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Philipp Ferdinand Von Grünne
Philipp Ferdinand Graf von Grünne de Pinchard (15 May 1762 – 26 January 1854) was an Austrian general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Born in the Electorate of Saxony, he joined the army of Austrian monarchy, Habsburg Austria in 1782. Within 12 years he was appointed to serve on the staff of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor. After serving as a staff officer, he led a cavalry regiment with distinction during the Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799. Promoted to general, Grünne led a brigade in the fall 1800 campaign. In 1804, he was selected to work closely with Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen in implementing reforms in the Austrian army. He had an important role on Archduke Charles' staff in the 1805 and 1809 wars and oversaw Charles' household after the archduke retired from military service. Grünne was Inhaber of an Uhlan regiment from 1847 until his death. Early career Philipp Ferdinand de Hemricourt de Mozet de Pinchard, Graf von Grünne was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne), and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Saxony, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has approximately 1.34 million inhabitants. Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Dresden Basin, Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated, area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
