Oldenburg is a former state in northwestern Germany whose capital was Oldenburg. The region gained its independence in the High Middle Ages. It survived...
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Oldenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈɔldn̩bʊʁk] ; Northern Low Saxon: Ollnborg) is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is...
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The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (German: Großherzogtum Oldenburg, also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North...
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The Free State of Oldenburg (German: Freistaat Oldenburg) was a federated state that existed during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. It was established...
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This is a list of the counts, dukes, grand dukes, and prime ministers of Oldenburg. 1088/1101–1108 Elimar I 1108–1143 Elimar II 1143–1168 Christian I the...
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The Duchy of Oldenburg (German: Herzogtum Oldenburg), named for its capital, the town of Oldenburg, was a state in the north-west of present-day Germany...
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historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony Oldenburg in Holstein, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Oldenburg-Land, an association...
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Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof (originally Oldenburg Centralbahnhof) is the main passenger station in the city of Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony...
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Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring...
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The 1925 Oldenburg state election was held on 24 May 1925 to elect the 40 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Oldenburg. Gonschior, Andreas. "Der...
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Schloss Oldenburg (Oldenburg palace) is a schloss, or palace, in the city of Oldenburg in the present-day state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The first castle...
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The 1923 Oldenburg state election was held on 10 June 1923 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Oldenburg. As a result of the by-election...
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Jeremy Fragrance (category People from Oldenburg (city))
through school theater and subsequently started a part-time job at the Oldenburg State Theater and produced private dance tutorials from 2007. Schütz used...
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Oldenburg (11 January 1936 – 9 July 2017) was a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. He is a son of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and...
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Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (German: Sophie Charlotte; 2 February 1879 – 29 March 1964) was a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. She was...
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The 1920 Oldenburg state election was held on 6 June 1920 to elect the 48 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Oldenburg. Gonschior, Andreas. "Der...
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January 1844 – 17 October 1895) was a duke of Oldenburg, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Cecilia of Sweden. Anton Gunther...
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Egilmar I (c. 1060–1112) was the first Count of Oldenburg and thus founder of the House of Oldenburg. He reigned from c. 1091 to 1108. Count Egilmar I...
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The coat of arms of Oldenburg is the coat of arms associated with the state of Oldenburg, a county, duchy and then grand duchy that existed between 1101...
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The 1919 Oldenburg state election was held on 23 February 1919 to elect the 48 members of the constituent assembly of the Free State of Oldenburg. The election...
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Landtag elections in the Free State of Oldenburg (Freistaat Oldenburg) during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932...
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Fritz Suhren (category People from Oldenburg (state))
Fritz Suhren (10 June 1908 – 12 June 1950) was a Nazi German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp commandant. In 1950 he was tried for his role in The...
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The 1932 Oldenburg state election was held on 29 May 1932 to elect the 46 members of the Landtag of the Free State of Oldenburg. Gonschior, Andreas. "Der...
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The Oldenburg Class S 5 steam engine was a German locomotive built for the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways (Großherzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahnen)...
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von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (German: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university located in Oldenburg, Germany. The first teachers...
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Rastede Palace (category Oldenburg (state))
Oldenburg, Germany. 53°14′33″N 8°12′07″E / 53.2424°N 8.2019°E / 53.2424; 8.2019 The town of Rastede is about 12km (7.4 miles) north of Oldenburg....
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Karl Jaspers (category People from Oldenburg (state))
existentialism in Germany, though he did not accept the label. Jaspers was born in Oldenburg in 1883 to a mother from a local farming community, and a jurist father...
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Werner Baumbach (category People from Oldenburg (state))
Werner Baumbach (27 December 1916 – 20 October 1953) was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He commanded the secret bomber wing Kampfgeschwader...
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the (historical) region of Holstein, today in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Oldenburg was the chief town of the Wagrians, one of the Slavic peoples...
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Friedrich Tietjen (category People from Oldenburg (state))
Friedrich Tietjen (1832 in Westerstede, Oldenburg – 1895 in Berlin) was a German astronomer. He was director of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI)...
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