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6 unusual facts about Plauen


Marion van de Kamp

Born in Wuppertal to Dutch parents she attended the drama school in Dresden, East Germany and worked at theaters in Meiningen, Görlitz, Plauen, Schwerin and Leipzig.

Plauen

The exposé Fast Food Nation gives special mention to Plauen as the first town in East Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall to have a McDonald's restaurant.

Karl Richter (1926–1981), conductor, organist, and harpsichordist

Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen

During the withdrawal from Italy that month, Reuss led a division in the left wing under Archduke Charles, retreating to Ljubljana (Laibach).

His area of responsibility stretched from the northern tip of Lake Garda to Trento on the west side of the Adige River.

He commanded 12 battalions in the brigades of Federico Bianchi and Franz Schulz von Rothacker.


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Alwin Korselt

Alwin Reinhold Korselt (born 17 March 1864 in Mittelherwigsdorf; died 4 February 1947 in Plauen) was a German mathematician.

Bram Tankink

After the Tour he played an important part in the victory of Filippo Pozzato at the HEW Cyclassics 2005 in Hamburg and during the 2005 Deutschland Tour he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen.

DB Regio Oberfranken

Auf der Naabtalbahn Regensburg–Hof, deren Weiterführung Richtung Plauen sowie der Strecke MarktredwitzCheb verkehrt seit einigen Jahren die private Vogtlandbahn, ein Tochterunternehmen der Länderbahn-Gruppe.

Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger

Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger (10 January 1849, Siebenlehn - 3 August 1913, Plauen) was a German teacher and cartographer.

Göltzsch Viaduct

It was built between 1846 and 1851 as part of the railway between Saxony (Leipzig, Zwickau, and Plauen) and Bavaria (Hof and Nuremberg).

Gustav Hartenstein

He was born at Plauen, Saxony, and educated at Grimma and Leipzig, where in 1834, he was appointed professor of philosophy.

Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen

Henry V of Plauen (9 October 1533, Andělská Hora – 24 December 1568, Hof; buried in the Mountain Church in Schleiz) was Burgrave of Meissen and Lord of Plauen and Voigtsberg.

Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen

In May 1559 the brothers had to pledge the Lordships of Plauen and Oelsnitz and the district of Schöneck to Elector August of Saxony.

Henry VI of Plauen (29 December 1536, Meissen – 22 January 1572 in Schleiz) was Burgrave of Meissen, Lord of Plauen and Lord of Schleiz and Lobenstein.

When they had to repay the loan, they found that the money wasn't there (Henry VI was accused of having spent it) and as a result, the heartland of Plauen, the Lordships of Plauen and Oelsnitz and the district Schöneck were forever lost to Saxony.

Kneiphof

Plauen resisted sorties from Kneiphof and his forces steadily grew in number; the Landmeister of Livonia provided 500 troops and King Christian I of Denmark sent a ship.

Leipzig–Hof railway

After Plauen station, the line turns back to the north, while the line to Bad Bramstedt and Cheb turns off to the south.

Martin Mutschmann

Born in Hirschberg on the Saale in the Principality of Reuss Younger Line, Mutschmann moved while he was young with his family to Plauen in Saxony.

Matthias Hoe von Hoenegg

Christian II of Saxony then sent him to Plauen as superintendent, where on 20 April he was introduced to Polykarp Leyser the Elder.

Voigtland State Railway

In November 1856, a railway committee of Oelsnitz proposed a railway link through the Elster valley from Gera via Plauen, Adorf, Elster and Asch to Eger.


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