Joseph Wilhelm Ernst, Prince of Fürstenberg
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Joseph Wilhelm Ernst was a German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 prince
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 who founded Donaueschingen
Donaueschingen
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, the mouth of the Danube
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when he descended from his feudal castle in the hills and founded the town.
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