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6 unusual facts about Glatz


Berthold of Ratisbon

Long after his day "Berthold's linden" was to be seen at Glatz.

Helmuth von Pannwitz

From the 14th to 16th century the family held the office of Burggraf of Glatz.

Karl Liebknecht

Liebknecht also wrote extensively against militarism, and one of his papers, Militarismus und Antimilitarismus ("militarism and antimilitarism") led to his being arrested in 1907 and imprisoned for 18 months in Glatz, Prussian Silesia.

Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

In the Second Silesian War (1744–1745) Schwerin commanded the army which, marching from Glatz, met the kings army under the walls of Prague, and in the siege and capture of that place he played a distinguished part (10 September 1744).

Podiebrad family

He increased his property with the Lordship of County of Glatz, which he raised to a county in 1459, as well as the Silesian Duchy of Münsterberg.

They and their male offspring also held the title of Count of Glatz, even though they sold the county itself in 1501.


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Adolphe Max

As a result he was arrested and held in captivity, first at Namur, and then at Glatz, until he escaped on 13 November 1918.

Franz Deym

Count Franz Deym (23 August 1838 at Neuschloss, Hohenelbe (now Dolní Olešnice, Vrchlabí) – 3 September 1903 at Eckersdorf, Glatz (now Bożków, Kłodzko)) was an Austrian diplomat.

Free Judges

However, the King broke his promise only two years lated, when his friend Arnošt of Pardubice, who was Archbishop of Prague donated the two villages of Starków and Szalejów Dolny, which belonged to him and his two brothers, to the Canons Regular of Glatz.

Ilse von Glatz

Ilse von Glatz is an actress who played an Advocate in the 1988 science fiction TV series War of the Worlds.

Monita Secreta

The place where they were found was variously set down as Paderborn, Prague, Liège, Antwerp, Glatz, and on board a captured East Indiaman.

Podiebrad family

### Catherine (born: 1500 in Glatz – died: 1507 in Strzelin)


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