Richard von Frankenberg (4 March 1922 in

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– 11 November 1973 in BeilsteinRichard von Frankenberg
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journalist and race car driver. In 1952 he created and published the (later) official Porsche magazine

Christophorus (magazine) ''Christophorus'' is the official customer magazine of Porsche AG. The magazine is currently distributed in ten languages and is one of the oldest customer publications in the world. Since its first edition in 1952, all issues have been numbered ...

. The visuals of the magazine were created by graphic artist Erich Strenger.For many years he remained editor-in-chief. He took part in many

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in the 1950s, as well as in races at

Mille Miglia The Mille Miglia (, ''Thousand Miles'') was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before World ...

, Montlhery,

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and

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...

, often with a

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, the type of car he became famous for, when crashing over the banking of the

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in Berlin. The Porsche slid over the top and Frankenberg was thrown out, which was caught on photos lik
this one
He survived with minor injuries – unlike

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who was killed in a similar accident in 1959. Frankenberg was killed in a roadway accident in 1973 at age 51.

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Richard von Frankenberg biography
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