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Manteuffel
The House of Manteuffel is the name of an old and influential German Pomeranian noble family, which later also resided in Brandenburg, Prussia, Silesia, Mecklenburg, Poland, the Baltics and in Russia. History Manteuffel family was first mentioned in 1256, but the family history officially begins with ''Henricus Manduvel'' who is first mentioned on 14. November 1287. The family was one of the oldest and most distinguished one in the region of Westphalia. On 10 March 1709 the family was raised to the title of Baron, while in 1719 they were raised to the hereditary title of Count. On 25 August 1790 the family received the title of Imperial Count from Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria as an Imperial vicar. Notable family members * Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809–1885), Prussian Generalfeldmarschall in the Franco-Prussian War. * Fritz Manteuffel (1875–1941) German gymnast * Hans Manteuffel (1879-1963), architect * Hans-Wilhelm Doering-Manteuffel (1898–1963), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasso Von Manteuffel
Freiherr Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel (14 January 1897 – 24 September 1978) was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. After the war, he was elected to the Bundestag (West German legislature) and was the spokesman for defense of the Free Democratic Party. A proponent of rearmament, he was responsible for coining the new name for the post-World War II German armed forces, the Bundeswehr. Early career Hasso von Manteuffel began his military career during the First World War. In 1919, he joined the ''Freikorps'' and then the newly created ''Reichswehr''. In February 1937 he joined the Panzer Troop Command of the OKH, and in February 1939 became a senior professor at Panzer Troop School II in Berlin. World War II During Operation Barbarossa, Manteuffel commanded a batta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Von Manteuffel
Heinrich von Manteuffel (7 November 1696 – 10 July 1778), was a Prussian lieutenant general. He participated in the Pomeranian campaign of 1715 and the first two of Frederick's Silesian wars, was wounded at Chotusitz, and commanded an infantry regiment at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. He received the Order of the Black Eagle, the Order Pour le Merite and his name is inscribed on the Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great. Family Heinrich Manteuffel was born in Groß-Poplow, Pomerania (Popielewo) on 7 November 1696, the son of Ewald von Manteuffel (1645–1723) and Sophie von Kameke (died 26 July 1699). He joined the Prussian military as a young man.Eduard Lange, ''Die Soldaten Friedrichs des Grossen'', H. Mendelssohn, 1853Heinrich von Manteuffel p. 75. Manteuffel's military career modeled that of other Junker sons. Many of the Junkers owned immense estates, especially in the north-eastern half of Germany (i.e. the Prussian provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Theodor Von Manteuffel
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel (3 February 1805 – 26 November 1882) was a conservative Prussian statesman, serving nearly a decade as prime minister. Biography Born into an aristocratic family in Lübben (Spreewald), Manteuffel attended the Landesschule Pforta from 1819. In 1824–1827, he studied jurisprudence and cameralism at the University of Halle, where he joined the Corps Saxonia Halle, a duelling ''Studentenverbindung'' in the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband ("KSCV"). In 1830, Manteuffel commenced his clerkship in law. He became a ''Landrat'' (local administrator) of the district of Luckau in 1833; in 1841, he was promoted to ''Oberregierungsrat'' (a senior administrative position) in Königsberg, and in 1843 he was made Vice-President of the government in Stettin. In 1844, the Prince of Prussia, who was then the head of the Ministry of State, appointed him there as an expert councillor (''vortragender Rat''). Soon thereafter he was also made a member of the royal Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Freiherr Von Manteuffel
Edwin Karl Rochus Freiherr von Manteuffel (24 February 180917 June 1885) was a Prussian ''Generalfeldmarschall'' noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, and the first Imperial Lieutenant (german: Reichsstatthalter) of Alsace–Lorraine from 1879 until his death. Biography Son of the president of the superior court of Magdeburg, Manteuffel was born at Dresden and brought up with his cousin, Otto von Manteuffel (1805–1882), the Prussian statesman. He entered the guards cavalry at Berlin in 1827 and became an officer in 1828. After attending the War Academy for two years, and serving successively as '' aide-de-camp'' to General von Müffling and to Prince Albert of Prussia, he was promoted captain in 1843 and major in 1848, when he became ''aide-de-camp'' to Frederick William IV, whose confidence he had gained during the revolutionary movement in Berlin. Promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1852, and colonel (and commanding officer of the 5th Uhlans) in 1853, Manteuff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Doering-Manteuffel
Sabine Doering-Manteuffel (born Sabine Künsting) is a German ethnologist. On 1 October 2011 she became the first woman to accept the appointment as president (''university rector'') of the University of Augsburg. She thereby became the first president/rector of a university in Bavaria. Biography Sabine Künsting was born and grew up in Bonn, which at that time was the "provisional capital" of the Federal Republic of Germany. After completing her schooling she undertook an internship at the newly opened Romano-Germanic Museum down-river in Cologne, as a preparation for studying classics at university. Partly as a result of her experiences at the museum she instead chose to study ethnology, philology, political sciences and history at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn. It was at Cologne that she met Peter Tschohl, with whom she subsequently teamed up. It was from Cologne that in 1984 she received her doctorate. The focus of her academic studies at this time was on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Zoege Von Manteuffel
Kurt Nikolai Zoege von Manteuffel (8 August 1881 – 10 January 1941) was a Baltic German art historian. Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel was born in present-day Tallinn, Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire) and spent his childhood in Estonia. His father belonged to the Baltic nobility and his mother was Danish. He studied in Kassel and Königsberg and at the universities in Munich, Halle and Berlin. In 1909 he earned his doctoral degree; his dissertation was about Pisanello. He worked 1909-10 at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen and the following three years as a member of the editorial board of an art encyclopaedia. Later he worked at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, but volunteered to fight in World War I and was severely wounded in 1918. The following year he took up work in Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Von Manteuffel-Szoege
Georg Baron von Manteuffel-Szoege (7 March 1889 – 8 June 1962) was a German politician. Life and career Manteuffel-Szoege was born in Montreux (Switzerland) to Georg von Manteuffel (1862–1919) and Sophie née von Rüdiger (1866–1949).Biography at His family owned estates in a size of about 20,000 ha in the Baltic provinces of |
Felix Von Manteuffel
Felix von Manteuffel (born Friedrich Karl Baron von Manteuffel-Szoege 6 May 1945) is a German actor. Manteuffel was born in Bayrischzell to a family of Baltic-German origin. He visited an actors school in Munich in 1967-70 and first appeared on a stage in 1969 in Bertolt Brecht's ''Die Ausnahme und die Regel'' at the Munich Kammerspiele and became a member of the Kammerspiele ensemble in 1972 (until 1984). He appeared at several German stages like the theater Ulm, the Schauspiel Köln, Deutsches Schauspielhaus (Hamburg), Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel (Munich) and is a well-known TV-actor. Manteuffel has been married to the actress Leslie Malton since 1995. Awards * Adolf Grimme Awards The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Manteuffel-Szoege
Edward Manteuffel-Szoege (born Edward Antoni Manteuffel, 5 July 1908 – 1940) was a Polish artist. He competed in the art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics. After the outbreak of the Second World War, Manteuffel-Szoege was arrested by the NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. .... In 1940, he was murdered by the Soviets. References 1908 births 1940 deaths People from Rēzekne 20th-century Polish male artists Summer Olympics competitors for Poland Polish civilians killed in World War II Olympic competitors in art competitions Polish people executed by the Soviet Union {{Poland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanda Zawidzka-Manteuffel
Wanda Zawidzka-Manteuffel (February 7, 1906 in Warsaw – May 4, 1994 in Warsaw) was a Polish graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, p ..., author of book illustrations, posters, projects of glass, ceramics, and textures. She was member of the ''Koło Artystów Grafików Reklamowych''. Further reading * References * 1906 births 1994 deaths Artists from Warsaw Polish graphic designers Polish illustrators Polish women illustrators Polish poster artists Polish women artists Polish women graphic designers {{illustrator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Manteuffel
Julius Carl Fritz Manteuffel (11 January 1875 in Berlin – 21 April 1941 in Berlin) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Manteuffel was a member of the German team that won two gold medals by placing first in both of the team events, the parallel bars and the horizontal bar. He also competed in the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, and pommel horse The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ... individual events, though without success. References External links * 1875 births 1941 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Gymnasts at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1896 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Manteuffel
Hans Manteuffel (24 October 1879 – 17 January 1963) was a German architect. Manteuffel was born in Osterode in East Prussia, German Empire (now Ostróda, Poland). He attended the Baugewerkschule, Königsberg from 1900 to 1902 and started to work as a freelance architect in 1912. He was responsible for the construction of the Siebert & Kiewe Office building at Königsberg's Altstädtischer Markt in 1928, the Disconto-Gesellschaft building at Vorstädtische Langgasse and the Alhambra cinema at Steindamm. After the Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950) Manteuffel worked in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ..., where he died in 1963. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Manteuffel, Hans 1879 births 1963 deaths People from Ostróda People from East Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
