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unusual facts about Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg



Christoph von Stadion

Christoph von Stadion was born in Schelklingen in Mid-March 1478, the son of Nikolaus von Stadion (d. 1507) and his wife Agatha von Gültlingen (d. 1504).

Cusanusstift

The Cusanusstift (St. Nikolaus-Hospital) is a historic building in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany.

Elisabeth von Magnus

She took part in several projects with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, such as a production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro staged by Jürgen Flimm in Amsterdam.

Emich Kyrill, Prince of Leiningen

Emich married on 10 Aug 1950 in Rastede to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg (b. 2 February 1928), fourth child and second daughter of Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Erhard Etzlaub

The earliest map of Bohemia, created by Mikuláš Klaudyán (Nikolaus Klaudian or Claudianus) and printed in Nuremberg in 1518, is likely to be somehow "connected" to Etzlaub: Klaudyán stayed at Nuremberg several times during the years before, and one of Etzlaub's Almanachs appeared in Czech language in 1517 although Etzlaub is very unlikely to have spoken it.

Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg ) (Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – Altenburg, 7 February 1908), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Franz Nikolaus Novotny

Franz Nikolaus Novotny (also Novotný, Novittni, Novotni, Nowotny) (6 December 1743, Eisenstadt – 25 August 1773) was an Austrian organist and composer of Bohemian descent at the Esterházy court in Schloss Esterházy in Eisenstadt.

Georg Glockendon

As a member of the Glockendon family of artists, he was the father of miniaturist and woodcutter Albrecht, who took over the family workshop, and master illuminator Nikolaus.

Georg Lörner

Georg Nikolaus Lörner (Feb. 18, 1899; München - April 21, 1959; Rastatt) was an SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS, and Deputy Chief under Oswald Pohl, of the Wirtschaftsunternehmen im SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt ( Main SS Economic and Administrative Department, SS WVHA), chief of Amtsgruppe B,(Division B) of the WVHA, and deputy chief of Amtsgruppe W (Division W) of the WVHA.

Gustav Nikolaus Tiedemann

Gustav Nikolaus Tiedemann (February 17, 1808 Landshut, Bavaria - August 11, 1849 Rastatt) was a German soldier who joined the revolutionaries during the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany, eventually becoming the commander of the last holdout of the revolution, the fortress at Rastatt.

Hans-Joachim Born

After rescue from the Krasnoyarsk PoW camp, he initially worked in Nikolaus Riehl’s group at Plant No. 12 in Elektrostal’, Russia, but at the end of 1947 was sent to work in Sungul' at a sharashka known under the cover name Ob’ekt 0211.

Horben

Die Orgel (erbaut 1812 durch Nikolaus Schuble, Pfaffenweiler) weist von diesem Meister neben dem historischen Prospekt (Orgel) die einzigen erhaltenen Register auf.

Isolde Ahlgrimm

The ensemble—led by Rudolf Baumgartner and including Nikolaus and Alice Harnoncourt alongside other leading Viennese musicians—was named the Amati Orchestra, since all of the string instruments they used had been made by either members of the Amati dynasty or their students.

Krisztina Nyáry

The widow, promising a rich heritage, married Count Nikolaus (Miklós) Esterházy (1583–1645) for the second time in Szucsány (today: Sučany, Slovakia) on 21 July 1624.

Leopold Koppel

Riehl, Nikolaus and Frederick Seitz Stalin’s Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb (American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundations, 1996) ISBN 0-8412-3310-1

Max Steenbeck

Riehl, Nikolaus and Frederick Seitz Stalin’s Captive: Nikolaus Riehl and the Soviet Race for the Bomb (American Chemical Society and the Chemical Heritage Foundations, 1996) ISBN 0-8412-3310-1.

Nick Nostitz

Nick Nostitz (born 1968) is the professional name of 'Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz' - a German photographer who is a member of the aristocratic Silesian Nostitz family and has lived and worked in Bangkok since 1993.

Nicolas Adames

His mother became remarried to a widower, Nikolaus Köcher from Basbellain, with whom she had more children.

Nicolaus Bruhns

Nicolaus Bruhns (Nikolaus, Nicholas) (late 1665 – in Schwabstedt; 29 March 1697 in Husum) was a Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer.

Nicolaus Heilmann

Nikolaus Heilmann (was born on the 20 April 1903, in Schlüchtern, Hessen.

Nikolaus Dumba

In 1817, Nikolaus' father Stergios immigrated to Vienna from Vlasti, a city in Northern Greece, and became a merchant.

Nikolaus Gross

Nikolaus Gross (German:Groß) (30 September 1898 – 23 January 1945) was a German resistance fighter and labor union leader in the time of the Third Reich who was later beatified by Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 7 October 2001.

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy

Of the 106 symphonies, those following the series written for Count Morzin (Haydn's first employer) and for Paul Anton, and before the Paris symphonies of the late 1780s, were written specifically at Nikolaus's instigation.

Nikolaus III, Prince Esterházy

Nikolaus married the English Sarah Frederica Caroline Child Villiers (1822–1853), daughter of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey and Lady Sarah Sophia Fane.

Nikolaus Joseph Brahm

Nikolaus Joseph Brahm, was a German zoologist (1751–1812?), and author of Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen.

Nikolaus Lenau

In 1819 Nikolaus went to the University of Vienna; he subsequently studied Hungarian law at Pozsony (Bratislava) and then spent the next four years qualifying himself in medicine.

Nikolaus Newerkla

Nikolaus Philipp Newerkla (born 1974 in Horn, Austria) is a harpsichordist, arranger and conductor.

As harpsichord player, arranger and conductor of the award-winning ensemble Quadriga Consort Nikolaus Newerkla has performed extensively throughout Europe and the United States with concerts at major music festivals.

Nikolaus Selnecker

Nikolaus Selnecker (or Selneccer) (December 5, 1530, Hersbruck – May 24, 1592, Leipzig) was a German musician and theologian.

Nikolaus von Schönberg

Born in Rothschönberg near Meissen to a noble family which already had several Bishops of Meissen, Nikolaus became Canon at the Cathedral of Naumburg (as would later his brothers Hans and Dietrich) and became a doctor of law (Dr. jur.) when studying in Italy.

Nitschmann

Anna Nitschmann (1715–1760), a Moravian Brethren missionary (Missionarin), lyrical poet, and wife of Nikolaus von Zinzendorf

Prince William Railway Company

He founded the Deil Valley Railway Company, the first German railway joint stock company in 1828 with his brother, the industrialist Ludwig Mohl, Peter Nikolaus Caspar Egen, Dr. Voss (a physician and miner from Steele, now part of Essen) and Reichmann and Meyberg (merchants from Langenberg).

Russelia equisetiformis

The name Russelia honors the Scottish naturalist Alexander Russell (1715-1768), given to the genus by the Dutch scientist Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin (1727-1817).

Simrock

Fritz Simrock (2 January 1837 – 20 August 1901), youngest son of Peter Joseph Simrock and grandson of Nikolaus Simrock

Staunton Harold

Nikolaus Pevsner (later Sir Nikolaus) described the view westwards across the lakes to Staunton Harold Hall and Holy Trinity parish church as "unsurpassed in the country – certainly as far as Englishness is concerned".

The Friend of God from the Oberland

Henry Denifle Der Gottesfreund im Oberlande und Nikolaus von Basel (1870) The researches documented here have led to the growing belief that the “Friend” is not a real person at all, but a literary invention.

Wolfgang Rübsam

Recorded in 1977 on the Metzler & Söhne organ at St. Nikolaus Church, Frauenfeld, Switzerland (works on discs 1-12), and on the Hockhois/Marcussen organ in the nave of the Freiburg Münster (works on discs 13-16).

Wörth am Main

-Nikolaus-Kirche, built in Romanesque Revival style from the year 1898, with a cross altar, Crucifixion group and Passion image


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