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unusual facts about Duchy of Brunswick


Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Other branches that did not have full sovereignty existed in the Dannenberg, Harburg, Gifhorn, Bevern, Osterode, Herzberg, Salzderhelden and Einbeck.


Friedrich Alpers

Friedrich Alpers, (also known as "Fritz") was born on March 25, 1901 in Sonnenberg, Duchy of Brunswick.

German Battalion

Unable to recruit sufficient numbers of soldiers to put down the American Revolution, the British government hired mercenary soldiers from Hesse-Kassel, Brunswick, and four other German states.

Heinrich Seeling

Seeling upon his apprenticeship received further academic training at the college for civil engineering in Holzminden in the Duchy of Brunswick and studied at the Prussian Bauakademie in Berlin, capital of the German Empire since 1871.

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth

Justus Christian Henry Helmuth (born in Helmstedt, Brunswick, Germany, 16 May 1745; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 5 February 1825) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman.

Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell

Lorenz Crell was born in the Duchy of Brunswick's university town of Helmstedt as the son of medical professor Johann Friedrich Crell and grandchild of medical professor Lorenz Heister, who achieved renown in surgery and botany.

University of Helmstedt

The University of Helmstedt, official Latin name: Academia Julia ("Julius University"), was a university in Helmstedt in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel that existed from 1576 until 1810.


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Jewish beliefs and practices in the reform movement

The rite of confirmation for teenagers also was introduced, first in the duchy of Brunswick, at the Jacobson Institute.

Johann Georg Kühnhausen

From 1660 his name is registered to the court of Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Celle where he spent the rest of his life and was buried.

Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (28 February 1854, Weimar, Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach – 10 July 1908, Schloß Wiligrad near Lübstorf, (Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was the first wife of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of the Duchy of Brunswick.