A Zwinger (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡svɪŋɐ]) is an open kill zone area between two defensive walls that is used for defensive purposes. Zwingers were built...
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The Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger, IPA: [ˈdʁeːzdnɐ ˈt͡svɪŋɐ]) is a palatial complex with gardens in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Matthäus...
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Theodor Zwinger the Elder (2 August 1533 – 10 March 1588) was a Swiss physician and Renaissance humanist scholar. He made significant contributions to...
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A Zwinger is part of a medieval castle or town fortification. It may also refer to: Zwinger (Goslar), a battery tower in the town fortifications of Goslar...
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Thorsten Zwinger (artist pseudonym ZWINGER, born March 23, 1962, in Greifswald) is a German painter. Thorsten Zwinger works on the assumptions of an image...
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Ann Haymond Zwinger (1925–2014) was the author of many natural histories noted for detail and lyrical prose. Ann Haymond Zwinger was born March 12, 1925...
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The Zwinger in the Westphalian city of Münster is part of the old city fortifications from the Early Modern Period. In the Nazi era it was both a gaol...
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The Zwinger in Goslar is a battery tower that is part of the fortifications of the old imperial city of Goslar, Germany. It is located on the Thomaswall...
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Heinrich Louis Ewald Eugen Zwinger ("Pastor S. Swinger", born February 22, 1866, in Bernburg) was a pastor and founder of the Lutheran Church of the Epiphany...
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Theodor Zwinger III (26 August 1658 – 22 April 1724) was a Swiss physician. Theodor Zwinger came from an important Basel family of scholars. His father...
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Gustav Philipp Zwinger (3 January 1779 – 15 January 1819), painter and etcher, was born at Nuremberg. He was the son and pupil of the painter and engraver...
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being rebuilt between 1994 and 2005. Other famous landmarks include the Zwinger, the Semperoper and Dresden Castle. Furthermore, the city is home to the...
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Opernhaus am Zwinger (Opera house at the Zwinger) was a theatre in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, opened in 1719. The architect of the Zwinger, Matthäus Daniel...
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Switzerland. It is named Zwingerhaus in memory of the physician Theodor Zwinger, who bought the house in 1572. It is first mentioned in 1345, then in possession...
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was sent to recruit more Italian singers for the new Dresden opera, "am Zwinger". Whilst in Venice he secured the services of Margherita Durastanti and...
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The collection is located in the Semper Gallery, the gallery wing of the Zwinger. When the Kunstkammer (Art Chamber) of the Electors of Saxony in Dresden...
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facades and in the interiors of palaces, churches, edifices, etc. (e.g. Zwinger, Dresden Cathedral, Moritzburg Castle), and on numerous mileposts, and...
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Ferrara University of Pisa University of Padua Doctoral advisor Antonio Musa Brasavola Notable students Hieronymus Fabricius Volcher Coiter Theodor Zwinger...
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wall. The outer wall guarded the main entrance in the manner of a gateway zwinger. In 1456 the two gateways were reinforced. On the west side of the inner...
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Genies, ceiling painting in the Marmorhall of the French Pavilion of the Zwinger...
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Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013. "Zwinger von Wiesmadern" [Kennel of Wiesmadern] (in German). Archived from the original...
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You Trundle – Outside Online". outsideonline.com. July 7, 2011. Ann., Zwinger (1996). Land above the trees: A Guide to American Alpine Tundra. Willard...
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Church of Peace in Świdnica the largest wooden Baroque temple in Europe. Zwinger, Dresden, Germany, by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and Balthasar Permoser...
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Dresden to collaborate with the architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann on the Zwinger palace, built 1710–28 for Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, where...
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Sigmundstor was defended on its western side by a fortified defensive Zwinger, including a defensive wall, guardhouse and tollbooth, surrounded in three...
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III. The most famous building started under Augustus the Strong was the Zwinger. Also known are Pillnitz Castle, his summer residence, Moritzburg Castle...
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are held by the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris and one more by the Zwinger museum in Dresden, Germany, exhibit two of his original mechanical calculators...
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Church, Kyiv, 1744 – 1767, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli Zwinger (Dresden) Eszterháza in Fertőd, Hungary, 1720 – 1766, sometimes called...
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needed] From the 12th century onwards, an additional enclosure called a Zwinger was often built in front of the enceinte of many European castles. This...
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1803 The Zwinger fortress built in 1528. Used from the 18th to the 20th century as a prison. During World War II, the Gestapo also used the Zwinger for executions...
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