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Andreas Gryphius was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most important Baroque poets of the Germanosphere. He was one of the first improvers of the German language and German poetry.
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx was a German philologist and politician.
ArchduchessMaria Elisabeth of Austria, was the governor of the Austrian Netherlands between 1725 and 1741.
Maria Magdalena of Austria was a governor of Tyrol and daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg. She died unmarried.
Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. He was a student, copyist and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Charlotte Sophie Luise Wilhelmine von Ahlefeld was a German novelist.
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He was married to Catherine of Sweden and was the founder of a branch of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine often called the Swedish line, because it gave rise to three subsequent kings of Sweden, but more commonly known as the Kleeburg line.
Johann Jakob Bethmann was a German merchant and shipowner.
PeterThyraeus was a German Jesuit theologian.
Johann Georg Gödelmann, was a German jurist, diplomat and demonological writer. He was born in Tuttlingen, and died, aged 51, in Dresden.
Bartholomäus Ringwaldt was a German didactic poet and Lutheran pastor. He is most recognized as a hymnwriter.
Christian Heinrich Postel was a German jurist, epic poet and opera librettist, who wrote 28 libretti for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg: set by composers such as Johann Philipp Förtsch, Reinhard Keiser and Georg Philipp Telemann. His texts for a St John Passion were set by composers Christian Ritter, Johann Mattheson and Johann Sebastian Bach in their respective St John Passion.
John of Grumbach (?–1466) was prince-bishop of Würzburg as "John III" from 1455 until his death in 1466.
The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates King Frederick II of Prussia. Created from 1839 to 1851 by Christian Daniel Rauch, it is a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture, marking the transition from neoclassicism to realism. The bronze statue shows "The Old Fritz" dressed in military uniform, ermine coat and tricorne hat on horseback above the leading generals, statesmen, artists and scientist of his time. Walled in during World War II, it was disassembled by East Germany in 1950, reassembled in Sanssouci Park in 1963, and returned to its original location in 1980.
Johann Matthäus Meyfart, also Johann Matthaeus Meyfahrt, Mayfart was a German Lutheran theologist, educator, academic teacher, hymn writer and minister. He was an opponent fighter of witch trials.
Johann Peter Langer, after 1808, von Langer was a German painter, engraver and wallpaper designer.
Christian Johann Christoph Schreiber was a German theologian, philologist, philosopher, and poet. He was also the Superintendent of the dioceses of Lengsfeld and Dermbach. He was connected in friendship or correspondence to writers and philosophers of his time, and published poetry, sermons, historical and philosophical works.
Simon Meister was a German painter.
Johannes von Gmünd is a German Gothic architect and construction foreman who probably belonged to the Parler family.
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