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unusual facts about Schönburg-Glauchau



Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach

During this period he edited, in collaboration with N. F. S. Grundtvig, the Theologisk Maanedskrift (13 vols., 1825 sqq.), and in 1829 was called to the pastorate of Glauchau, Saxony, where he powerfully aided religious awakening and revolt against the rationalism of the period, though at the same time he opposed any formal separation from the Lutheran Church.

Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz

The Bishopric of Zeitz-Naumburg encompassed the four archdeaconries of Naumburg, Zeitz, Altenburg and "trans Muldam" (comprising the sub-districts (Unterbezirke) of Lichtenstein, Glauchau, Hartenstein and Lößnitz).

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Princess Gloria is the daughter of the late politician and journalist Joachim, Count of Schonburg-Glauchau, as well as the sister of Maya Flick and of author Alexander, Count of Schonburg-Glauchau, a nephew by marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Flick family

Maria (Maya) Felicitas Flick, born Gräfin (Countess) von Schönburg-Glauchau August 15, 1958, daughter of the late politician and author, Joachim, Count von Schönburg-Glauchau, and sister of socialite Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Carl Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (real estate Investment advisor) and of the author Alexander, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau.

Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau

From 1991 to 1997 he lived in the former family castle of Rochsburg, and served in the city council of Lunzenau.

Immediately after the fall of the wall in 1990, he returned to his homeland in Saxony, and from 1990 to 1994, served as a member of the Bundestag for the representative district, which included the communities of Glauchau, Rochlitz, Hohenstein, Ernstthal and Hainichen, in Saxony, for the Christian Democratic Union.

Johann Gottfried Scheibel

Then he stayed in Hermsdorf in the Ore Mountains until 1836 where likewise he was asked to leave, then in Glauchau, Saxony, and Nuremberg in Bavaria.

Markersbach

In older times Raschau supposedly belonged to Markersbach as a branch church, and likewise, Oberscheibe was assigned to Markersbach’s church, by the favour of the Lords of Schönburg, once the mining town of Scheibenberg had been founded.

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt the first child of Prince Adolph of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, and his wife, Princess Mathilde of Schonburg-Waldenburg, was born at Raben Steinfeld, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Snežnik Castle

The Schnebergs were followed by the houses of Lamberg, Eggenberg, Lichtenberg, and Schönburg-Waldenburg.

Torsten May

Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wechselburg Priory

After the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) the lords of Schönburg built a Baroque castle (Schloss Wechselburg) on the foundations of the ruined abbey, which remained in the same family until their dispossession in 1945.


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