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unusual facts about Kronberg



Doppel-Sport Panoramic Camera

The Doppel-Sport Panoramic Camera was created in 1912 by Julius Neubronner in Kronberg, Germany to take aerial photographs by means of pigeon photographers.

Eric Kronberg

During his college years Kronberg also played for Sonoma County Sol in the National Premier Soccer League.

Fritz Wucherer

In 1892, Wucherer took an unexpected turn, and, instead of pursuing formal education, decided to go to Kronberg to learn painting from Anton Burger.

Gotthart A. Eichhorn

An important part of his work at his three studios in Kronberg, Eschborn and Frankfurt was to educate younger colleagues.

Louis Kronberg

Kronberg was born in Boston, and studied at the Boston Museum School, under Edmund C. Tarbell and Frank Weston Benson, where he earned a Longfellow Traveling Scholarship.

Kronberg was vastly supported by Boston's great art matron Isabella Stewart Gardner, and hence his work is represented in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, as well as in the museums of Boston and Indianapolis.

Otto Scholderer

Starting from 1858, Scholderer worked and lived predominantly in Kronberg in Taunus, where his colleagues included Anton Burger, Peter Burnitz and Louis Eysen; he was close to the Kronberger painter colony.

Polish Requiem

Penderecki arranged the Agnus Dei for eight cellos, first performed in the memorial service for Mstislav Rostropovich on 3 October 2007, in St. John's Church in Kronberg (Germany) by teachers and students of the Kronberg Academy, conducted by Frans Helmerson.

Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse

Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse was born on 10 January 1933 at the Kronberg Castle in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany.

Schlosshotel Kronberg

Schlosshotel Kronberg in Kronberg im Taunus was built between 1889 and 1893 for the dowager German Empress Victoria, Princess Royal and originally named Schloss Friedrichshof in honour of her husband, Frederick III, German Emperor.

Victor Müller

For the castle of Kronberg in the Taunus, he painted a series of scenes from the history of Baron Hartmuth von Kronberg.

Vilde Frang

In June 2011 she played a recital at the Kronberg Academy with Michail Lifits.


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