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Joseph Euler
Joseph Ignaz Euler (20 February 1804 – 27 October 1886) was a Prussian notary and politician of the . Life Born in Düsseldorf, Euler was a son of the chancery and city court procurator Adrian Euler (1768-1837) and his second wife Josepha née Wilbertz († 1821), who bore the latter thirteen children. After his school education, law studies at the Universität Heidelberg and a trip to Italy and Switzerland, which was financed by paternal grants, Joseph Euler embarked on a career as a notary public. He obtained his first position in Leichlingen, after which he was a notary in Opladen. In 1831, he married Antonie Blin (b. 1812), who bore him four children: Eduard (* 1833), Otto (1835-1925), Berta Margarete Luise (* 1837) and Sophie (b. 1839). In 1837, Euler took over his father's office and notary title in Düsseldorf. He invested his money in properties in Flingern. For economic reasons, the former manor house was later sold to the city, which built the housing estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Its capital was Berlin. The kings of Prussia were from the House of Hohenzollern. Brandenburg-Prussia, predecessor of the kingdom, became a military power under Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, known as "The Great Elector". As a kingdom, Prussia continued its rise to power, especially during the reign of Frederick II, more commonly known as Frederick the Great, who was the third son of Frederick William I.Horn, D. B. "The Youth of Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte
Stadtmitte (meaning: ''city centre'') is an urban quarter in the central Borough 1 of Düsseldorf, Germany. Stadtmitte borders with Carlstadt, Pempelfort, Oberbilk and the old town of Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf-Altstadt. Stadtmitte has an area of , and 14,654 inhabitants (2020). In the Stadtmitte there are: * Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, the Main Station for Düsseldorf * the Schadowstraße - one of the highest turnover shopping streets in Europe * the greatest theatre of Düsseldorf (Schauspielhaus) * the stock exchange of Düsseldorf * WestLB, the central bank of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landeszentralbank) * Thyssen-Haus ( Dreischeibenhaus) * the Königsallee, short Kö, a prominent shopping street. File:Koenigsalle-3.JPG, department store on Königsallee File:Sevens Düsseldorf Königsallee.jpg, "Sevens" shopping arcade File:Schauspielhaus 004 aussen FotoSebastianHoppe.jpg, Schauspielhaus Image:Hauptbahnhof in Duesseldorf-Stadtmitte, von Westen.jpg, Düsseldorf Hbf ''(c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Red Eagle
The Order of the Red Eagle (german: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, or other achievements. As with most German (and most other European) orders, the Order of the Red Eagle could only be awarded to commissioned officers or civilians of approximately equivalent status. However, there was a medal of the order, which could be awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, lower ranking civil servants and other civilians. History The predecessor to the Order of the Red Eagle was founded on 17 November 1705, by the Margrave Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth as the '' Ordre de la Sincerité''. This soon fell into disuse but was revived in 1712 in Brandenburg-Bayreuth and again in 1734 in Brandenburg-Ansbach, where it first received the name of "Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussian House Of Representatives
The Prussian House of Representatives (german: Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus) was the lower chamber of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the upper house, the House of Lords (german: Preußisches Herrenhaus), it formed the Prussian bicameral legislature. The Prussian House of Representatives was established by the Prussian constitution of 5 December 1848, with members elected according to the three-class franchise. At first it was called simply the "Second Chamber," with the name "House of Representatives" (') introduced in 1855. Franchise From 1849, the election of representatives within the Kingdom of Prussia was performed according to the three-class franchise system. The election was indirect. In the primary election, those with the right to vote went to the ballot and, in three separate classes, chose electors, who, in turn, chose the representatives for their constituency. Several attempts to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Association (Prussia)
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Ludwig Von Milewski
Ludwig von Milewski, also Ludwig Milewsky (24 August 1825 – 10 May 1849), was a Polish painter. He was shot dead on a barricade as a leader of revolutionary street fighters in the 1849 May uprising in Düsseldorf. Life Milewski was born in Kalisz, Congress Poland. Little is known about his life. Between 1844 and 1845 he had studied painting with Karl Ferdinand Sohn. Sohn was one of the teachers at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf who, together with their students, took part in the events during the German revolutions of 1848-1849. For example, he had designed an allegorical Germania statue for the "Festival of German Unity", which was organised by the Democrats on 6 August 1848 on Friedrichsplatz in Düsseldorf. In May 1849 the revolution also came to a head in the Rhine Province. This followed Frederick William IV of Prussia's rejection of the limited imperial dignity under the Frankfurt Constitution offered to him by the via a German Empire. Milewski, like some other academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Cantador
Franz Laurenz Joseph Maria Cantador or Franz Lorenz Joseph Maria Cantador (1 June 1810 – 1 December 1883) was the commander of the Düsseldorf vigilance committee during the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and later was an officer leading a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. With , Lorenz Clasen, Joseph Euler, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Moritz Geisenheimer, Paul von Hatzfeldt, Sophie von Hatzfeldt, Louis Kugelmann, Ferdinand Lassalle, , , Hugo Wesendonck, Wilhelm Weyers and Julius Wulff, he was one of the main actors of the March Revolution in Düsseldorf. Foundation and leadership of the revolutionary vigilante group in Düsseldorf Cantador came from a bourgeois family with northern Italian roots that had settled in Düsseldorf in the 18th century and ran a textile business there. In the political life of the city, the family had already achieved a high reputation through several city councillors, an alderman and a mayor, when Cantador was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine Province
The Rhine Province (german: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia () or synonymous with the Rhineland (), was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822 to 1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Its capital was Koblenz and in 1939 it had 8 million inhabitants. The Province of Hohenzollern was militarily associated with the Oberpräsident of the Rhine Province. The Rhine Province was bounded on the north by the Netherlands, on the east by the Prussian provinces of Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau, and the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, on the southeast by the Palatinate (a district of the Kingdom of Bavaria), on the south and southwest by Lorraine, and on the west by Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. The small exclave district of Wetzlar, wedged between the grand duchy states Hesse-Nassau and Hesse-Darmstadt was also part of the Rhine Province. The pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Anton may refer to: People *Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name *Anton (surname) Places *Anton Municipality, Bulgaria **Anton, Sofia Province, a village *Antón District, Panama **Antón, a town and capital of the district *Anton, Colorado, an unincorporated town *Anton, Texas, a city *Anton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * River Anton, Hampshire, United Kingdom Other uses *Case Anton, codename for the German and Italian occupation of Vichy France in 1942 *Anton (computer), a highly parallel supercomputer for molecular dynamics simulations * ''Anton'' (1973 film), a Norwegian film * ''Anton'' (2008 film), an Irish film *Anton Cup The Anton Cup is the championship trophy of the Swedish junior hockey league, J20 SuperElit. The trophy was donated by Anton Johansson, chairman of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association between 1924 and 1948, in 1952, as an award for Sweden's top-rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitutional Monarchy
A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies differ from absolute monarchies (in which a monarch is the only decision-maker) in that they are bound to exercise powers and authorities within limits prescribed by an established legal framework. Constitutional monarchies range from countries such as Liechtenstein, Monaco, Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, where the constitution grants substantial discretionary powers to the sovereign, to countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan, where the monarch retains significantly less personal discretion in the exercise of their authority. ''Constitutional monarchy'' may refer to a system in which the monarch acts as a non-party political head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussian National Assembly
The Prussian National Assembly (German: ''Preußische Nationalversammlung''), came into being after the revolution of 1848 and was tasked with drawing up a constitution for Prussia. It first met in the building of the ''Sing-Akademie zu Berlin'' (later the Maxim Gorki Theater). On 5 November 1848 the Government ordered the expulsion of the Prussian National Assembly to Brandenburg an der Havel and on 5 December 1848 it was dissolved by royal decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state (such as the president of a republic or a monarch), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for .... Elections and task of the National Assembly The main goal of King Frederick William IV and the liberal March Ministry under Ludolf Camphausen in calling elections to the National Assembly was to steer the often spontaneous and unpredictable revolutionary movement into controllable c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alte Tonhalle
The Alte Tonhalle was a municipal social and concert hall in Düsseldorf. Description In 1818, the first Lower Rhenish Music Festival, constituted by the , took place in the Geisler'schen Lokal, which became the centre of music lovers from 1830. It was a restaurant with a large wooden hall, which had already been known as ''Becker's Gartenlokal''. In the ''Geisler's Hall'', the audience in 1850 was close to 1000 visitors. In 1863, the city acquired the pub, which was already called ''Tonhalle'' at that time. Famous composers such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Norbert Burgmüller, Ferdinand Hiller, Julius Rietz, Ferdinand Ries and Robert Schumann made music there. Joseph Joachim and Jenny Lind participated in concerts here. Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and many great artists of the 19th century celebrated great successes here. Paulus (Mendelssohn), Mendelssohn's Paulus in 1836 and Schumann's ''Der Rose Pilgerfahrt'' and ''Requiem für Mignon'' from 1849 were among others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
