The vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names; that is, adaptations of the Irish names to English phonology and spelling. However, some names come directly from the English language, and a handful come from Old Norse and Scots.The study of placenames in Ireland unveils features of the country's history and geography and the …

John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor) was the youngest of four sons born to Johann Jacob Astor (1724–1816) and Maria Magdalena vom Berg (1730–1764).. The Astor family can trace their ancestry back to Giovan Asdour (1595–1668) and Gretta Ursula Asdour (1589–). Giovan was born in Chiavenna, Italy, and died in Zürich, Switzerland.Their son, Hans Pieter Asdor, …

Transylvania is a historical region in central and northwestern Romania.It was under the rule of the Agathyrsi, part of the Dacian Kingdom (168 BC–106 AD), Roman Dacia (106–271), the Goths, the Hunnic Empire (4th–5th centuries), the Kingdom of the Gepids (5th–6th centuries), the Avar Khaganate (6th–9th centuries), the Slavs, and the 9th century First Bulgarian Empire.During …

Early life. Rupert was born at Amberg in the Upper Palatinate, the son of Elector Palatine Rupert II and Beatrice of Aragon, daughter of King Peter II of Sicily.Rupert's great-granduncle was the Wittelsbach emperor Louis IV.He was raised at the Dominican Liebenau monastery near Worms, where his widowed grandmother Irmengard of Oettingen lived as a nun.. Reign. From his early …

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Dichter und Denker ist eine stehende Wendung, die die Verbindung von Kunst und Wissenschaft in einer Person oder Gruppe bezeichnet. Üblicherweise wurden mit dem Volk der Dichter und Denker die Deutschen und mit dem Land der Dichter und Denker Deutschland bezeichnet. Gelegentlich – etwa in touristischen Zusammenhängen – wird auch von einer bestimmten …

Lebanon County (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ən / Pennsylvania Dutch: Lebanon Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,568. Its county seat is the city of Lebanon.. The county was formed from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster counties in 1813, with minor boundary revisions in 1814 and 1821. Lebanon County comprises …

Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilig 1799 Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut 87 x 119.4 View in Wales: Mountain Scene with Village and Castle - Evening: 1799-1800 Tate Britain, London: ... Heidelberg 1844-5 Tate Britain, London: 132.1 x 201.9 Sunset From the Top of the Rigi 1844 Tate Britain, London: 71.1 x 96.5 Off the Nore 1840-45 Yale …

The Wartburg (German pronunciation: [ˈvaʁtbʊʁk]) is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages.It is situated on a precipice of 410 meters (1,350 ft) to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany.It was the home of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament of the Bible into German, the site of …

From 1638 to 1672, Coburg and the fortress were part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.In 1672, they passed to the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha and in 1735 it was joined to the Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld.Following the introduction of Primogeniture by Duke Franz Josias (1697-1764), Coburg went by way of Ernst Friedrich (1724-1800) to Franz (1750-1806), noted art collector, and to …