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unusual facts about Thurn


Großache

The nominal source of the Jochberger Ache lies at 1270 m above sea level on the Thurn Pass.


Bactris campestris

In 1884 James Trail described B. leptocarpa in an article by Everard F. im Thurn, based on a specimen collected by im Thurn in Guyana.

Duchess Auguste

Duchess Auguste of Württemberg (1734–1787), married to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

Duke of Castel Duino

Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino (1881-1937), son of Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg- Schillingsfürst

Franz Seraph von Pfistermeister

Councillor Georg Klindworth from Brussels and Baron Franz Josef von Gruben from Regensburg, the Thurn und Taxis estate manager and a prominent figure in the Bavarian Catholic Party, offered Wagner capital in the form of bonus share in the recently formed bank to finance his plans.

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis

There, Thurn und Taxis worked in both television and in radio programs as a sports reporter and commentator and reported on several Olympic Games, football, skiing, and Ice Hockey World Championships events.

In honor of his years of reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) awarded Thurn und Taxis with an IIHF gold medal.

Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

The Austrian Netherlands and Tyrol were added to the Thurn and Taxis postal system.

During the invasion of French troops in the Austrian Netherlands in 1794, the local properties of the Thurn und Taxis family were seized.

Postage stamps and postal history of Germany

The Thurn-und-Taxis-Post employed the first horse-drawn mail coaches in Europe since Roman times in 1650, - they started in the town of Kocs giving rise to the term "coach".

Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis

priestly ordination - 3 October 1994: The Reverend Pater Emmeram of Thurn and Taxis, priest of the Order of Saint Benedict

Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (1755–1810), daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen

Vipava Castle

It was the residence of the knights of Vipava until the mid-14th century, when it became a ducal fief, granted to a long series of noble and knightly families, including the knights of Rihemberk, lords of Snežnik and Belopeš, Counts of Celje, barons Herberstein, Counts Thurn, the noble family of Edling, counts Thrillegkh, and finally the counts Lanthieri, who abandoned the decaying castle in the 17th century.


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