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Münchhausen (surname)
The Münchhausen family or von Münchhausen is an ancient German nobility, German noble family from Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. History The family first appeared in written documents in 1183 with ''dominus Rembertus, pater Gyselheri de Monechusen''.''Calenberger Urkundenbuch'', III, 6/Original im Loccum Abbey, Kloster Loccum. Their family seat was in Munichehausen, near Loccum Abbey. At first, they were Ministerialis, but later rose to the position of ''Erbmarshall'' of the Prince-Bishopric of Minden, Prince-Bishops of Minden. In the 15th century, two branches of the family were formed, the so called ''black line'' and a ''white line'', both extant until today. Members of the family held the title of Freiherr and occupied many important ecclesiastical and diplomatic positions in the history within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Empire. Notable members *Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, German nobleman and storyteller *Baron Munchausen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchhausen BWB
Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to: *Baron Munchausen#Historical_figure, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797) a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film *, a German noble family *Münchhausen (surname), a German surname *Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town *Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France *14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid *Münchhausen (1943 film), ''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film *Munchausen (2013 film), ''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film See also * Freiherr von Münchhausen (other) *Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen **Munchausen syndrome by proxy **Munchausen by Internet *Münchhausen trilemma in epistemology * * *''Meet the Baron'', 1933 MGM comedy featuring Baron Von Munchausen *''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', 1988 movie co-written and directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr Von Münchhausen
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 baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. After retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Münchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English as the 1785 book, which was first published in Oxford by a bookseller named Smith. The book was soon translated into other European languages, including a German version expanded by the poet Gottfried August Bürger. The real-life Münchhausen was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münchhausen (other)
Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to: *Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797) a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film *, a German noble family *Münchhausen (surname), a German surname * Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town * Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France * 14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid * ''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film * ''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film See also * Freiherr von Münchhausen (other) * Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen **Munchausen syndrome by proxy ** Munchausen by Internet *Münchhausen trilemma in epistemology * * *'' Meet the Baron'', 1933 MGM comedy featuring Baron Von Munchausen *''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' is a 1988 fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Chancery
The German Chancery (German: ''Deutsche Kanzlei''), also known as the Hanoverian Chancery, was the official name given to the office of the Hanoverian ministry in London during the years of personal union between Great Britain (later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and the Electorate of Hanover (later the Kingdom of Hanover) from 1714 until 1837. The office ceased upon the accession of Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom and King Ernest Augustus in Hanover in 1837. Functions and duties The primary duty of the Hanoverian minister in London was to transmit memoranda between the Privy Council of Hanover and the Elector of Hanover, who was the king of Great Britain. During the reigns of George I, George II, and most of the active reign of George III, the ministers held few other duties, working in two small rooms within St James's Palace. Politically, the ministers held little power in Hanover or in Great Britain throughout the eighteenth century. Unlike th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishopric Of Ösel–Wiek
The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek (; ; Low German: ''Bisdom Ösel–Wiek''; contemporary ) was a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic diocese and a semi-independent prince-bishopric — part of Terra Mariana (Old Livonia) in the Holy Roman Empire. The bishopric covered what are now Saare County, Saare, Hiiu County, Hiiu, Lääne County, Lääne counties and the western part of Pärnu County, Pärnu county of Estonia. History The bishopric was created on 1 October 1228 as a Latin Church, Latin rite, and initially possibly exempt, diocese by papal legate William of Modena and simultaneously as a state of Holy Roman Empire—making it a prince-bishopric—by Henry (VII) of Germany, Henry, King of the Romans (1220-1242; not Emperor). Due to the repeated shift of the seat of the bishops, it was also successively known as bishopric of Lihula, Leal (Lihula) from 1234, Vana-Pärnu, Perona (Vana-Pärnu) from 1251, Haapsalu Castle, Hapsal (Haapsalu) Castle from 1279, and the seat shifted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Von Münchhausen
Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Carl Linnaeus, Linnean system, as well as other plants. The standard Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names, botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he described. ReferencesADB:Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr von de.wikisource.org (in German)GRIN Taxonomy for Plants USDA 1716 births 1774 deaths Academic staff of the University of Göttingen 18th-century German botanists German barons Botanists with author abbreviations {{Germany-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Börries Von Münchhausen
Börries Albrecht Conon August Heinrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (20 March 1874 – 16 March 1945) was a German poet and Nazi activist. Biography He was born in Hildesheim, the eldest child of Kammerherr Börries von Münchhausen and his wife, Clementine von der Gablentz. At 13, he was sent to Ilfeld to the monastery school. He studied law and political science at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Göttingen, and Berlin. He received his degree from the University of Leipzig. While he was still a student, he composed a number of ballads and published his first collection of poetry in 1898, which expressed adherence to German Romantic poets' fascination with the Middle Ages and the world of German legend. All his works appeared around the turn of the century. After World War I, his popularity quickly waned. His position became more and more reactionary with the founding of the ''Deutsche Dichterakademie'', with its seat on the Wartburg, which belonged to von Münchha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. After retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Münchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English as the 1785 book, which was first published in Oxford by a bookseller named Smith. The book was soon translated into other European languages, including a German version expanded by the poet Gottfried August Bürger. The real-life Münchhausen wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich; . from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the German revolution of 1918–1919, November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a Weimar Republic, republic. The German Empire consisted of States of the German Empire, 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent Monarchy, kingdoms, six Grand duchy, grand duchies, five Duchy, duchies (six before 1876), seven Principality, principalities, three Free imperial city, free Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City-state, cities, and Alsace–Lorraine, one imperial territory. While Prussia was one of four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Nobility
The German nobility () and Royal family, royalty were status groups of the Estates of the realm, medieval society in Central Europe, which enjoyed certain Privilege (law), privileges relative to other people under the laws and customs in the German-speaking area, until the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, German entities that recognized or conferred nobility included the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the German Confederation (1814–1866), and the German Empire (1871–1918). Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the German Empire had a policy of expanding his political base by ennobling nouveau riche industrialists and businessmen who had no noble ancestors. The nobility flourished during the dramatic industrialization and urbanization of Germany after 1850. Landowners modernized their estates, and oriented their business to an international market. Many younger sons were positioned in the rapidly growing national and regional civil service bureaucracies, as well as in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. For most of its history the Empire comprised the entirety of the modern countries of Germany, Czechia, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Luxembourg, most of north-central Italy, and large parts of modern-day east France and west Poland. On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne Roman emperor, reviving the title more than three centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. The title lapsed in 924, but was revived in 962 when Otto I, OttoI was crowned emperor by Pope John XII, as Charlemagne's and the Carolingian Empire's successor. From 962 until the 12th century, the empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freiherr
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , ) and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc. Traditionally, it denotes the titled rank within the nobility above ' (knight) and ' (nobility without a specific title) and below ' ( count or earl). The title superseded the earlier medieval form, '. It corresponds approximately to the English baron in rank. The Duden orthography of the German language references the French nobility title of ''Baron'', deriving from the Latin-Germanic combination ''liber baro'' (which also means "free lord"), as corresponding to the German "Freiherr"; and that ''Baron'' is a corresponding salutation for a ''Freiherr''. Duden; Definition of ''Baron, der'' (in German)/ref> ' in the feudal system The title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
