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intrusive King Jerome , brother of Napoleon , a Grand Lodge of the kingdom of Westphalia was established in Cassel , dependent on the G . O . in France . In HESSEN DARMSTADT the Landgraf Ludwig VIII . endeavoured by every means in his power to disseminate the Order in his dominions . Prince Ludwig George Karl was Supreme Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Germany at Berlin , and co-founder of the Philaletlien , in Paris . In 1846 differences that arose on the Eclectic Order at Frankforton-the-Main , ivere the cause that three previous filials , John the Evangelist of Unity ( Johannes der Evangelist zur Eintracht ) , at Darmstadt ; the United , " Friends , ( die vereinigten Freunde ) , in Mainz ; and Karl to the Eising Light ( Karl zum aufgehenden Liehte ) , in
Frankfort-on-the-Main , formed a new Grand Lodge in Darmstadt ; tlie Great Orders-Lodge qf Unity ( grosse Bundesloge zur Eintracht ) , over which the Grand Duke assumed the presidency . In BRUNSWICK the Order was located as early as 1744 , when the Lodge of the Crowned Column ( zur gekronten Saule ) was founded , and it has remained ever since under the fostering auspices of her princes . Since 1770 this city was the seat of the direction of the strictest observance . Frederic August , too , of Brunswick Luneburg , deserved much credit from the Order ; and the Prince Maximilian Joseph Leopold
Master ofthe Lodge of the Upright Heart ( zum aufrichtigen Herzen ) , in Frankfort , in the Order , died in true Masonic manner , when , on the 27 th of April , 1785 , he was drowned hi an attempt to save the lives of a family of toll-collectors on the bridge , which had been broken down and destroyed by the ice and inundation of the river : this heroic action has been the theme for the pen of many of the best German poets , and the engravings representing the transaction are
a favorite ornament in the houses of the Marks peasantry . A large and prosperous gymnasium , in Brunswick , is a striking proof of the activity of the Brethren there . In HANOVEE , with the exception of the partially Catholic diocese of Hildesheim , whose bishops have from time to time brought into operation the papal bulls against the Order , it has enjoyed toleration and protection . The first meetings are said to have taken place as
early as 1730 . In 1755 one of the first Grand Lodges in Germany was established there from London , whieh still flourishes , and enjoyed the special protection of his late Majesty Ernest August ( Duke of Cumberland ) , as their Grand Master . In MiscKLEfTBiniG-ScHWERiN the first Lodge was founded from Hamburgin 1754 and for the sister dukedom
MECKIENBURG-, , STEELITZ in 1777 . The Grand Duke Karl Ludwig ( 1816 ) was an enthusiastic supporter of the Order . In Sehwerin there exists at present the Lodge Harpocrates of the Morning Eaten ( Harpoerates zur Morgenrothe ) ; in New Brandenburg the Lodge of the Peace Societ y ( zum Friedensbunde ) , since 1815 . In Luxemburg , since 1821 , the Lod ge Bliicher of the Wahlstatt . In Oldenburg they have ,
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intrusive King Jerome , brother of Napoleon , a Grand Lodge of the kingdom of Westphalia was established in Cassel , dependent on the G . O . in France . In HESSEN DARMSTADT the Landgraf Ludwig VIII . endeavoured by every means in his power to disseminate the Order in his dominions . Prince Ludwig George Karl was Supreme Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Germany at Berlin , and co-founder of the Philaletlien , in Paris . In 1846 differences that arose on the Eclectic Order at Frankforton-the-Main , ivere the cause that three previous filials , John the Evangelist of Unity ( Johannes der Evangelist zur Eintracht ) , at Darmstadt ; the United , " Friends , ( die vereinigten Freunde ) , in Mainz ; and Karl to the Eising Light ( Karl zum aufgehenden Liehte ) , in
Frankfort-on-the-Main , formed a new Grand Lodge in Darmstadt ; tlie Great Orders-Lodge qf Unity ( grosse Bundesloge zur Eintracht ) , over which the Grand Duke assumed the presidency . In BRUNSWICK the Order was located as early as 1744 , when the Lodge of the Crowned Column ( zur gekronten Saule ) was founded , and it has remained ever since under the fostering auspices of her princes . Since 1770 this city was the seat of the direction of the strictest observance . Frederic August , too , of Brunswick Luneburg , deserved much credit from the Order ; and the Prince Maximilian Joseph Leopold
Master ofthe Lodge of the Upright Heart ( zum aufrichtigen Herzen ) , in Frankfort , in the Order , died in true Masonic manner , when , on the 27 th of April , 1785 , he was drowned hi an attempt to save the lives of a family of toll-collectors on the bridge , which had been broken down and destroyed by the ice and inundation of the river : this heroic action has been the theme for the pen of many of the best German poets , and the engravings representing the transaction are
a favorite ornament in the houses of the Marks peasantry . A large and prosperous gymnasium , in Brunswick , is a striking proof of the activity of the Brethren there . In HANOVEE , with the exception of the partially Catholic diocese of Hildesheim , whose bishops have from time to time brought into operation the papal bulls against the Order , it has enjoyed toleration and protection . The first meetings are said to have taken place as
early as 1730 . In 1755 one of the first Grand Lodges in Germany was established there from London , whieh still flourishes , and enjoyed the special protection of his late Majesty Ernest August ( Duke of Cumberland ) , as their Grand Master . In MiscKLEfTBiniG-ScHWERiN the first Lodge was founded from Hamburgin 1754 and for the sister dukedom
MECKIENBURG-, , STEELITZ in 1777 . The Grand Duke Karl Ludwig ( 1816 ) was an enthusiastic supporter of the Order . In Sehwerin there exists at present the Lodge Harpocrates of the Morning Eaten ( Harpoerates zur Morgenrothe ) ; in New Brandenburg the Lodge of the Peace Societ y ( zum Friedensbunde ) , since 1815 . In Luxemburg , since 1821 , the Lod ge Bliicher of the Wahlstatt . In Oldenburg they have ,