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    Hermann Balk (died March 5, 1239, Würzburg), also known as Hermann von Balk or Hermann Balke, was a Knight-Brother of the Teutonic Order and its first...
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  • away from it and instead used Hermann von Balk, the Landmeister of Prussia, also in Livonia, probably because Dietrich von Grüningen only a few years earlier...
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  • Aleksandra Danilova as Vasilisa, a maid of Pskov Vladimir Yershov as Hermann von Balk, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Sergei Blinnikov as Tverdilo...
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  • historian of music Hermann Balk (died 1239), Teutonic knight Hermann Baranowski (1884–1940), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Hermann Baumgarten (1825–1893)...
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    of the Sword with the Teutonic Knights. The master of the Order was Hermann von Balk. In December 1237, Pope Gregory IX proclaimed the second crusade against...
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    der Oder. Elbląg is founded by the Teutonic Order under Grand Master Hermann von Balk. He constructs a fortified stronghold on the banks of the Elbląg River...
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  • Prussia were: Hermann Balk, 1230–1239 Heinrich von Wida, 1239–1244 Poppo von Osterna, 1244–1246 Dietrich von Grüningen, 1246–1249 ? Burkhard von Hornhausen...
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    Bibliography Fischer, Mary (2010). The Chronicle of Prussia by Nicolaus von Jeroschin. Edinburgh: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9780754653097. Urban, William...
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    returned to Prussia in 1239 before moving to Wurzburg. While at Wurzburg, Hermann von Balk, Landmeister of Prussia and Livonia, died. Poppo was selected by the...
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  • der Oder. Elbląg is founded by the Teutonic Order under Grand Master Hermann von Balk. He constructs a fortified stronghold on the banks of the Elbląg River...
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      ●  Hermann Balk 1237–1238   ●  Dietrich von Grüningen 1238–1242   ●  Dietrich von Grüningen 1244–1246   ●  Andreas von Stierland 1248–1253   ●  Anno von...
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    Originally known as “Rehden”, it was started in 1234 on the orders of Hermann von Balk. In 1251, in the wake of the Prussian Uprising, the original wooden...
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  • Sword-Brothers were subsequently assimilated into the Teutonic Knights led by Hermann Balk, becoming its autonomous branch, the Livonian Order. "Volquin". Allgemeine...
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    Reinforcements began arriving at Vogelsang after the castle's completion. Led by Hermann Balk, a force numbering twenty knights and 200 sergeants arrived in 1230....
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    and other skilful generals, were training in his school . According to Hermann von Manstein, his aide-de-camp: The Count of Münnich is a real contrast of...
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    Battle of Saule into the Teutonic Order, the land master of Prussia, Hermann Balk, in 1237 in personal union for the first time took over position of the...
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    Fritsch played a pivotal role when he balked at Hitler's initial proposal to the army that he succeed ailing President von Hindenburg upon his death. Fritsch...
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    far as Stade. There, they discovered the insurrection was in progress. Balked from boarding a train there by striking rail workers, Berthold had his men...
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  • that von Bolschwing be granted US citizenship in order for him to resume his work in Austria as a formal CIA officer. CIA headquarters, however, balked at...
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  • Ankermüller Anton von Aretin Klaus P. Arnold Artur Auernhammer Günther Babel Martin Bachhuber Georg Bachmann Rudolf Bachmann Margarete Balk Siegfried Balke...
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    (Thorn) was granted a town charter by the Teutonic Knights Hermann von Salza and Hermann Balk in 1233. The town, initially composed primarily of the district...
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    works. He composed 12 operas of which Die Bürger von Calais (1936, libretto by Neher), Johanna Balk (1938), Das Bergwerk zu Falun (1958, after ETA Hoffmann)...
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    the military–economic superiority of the western powers, at which Hitler balked and exclaimed that "he did not share General Thomas' anxiety over the danger...
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    the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights by Grand Master Hermann von Salza and Hermann Balk when the towns of Toruń (Thorn) and Chełmno (Kulm) received...
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    Prussia. In 1230, following the Golden Bull of Rimini, Grand Master Hermann von Salza and Duke Konrad I of Masovia launched the Prussian Crusade, a joint...
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    turned down by the local Gauleiter, with support from Himmler. The Gauleiter balked at giving such an opulent estate to someone with the rank of only a Colonel-General...
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    use the terminology, and probably would have balked at the name". Austrian School economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe said that "the 1849 article 'The Production...
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    established a fortress. On 28 December 1233, the Teutonic Knights Hermann von Salza and Hermann Balk, signed the city charters for Toruń (Thorn) and Chełmno (Kulm)...
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    "Molinari did not use the terminology, and probably would have balked at the name". Hans-Hermann Hoppe said that "the 1849 article 'The Production of Security'...
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  • censors continually postponed and eventually terminated its examination, balking at taking him on directly. By 1935, Hudal had become influential in creating...
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