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14 unusual facts about Kronberg im Taunus


Adolf Schreyer

Adolf Schreyer (July 9, 1828 Frankfurt-am-Main – July 29, 1899 Kronberg im Taunus) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg

But his estate was nationalized by the Communist authorities, and he fled with his family to West-Germany and lived in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse.

Fritz Schilgen

Schilgen was born in 1906 in Kronberg im Taunus, near Frankfurt, the second son of the rector of the Kronberger high school.

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.

George Louis, Prince of Erbach-Schönberg

George Louis married on 2 July 1925 in Schönberg, Marie-Marguerite von Deringer (25 December 1903 – 22 December 1967).

Joachim Fest

He died at his home in Kronberg im Taunus near Frankfurt am Main in 2006, the same year that his autobiography Not Me: Memoirs of a German Childhood was published.

Karl von den Steinen

Karl von den Steinen (born March 7, 1855 in Mülheim, died November 4, 1929 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with emphasis in psychiatry), ethnologist, explorer, and author of important anthropological work, which is particularly to the study of Indian cultures of Central Brazil, and the art of the Marquesas.

Mömbris

Father Ivo Zeiger (born 29 July 1898 in Mömbris; died 24 December 1952 in Munich), Professor of Church Law, in 1939 Rector of the Germanicum in Rome and in 1945 Papal diplomat in Kronberg im Taunus.

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.

Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia

He was married on 1 August 1956, in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany, to Princess Christina Margarethe of Hesse (10 January 1933 - 21 November 2011), daughter of Prince Christoph of Hesse and wife Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, out of which marriage were born Princess Maria Tatiana ("Tania") (born 18 July 1957) and Prince Christopher (4 February 1960 – 14 May 1994), a science teacher who died in a bicycle accident.

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.

Princess Mafalda of Savoy

Mafalda died during the night of 26–27 August 1944; her body was reburied after the war at Kronberg Castle in Hesse.

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.