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8 unusual facts about Frankenthal


Christian Baldauf

Christian Baldauf (August 9, 1967 in Frankenthal) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany) and former opposition leader in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

In 1995 he joined a law firm in Frankenthal, and is now a lawyer and specialist in employment law.

Frankenthal, Saxony

Frankenthal is situated at the northern edge of the Lausitzer Bergland (Lusatian Hills), near the city of Bischofswerda.

Julius von Michel

Julius von Michel (5 July 1843 – 28 September 1911) was a German ophthalmologist born in Frankenthal.

Lambsheim

It is situated approximately 6 km southwest of Frankenthal, and 11 km west of Ludwigshafen.

Ludwig Marum

Ludwig Marum was born on 5 November 1885 to a lower-middle-class Jewish merchant's family in the town of Frankenthal in southwestern Germany.

Robert Franz Schmidt

Schmidt completed his A-level examinations in 1953 and graduated from the Neusprachliches Gymnasium in Frankenthal.

Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron

In 1631 he heard from their general that both his sons had been killed at the siege of Frankenthal.


Frankenthal Hauptbahnhof

From 1891 to 1939, the metre gauge Frankenthal–Großkarlbach Local Railway (Lokalbahn Ludwigshafen–Großkarlbach) ran from the station to Großkarlbach.

Frankenthal Porcelain Factory

--(1775 berühmter Farbenprobeteller in London).--> By 1776 the Frankenthal porcelain factory had shops in Aachen, Basle, Frankfurt am Main, Livorno, Mainz, Munich and Nancy.

Karl Hannong transferred his business to an empty barracks in Frankenthal and staffed it with his Strasbourg workforce, under privilege from Elector Carl Theodor of Bavaria, who visited the factory himself in the following year, once production was well under way.

Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal

Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Max Frauenthal

Max Frauenthal (also Frankenthal, or Fronthall) (November 11, 1836 – March 8, 1914) is known for the courage he showed during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in the American Civil War.


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