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7 unusual facts about Friedland


Battle of Friedland

Having thrown all of his pontoon bridges at or near the bottleneck of the village of Friedland, Benningsen had unwittingly trapped his troops on the west bank.

Bundesautobahn 388

The A 388 was supposed to be the first part of the A 38, branching off the A 7 in the North of Göttingen, however plans were carried out differently and the A 38 now meets with the A 7 near Friedland.

Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn

The salary of Casimir II as Starost General (1,200 guilders a year), and the incomes derived from the towns near Kraków allowed him to buy the cities of Mistek and Friedland from the Bishop of Olomouc in 1527.

Frank Richter, Sr.

Born in Friedland, Bohemia, then part of Austria-Hungary, Richter was the son of a textile manufacturer.

Friedland, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

It is only 22km from the county seat and bigger city Neubrandenburg, but still Friedland remains a local center for surrounding communities like Galenbeck (Kotelow, Lübbersdorf, Schwichtenberg), Brunn and Boldekow, and has approximately 6200 citizens.

Georg Ludolf Dissen

Georg Ludolf Dissen (December 17, 1784 – September 21, 1837) was a German classical philologist who was a native of Groß Schneen, a village in the District of Göttingen.

Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn

Despite this, Jan of Pernštejn remained as a regent and held the effective government until 9 May 1545, when he finally renounced to the regency only in exchange of the lands of Místek and Friedland as a pledge.


Altrossgarten Church

The first pastor was the hymnist George Weissel from Domnau (1590-1635), previously pastor in Friedland.

Jonas Bretkūnas

Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland – 1602 Königsberg) was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language.

Khan Investment Management

According to its founder, he was inspired by a discussion in 2006 with Robert Friedland, the CEO of Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian company operating in Mongolia.

Louis Bruyas

Louis Bruyas (24 April 1738, Lyon - 14 June 1807, Friedland, now known as Pravdinsk, near Kaliningrad, Russia), stage and pen-name Bursay, was a French actor and playwright.

Michelle T. Friedland

Michelle T. Friedland is a California attorney in private practice and is a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sherman Friedland

The Canadian composer Jean Coulthard of Vancouver composed her, ``Shelley Portrait``, for the opening of the Concordia Concert Hall, where she also received an honorary degree, and composed, `Gardens`, for Mr. Friedland and Dale Bartlett, pianist.

Stylez

Shyla Stylez (born 1982), the stage name of Amanda Friedland, a Canadian pornographic actress

Valentin Friedland

Friedland became a distinguished student at the University of Leipzig, learned Ciceronian Latin from Peter Mosellanus and Greek from Richard Croke, and after graduation was appointed assistant master in the school at Görlitz in 1515.

Friedland was born in Trozendorf near the town of Görlitz in Upper Lusatia, of parents so poor that they could not keep him at school.

Veste Landskron

According to local folklore, the nobles at Landskron and the neighboring castles Conerow, Klempenow and Spantekow frequently engaged as robber barons holding up transports between the towns Anklam, Demmin, Friedland, Jarmen and Teterow.


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