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Arthur Müller (racing)
Arthur Müller (born ''Aron Cohn'': 23 October 1871 – 19 January 1935) was a German entrepreneur and inventor. He became known as the founder and director of the "Deutsche Flugplatz Gesellschaft" (''"German Airfield Company"''), which instigated, built and then operated Johannisthal Air Field, the "Motorflugplatz Johannisthal-Adlershof", Germany's first (and by a few weeks Europe's second) commercial airfield. Life and business Provenance and early years Aron Cohn was born into a Jewish family in Sztum, Stuhm (as Sztum was known at that time), in West Prussia, a short distance to the south of Danzig. The little town had become something of a backwater at the heart of a region in which the principal source of wealth was the cultivation of grain, potatoes and sugar beet: the Cohns were among a handful of Religious Jews, practicing Jews in what was - slightly unusually in this part of German empire, Germany - a predominantly Catholic town. He was the third son of Jeanette a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sztum
Sztum () (formerly ) is a town in northern Poland in the Powiśle region, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Sztum County, with some 10,141 inhabitants (2004). History Signs of settlement dating back to the Roman Empire era have been found. In the early Middle Ages, a fortified settlement of the Old Prussians existed at the site, conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1236. The castle was captured by the Poles after the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. Town rights were granted to the settlement in 1416 and confirmed by King Sigismund II Augustus in 1553.''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII'', p. 53 In 1441 both the town and the local Teutonic county official joined the Prussian Confederation, which opposed Teutonic rule, and upon the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the territory to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454. The castle, which initially remained in the hands of the Teutonic Knights, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
