The most exceptional exhibition so far however was arranged at the palace grounds in Greiz (Schlossmuseum Greiz) and was titled, “The Double View.”
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In Greiz, Kalaizis confronted the historical rooms and premises with modern art.
For a further account of Gellert's life and work see lives by J.A. Cramer (Leipzig, 1774), H. Döring (Greiz, 1833), and H.O. Nietschmann (2nd ed., Halle, 1901); also Gellerts Tagebuch aus dem Jahre 1761 (2nd ed., Leipzig, 1863) and Gellert's Briefwechsel mit Demoiselle Lucius (Leipzig, 1823).
Christine Anna Maria Theiss, maiden name Hennig, born February 22, 1980 in Greiz, Germany, is a German female kickboxer.
Falk Huste (born November 6, 1971 in Greiz, Thüringen) is a boxer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland.
Born in Greiz, Thuringia, Beck grew up in the town of Zirndorf, beginning his toy making career as a creator of little vehicles and figures for his younger siblings.
Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (16 February 1747 – 29 January 1817), married in 1786 to Princess Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, had issue.
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Heinrich XI was born at Greiz, Reuss, youngest child of Count Heinrich II Reuss of Obergreiz (1696–1722), (son of Heinrich VI, Count Reuss of Greiz and Baroness Henriette Amalie of Friesen) and his wife, Countess Sophie Charlotte of Bothmer (1697–1748), (daughter of Count Johann Kaspar of Bothmer and Gisela Erdmuth of Hoym).
Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1 March 1790 – 31 October 1836), married in 1822 to Princess Gasparine of Rohan-Rochefort, had issue.
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Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (29 June 1794 – 8 November 1859), married firstly in 1834 to Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim- Rosenberg, no issue, Princess Sophie died in 1838; Married secondly in 1839 to Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Homburg, had issue.
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Heinrich XIII was born at Greiz, Reuss, third child of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1722–1800), (son of Count Heinrich II Reuss of Obergreiz and Countess Sophie Charlotte of Bothmer) and his wife, Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz (1719–1770), (daughter of Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz and Baroness Marie Eleonore Emma of Promnitz-Dittersbach).
Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, elder surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).
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At his death in 1836, having no male heir, the Head of the House Reuss of Greiz passed to his younger brother Heinrich XX.
Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, younger surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).
Princess Hermine (1887–1947) ∞ I. (1907) Prince Johann Georg of Schoenaich-Carolath (1873–1920); ∞ II.
Heinrich XXIV was born at Greiz, Reuss Elder Line, only son of Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846–1902), (son of Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Princess Caroline of Hesse-Homburg) and his wife, Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1852–1891), (daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont).
He then traveled throughout Germany, becoming a violinist in the orchestra in Bayreuth in 1714 and holding a court post in Greiz.
He then attained the position of Kapellmeister at Greiz (a further 30 miles south from Zeitz).
From a poor background, Kahnis was educated at the gymnasium of his native town Greiz, and after acting as private tutor for several years began the study of theology at Halle.
Oskar Sala (18 July 1910 – 26 February 2002) was a 20th-century German physicist, composer and a pioneer of electronic music born in Greiz.
Otto Benndorf (September 13, 1838 – January 2, 1907) was a German-Austrian archaeologist who was a native of Greiz.
He married for the third time in Greiz on 28 July 1688 Christine Magdalene (1652–1697), daughter of Count Henry I of Reuss to Obergreiz.
He married secondly in Greiz on 8 March 1842 to Princess Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz, daughter of Heinrich XIX.
She had only one surviving brother, Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Greiz, who was incapable of governing because of the physical and mental ailments that resulted from a childhood accident.
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Caroline was a daughter of the reigning Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz by his wife Princess Ida, daughter of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.
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Her younger sister Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz would later marry Emperor Wilhelm II as his second wife.
The Reuss Elder Line died out with the death of the childless Heinrich XXIV in 1927, after which its claims were passed to the younger line.
Vogtländisches Oberland is a former municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany.
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The villages Cossengrün, Hohndorf and Schönbach became part of the town Greiz, the villages Arnsgrün, Bernsgrün and Pöllwitz became part of the town Zeulenroda-Triebes.
In November, 1944 Hack left Dora and was made commandant of the Berga labor camp near Greiz.
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On 28 September 1560, the imperial court in Vienna ruled against them: they had to give the Lordship of Greiz to the Reuss family on 1 January 1561 and half each of the Lordships of Gera and Schleiz.
Partial cantata cycles for 1737, 1742, and 1745 - mainly lost in the Greiz town fire in 1802, but a few copies survive in Mügeln and Bösenrode parish churches.
Uniontown was originally known as Paitzdorf, and was named after the same village in Greiz county in Thuringia, Germany, where many of the settlers originated from.
Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with Saxonia.