Richard von Carlowitz (1817-1886) [1] [2] was a German merchant active in Canton in the 1840s. [3] [4] He was consul for Prussia & Saxony from 1847 to 1869, and for the North German Federation from 1869. [5]
Richard von Carlowitz (1817-1886) [1] [2] was a German merchant active in Canton in the 1840s. [3] [4] He was consul for Prussia & Saxony from 1847 to 1869, and for the North German Federation from 1869. [5]
Johann Adam Weishaupt was a German philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the Illuminati.
Ernst Wilhelm Theodor Herrmann Hengstenberg, was a German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian from an old and important Dortmund family.
Heinrich Rudolf Hildebrand was a Germanist, contributor to, and then, editor of the Grimm brothers' Deutsches Wörterbuch. He also wrote on the history of German folksongs, and on the teaching of the German language in schools.
Maria Anna of Bavaria was a politically active Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Archduke Charles II of Austria. She played an important role in the Counter-Reformation in Austria.
Wittelsbach-Hapsburg aristocrat Ernest of Bavaria was Prince-Elector-Archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne and, as such, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Westphalia, from 1583 to 1612 as successor of the expelled Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg.
Stephan Praetorius was a German Lutheran theologian and pastor.
Ernst von Bibra was a German Naturalist and author. Ernst was a botanist, zoologist, metallurgist, chemist, geographer, travel writer, novelist, duellist, art collector and trailblazer in ethnopsychopharmacology.
Karl Sebastian von Pfeufer was a German physician who was a native of Bamberg.
Ferdinand of Bavaria was born 20 January 1550, in Landshut, in the Duchy of Bavaria, and died 30 January 1608 in Munich, at the age of 58. He was the second surviving son of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Archduchess Anna of Austria, and consequently was prepared for a military career. Ferdinand is also known for the two extraordinary diaries he kept, one as fifteen-year-old boy on a journey from Munich to Florence, for his aunt's wedding, and a second journey to Florence, this time as young and experienced man of affairs.
Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Gustav Leopold Plitt was a German Protestant theologian.
Wilhelm Wackernagel was a German-Swiss philologist specializing in Germanic studies. He was the father of Indo-Europeanist Jacob Wackernagel.
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.
Josef Ritter von Kurzböck, also Joseph von Kurzbeck, was an Austrian printer, bookseller, merchant, estate owner and writer and one of the most prolific, Serbian Cyrillic printers in the Austrian Empire.
Rainer Cadenbach was a German musicologist and University professor.
Adolf Bäuerle (real name Johann Andreas Bäuerle was an Austrian writer, publisher and main representative of the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater.
Carl Georg Vivigens von Winterfeld was a German lawyer and musicologist. He studied music from the 16th to 18th centuries, and was instrumental in reviving it, especially the music by Heinrich Schütz.
Carl Eduard Steinbrück was a German history painter and etcher; associated with the Düsseldorf school.
Friedrich Gustav Schilling was a German musicologist, editor and lexicographer.
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