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    Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque. He was born in Wildstein, near Eger, and died in Nuremberg, aged 55...
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  • cross-country ski race in Norway Birken, Radevormwald, near Radevormwald, Germany Birken, Morsbach, near Morsbach, Germany Sigmund von Birken, German author, member...
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    the Wolfenbüttel court by scholars like Justus Georg Schottel and Sigmund von Birken. For several years, she kept up a correspondence with Madeleine de...
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    were important German poets such as Sigmund von Birken, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and Johann Wilhelm von Stubenberg. This influenced the development...
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    For the lavishly celebrated wedding, both the singspiel Sophia by Sigmund von Birken and the opera Il Paride (Italian; Paris) by Giovanni Andrea Bontempi...
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    headed in Nürnberg by Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658) and later Sigmund von Birken (1626–1681). In 1646 he obtained a doctorate in laws at the University...
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    literature; it was finished by her brother Anton Ulrich and edited by Sigmund von Birken. Empfindsamkeit / Sensibility (1750s–1770s) Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock...
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    inherited the Baar region from his brothers. In his work Donaustrand, Sigmund von Birken depicts a view of the village with the old castle (around 1680). At...
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    the Wolfenbüttel court by scholars like Justus Georg Schottel and Sigmund von Birken, as well as by his art-minded stepmother Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg...
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    received a comprehensive education, with Justus Georg Schottel and Sigmund von Birken among his tutors. After the father's death in 1666, the sons quarreled...
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    guest's poetic output. He was similarly supportive of the orphaned poet Sigmund von Birken. Another poet whom Dilherr admired was Georg Philipp Harsdörffer:...
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    illustrator of the literary works of Nuremberg writers, especially Sigmund von Birken. Today Sandrart is best remembered as the founder and first director...
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    extensive but not untroubled correspondence with the society's president, Sigmund von Birken, who acted as his literary agent. A writer of both sacred and secular...
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    1600) June 9 – William Lilly, English astrologer (b. 1602) June 12 – Sigmund von Birken, German Baroque poet (b. 1626) July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint...
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    Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar (1653–1679) (d. 1679) April 25 – Sigmund von Birken, German Baroque poet (d. 1681) May 10 – Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen, Dutch...
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    Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar (1653–1679) (d. 1679) April 25 – Sigmund von Birken, German Baroque poet (d. 1681) May 10 – Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen, Dutch...
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    the old castle. Both castles are privately owned and inaccessible. Sigmund von Birken (1626–1681), German poet Johann Goldfuß (1908–1970), German luthier...
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    Kraftshof's pastor Martin Limburger proposed to the then head of the order, Sigmund von Birken, in 1676, to create a new meeting place in an overgrown oak grove...
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    poetry." After the deaths of Klaj and Harsdörffer (1656, 1658, resp.), Sigmund von Birken revived the Society and became its director until his death in 1681...
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    1600) June 9 – William Lilly, English astrologer (b. 1602) June 12 – Sigmund von Birken, German Baroque poet (b. 1626) July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint...
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    (publisher): Die Pegnitz-Schäfer. Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, Johann Klaj, Sigmund von Birken. Gedichte. Berlin: Gerhard 1964. without ISBN Gerhard Rühm: fenster...
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    of Anhalt-Zerbst Hans Georg von Arnim Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Johan Banér Steno Bielke Sigmund von Birken Wilhelm of Birkenfeld Frederick...
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    diocese was secularized. The last prince-bishop to use the palace was Sigmund Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (whose coat of arms can still be seen on...
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  • liebliche Lieder (Spiritual, lovely songs) in Gotha in 1714, sung to the melody "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen". Later versions appear under the title "Der Herr...
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    1616 he was engaged as a house tutor to the von Blumenthal family; his pupils included Joachim Friedrich von Blumenthal. From 1620 he studied theology at...
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  • orthography, in 1530. He was known for his popular theatre plays, his Spil von Fünfferley betrachtnussen was performed in Basel in 1530. He also wrote a...
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    (1978). Burgen und Schlösser in Salzburg. Pongau, Pinzgau, Lungau. Vienna: Birken-Reihe. ISBN 3-85030-037-4. Robert Hoffmann (2011). "Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand...
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    twice: in 1540, Ursula von Harrach (1522–1554): Eleonora (1541–1576); ∞ 1558 Freiherr Sigmund von Lamberg (1536–1619) Sigmund (1542–1600) Karl (1543–1580);...
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    Philipp Harsdörffer, Der Spielende, Sigmund von Birken who oversaw the preparation of the book, Wolf Heimhardt von Hohberg Der Sinnreiche, Cambyse Bianchi...
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