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unusual facts about Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach



Automobilwerk Eisenach

The Dixi continued briefly as the BMW Dixi but the renamed BMW-Factory Eisenach soon started making an updated version of the car called the BMW 3/15PS dropping the Dixi name.

Battle of Quatre Bras

At the Dutch headquarters at Genappe (about five kilometres (3 miles) from Quatre Bras), Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, realising the danger ordered Lieutenant-General Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky, the commander of the 2nd Dutch Division, to dispatch his 2nd Brigade (Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) to occupy Quatre Bras.

BMW 3/15

The first fifty Eisenach-built Sevens were right-hand-drive cars assembled in September 1927 from parts provided by Austin's factory in Longbridge.

BMW 321

Albert Seidler, the man in charge of Eisenach motor bike production, demonstrated the 321 to Marshall Zhukov and secured from him an order for five new cars.

BMW 340

BMW became a manufacturer of commercially viable automobiles when late in 1928 they acquired the business of Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach A.G. whose assets included a manufacturing facility at Eisenach then engaged in manufacturing under licence British designed Austin 7s.

BMW R75

Since the target of 20,200 BMW R75's was not reached, it remained in production until the Eisenach factory was so badly damaged by Allied bombing that production ceased in 1944.

Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein

Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (His Serene Highness Prince Botho of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein) (16 February 1927 in Eisenach – 27 January 2008 in Salzburg) was a German politician.

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

He was the eldest son of Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen and his wife, Christina Wilhelmina, the daughter of Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach.

Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen

On 24 January 1716 in Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Eleonore Wilhelmine married for the second time, to Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach (1688-1748).

Francis Huebschmann

Francis (Franz) Huebschmann (born in Riethnordhausen, Grand Duchy of Weimar, 19 April 1817; died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 21 March 1880) was a noted surgeon of the American Civil War for the Union Army and a Wisconsin physician and politician.

Franz Josef Popp

Construction of the BMW aircraft engine factory in Allach (1935), expansion of the manufacturing facilities in Eisenach (1937) and acquisition of the Brandenburg Motor Works (Bramo) in Berlin-Spandau enabled BMW to expand capacities for aircraft engine manufacture under Popp’s leadership.

Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg

Prince Friedrich Günther was married on April 7, 1938 at Heinrichau (today: Henryków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Silesia) to Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1911–1988), eldest daughter of William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Fritz Fiedler

While Schleicher was at Munich on motorcycle development and the competition side of BMW motor car activity, Fiedler was at Eisenach in overall command of the car side of BMW, specialising in chassis, suspension and aerodynamic design and development.

Gabriele Günz

Gabriele Günz, née Niebling (born 8 September 1961 in Eisenach) is a retired East German high jumper.

General German Workers' Association

He had been writing for the association's newspaper Der Sozial-Demokrat ("the Social Democrat") but now, in disagreement with the paper's Prussia-friendly position, he left, first forming the Saxon People's Party along with August Bebel, and then in 1869 becoming a co-founder of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei, SDAP) in Eisenach as a branch of the International Workingmen's Association.

George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein

Albertine Juliane (born: 29 March 1698 in Idstein; died: 9 October 1722 at Williamthal Castle in Marksuhl near Eisenach), Princess of Nassau-Idstein, married on 14 February 1713 with Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach (born: 10 November 1691 in Oranjewoud; died: 26 July 1741 at Williamthal Castle near Eisenach, son of Duke John William III of Saxe-Eisenach and Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz

Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt

He participated in the siege of Gotha, which was necessary to arrest the deposed Duke John Frederick II of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, who had been banned for failure to deliver Wilhelm von Grumbach at the Emperor's demand.

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a

On 2 March 1714 Bach was appointed concertmaster of the Weimar court capelle of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar.

Johann Heinrich Merck

In 1773 he accompanied the Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt to Saint Petersburg, and on his return was a guest of the duke Charles Augustus of Weimar in the Wartburg.

John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Also, in order to had a separated residence from his brother too, Johann Ernst establishes himself in the small town of Marksuhl on 1587.

John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Johann Georg received an income from the new duchy of Saxe-Eisenach and took his residence in the small town of Marksuhl.

John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

In 1638, he received the towns of Coburg, Bad Rodach, Römhild, Hildburghausen and Neustadt, according to the divisionary treaty between him and the branch of Saxe-Weimar after the death of the duke John Ernest of Saxe-Eisenach without surviving issue.

John, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

: married secondly 29 May 1727 Philippsruhe Castle with Duke John William of Saxe-Eisenach (born 17 October 1666 in Friedewald; died 14 January 1729 in Eisenach) , son of Duke John George I of Saxe-Eisenach (1634-1686) and his wife Countess Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1626-1701)

Justus Menius

John, Elector of Saxony, had placed him on the commission for church visitation in Thuringia, and in 1529 appointed him pastor and superintendent at Eisenach, where for eighteen years he administered church affairs with tact, and fostered the spread of education.

Karl Freiherr von Müffling

In 1806 Muffling served under Hohenlohe, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Blücher, and was included in the capitulation of the latter's corps at Ratekau on 7 November 1806, the day after the Battle of Lübeck.

Karl-Heinz Euling

Karl Heinz Euling was born on the 16 August 1919 in Dorndorf, in the region of Eisenach.

Kaspar von Barth

After studying at Gotha, Eisenach, Wittenberg, and Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of Europe.

Kruspe

Ed(uard) Kruspe (founded in 1834), a brass instrument manufacturer, located near Eisenach, founded by Karl Kruspe

Leif O. Foss

He was sent further to many camps, first Lichterfelde, then Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, Neuengamme, Hamburg-Fühlsbuttel again, Königswartha, Bautzen, Leipzig and Eisenach.

Lichtenfels station

Lichtenfels station is 31.9 km from Bamberg on the Bamberg–Hof railway and 150.9 from Eisenach on the Werra Railway at a height of 262.4 metres above sea level and is located west of the town centre and east of the Main river.

Mendel Hess

Rabbi Mendel Hess (March 17, 1807, Lengsfeld (now Stadtlengsfeld), Saxe-Weimar - September 21, 1871, Eisenach) was a German rabbi.

Opel Eisenach

The well publicized bankruptcy of General Motors, its parent company, placed Opel's future ownership and indeed its survival in question for several months during 2009, and this also impacted the Eisenach facility where, at times, production was halted.

Porcelain money

They were issued for the province Saxony, Meissen, and a number of other cities such as Eisenach, Thuringia; Freiberg, Saxony; Münsterberg, Silesia; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt; and other cities.

Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta (Ghent, 20 March 1830 — Walferdange, Luxembourg, 1 May 1872), Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was the first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands, son of king William II of the Netherlands.

Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Elisabeth Sybille of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (28 February 1854, Weimar, Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach – 10 July 1908, Schloß Wiligrad near Lübstorf, (Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was the first wife of Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg, Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and of the Duchy of Brunswick.

Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and wife of Princess Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz

Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

On 17 May 1904, Pauline died suddenly of heart disease while on a train en route from Rome to Florence.

Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Sophie of the Netherlands (1808–1877), wife of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment

Somewhere between August 23 and September 6, 1757, the regiment joined the Army of Saxony, led by Soubise, in the area of Erfurt and Eisenach.

Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach

The duchy was created by the Division of Erfurt in 1572 which implemented a decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1570 to separate Coburg and Eisenach from the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and give them to John Casimir and John Ernest, the two sons of John Frederick II.

John Ernest soon withdrew and returned to his hunting lodge in Marksuhl.

Walter Migula

Emil Friedrich August Walter (or Walther) Migula (born 1863 in Żyrowa, Poland; died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a Poland-born German botanist.

Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal

She married Prince Frederick of Prussia, later Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, son of Wilhelm I and Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, on 25 January 1858 at St. James's Palace, Chapel Royal, St. James's, London, England.

Werra Valley Railway

On the re-opening of the Thuringian Railway in 1991 the section from Eisenach to Bebra was also known as the Werratalbahn.

William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

He died in Heinrichau in Silesia.

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

William Frederick was born in Ansbach in 1686 to John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and his second wife, Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach.


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