Friedrich Hermann Wölfert
Friedrich Hermann Wölfert (17 November 1850 in Riethnordhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Riethnordhausen, Kreis Sangerhausen – 12 June 1897 in Berlin-Tempelhof, Tempelhof (in Berlin) was a German people, German publisher and aviation pioneer.#Schulz, Schulz Early life From 1870 he studied theology and philosophy at Leipzig, and he founded his own publishing company in 1873. He published over 50 books and newspapers, some of which he wrote himself. In the same year he married Christiane Trautmann, with whom he had two daughters. Human-powered airships After meeting the forester Georg Baumgarten in 1879, he became fascinated with airship flight and offered not only financial support but helped him further develop airships. Baumgarten had patented and experimented with his own airship designs, but his royal employer soon forbad him from airship work. Therefore they both continued work using Wölfert's name. Their first cooperative work, the (three gondola airship) flew on 31 January 188 ...
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Riethnordhausen, Saxony-Anhalt
Riethnordhausen is a village and a former Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Wallhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Wallhausen. Geography

Riethnordhausen is situated in the Rieth in the lower Helme valley, north-east of the Kyffhäuser and south-west of Sangerhausen, the capital of the Mansfeld-Südharz, from which the connecting road leads to the place, which crosses here with the road between Kelbra and Artern. Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Mansfeld-Südharz {{MansfeldSüdharz-geo-stub ...
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