, but also bringing a new Christian nation to the fold. Has the time come to achieve the next level of the marriage game, and bind our dynasty to the Turks?

Austria's ruler is Frederick III
The Ottomans' ruler is Mehmed II
Byzantium doesn't exist
The Ottomans own Constantinople
Year is at least 1465
Propose a marriage: triggers the An Austrian Marriage (Turkey) event
Kunigunde will mary a true Christian: nothing

An Austrian Marriage (Turkey)

My great Sultan! The Holy Roman Emperor has sent an offer of his daugther’s hand in marriage. In exchange, the Emperor requires you to convert to Catholicism and take her as your only wife. While this may greatly upset your subjects, this could also ease much of the growing tension between our Empire and the Catholic Rulers of Europe, perhaps even allowing us to become friends with them and open up new and exciting diplomatic actions. Alternatively, you could simply put on the image of being Catholic for the benefits of Europe while staying faithful to Allah. How shall we respond to this proposal?

triggered only
Marry her: -10% aggressive expansion impact until Mehmed's death, lose 1 stability, Mehmed will become Catholic, creates a Kunigunde consort for the Ottomans, Harem disabled until Mehmed's death, current heir dies, future heir will be Catholic, increase Austria's opionion of the Ottomans by 50
Decline: Austria's opinion of the Ottomans reduces by 50, gain 1 stability

A Catholic Empire?

While many could argue that Mehmed II wasn’t a true Catholic, no one questions the faith of his heir, [current ruler name]. However, while the faith of the [current ruler rank] is undoubtedly Christian, his empire is still comprised almost entirely of Sunni and Orthodox subjects. A test of faith is coming for both the empire and [current ruler name]. Shall he bring Rome’s light to the Turkish people, risking revolts and unrest? Or shall he accept that we are a Muslim nation, and abdicate in favor of a ruler more in tune with the nation?

triggered by Mehmed's death
Mehmed's heir is Catholic
A true Catholic should rule a Catholic Empire!: The Ottomans become Catholic, lose 6 stability, massive Sunni, Orthodox and pretender revolts all around the country, gain 50 papal influence, Austria and the Ottomans are no longer historical rivals, Austria's opinion of the Ottomans increases by 100
Go into a cloister: a Sunni ruler of the Osmanoglu dynasty becomes ruler

Emperor Frederick III is dead ...

During his lifetime, Emperor Frederick III had a passion for vegetatables, most notably water melons. Although, his leg had been rotten and had to be amputated, Frederick III died because of eating only and too many water melons causing a constipation.
The electors have decided to maintain their faith in us, and the Imperial Crown remains in $COUNTRY$. As our country strengthens its grip on the Imperial Crown and the Princes begin to see us as the natural holders, Imperial Authority increases. Long Live the Emperor!

triggered by Frederick III's if Austria is still emperor (replacing the generic emperor death event)
A.E.I.O.U.!: gain 10 IA

Bavarian People's uprising:

During the War of Spanish Succession, parts of Bavaria were invaded and occupied by their neighbor, Austria. While initially the new Bavarian subjects were given much leeway and autonomy, the time had come for them to supply the [current nation rank] with both more taxes and soldiers for the army. However, the Bavarians don’t seem so keen on giving these up to their recent conquerors, and an uprising has begun a march on Munich! What shall we do?

Year is at lest 1700
Country is Austria
Primary culture isn't Bavarian
Owns at least one Bavarian cultured province with an autonomy below 25%
Send our troops!: Nationalist rebels rise in some Bavarian provinces, all Bavarian provinces get 10 years of seperatism
Lower the taxes: Increase autonomy by 25% in all Bavarian provinces

Sendling's Night of Murder:

My [current ruler rank], our troops encountered the Bavarian uprising in the town of Sendling, and the unsuccessful revolt has been met with unflinching resolve by our men. Though our army utterly crushed the rebels, slaughtering them to a man, it seems that we are ironically back to where we started before the revolt: many of the peasants have been killed, and so we are unable to utilize them as soldiers or to collect taxes from.

Has chosen Send our troops! in the Bavarian People's Uprising event
No Bavarian nationalist rebels left
I guess they got what they wanted in the end: -10% local tax and local manpower modifier in all Bavarian provinces

Alma Mater Theresiana:

The last wars have shown that other countries are ahead of us in their military organisation. Our advisors believe that we have to do something to improve the quality of our troops, thus they've proposed to build an academy for generals. What shall we do?

year is at least 1740
MTTH: 120 months
MTTH modifier: 0.8 has a female ruler
Mach’ er mir tüchtige Offiziere und rechtschaffene Männer darauß: +5% army maintenance, +1 yearly army tradition (text is an original quote of Maria Theresia, thus the modern German orthography has to be neglected; it translates to: Make me hard working officers and honest men)
We rather need quantity: lose 1 prestige

3. Bishopric of Würzburg, Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and Margravate Bayreuth

At the moment the Bishopric Wurzburg has two provinces: Würzburg and Bamberg. Now what bothers me the most is that in reality this territory was divided between the Bishopric Wurzburg, Prince-Bishopric Bamberg and the Margravate Bayreuth. If splitting/halving Bamberg is too much, at least add the Prince-Bishopric since the province Bamberg already exists. Later on I will also propose NIs and an outline for DHEs. Furthermore, the crest should be changed (see links) to the version containing the crest of the duchy of franconia and the one of the bishops of Wurzburg (the crest of the city of Würzburg is the same but with other colours). Additionaly, an increase of development to about 10 of the province of Würzburg might be needed, since ingame also the Abbey Fulda is represented within the lands of Würzburg and Würzburg was richer than Bamberg or Bayreuth.
Wurzburg already has unique NIs, therefore I focused on coming up with DHEs.

Helpful Links:

Würzburg DHEs:
The Franconian Ducal Sword:

Although, the bishops of Würzburg received the Franconian Dukedom from Frederick Barbarossa in 1168, neither the authority nor the land came with it. As the sword is the sign of the Franconian Duchy, forging a new Franconian Ducal Sword would assert our rightful claim on all the powers and land the Duke of Franconia should have.

age of discovery
MTTH: 240 months
Würzburg owns Würzburg
Forge it: lose 0.5 years of income, gains 20 prestige, gains claims on all Franconian provinces
We don't have the money: lose 5 prestige

Attack of the Odenwalder Haufen:

During the German Peasant's War the fortress and residence of the Prince-Bishops, fortress Frauenberg, was sieged by the so called Odenwalder Haufen. Before, the peasants captured Götz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand, a veteran of many wars with an amputated hand, and made him their general together with the knight Florian Geyer. However, the siege failed because of the artillery stationed in the fortress as well as von Berlichingen's escape, so that the Swabian League could ultimately liberate Frauenberg.

Während des deutschen Bauernkriegs wurde die Festung und Residenz der Fürstbischöfe Frauenberg durch den sogenannte Odenwalder Haufen belagert. Davor nahmen die Bauern Götz von Berlichingen zur eisernen Hand, einen Veteran vieler Kriege mit einer amputierten Hand, gefangen und machten ihn zu ihrem General gemeinsam mit dem Ritter Florian Geyer. Jedoch scheiterte die Belagerung wegen den in der Festung stationierten Kanonen sowie Berlichingens Flucht, sodass der schwäbische Bund schließlich die Festung Frauenberg befreien konnte.

year is between 1520 and 1530
MTTH 60 months
country is Wurzburg
owns province Würzburg
lose 1 stability
peasant rebels rise inWurzburg with a 2* general called Götz von Berlichingen

Refounding of Würzburg's University:

Originally, the University of Würzburg, then called Hohe Schule zu Würzburg, had been founded in 1402 as the fourth university in Germany. However, due to non sufficient financing and the first chancellor's murder by his own famulus, the university was ultimately closed down. But a century later, Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn attempted to reestablish the university, what finally was achieved through privileges granted by the Pope and the Emperor as well as through a solid financing, so that the university endures until today. Because of the founding during the Counter Reformation, at first only Catholics were allowed, but more than a century later the university was opened for protestants, too.

Ursprünglich wurde die Universität von Würzburg, damals als Hohe Schule zu Würzburg, im Jahr 1402 als vierte Universität Deutschlands gegründet. Jedoch aufgrund unzureichender Finanzierung und dem Mord am ersten Kanzler durch dessen eigenen Famulus wurde die Universität geschlossen. Aber ein Jahrhundert später wagte Fürstbischof Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn einen erneuten Versuch die Universität neuzugründen, was schlussendlich erreicht wurde durch Privilegien verliehen durch Papst und Kaiser und einer soliden finanziellen Basis, sodass die Universität bis heute fortdauert. Wegen der Gründung während der Gegenreformation waren es zunächst nur Katholiken erlaubt zu studieren, aber mehr als ein jahrhundert später öffnete sich die Universität auch den Protestanten.

year is between 1560 and 1580
owns province Würzburg
We have to refound it: lose 1 years of income, gain 50 admin, Würzburg gets
-10% advisor cost and +1 possible advisor for the rest of the campaign
Last time it did not go well: lose 10 prestige, gain 1 stability

Start building the Wurzburg Residence:

Our residence on the mountain, fortress Marienberg, isn't sufficient any longer, since the French king has built Versailles and every European ruler wants to have a Baroque representative residence, too, for instance even our neighbours Bavaria and Bamberg have a more prestigious court than we do. Therefore, we will build gigantic and without peer residence, so that everyone around Europe will be filled with wonder and acknowledge our rightful place!

Unsere Residenz auf dem Berg, die Festung Marienberg, ist nicht für uns nicht mehr ausreichend, da der französische König Versailles baute und nun jeder europäische Herrscher eine repräsentative Barockresidenz besitzen will, beispielsweise haben sogar Bayern und Bamberg eine prächtigere Hofhaltung als wir. Deswegen werden wir eine gigantische und unvergleiche Residenz bauen, damit jeder in Europa mit Staunen erfüllt wird und uns unseren rechtmäßigen Platz zugesteht!

owns province Würzburg
year is at least 1710
MTTH 60 months
Show them our Glory!: lose 2 years of income, Würzburg gets flagged with -20% tax modifier and -10% dev cost, The Residence is finished! event res in 420 months
It is to expensive: lose 20 prestige

Balthasar Neumann:

Beginning his career as military engineer in the service of the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, Balthasar Neumann's talent was recognised by his superior bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn. Embedded with the Baroque ideas from Vienna and Milan he began building the new Residence of Würzburg in which he synthesised the European Baroque. Various other churches and palaces cemented his position as one of the greatest Baroque architects of southern Germany.

Seine Karriere als Militäringineur im Dienst der Fürstbischöfe von Würzburg beginnend wurde Balthasar Neumanns Talent durch seinen Vorgesetzten Bischof Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn erkannt. Durchdrungen mit den barocken Ideen aus Wien und Mailand began er den Bau der Würzburger Residenz, in welcher er den europäischen Barock synthetisierte. Weitere ande Kirchen und Paläste zementierten seinen Ruf als bedeutendster Barockbaumeister Süddeutschlands.

Würzburg has the flag for the Residence
MTTH 120 months
get a lv 3 military engineer for the half price, 50 admin power and 25 mil power

The Residence is finished!

Wonderful! Splendid! Breath-taking! Those are the first reactions of visitors seeing are newly finished residence. The 168 metres long front facade, the immense park and the unflawed interior impress everyone and make our bishop proud and pleased. This residence will truly lead to everlasting glory for our princely court!

Wunderbaur! Herrlich! Atemberaubend! Das sind die ersten Reaktionen unserer Besucher, wenn sie unsere vollendete Residenz sehen. Die 168 Meter lange Frontfassade, der immense Park und das unvergleichliche Interieur beeindrucken jedermann und erfüllen unseren Bischof mit Stolz und erfreuen ihn. Diese Residenz wird wahrlich für immerwährenden Ruhm für unseren Fürstenhof sorgen!

Würzburg gets +3 base tax and +2 production
gain 20 prestige

Missions:

Lesson of the German Peasants‘ War
‘During the peasants‘ uprising Würzburg‘s fortress, Marienberg, was heavily sieged, but didn‘t fall. We have to ensure that petty rebels will never cut our throat.'

Restore the Franconian Duchy
‘As Dukes of Franconia we should enforce our title and make all of Franconia bow before the Bishop of Würzberg.‘

3.b) Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg:

As already stated above Bamberg should be a new OPM tag with the rank of a duchy and the title Prince-Bishopric. The crest should be the Lion of Bamberg (see links). In the region, Bamberg is most known for its cathedral, its history of witch hunting as well as for its beer. My home town Ingolstadt (Bavarian Purity Law) and Bamberg already fight for the title city of beer for a long time. Every visitor of Bamberg also knows about the baroque part of the city and the city part called Little Venice. Even though this name came up in the middle of the 19th century, the houses already existed, gondolas were used for transportation and there was a yearly Fishermen's Jousting.

I have added another alternative idea for Bamberg (Vierzehnheiligen). Thus, there is one more than neccessary. I would suggest neglecting the Bishop of Bamberg idea and instead go for the Vierzehnheiligen idea.

Links:

National Ideas:

Traditions: +1 missionary, 0.5 yearly devotion
Reason: Bamberg has a tradition of missionizing, e.g. the slaws between the rivers
Main and Regnitz. The bishopric also has four saints: Sebald, Bishop Otto,
Emperor Henry IV. and Empress cunigunde (-> devotion).
Bishop of Bamberg: + 1 diplo reputation
Emperor Henry IV established Diocese of Bamberg as exempt at the Synode of Frankfurt in 1007. As we are also the director of the Circle of Franconia, we can pursue an independent policy even in worldly matters in our region.
Bamberg Cathedral: +1 yearly papal influence, -1% prestige decay
Our cathedral dating back to 1004 is not only the rest place for the sole holy
Emperor Couple, Henry IV and Cunigunde, but also the only preserved grave of
a Pope in Germany. Pope Clement II., the former second Bishop of Bamberg, was
deeply-rooted with our city, so that during his papacy he staid Bishop of Bamberg
and wished to be buried there. Truly, our inuence reaches Rome.
City of Beer: +10% production efficiency
Since the introduction of the communal brew privilege, the number of brewery has
increased rapidly. However, some misuse this privilege and sell impuried beer.
Thus let us declare that nothing else than malt, hops and water shall be used!
Little Venice: -5% development cost, +5% trade efficiency
Near the Regnitz many new houses were already built towards the riverside. Our citizens
even use small gondolas for transporation and trading. We should encourage
even more to settle there.
Witch Burner: +3% missionary strength vs heretics
Die stra der zauberey: Item so jemandt den leuten durch zauberey schaden oder
nachtheyl zufuegt, soll man straen vom leben zum todt, vnnd man soll solch stra
mit dem fewer thun.
Translation (Old German): The punishment of sorcery: Moreover if someone harmed
the people with sorcery or caused to the people's disadvantage, one should
punish from life to death, and one should execute the punishment with fire.
Support Baroque Art: +1 Prestige
Our neighbours all hire Baroque architects and artists. Therefore, we will build new
residences and an unprecedented theatre to show the world that we can compete
culturally, too!
Vierzehnheiligen / Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers: +2 tolerance of the true
faith
After in 1445 and 1446 a shepherd had two visions of fourteen children revealing
themself as the Fourteen Holy Helpers near Lichtenfels, a terminally ill maid was
miraculously cured. Ever since, the amount of pilgrims increased and now has
reached an gigantic dimension, so that the old, small church is no longer able
to sustain. Commissioning the famous architect, Balthasar Neumann, with a new
rococo church would not only help to create enough space but also show greatness
of God making the devotion of our poor subordinate souls thrive!
Universitas Ottoniano Fridericiana: -5% technology cost
Until now the Academia Bambergensis contained only a theology and philosophy
faculty. We will expand our university and add a faculty for jurisprudence and
medicine. From now on the university will be named for its founder Prince-Bishop
Otto of Salzburg and its enhancer Frederick of Seinsheism.
Ambition: +5% Discipline
Reason: Bamberg and Bayreuth both were absolutistic states. Furthermore, this
discipline bonus would help to compete with all the other nations around them.

DHEs:

Witch-Bishop:

Although the number of trials and convictions regarding heresy and witchdom have increased since the beginning of the reformation, under the rule of <rulername> all the former bishops have been outperformed. Beginning with the construction of a prison for witches and heretics only called the Drudenhaus, our bishop <rulername> has shown an unexcelled satisfaction when watching a witch burn. The ever increasing number of presumed witches burning on a stake, has lead to fear and terror among our citizens who gave him the title "witch-bishop".

age is the age of reformation
country is Bamberg
is a theocracy
MTTH 240 months
Burn them all!: get -2 tolerance of heretics and +5 national unrest until the death of the current ruler
fires only once

Missions:

Burn the Witch!
‘Burn them all!‘

True City of Beer
‘The Bavarian city of Ingolstadt styles itself as city of beer, because a lousy duke declared his purity law. Yet, there are more breweries in our city. Show them our superiority in brewing!‘

Ruler List:

- Anton von Rotenhan : 1/0/2
  Birth: 1. Jan 1390
  Reign: 1. Sep. 1431 - 5. May 1455
- Georg I von Schaumberg : 2/0/3
  Birth: 1. Jan 1390
  Reign: 6. May 1455 - 4. Feb 1475
- Philipp Graf von Henneberg : 2/1/1
  Birth: 1. Jan 1430
  Reign: 5.Feb 1475 - 26. Jan 1487
- Heinrich III Graf von Trockau : 1/1/0
  Birth: 1. Jan 1431
  Reign: 27. Jan 1487 - 30. Mar 1501
- Veit I Truchsess von Pommersfelden : 0/0/0
  Birth: 1.Jan 1450
  Reign: 31. Mar 1501 - 7. Sep 1503
- Georg II Marschalk von Ebneth : 0/0/0
  Birth: 1.Jan 1450
  Reign: 8.Sep 1503 - 30. Jan 1505
- Georg III Schenck von Limpurg : 4/3/0
  Birth: 1.Jan 1470
  Reign: 31. Jan 1505 - 21. May 1522
- Weigand von Redwitz : 2/2/2
  Birth: 1.Jan 1476
  Reign: 22. May 1522 - 20. May 1556
- Georg IV Fuchs von Rügheim : 1/2/0
  Birth: 6. Feb 1519
  Reign: 21. May 1556 - 22. Mar 1561
- Veit II von Würzburg : 4/2/0
  Birth: 15. Jun 1519
  Reign: 23. Mar 1561 - 8. Jul 1577
- Johann Georg I Zobel von Giebelstadt : 0/0/0
  Birth: 1.Feb 1543
  Reign: 9. Jul 1577 - 7. Sep 1580
- Martin von Eyb : 0/0/0
  Birth: 1. Mar 1543
  Reign: 8. Sep 1580 - 26. Aug 1583
- Ernst von Mengersdorf : 4/1/0
  Birth: 23. Oct 1554
  Reign: 27. Aug 1583 - 21. Oct 1591
- Neithard von Thüngen : 2/1/1
  Birth: 1. May 1545
  Reign: 22. Oct 1591 - 26. Dec 1598
- Bischof Johann Philipp von Gebsattel : 5/1/0
  Birth: 13. May 1555
  Reign: 27. Dec 1598 - 26. Jun 1609
  Ruler Personality: Architectural Visionary, he built the rst part of the Baroque
  residence
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen : 2/2/2
  Birth: 12. Aug 1575
  Reign: 27. Jun 1609 - 29. Dec 1622
- Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim : 1/0/4
  Birth: 23. Apr 1586
  Reign: 30. Dec 1622 - 19. Mar 1633
  Ruler Personality: Fanatic, he is also called the Witch Bishop
- Franz von Hatzfeld : 0/0/2
  Birth: 13. Sep 1596
  Reign: 20. Mar 1633 - 30. Jul 1642
- Melchior Otto Voit von Salzburg : 4/2/0
  Birth: 19. Jun 1603
  Reign: 31. Jul 1642 - 4. Jan 1653
  Ruler Personality: Scholar, founder of Bamberg's university
- Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck : 2/2/0
  Birth: 10. Jan 1612
  Reign: 5. Jan 1653 - 3. Feb 1672
- Peter Philipp von Dernbach : 0/1/3
  Birth: 1. Jul 1619
  Reign:4. Feb 1672 - 22. Apr 1682
- Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg : 2/1/0
  Birth: 14. May 1644
  Reign: 23. Apr 1682 - 9. Oct 1693
- Lothar Franz von Schönborn : 5/3/3
  Birth: 4. Oct 1655
  Reign: 10. Oct 1693 - 30. Jan 1729
  Ruler Personality: Architectural Visionary, he built the second part of the Baroque
  residence
- Friedrich Karl von Schönborn : 1/1/2
  Birth: 3. Mar 1674
  Reign: 31. Jan 1729 - 25. Jul 1746
- Johann Philipp Anton von Franckenstein : 3/4/0
  Birth: 27. Mar 1695
  Reign: 26. Jul 1746 - 3. Jun 1753
- Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen : 1/1/0
  Birth: 28. Aug 1679
  Reign: 4. Jun 1753 - 6. Mar 1757
- Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim : 4/2/2
  Birth: 16. Feb 1708
  Reign: 7. Mar 1757 - 18. Feb 1779 Ruler Personality: Scholar, expanded Bamberg's university
- Franz Ludwig von Erthal : 2/0/2
  Birth: 16. Sep 1730
  Reign: 19. Feb 1779 - 14. Feb 1795
- Christoph Franz von Buseck : 0/0/0
  Birth: 28. Dec 1724
  Reign: 15. Feb 1795 - 28. Nov 1802

Christoph Franz von Buseck resigned on the 28. Nov 1802, Bamberg was from then a part of Bavaria

3.c) Margravate Bayreuth
The Margravate Bayreuth was founded through division of the Burggravate Nuremberg and was an independent territory for nearly the whole time span, even though there were many PUs. Since Ansbach can fall through the Albrecht Achilles event under a PU under Brandenburg, this should also be possible for Bayreuth (like in reality). The coat of arms should be the one of the city of Bayreuth, since Ansbach also has the one of the city of Ansbach. I propose a development of the province of Bayreuth of 7 like for Ansbach, beucase in the "Regensburger Teilungsvertrag" the land was distributed into economically equal areas (even though this is a NI and wasn't the case in 1444, this can be modelled by the trade good: salt <-> wool) . From the beginning using wool as a trade good might be anachronistic, however I saw elsewhere that trade goods were used which came up later than the start date 1444.

For the NIs I have chosen the dynastic aspect, the characteristic defenses caused by the Wartordnung, and the economic boost in the 16th century, when parts of the southern land of Ansbach were ceded to Bayreuth. Albrecht Alcibiades also wanted to unite Franconia in the 2nd Margravial War, so I saw it fitting to be added as a NI. The Order of the Red Eagle was also founded by the Margraves of Bayreuth and then later on this tradition was kept alive in Prussia. The Gravenreuther Stift is there, since Bayreuth lost many soldiers during the 7-years War. The Margravial Opera House is now a UNESCO heritage and is quite impressive for a town "in the provinces" (at least if you compare it to Munich, Nuremberg, Paris ...).

The Huguenot City of Erlangen DHE could also be implemented for Ansbach (if Bayreuth will not be implemented), since geographically it would be in the province of Ansbach, but politically it was Bayreuth.

Links:

National Ideas:

Traditions: +1 land leader manoeuvre, +20% land force limit
Reason: They always had to walk through mountainous areas to reach their southern possessions (Franconian Switzerland).
Hohenzollern Margrave: +1 diplo rep
Although we do not possess vast lands, our dynasty has secured territories across
the whole Holy Roman Empire, most notably the Electorate Brandenburg. If we
care for a close and good relationship with our cousins in Brandenburg, everyone
will want to establish diplomatic contacts with us.
Wartordnung: +20% fort defense, -0.1 monthly devastation
Even though we already used small towers, the Warten, to secure the main streets,
our enemies can easily devastate our land. We will erect and man more Warten
and equip them with beacon res enabling faster communication. Hence, we will
now be able to properly react and defend against foreign armies, and our peasants
will now have shelters to hide.
Regensburger Teilungsvertrag: +10% goods produced
When the Burggraviate of Nuremberg was partitioned, this was just done under
geographical aspects. However, our northern land was less fertile and rich than the
southern land. Since we were able to come to an agreement with our kinsmen, that
we get compensatory land, the inequity in income is now settled.
Unite the Franconian Duchy: -10% core creation cost
For centuries, Franconia was divided into many small territorial states. If we want
to compete with our northern brethern, we will have to accomplish this deed and
unite Franconia under the Hohenzollern banner!
Order of the Red Eagle: +1 yearly army tradition
Introducing a new order and bestowing it to merited generals and nobles will bind
them closer to us and make them more inclined to eagerly ght in our wars. With
this in mind we will call it Ordre de la sincérité - Order of Sincerity - and decorate
the medal with a red eagle.
Gravenreuther Stift: +20% manpower recovery speed
One of our nobles has declared in his last will, that with his money a spital for the
wounded shall be founded. If we support this benecence, our injured soldiers will
recover from wars faster enabling us a more oensive policy.
Margravial Opera House: +1 yearly prestige, -10% building cost
Many thought, that it is impossible to build a magnificent opera house in the provinces, however we have proved them otherwise through uniting the quintessence of the French and Italian baroque. If one enters the building accompanied by fanfares through the classic temple like front, one sets foot into an irreal seeming world, the realm of poesy.
Ambitions: +5% Discipline
Reason: Mini-Prussian Ambition.

DHEs:
Second Margravial War:

Around one century after the First Magravial War, the Second Margravial started in 1552. Albrecht Alcibiades, Margrave of Kulmbach-Bayreuth, had the goal to unite Franconia under the rulershipf of the Hohenzollern similiarly to the First Margravial War in which Albrecht Achilles wanted to see Franconia under his supremacy. Although, Albrecht Alcibiades was able to conquer Forchheim and the Free City of Schweinfurt and able to defeat the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, his diplomacy was horrible leading to a coalition forming against Albrecht Alcibiades. The margrave was ultimatelly defeated at the Battle of Sieverhausen, his land was devastated, his residence, the Plassenburg, incinerated and he himself was under imperial ban. He fled brokenly to his sister where he died three years later. The rule of the margraviate was then granted to his relative George Fredrick, the margrave of Ansbach, in 1557.

country is Bayreuth
year is between 1540 and 1560
Claim Franconia!:
Bayreuth gets claims on all provinces with Franconian culture,
every nation with a province of Franconian culture gets a -50 opinion modier
towards Bayreuth
It isn't worth it: lose 20 prestige

Schönberger Vertrag:

The costly holding of court of our rulers has lead to a completly empty treasury. The taken loans to still be able to celebrate pompous festivals have now overwhelmed us. We are no longer able to pay the money back on our own, so that our creditors demand to pledge them some of our land. However, our relatives in the north have offered us to overtake our country, while financing us our evening of life. What shall we do?

Brandenburg/Prussia and Bayreuth share the same dynasty
Bayreuth has at least 3 loans
We need to seek their aid:
Brandenburg/Prussia gets a PU over Bayreuth for paying all loans
and paying 100 gold to Bayreuth
We can do it on our own: Bayreuth gets +2% interest per anum for 20 years

The Huguenot City of Erlangen:

For over a century now Europe has seen the effects of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. As religious borders begin to solidify many Protestants or Reformed subjects of Catholic rulers find themselves on the run. With the revocation of edicts of tolerance hundreds of thousands seek a new home. We have found an optimal place where they could settle, namely in Erlangen. If we offered them a tax exemption and some money to build new houses, they would greatly increase our income as they have knowledge to produce fine wares. Because of the tight alleys and dowdy style of Old Erlangen, we should then settle the Huguenots in a planed baroque city, New Erlangen, centred around a new residence of ours. This would also bring us glory as founder of a city. What shall we do?

owns province Bayreuth or Ansbach
year is between 1650 and 1700
MTTH 150 months
MTTH modier 0.6: France has the country ag revoked_the_edict_of_nantes
Let it be known they can settle in Erlangen!: lose 1 years of income, province Bayreuth/Ansbach gets +1/+2/+1 and gains -10% tax modifier for 10 years, gain 10 prestige, same opinion modifier like the Edict of Potsdam
Reject them!: gain 10 prestige, 10 papal influence, weaker positive opinion modi-
ers towards the same countries

Ruler List:

Johann der Alchemist : 2/1/3
Birth: 1. Jan 1406
Reign: 21. Sep 1440 - 1457
Ruler Personality: Free Thinker
Albrecht Achilles : Personal Union under Ansbach from 1457, then PU under
Brandenburg until 11. Mar 1486
Siegmund : 0/0/0
Birth: 27. Sep 1468
Reign: 12. Mar 1486 - 26. Feb 1495
Ruler Personality: Infertile
Friedrich IV/II : PU under Ansbach from 27. Feb 1495 - 31. Jan 1515
Kasimir : 1/2/4
Birth: 27. Sep 1481
Reign: 1. Feb 1515 - 21. Sep 1527
Ruler Personality: Strict
Regency Council - Georg der Fromme : 2/2/2
Reign: 22. Sep 1527 -27. Mar 1541
Ruler Personality: Zealot
Albrecht II Alcibiades : 0/0/5
Birth: 28. Mar 1522
Reign: 28. Mar 1541 - 1554
Ruler Personality: Naive Enthusiast
Interregnum 0/0/0 : 1554 - 8. Jan 1557
Georg Friedrich I. der Ältere : PU under Ansbach from 9. Jan 1557 - 5. May 1603
Christian : 1/1/2
Birth: 30. Jan 1581
Reign: 6. May 1603 - 30. May 1655
Christian Ernst : 3/1/4
Birth: 27. Jul 1644
Reign: 31. May 1655 - 10. May 1712
Ruler Personality: Inspiring Leader
Georg Wilhelm : 1/0/4
Birth: 16. Nov 1678
Reign: 11. May 1712 - 18. Dec 1726
Ruler Personality: Martial-Educator
Georg Friedrich Karl : 3/0/0
Birth: 19. Jun 1688
Reign: 19. Dec 1726 - 17. May 1735
Ruler Personality: Midas Touched
Friedrich III : 5/3/3
Birth: 10. May 1711
Reign: 18. May 1735 - 26. Feb 1763
Ruler Personality: Architectural Visionary
Friedrich Christian : 0/0/0
Birth: 17. Jul 1708
Reign: 27. Feb 1763 - 20. Jan 1769
Ruler Personality: Craven
Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander : PU under Ansbach from 21. Jan 1769 until 16.
Jan 1791
Ruler Personality: Embezzler

Prussia bought the Margravate Bayreuth from Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, thus
from 17. 1791 Bayreuth belonged to Prussia (as a normal province).

Mission Tree:

Mission Tree:

Restore the Burgraviate Nürnberg
’For centuries we have been the burggraves of Nuremberg, but one of our ancestors has sold the castle. Yet, the burghers of Nuremberg insist that we are no longer their sovereign. Let’s show supremacy!

Unite Franconia
‘Our northern brethern look down at us. We need to show them our capabilities by building up our power. The Franconian lands should be an easy picking.‘

Unite the Hohenzollern lands
‘The Hohenzollern deserve a place in the sun. Let‘s ensure that by uniting all their territories under our rule.‘

Protection from the Bavarians
‘The Bavarian rulers desired our lands for a long time. Subjugating them will ensure that Franconians never will be slaves.‘

Friedrich-Alexander University
‘Although, we are late compared to others, we should found a university in the huguenot city of Erlangen. The city is far away to protect us from student revolts.

Vollwertkost · Jun 6, 2019

@Paland0
A suggestion for Nürnberg's NI:
Maybe there is a place for Peter Stromer and his revolutionary ideas about reforestation somewhere? In the 14th century, the city had huge problems when it came to wood and coal supply - like so many at the time. Peter Stromer found a way to reliably plant and grow pine, spruce and fir trees on the surround fallow and deforested strips of land. This is remarkable in two ways: Back then, those trees were concidered to be made by the devil, because of them not carrying fruit. And secondly, because this marks a turning point in how natural ressources were perceived: from depletion and deforestation to sustainability and proactive involvement.
The newly planted trees not only fired Nürnberg's ovens and kilns for centuries to come, they also supplied material for the first paper mill in all of Germany. The forest planted by him and his family is considered the first 'artificial' forest in world history.

Seeing how Peter Stromer lived in the 14th century, so right before the game's start, a place in Nürnberg's traditions could be fitting. His entry could be accompanied by a modifier to goods produced or development cost.

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