Frankenberg may refer to:
Places
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Frankenberg, Hesse, a town in Hesse, Germany
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Frankenberg, Saxony, a town in Saxony, Germany
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Waldeck-Frankenberg
Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland.
History
The district was created in 1972 by merging t ...
, a district in Hesse, Germany
Persons
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Frankenberg family Frankenberg may refer to:
Places
* Frankenberg, Hesse, a town in Hesse, Germany
* Frankenberg, Saxony, a town in Saxony, Germany
* Waldeck-Frankenberg, a district in Hesse, Germany
Persons
* Frankenberg family, an ancient noble family from Silesi ...
, an ancient noble family from
Silesia
Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
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Abraham von Franckenberg
Abraham von Franckenberg (24 June 1593 – 25 June 1652) was a German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer.
Life
Abraham von Franckenberg was born in 1593 into an old Silesian noble family in Ludwigsdorf bei Oels. He attended the Gymnasium in ...
, German-Silesian Lutheran mystic, poet and hymn-writer
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Friedrich von Frankenberg
Friedrich von Frankenberg (2 January 1889 – 1950), born Friedrich Elliot von Frankenberg and also known as Frederick von Frankenberg and by his Sufi name Sheikh Momin, was one of the early founders of Sufism in Australia. Von Frankenberg stu ...
, Australian-German mystic and early founder of Sufism in Australia
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Joannes-Henricus de Franckenberg
Johann Heinrich, Graf von Frankenberg (18 September 1726 – 11 June 1804) was Archbishop of Mechelen, Primate of the Low Countries, and a cardinal. He signed as de Franckenberg and as van Franckenberg.
Early life
Franckenberg was born in ...
, German-Silesian Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Mechelen
Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...
, Primate of the
Low Countries
The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...
and cardinal
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Richard von Frankenberg
Richard von Frankenberg (4 March 1922 in Darmstadt – 11 November 1973 in Beilstein) was a Germans, German journalist and race car driver.
In 1952 he created and published the (later) official Porsche magazine Christophorus (magazine). The visua ...
, German-Silesian journalist and race-car driver
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Ronald Frankenberg, British anthropologist
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Ruth Frankenberg
Ruth Alice Emma Frankenberg (17 September 1957 – 22 April 2007) was a British–American social scientist and feminist, known for her pioneering work in the field of whiteness studies.
Biography
Ruth Frankenberg was born in Cardiff, Wales, 17 S ...
, British sociologist and Ronald Frankenberg's daughter
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