Nationality: Prussian / German Empire Born: 23 May 1848 Designed: First manned gliders, first flying biplanes Otto Lilienthal was born in 1848 in Prussia and was always fascinated by flying (the ...

He was associated with the Der Blaue Reiter movement. Born in 1889 in Krefeld, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, he studied at the Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule. His work was influenced by Johan ...

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Buckman is a small town in southern Morrison County in Buckman township with a population of 307. It was established in 1869 ...

The German side falls within the city limits ... such as the Holy Roman Empire and later the Kingdom of Prussia. The borders were often unclear and disputed. The region around Drielandenpunt ...

Professor Grischa Vercamer is the new Heisenberg Professor at the University of Passau for the History of Eastern and Central European Cultures in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. In his ...

It has been part of Poland, Bohemia, and the Habsburg Empire. In the 18th century, it was a province of Prussia, and in the century following, it became part of the German Empire. During World War ...

At various points, he advocated the acquisition of Texas, all of Mexico, Danish possessions in the Caribbean, all of Canada, ...

Political conditions in the Holy Roman Empire - known in Germany as the ‘Holy ... inferiority of the old order triggered reformist efforts in other German states, particularly in Prussia. At the same ...