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Market Square, Hildburghausen
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The patronymic form of the name Hildburghausen indicates a possible origin of the place in Franconian times.
1234 First documentary mention as "Hilteburgehusin" in a purchase contract between Count Otto von Botenlauben and the Würzburg monastery.
At the beginning of the 13th century, the so-called stone house was built on the market square to protect and control the emerging market settlement.
approx. 1270-1304 The Lords of Wildberg own Hildburghausen as a Würzburg fief.
1286 First mention of a church in Hildburghausen.
1314 Beginning of entries in the oldest town book, first mention of a council.
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