Scneimunt city

The Saristanerplatz as seen from the castle atop Scneimunt mountain

Scneimunt city is the de facto capital and largest city (lorewise) of the Grand Duchy of Hollenberg. It is also the capital of the county of Scneimunt. It is renowned by many for it's baroque, rococo and neoclassical architecture. While not large in terms of population when comparing it with other cities such as Palermo and Loire it is nonetheless considered one of the more important cities of Cinder.

The city is located in the north eastern portion of the Grand Duchy of Hollenberg, it's official coordinates are -500 2600. It sits on a small plateau north east of the mountain of Scneimunt, the highest peak of the continent of Cinder. Directly north of the city is a canyon which used to have a small river flowing through it, that river was the only river in all of Danouvia-Scneimunt.

Scneimunt city is also the centre of the Egjenist faith with most residents adhering to the reformed Scetétian church. Scneimunt city in contrast with the western parts of the country does not have a Pyrannic community, although Pyrannists are allowed to reside and own property in the city.

History

Early history

Scneimunt city was established only in January of 2024, months after the Tauern were settled by Danouvian mountaineers. At first it was just a small settlement with a church, however when the Grand Duke moved his residence to Scneimunt castle, overlooking the city, the city experienced it's first population boom and quickly grew. The first houses were built along what today is the upper Brauereistraße and not long after an egjenist church was built, later this church would become an enlightened scetetian church.

The Revolutionist state

With the Grand Duke becoming increasingly unpopular among the lower classes, a revolution was sparked by dissatisfied residents of Smilets by. The city remained loyal to the Grand Duke and the city's inhabitants were able to repel the first attack of the revolutionaries, however as foreign volunteers joined the revolutionaries and many other citizens decided to join the cause, the city's defences were overwhelmed and the remnants of the shattered garrison surrendered. Due to the animosity of the city's inhabitants to the leader of the revolutionist party Jan Joškar, a peasant man from the Hollenberg valley, Joškar decided to move the capital to the smaller and increasingly pyrannist Smilets by. Scneimunt was governed by Josef Pičkovšek, a burgher from Scneimunt who joined the revolutionist cause. Despite him being a member of the party, he was well liked the population.

Reign of Stefan II. and rise of Pičkovšek

Despite the revolution being more favoured in Smilets by, Scneimunt city was taken last by Grand Duke Stefan II. The country's de jure capital remained and still remains Smilets by. This is because Stefan, son of the previous duke lived away from the court in Scneimunt and grew up in Smilets by, although he was transferred to Pičkovškovo per orders of the revolutionist regime.

Stefan II rarely visits the county of Scneimunt, so he named Josef Pičkovšek, who had been pardoned as Count of Scneimunt. Pičkovšek further expanded the city, but not before building a palace of his own - the Belvedere in the 2nd district, Obrezovica. Pičkovšek expanded the city and built a massive new square called the Herzogsplatz and erected a triumphal arch as the city's northern gate. Pičkovšek remains Count of Scneimunt to this day and has openly showed his plans for the further expansion of the city.