The House of Hohenzollern (/ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, also US: /-ə n t s ɔː-, ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n,-ˈ z ɔː-/, German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊ̯s hoːənˈt͡sɔlɐn] (), Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the …

A cryptographic hash function (CHF) is a mathematical algorithm that maps data of an arbitrary size (often called the "message") to a bit array of a fixed size (the "hash value", "hash", or "message digest").It is a one-way function, that is, a function for which it is practically infeasible to invert or reverse the computation. Ideally, the only way to find a message that produces a …

Germany (German: Deutschland, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ()), officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe.It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union.Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of …

Martin Luther OSA (/ ˈ l uː θ ər /; German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] (); 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor.A former Augustinian friar, he is best known as the seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutheranism.. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several …

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers.It has been …

1551 kaufte Anton Fugger (1493–1560), der Neffe und Nachfolger von Jakob Fugger dem Reichen (1449–1525), für 137.000 Gulden (ein Gulden war damals ungefähr der Wochenlohn einer Person) die Herrschaft Kirchheim in Schwaben von der Familie von Hürnheim.. Nach dem Tod von Anton Fugger im Jahr 1560 wurde Kirchheim vorübergehend von dessen drei Söhnen …

Schloss Waldleiningen ist eine romantische Schlossanlage in der Gemarkung Mörschenhardt der Gemeinde Mudau (eine zum Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis gehörende Gemeinde in Baden-Württemberg) unterhalb des Odenwaldlimes in einem Seitental.Das Schloss beherbergt heute eine psychosomatische Klinik.. Nachdem das Fürstenhaus Leiningen 1803 als Entschädigung …

The Ahnenerbe (German: [ˈʔaːnənˌʔɛʁbə], ancestral heritage) operated as a think tank in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945. Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsführer-SS from 1929 onwards, established it in July 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to the task of promoting the racial doctrines espoused by Adolf Hitler and by his governing Nazi Party.The Ahnenerbe …

Salzgitter (German pronunciation: [zalt͡sˈɡɪtɐ] (); Eastphalian: Soltgitter) is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig.Salzgitter originated as a conglomeration of several small towns and villages, and is today made up of 31 boroughs, which are relatively compact conurbations with wide stretches of open country …

Schloss Hessen is a schloss or castle in Hessen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It originated as medieval moated castle before being converted into a Renaissance princely palace in the 16th century. ... Dissertation, Heidelberg 2002. Friedrich Stolberg: Hessen. In: Befestigungsanlagen im und am Harz von der Frühgeschichte bis zur Neuzeit. Hildesheim 1968, S. 173-175. …