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2 unusual facts about Marienthal


Hollenfels Castle

The first mention of Hollenfels was in 1129 when Ludolf, Lord of Hollenfels, was given the water rights of the abbey of Marienthal which lies just 400 metres away.

Joseph Strub

Kobes, the Vice Superior of Dakar, and subsequently the provincial superior at Marienthal and Marienstadt in Germany.


Eli Marienthal

After a brief hiatus, Marienthal returned to television by making a cameo appearance on a 2009 episode of the television sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, but the following year, Marienthal retired from acting yet again.

Eric Marienthal

Marienthal has played alongside fellow musicians including Brian Culbertson and Chuck Loeb.

Franz Ernst Brückmann

Franz Ernst Brückmann (September 27, 1697 – March 21, 1753) was a German mineralogist born at Marienthal near Helmstedt.

Franz Gareis

Franz Gareis (1775–1803), a painter, born at Marienthal, studied at Dresden under Casanova.

Henry IV, Count of Waldeck

Henry died in 1348 and was buried in the "Waldeck Chapel" in the Marienthal Abbey in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Henry VI, Count of Waldeck

He was buried in the Waldeck chapel in Marienthal Monastery in Netze (now part of Waldeck).

Henry VIII, Count of Waldeck

Henry died in 1513 and was buried in the Marienthal monastery in Netze (today part of Waldeck).

Luxembourg literature

The poem tells how Princess Yolanda gave up the comforts of her home in Vianden Castle to join the Convent of Marienthal where she later became the prioress.

Marie Jahoda

Together with her husband Paul Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel, she wrote a now-classic study of the social impact of unemployment on a small community: Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal (1932; English ed. 1971 - Marienthal: the sociography of an unemployed community - paperback by Transaction Publishers in USA, 2002).

Mike Marienthal

Marienthal was a teacher, coach and secondary school administrator in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 35 years.

Philip IV, Count of Waldeck

He was buried on 4 December 1574 in the family burial vault in the Nicholas chapel of the church of Marienthal monastery in Netze (now part of the city of Waldeck.


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