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13 unusual facts about Rastatt


ABC-Zeitung

After the fall of the German Democratic Republic, the magazine continued to be issued until 1996 by Verlags-Union Pabel-Moewig of Rastatt.

Car numberplate game

German plates also indicate where the car is registered (e.g. RA is Rastatt and LIP is Kreis Lippe), however this will change from 2014.

French Aerostatic Corps

For the winter, they established a base at Frankheim, then followed the Army north and conducted observations at Stuttgart, Rastatt and Donauwörth.

Fritz Tarnow

He worked until 1906 as a carpenter, and in the years 1901 to 1906, he was also a board member of the Rastatt, Oos, Bonn and Berlin branches of the Wood Workers Association.

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 Eduard von Hindersin

He fell into the hands of the insurgents at the action of Ladenburg, but was released just before the fall of Rastatt.

Gustav Heinemann

It was Heinemann's idea to found a museum for the commemoration of German liberation movements, and he was able to officially open such a place in Rastatt in 1974.

Hermann Hüffer

His principal work is entitled: Diplomatische Verhandlungen aus der Zeit der französischen Revolution (Diplomatic negotiations at the time of the French Revolution) in three volumes (1869–79), of which the first treats of the hostility of Austria and Prussia to the Revolution down to the Treaty of Campo Formio, while the second and third deal with the Congress of Rastatt and the Second Coalition.

Karl Ludwig von Haller

When the old Swiss Confederation was threatened he was dispatched to Rastatt to allay the storm.

Nathaniel Weil

Nathaniel officiated in Karlsruhe for about twenty years, and died at Rastatt on May 7, 1769.

Nymphenburg Palace

So the Wittelsbach Falkenlust Palace was built in the style of the Amalienburg while the Pagodenburg served as prototype for the building of the same name in Rastatt.

Prussian T 16.1

In addition to heavy shunting and line duties the locomotives were also employed on steep lines such as the Friedbergbahn (SuhlSchleusingen), Scheldetalbahn (Dillenburg-Gönnern), Rennsteigbahn (IlmenauSchleusingen), the Erkrath–Hochdahl ramp and the Murgtalbahn (RastattFreudenstadt).

TI Automotive

The TI Automotive Advanced Technology Storage Systems Group is based in Rastatt, Germany.


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Adolf Pfister

He was educated at the Latin school at Hechingen, at the Lyceum of Rastatt, and later at Sasbach.

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.

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (23 January 1595 in Rastatt – 4 January 1665 in Kastellaun) was Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

The first record of his existence is found in the mid-1690s: by 1695 he was Kapellmeister to Ludwig Wilhelm of Baden, and he may have remained with the court until his death in Rastatt.