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Hetztheater
The Hetztheater was an exhibition place for animal fighting in Vienna that existed from 1755 to 1796. It was a circular structure based on the amphitheaters of ancient Rome used for gladiatorial combat and animal baiting. Similar structures existed in the Baroque period in Berlin (the Hetzgarten), Nuremberg (Fechthaus) and in Königsberg. History The first Viennese theater for animal baiting was built in 1708 in the eastern suburb of Leopoldstadt. From 1738 to 1743, there was another one at the Heumarkt, which was closed due to a lack of financial success. The Frenchman Carl Defraine built a large wooden amphitheater with three tiers in 1755, which could hold about 3,000 people and which flourished for several decades despite high admission prices. The Viennese dialect expression "Hetz" in the meaning of "fun" originates from the events at the structure. On September 1, 1796, the Hetztheater burned down, killing two lions, a panther, and several bears. As a result, Emperor Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetztheater
The Hetztheater was an exhibition place for animal fighting in Vienna that existed from 1755 to 1796. It was a circular structure based on the amphitheaters of ancient Rome used for gladiatorial combat and animal baiting. Similar structures existed in the Baroque period in Berlin (the Hetzgarten), Nuremberg (Fechthaus) and in Königsberg. History The first Viennese theater for animal baiting was built in 1708 in the eastern suburb of Leopoldstadt. From 1738 to 1743, there was another one at the Heumarkt, which was closed due to a lack of financial success. The Frenchman Carl Defraine built a large wooden amphitheater with three tiers in 1755, which could hold about 3,000 people and which flourished for several decades despite high admission prices. The Viennese dialect expression "Hetz" in the meaning of "fun" originates from the events at the structure. On September 1, 1796, the Hetztheater burned down, killing two lions, a panther, and several bears. As a result, Emperor Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Fighting
A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves wikt:bloodshed, bloodshed. Common examples of the former include combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, and some forms of hunting and fishing. Activities characterized as blood sports, but involving only human participants, include the Ancient Rome, Ancient Roman gladiatorial games. Etymology According to Tanner Carson, the earliest use of the term is in reference to mounted hunting, where the quarry would be actively chased, as in fox hunting or hare coursing. Before firearms a hunter using arrows or a spear might also wound an animal, which would then be chased and perhaps killed at close range, as in Medieval hunting, medieval boar hunting. The term was popularised by author Henry Stephens Salt. Later, the term seems to have been applied to various kinds of Baiting (blood sport), baiting and forced combat: bull-baiting, bear-baiting, cockfighting, and later developments such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Defraine
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Franz II
Francis II (german: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor (from 1792 to 1806) and the founder and Emperor of the Austrian Empire, from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the title of Emperor of Austria in response to the coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French. Soon after Napoleon created the Confederation of the Rhine, Francis abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor. He was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He also served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815. Francis II continued his leading role as an opponent of Napoleonic France in the Napoleonic Wars, and suffered several more defeats after the Battle of Austerlitz. The marriage of his daughter Marie Louise of Austria to Napoleon on 10 March 1810 was arguably his severest personal defeat. After the abdication of Napoleon following the War of the Sixth Coalition, Austria participated as a leading member of the Holy Alliance at the Congress of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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