When was Herbert Blöcker's native province captured by Prussia and the Austrian Empire?
Herbert Blöcker Herbert Blöcker (January 1, 1943 – February 15, 2014) was a German equestrian and 3-time Olympic medalist. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein. He won a silver medal at the Olympics in Fontainebleau in 1980 following by winning another silver in eventing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. During the same Olympic event he won a bronze medal too and then participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008, both he and his Olympic horse, "Feine Dame", were inducted into the International Association of Eventing Hall of Fame. Blöcker died of cancer on February 15, 2014 at the age of 71 in Elmshorn.
Duchy of Bar The County of Bar, from 1354 the Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the "pays de Barrois" and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. Part of the county, the so-called "Barrois mouvant", became a fief of the Kingdom of France in 1301. The "Barrois non-mouvant" remained a part of the Empire. From 1480, it was united to the imperial Duchy of Lorraine. Both imperial Bar and Lorraine were ceded to France in 1738. With the death of the last duke, Stanislaus Leszczynski, in 1766, the duchy escheated to the French crown.