Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to:
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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 ...
(1720–1797) a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film
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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 Monechu ...
, a German surname
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Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town
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Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France
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14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid
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''Münchhausen'' (1943 film), a German fantasy-comedy film
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''Munchausen'' (2013 film), an American silent short horror film
See also
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Freiherr von Münchhausen (disambiguation)
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Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen
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Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as fabricated or induced illness by carers (FII), medical child abuse and originally named Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental health disorder in ...
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Munchausen by Internet
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Münchhausen trilemma
In epistemology, the Münchhausen trilemma is a thought experiment intended to demonstrate the theoretical impossibility of proving any truth, even in the fields of logic and mathematics, without appealing to accepted assumptions. If it is asked ...
in epistemology
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Meet the Baron
''Meet the Baron'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver, ZaSu Pitts, Ted Healy and His Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). The title of the film refers to Pearl's character ...
'', 1933 MGM comedy featuring Baron Von Munchausen
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' is a 1988 fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Valentina Cortese. An international ...
'', 1988 movie co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam
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