Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to:
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Baron Munchausen
Baron Munchausen (; ) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book '' Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia''. The character is loosely based on a real ...
(1720–1797), a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film
*, a German noble family
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Münchhausen (surname) Münchhausen is the surname associated with a German noble family of
The surname may refer to:
* Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, German nobleman and storyteller
*Baron Munchausen, fictional character inspired by Hieronymus ...
, a German surname
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Münchhausen am Christenberg
The municipality of Münchhausen is found north of Marburg on the northern edge of Marburg-Biedenkopf district. It has 3,286 inhabitants (2020) and has had its current boundaries since 1974. The municipality's area is roughly 41 km².
Geog ...
, a German town
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Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France
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14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid
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''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film
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''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film
See also
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Freiherr von Münchhausen (disambiguation)
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Munchausen syndrome
Factitious disorder imposed on self, also known as Munchausen syndrome, is a factitious disorder in which those affected feign or induce disease, illness, injury, abuse, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to t ...
, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII), and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), is a condition in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in a ...
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Munchausen by Internet
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Münchhausen trilemma
In epistemology, the Münchhausen trilemma, also commonly known as the Agrippan trilemma, is a thought experiment intended to demonstrate the theoretical impossibility of proving any truth, even in the fields of logic and mathematics, without a ...
in epistemology
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Meet the Baron
''Meet the Baron'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and the Three Stooges, His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The title of ...
'', 1933 MGM comedy featuring Baron Von Munchausen
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, and starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Robin Williams and Uma Thurman. An international ...
'', 1988 movie co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam
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