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1867 In Germany
Events from the year 1867 in Germany. Incumbents * King of Bavaria – Ludwig II of Bavaria * King of Prussia – William I * King of Saxony – John Events * February 12 - February 1867 North German federal election * August 31 - August 1867 North German federal election * Date unknown - Volume I of Das Kapital by Karl Marx was published in Hamburg by ''Verlag Otto Meisner'' * Date unknown - Germanischer Lloyd was founded. Births * January 10 - Gerhard Anschütz. German lawyer (died 1948) * January 17 - Carl Laemmle, German-American film executive (died 1939) * January 21 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (died 1921) * May 14 - Kurt Eisner, German journalist and theatre critic (died 1919) * July 3 - Johannes Hoffmann, German SPD Minister-President of Bavaria (died 1930) * July 8 - Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (died 1945) * July 10 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, German nobleman and chancellor of Germany (died 1929) * September 7 - Albert Bassermann, German actor (died 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 In Germany
Events in the year 1921 in Germany. Incumbents National level President *Friedrich Ebert (Social Democrats) Chancellor *Constantin Fehrenbach (Centre) to 4 May, then from 10 May Joseph Wirth (Centre) Overview Almost all of the most important events in Germany in 1921 were connected with questions arising out of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, disarmament, reparations, trials of war criminals, and the plebiscite in Upper Silesia—questions that, from their harassing nature, kept both government and people in constant suspense and agitation. Troubles complying with the Treaty of Versailles Disarmament The Protocol of Spa had threatened Germany with new sanctions in the form of further occupation of German territory if Germany did not continue on its schedule of war reparations. But the threat was suspended, and the matter of disarmament was referred to a conference of ministers at Paris at the end of January. This conference not only drew up a plan for Germany's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Fahrenkrog
Ludwig Fahrenkrog (20 October 1867 – 27 October 1952) was a German painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer. He was born in Rendsburg, Prussia, in 1867. He started his career as an artist in his youth, and attended the Berlin Royal Art Academy before being appointed a professor in 1913. He taught at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bremen from 1898 to 1931. He was also involved in the founding of a series of modern Pagan religious groups in the early 20th century, as part of a movement to create what its adherents referred to as a "Germanic religious community". Artistic influences Fahrenkrog was trained in the classical tradition, and had a successful artistic career. He became a professor of art in 1913, and was later appointed a guest professorship at Dakota University in 1925. In 1928 he received first prize at the Grand Palace exhibition in Munich. His style, however, is more dependent on Art Nouveau and Symbolist influences than on the classical tradition. In an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau (29 September 1867 – 24 June 1922) was a German industrialist, writer and liberal politician. During the First World War of 1914–1918 he was involved in the organization of the German war economy. After the war, Rathenau served as German Foreign Minister (February to June 1922) of the Weimar Republic. Rathenau initiated the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo, which removed major obstacles to trading with Soviet Russia. Although Russia was already aiding Germany's secret rearmament programme, right-wing nationalist groups branded Rathenau a revolutionary, also resenting his background as a successful Jewish businessman. Two months after the signing of the treaty, Rathenau was assassinated by the right-wing paramilitary group Organisation Consul in Berlin. Some members of the public viewed Rathenau as a democratic martyr; after the Nazis came to power in 1933 they banned all commemoration of him. Early life Rathenau was born in Berlin to Emil Rathenau, a prominent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Oppler
Ernst Oppler (19 September 1867 1 March 1929) was a German Impressionist painter and etcher born in Hanover. Early life Ernst Oppler was the son of Edwin Oppler (1831-1880), a prominent German-Jewish architect. Ernst Oppler's brothers were the sculptor Alexander Oppler (1869-1937), the physician (1871-1943), and the attorney and notary (1873-1942). His cousin was the designer (1875-1965). He studied at the Academy of Arts in Munich under Nikolaus Gysis and Ludwig von Löfftz. Afterwards he moved to London to study the work of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, one of his favorite artists. He became a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers in 1898. His early work was naturalistic in approach. In 1901 he went to the Netherlands to practise the pleinair method, and painted elegant portraits of the gentry in subdued tones. Berlin Secession Back in Munich Oppler joined the Munich Secession. In 1904 Max Liebermann invited Ernst Oppler and Lovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 In Germany
Events in the year 1952 in Germany. Incumbents *President – Theodor Heuss *Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer Events * Liquidation of German company IG Farben started. * April 25 - The three states of Württemberg-Baden, Württemberg-Hohenzollern and South Baden merge to form the modern southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. * May 26 - Porsche Club Hohensyburg is founded. Automóveis/História - Gazeta do Povo - maio de 2012 * June 12 to 25 - * June 24: Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann (7 September 1867 – 15 May 1952) was a German stage and screen actor. He was considered to be one of the greatest German-speaking actors of his generation and received the famous Iffland-Ring. He was married to Elsa Schiff with whom he frequently performed. Life and career Bassermann began his acting career in 1887 in Mannheim, his birthplace, after he began to study chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe in 1884/85. He then moved to Berlin. From 1899, he worked for Otto Brahm. He began work at the Deutsches Theater Berlin from 1904, the same year that his future wife, actress Elsa Bassermann (née Schiff), moved to Berlin to work at that same theater. In 1909, the year after they married, he started working at the Lessing Theatre, though he also continued at the Deutsches Theater, working there with Max Reinhardt from 1909 to 1915. Roles included ''Othello'' in 1910, Faust Part II with Friedrich Kayssler in 1911, Shylock in ''The Merchant o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In Germany
Events in the year 1929 in Germany. Incumbents National level President *Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan) Chancellor * Hermann Müller ''(2nd term)'' (Social Democrats) Events * 8–29 August - Rigid airship LZ 127 ''Graf Zeppelin'' makes a circumnavigation of the Northern Hemisphere eastabout out of Lakehurst, New Jersey, including the first nonstop flight of any kind across the Pacific Ocean (Tokyo–Los Angeles). * 31 August - The Young Plan for settling German World War I reparations is finalized. * October - The Wall Street Crash of 1929 marks a major turning point in Germany: following prosperity under the government of the Weimar Republic, foreign investors withdraw their German interests, beginning the crumbling of the Republican government in favor of Nazism. The number of unemployed reaches three million. * Alfred Döblin's modernist novel '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' is published. * Erich Maria Remarque's '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (''Im Westen ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Maximilian Of Baden
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (''Maximilian Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm''; 10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929),Almanach de Gotha. ''Haus Baden (Maison de Bade)''. Justus Perthes (publishing company), Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1944, p. 18, (French). also known as Max von Baden, was a German prince, general, and politician. He was heir presumptive to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden, and in October and November 1918 briefly served as the last chancellor of the German Empire and minister-president of Prussia. He sued for peace on Germany's behalf at the end of World War I based on U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, which included immediately transforming the government into a parliamentary system, by handing over the office of chancellor to Social-Democratic Party of Germany, SPD Chairman Friedrich Ebert and unilaterally proclaiming the abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II. Both events took place on 9 November 1918, the beginning of the Weimar Republic. Early life Born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In Germany
Events in the year 1945 in Germany. Many events took place in 1945, including the change of the geographical map of Germany. Incumbents Pre-surrender Head of State: * Adolf Hitler (the Führer) (Nazi Party) until 30 April, then Karl Dönitz (President) (Nazi Party) to 23 May, then none Chancellor * Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party) until 30 April, then Joseph Goebbels (Nazi Party) until 1 May, then from 2 May Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk ''(leading minister)'' (non-partisan conservative) to 23 May, then none Post-surrender * Marshal Georgy Zhukov (Red Army), General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (United States Army), Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (British Army), and Army General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (French Army), commanders of the Allied Control Council Events January * January — American troops cross the Siegfried Line into Belgium. * 6 January — More than 80,000 Jews held captive by the Nazis are freed in Budapest, Hungary, by Russian soldiers. * 12 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz ( born as Schmidt; 8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking (including etching, lithography and woodcuts) and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including ''The Weavers'' and ''The Peasant War'', depict the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism. Kollwitz was the first woman not only to be elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts but also to receive honorary professor status. Life and work Youth Kollwitz was born in Königsberg, Prussia, as the fifth child in her family. Her father, Karl Schmidt, was a radical Social democrat who became a mason and house builder. Her mother, Katherina Schmidt, was the daughter of Julius Rupp, a Lutheran pastor who was expelled from the official Evangelical State Church and founded an independent congregation. Her education and her art were greatly influenced by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In Germany
Events in the year 1930 in Germany. Incumbents National level * President - Paul von Hindenburg * Chancellor - Hermann Müller (to 27 March), Heinrich Brüning (from 30 March) * Minister of Defence - Wilhelm Groener * Minister of Economics - Robert Schmidt then Hermann R. Dietrich then Ernst Trendelenburg * Minister of Finance - Paul Moldenhauer then Heinrich Brüning then Hermann R. Dietrich * Minister for Foreign Affairs - Julius Curtius * Minister of Labour - Rudolf Wissell then Adam Stegerwald * Postal Minister - Georg Schätzel * Minister of Transport - Adam Stegerwald then Theodor von Guérard State level * Minister-President of Anhalt - Heinrich Deist * President of the Republic of Baden - Franz Josef Wittemann * Minister-President of Bavaria - Heinrich Held * Minister-President of the Republic of Brunswick - Heinrich Jasper then Werner Küchenthal * President of Hesse - Bernhard Adelung * Chairman of Lippe - Heinrich Drake * Minister-President of Meck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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