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    The Schaffgotsch family is the name of an old and influential Silesian nobility which dates back to the thirteenth century. Some of its members played...
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    Johanna von Schaffgotsch (née Gryzik; 1842–1910) was the adopted daughter of Karl Godulla. She was the first businesswoman in the history of Silesia, as...
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    Gotthard von Schaffgotsch (3 July 1716 – 5 January 1795) was a German Prince-Bishop of Breslau and an important promoter of music. Schaffgotsch was born in...
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    Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch (28 August 1595 – 24 July 1635) was a Silesian nobleman and Generalfeldwachtmeister who fought in the Silesian front of the...
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    neoclassical style, it can accommodate up to 270 spectators. Founded by Schaffgotsch family, one of the three puppet theaters in Lower Silesia. Currently...
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    Schaaffgotsche (German: Johann Prokop von Schaffgotsch; fully with all titles Johann Prokop Graf von Schaffgotsch Freiherr von Kynast und Greiffenstein;...
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    member of the Kinsky dynasty and noted horse breeder. He married Agnes Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein (1810–1888). Recorded...
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  • formerly Count of Schaffgotsch Stara Kamienica castle ruin (German: Kemnitzburg) – original family seat of the Count of Schaffgotsch castle ruin (German:...
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    Silesian Piasts and for most of its time was in the possession of the Schaffgotsch noble family. Today the semi-ruined stronghold is a major tourist attraction...
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  • Graphium schaffgotschi, the Schaffgotsch's swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Namibia, Angola, the southern...
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    Harriman enlisted the services of an Austrian Sportsman, Count Felix von Schaffgotsch, to travel across the Western U.S. to locate an ideal site for a winter...
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    Lawrence (Laurentiuskapelle), built c. 1665–1681 by the Silesian noble Schaffgotsch family to give thanks to God and shelter to travellers as it also served...
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    Carl Josef Maria von Wrede (1899-1945) and his wife, Countess Sophie Schaffgotsch-Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein (1916-2008) on 15 October...
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    Heinrich zu Pappenheim (1594–1632); Generalfeldwachtmeister Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch (1595–1635); the polymath Johann Schreck (1576–1630); the composers Wolfgang...
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  • Gryzik von Schomberg-Godulla, a month later married count Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch, and then successfully administered by herself the business empire, one...
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    of the House of Schaffgotsch, who had acquired the estates in 1592. During the Thirty Years' War, the owner Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch, a loyal supporter...
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  • personal loyalty, 49 of them signed immediately while Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch and Johann Ernst Freiherr von Scherffenberg gathered signatures in Silesia...
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    Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The chief witness was Count Antonius Schaffgotsch. The family mostly lived on their farms at Leutstetten south of Munich...
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    The ruins of the medieval Gryf Castle, a possession of the House of Schaffgotsch from 1400 on, are still visible south of the town. In 1274 Gryfów became...
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  • a collection of bird skins which he sold in 1878 to Ludwig Graf von Schaffgotsch (1842–1891). The ornithologist Otto Finsch named Myiopsitta luchsi (now...
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    Franconia Friedrich Friedrich Christian Pedro I Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch Joseph Christian Franz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein Karl I Ferdinand...
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    Poland, with 11,445 inhabitants (2019). The synthetic oil plant at "Schaffgotsch Benzin GmbH in Deschowitz-Beuthen, Odertal (Upper Silesia)" began production...
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    Maria von Saurma, baron von und zu der Jeltsch 13. Countess Karoline von Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein 3. Countess Christine...
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    possession of the Schaffgotsch family until 1634. In the 16th century the population adopted the Protestant faith. Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch was arrested...
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    defecting to the Swedish Empire during the Thirty Years' War Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch (1635) – beheaded for treason in Regensburg Hans Hermann von Katte (1730)...
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    established, among them Hirschberg (Jelenia Góra). During that time the family Schaffgotsch appeared for the first time in the region, and later owned large parts...
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    received a concession to run a movable glass factory from the counts of Schaffgotsch, landlords of Schreiberhau. The glass industry of the village was dominated...
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    Duke of Cieszyn to Charles Promnitz. Lately, in 1582 was sold to Adam Schaffgotsch, but ten years later was sold again to Sunnegh family. They in 1724 sold...
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    Romania). The following year he was introduced to Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, the Prince-Bishop of Breslau, who was in the process of creating a cultural...
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    Mérode and Marquis de Westerloo 1674 1732   Christopher Leopold, Count of Schaffgotsch 1623 1703   Francis Joseph, Count (later Prince) of Lamberg 1637 1712...
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