Johann Christian Hermenegild Joseph Franz de Paula Benjamin von Stramberg (13 October 1785 – 20 July 1868), commonly known as Johann Christian von Stramberg or Christian von Stramberg was a

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historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

. He was born in

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

. He is best known as author of the 39-volume ''Rheinischer Antiquarius'' (1845–1871), with five of its volumes being issued after his death by

Anton Joseph Weidenbach Anton Joseph Weidenbach (9 April 1809 in Linz am Rhein – 21 November 1871 in Wiesbaden) was a German schoolteacher, archivist and historian, who specialized in history of the Rhineland. From 1825 he attended the teacher's training school in ...

.Johann Christian von Stramberg
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