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Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt

Anton Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt (10 October 1653 in Sondershausen – 20 July 1716 in Arnstadt) was a Count of Schwarzburgand Hohenstein and Lord of Sondershausen, Arnstadt and Leutenberg from 1666 until his death.

In 1681, the brothers divided their inheritance, with Anton Günther II receiving the districts Ebeleben, Schernberg, Keula, and Arnstadt and thus founding a short-lived cadet line.

Arnstadt Hauptbahnhof

Arnstadt Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the town of Arnstadt in Thuringia, Germany.

Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Auguste Dorothea married on 7 August 1684 in Wolfenbüttel to Count Anton Günther II of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16 December 1666 in Wolfenbüttel – 11 July 1751 at Augustenburg Castle in Arnstadt) was a daughter of the Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Juliane of Holstein-Norburg.

Bach family

Four branches of the Bach family were known at the beginning of the 16th century, and a Hans Bach of Wechmar is documented to have been alive in 1561, a village between Gotha and Arnstadt in Thuringia, who is believed to be the father of Veit Bach.

Bernhard Stade

Bernhard Stade (May 11, 1848, Arnstadt, Thuringia, – December 6, 1906) was a German Protestant theologian and histortian.

Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg

Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg (29 December 1543 at Dillenburg Castle in Dillenburg – 25 December 1624 in Arnstadt) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg.

Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Prince Charles Gonthier was born in Arnstadt, the third child of Hereditary Prince Gonthier Frederick Charles and his first wife, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Christian Friedrich Hunold

Hunold went to school in Arnstadt and continued in 1691 at the Gymnasium Illustre Augusteum in Weißenfels until 1698.

Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Schwarzburg-Sondershausen suffered badly during the Thirty Years' War, especially the city of Arnstadt and its surroundings.

Christian Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt

From 1642 until his death, he ruled a part of the County around his residence in Arnstadt.

After the death of his father, the brothers were divided the County among themselves on and Christian Günther II received the entire Upper Schwarzburg-Sondershausen with his residence of Arnstadt.

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

After her father had been assassinated in 1584, her aunt Catherine took her to Arnstadt, while most of her sisters were raised by Louise de Coligny.

Einheitsdampflokomotive

That put it within the range of light express train duties, for which it was often used e.g. on the Thuringian Forest lines (e.g. to Meiningen from Arnstadt and Eisenach).

Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg

On 10 June 1672, he married Sophia Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (8 June 1647 – 26 April 1708).

Gott ist mein König, BWV 71

(One or two cantatas, for example Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150, may have been written at Arnstadt, his previous residence, for performance at Mühlhausen.) Gott ist mein König, along with another cantata (now lost) composed the following year, was written for the annual service that took place on February 4, the day after the city held elections to install a new city council.

Günter Rexrodt

After the Abitur in 1960 in Arnstadt, Thuringia and an extra year in West Berlin, he graduated with a Diplom in business studies from the Free University Berlin where he also received his doctorate ("Dr. rer. pol") in 1971.

Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt

He participated in the siege of Gotha, which was necessary to arrest the deposed Duke John Frederick II of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, who had been banned for failure to deliver Wilhelm von Grumbach at the Emperor's demand.

Hedan II

In a donation dated 1 May 704 in Würzburg, his capital, Hedan, with the consent of his wife and his son Thuring and the Frankish magnates Rocco and Doda, granted the bishop Willibrord the places of Arnstadt (Arnestati), Mühlberg (Mulenberge), and Großmonra (Monhore).

Heinrich Bach

Heinrich Bach was born at Wechmar, Germany, and is the father of the so-called Arnstädt Line.

Hochsprung

Hochsprung mit Musik, a international high jump competition in Arnstadt, Germany

Hohnstein Castle

Like the Thuringian landgraves, the Honstein clan rapidly amassed a considerable amount of territory, which included the regions around Arnstadt and Gotha in the Thuringian Basin.

House of Schwarzburg

He was succeeded by his eldest son Günther XLI, however after his death in 1583 his younger brothers again divided the county: John Günther I received the territory around Arnstadt, later called Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, while Albrecht VII inherited the lands of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Joachim Mörlin

Mörlin went to Erfurt, thence to Arnstadt, and finally to Schleusingen, where he lived and preached in the castle of the count of Henneberg.

Johann Caspar Vogler

He was born in Hausen, near Arnstadt; from 1706 he studied with Johann Sebastian Bach, who was at that time organist there, and was also taught, in Rudolstadt, by P. H. Erlebach and Nicolaus Vetter.

Johannes Musaeus

After visiting the Latin school in Arnstadt he studied at the University of Erfurt starting from 1633 in the Arts Faculty and in Jena with Damiel Stahl.

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

He fought in the Netherlands alongside his eldest brother Günther XLI and distinguished himself during the conquest of Saint-Quentin in 1583.

John Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (also known as Hans Günther or Johann Günther; 20 December 1532 in Sondershausen – 28 October 1586 in Arnstadt) was the co-ruler of Schwarzburg from 1552 until 1571 and the sole ruler Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1571 until his death.

Karl Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg

#Elisabeth Albertine (b. Bernburg, 31 March 1693 - d. Arnstadt, 7 July 1774), married on 2 October 1712 to Günther XLIII, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Katrin Schreiter

Katrin Schreiter (born February 24, 1969 in Arnstadt) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Louis Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Ebeleben

After the death of his nephew John Günther IV, Louis Günther II and his nephews Christian William I and Anton Günther II inherited Upper Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, which they ruled jointly.

In 1666, he became guardian and regent for the sons of his brother Anton Günther II, and moved to Arnstadt.

From 1642 to 1666, he ruled Schwarzburg-Ebeleben, from 1666 until his death, he ruled Schwarzburg-Arnstadt.

Maria Barbara Bach

This facilitated the marriage which occurred on 17 October at Dornheim, a village near Arnstadt, her hometown and his previous post.

Meike Kröger

She started the 2009–2010 indoor season with rapid improvements, scoring a new best of 1.96 m indoors at the Hochsprung mit Musik meeting in Arnstadt.

Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150

On this basis the cantata may date from Bach's time in Arnstadt, where he was organist of St Boniface's church until his move to Mühlhausen in the summer of 1707.

Paulus Buys

Because of this, he had to flee from the Netherlands and joined Prince William of Orange in Arnstadt.

Svetlana Shkolina

Her indoor personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt.

Thuringian sausage

The oldest known reference to a Thuringian sausage is located in the Thuringian State Archive in Rudolstadt in a transcript of a bill from an Arnstadt convent from the year 1404.

In 2006, the Deutsche Bratwurstmuseum, opened in Holzhausen, part of the Wachsenburggemeinde near Arnstadt, the first museum devoted exclusively to the Thuringian sausage.

Viktoriya Klyugina

She has 2.00 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 2009 in Arnstadt (Hochsprung mit Musik).

Willibald Alexis

In 1852 he retired to Arnstadt in Thuringia, where after many years of broken health he died.

Zeichenstaub

It was first performed in Arnstadt, Germany, on 18 September 2010, with the composer playing the cello part.


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