Lazarus von Schwendi, Barón de Hohenlandsberg ( hu, Schwendi Lázár; 1522, Mittelbiberach – 28 May 1583,

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) was an Austrian military commander and general in the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire.

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It is claimed that von Schwendi brought the Tokay grape to the region from

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. Although it used to be called Tokay d'Alsace it is now better known as pinot gris (probably to avoid confusion with the

furmint Furmint (also known as Mainak) is a white Hungarian wine grape variety that is most noted widely grown in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region where it is used to produce single-varietal dry wines as well as being the principal grape in the better kn ...

grape which is grown in the

Tokaj wine region Tokaj wine region ( hu, Tokaji borvidék sk, Vinohradnícka oblasť Tokaj) or Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region (short ''Tokaj-Hegyalja'' or ''Hegyalja'') is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. It is also ...

in Hungary). As Barón de Hohenlandsberg, von Schwendi owned Château de Lupfen-Schwendi and

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. There is a statue of von Schwendi brandishing a vine (designed and built by

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) above a fountain on la place de l'Ancienne Douane in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

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La place de l'Ancienne-Douane à Colmar en été

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwendi, Lazarus Von 1522 births 1583 deaths People from Biberach (district) Barons of Austria Austrian generals 16th-century Austrian people Military personnel of the Holy Roman Empire

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