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    (Czech: [ˈkr̩konoʃɛ] , Polish pronunciation: [karkɔˈnɔʂɛ] , German: Riesengebirge pronounced [ˈʁiːzn̩ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] ), are a mountain range located in the...
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    Morning on the Riesengebirge (German - Morgen im Riesengebirge) is an 1810–1811 painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich of a scene...
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    modern-day Hirschberg. In 1927–1945, the city was known as Hirschberg im Riesengebirge. In Czech, the city is known as Jelení Hora. Its historic Czech name...
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    Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge or Ruins in the Riesengebirge is an 1830-1834 oil on canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich, now in the...
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    Kowary [kɔˈvarɨ] (German: Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge) is a town in Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, with a population...
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    Factories were in Schmiedeberg, and from summer 1943, in Buschvorwerk (Riesengebirge, Niederschlesien, today Krzaczyna). Schmidding 109-513, two solid fuel...
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    Berlin Caspar David Friedrich, Morgen im Riesengebirge, 1810–11 Photograph of the landscape in the Riesengebirge, including a view of Jeschken List of works...
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    Trachenberg, Kingdom of Prussia Died 8 November 1878(1878-11-08) (aged 63) Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, German Empire Occupation Writer Language German...
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    Publishers. pp. 51–61. ISBN 9781906924119. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Riesengebirge" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Kluge...
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    also known as the Reform flute. Schwedler was born in Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, Silesia (now in Poland) to August and Selma Schröter Schwedler. He...
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    Procession in Springtime" (1847), in the Dresden Gallery; "View of the Riesengebirge" (1839), in the National Gallery, Berlin. One of his most notable protégés...
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    Landkreis Wohlau City of Glogau City of Görlitz City of Hirschberg im Riesengebirge City of Liegnitz Landkreis Bunzlau Landkreis Fraustadt Landkreis Freystadt...
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    Horst Brünner (1988) Born 21 February 1929 Buchwald, Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, Province of Lower Silesia, Germany Died 19 June 2008 Blankensee, Germany...
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    2011-07-09. "Karpacz". www.staypoland.com. "Karpacz (Krummhübel) im Riesengebirge". www.polish-online.com. "Mountain Hiking - Karpacz.pl". karpacz.pl...
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    Jotunfjeldene "the mountains of the Jotnar" (inspired by the German name Riesengebirge). This was later changed to Jotunheimen by the poet Aasmund Olavsson...
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    The first recorded German name was Riseberg ("giant mountain", cf. Riesengebirge, "Giant Mountains"), mentioned by Georg Agricola in 1546. Fifteen years...
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  • Literatur, by Cäsar Flaischen (editor Muschner, 7 editions, 1903) Das Riesengebirge. Ein Hand- und Reisebuch. (Berlin Schall, 9 editions, 1904) Betrachtungen...
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  • Schmiedeberg, Saxony, a municipality in Saxony, Germany Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge, the German name of Kowary, Poland The German name of Kovářská, Czech...
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    Cole, Catskill Scenery, 1833 Caspar David Friedrich, Sunburst in the Riesengebirge, 1835 Jean-François Millet, Madame Valmont, 1841 George Caleb Bingham...
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    more subjective manner. The two friends went on a walking tour of the Riesengebirge in 1810. During his many hikes with Friedrich, the two painted numerous...
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    mostly in Paris and sometimes at his Fischbach Castle in Kowary in the Riesengebirge mountains. From 1824 to 1829 he was governor of the Confederate Fortress...
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    bronchitis in Agnieszków (present-day Jagniątków, a part of Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, now Jelenia Góra). His last words were reported to be, "Am I still...
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    Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden, who gave him an asylum in his castle in the Riesengebirge, he succeeded in crossing the frontier into Bohemia. For three years...
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  • Medzibor-Neu Mittelwalde in the Duchy of Oels and died in Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge. Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatisches Führertum. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt...
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    Görlitz, since 1873 Grünberg in Schlesien (1922–1933) Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, since 1922 Liegnitz, since 1874 Landkreise (rural districts) Bolkenhain...
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    Triberg und Titisee (Schwarzwald) 4 – 11 July 1926 Köln 1930 Krummhübel (Riesengebirge) 26 – 29 June 1930 Breslau Unlike others, Germany was still not invited...
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    Friedrich, a Greifswald local, such as Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge. The museum was established in the years of 1998 to 2005 at the site...
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  • a merchant's daughter from Breslau (today: Wrocław) in Eichenhof im Riesengebirge on 25 April 1931. This union ended in divorce on 10 June 1947. They...
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    mountains with high fir trees, commonly thought to mean the Silesian Riesengebirge, where the Iser springs, which rather points at Bohemia. It addressed...
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    Ferdinand Fellmann Born (1939-12-14)14 December 1939 Hirschberg im Riesengebirge, Silesia Province Died 28 October 2019(2019-10-28) (aged 79) Alma mater...
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