Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer...
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Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also Jan von Werth or in French Jean de Werth, was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War. Werth...
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Johann Gottfried von Herder (/ˈhɜːrdər/ HUR-dər; German: [ˈjoːhan ˈɡɔtfʁiːt ˈhɛʁdɐ]; 25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German philosopher, theologian...
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Rosenberg, Rudolf Hess, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Ulrich Graf, Johann Aigner, Adolf Lenk, Max Amann, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Wilhelm Adam, Robert Wagner and...
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Joseph Johann von Littrow (13 March 1781, Horšovský Týn (German: Bischofteinitz) – 30 November 1840, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer. In 1837, he was...
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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (Dutch: Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; German: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; French: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ;...
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conception of the Viennese Town Hall of Hauberrisser's teacher Friedrich von Schmidt, Hauberisser's facades in Munich and St. Johann are flat and are given life...
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(John Neumann de Margitta), which he later changed to the German Johann von Neumann. Von Neumann was a child prodigy who at six years old could divide two...
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Walhalla (memorial) (redirect from Walhalla Memorial Hall)
painter (Woltreck, 1841) 28. Johann von Dalberg – Bishop of Worms (second bust by Lossow, added after 1867) 29. Hans von Hallwyl – Swiss commander at...
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Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist...
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Johann Esaias von Seidel (28 April 1758 – 20 November 1827) was a printer, publisher and publicist in the 19th century who promoted the reforms of Maximilian...
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Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll (German: [ˈʏkskʏl]; 8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the...
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) (category Musical settings of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem named "Der Zauberlehrling". By far the most performed...
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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his...
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for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz, to designs by Johann Dientzenhofer and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Weißenstein...
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St. Johann im Pongau at Wikimedia Commons Sankt Johann im Pongau, view to the town from the station Sankt Johann im Pongau, street near the town hall...
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between the brothers Johann, Heinrich, Wilhelm, and Dietrich Vogt von Elspe and Johann von Schnellenberg zu Schnellenberg. Johann von Schnellenberg retained...
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Würzburg Residence (section White Hall)
Würzburger Residenz) is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the Austrian/Southern German...
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Bartholomäus Haller von Hallerstein (1486–1551), Imperial mayor of Frankfurt, secretary to Mary of Hungary Johann Albrecht Haller von Hallerstein (1569–1654)...
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Johann Philipp Anton Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein, born in Forchheim on 27 March 1695, appointed in 1743 as Vicar-General of Mainz, was from 1746...
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Der König in Thule (category Poetry by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"Der König in Thule" ("The King in Thule") is a German poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written in 1774. Goethe wrote the poem "Geistesgruß" as a precursor...
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(1701–1778) Heinrich von der Leyen (1708–1782) Friedrich von der Leyen (1732–1787) Johann von der Leyen (1734–1795) Johann von der Leyen's house of 1766/76...
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official guardian, after the death of her father, became Count Johann Carl August von Huyn (1812-1889), was of a similar age to Bertha and interested...
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August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (March 30, 1705 in Augustenburg near Arnstadt – March 27, 1759 in Nuremberg) was a German miniature painter, naturalist...
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Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ForMemRS (/ˈhɛlmhoʊlts/; German: [ˈhɛʁ.man vɔn ˈhɛlmˌhɔlts]; 31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894) was a German physicist...
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Goethe University Frankfurt (redirect from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universität)
native sons of Frankfurt, the poet, philosopher and writer/dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The university currently has around 45,000 students, distributed...
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Song of the Flea (category Musical settings of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Mussorgsky in 1879. The lyrics are from the Russian translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. In 1879, Mussorgsky quit a civil service job, and...
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Count Eric Stenbock, and Johann's grandson Eric Stenbock was born in Thirlestaine Hall. von Massenbach, Camilla. "John Andrew (Johann Andreas) FRERICHS". genealogy...
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|| wunders vil geseit von helden lobebæren,|| von grôzer arebeit, von fröuden, hôchgezîten, || von weinen und von klagen, von küener recken strîten ||...
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Consequently he studied with many teachers—his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel, Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi, Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, and Georg Joseph Vogler—under...
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