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17 unusual facts about Zeitz


Battle on the Elster

Nearby was the bridge over the Elster to the town of Zeitz.

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).

Christoph Pezel

Pezel, who had hitherto been at Zeitz, now went to Eger; but in 1577, like his fellow exiles, received a position from Count John of Nassau, first at the school in Siegen and later at Dillingen.

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

She led the government and initiated the construction of a spa in Bad Lauchstädt.

Fatelessness

Eventually he is sent to Buchenwald, and continues on describing his life in a concentration camp, before being finally sent to another camp in Zeitz.

Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt

Frederick Heinrich of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (b. Moritzburg, 21 July 1668 - d. Neustadt an der Orla, 18 December 1713), was a German prince of the House of Wettin.

Shortly after, his older brother, Duke Maurice Wilhelm of Saxe-Zeitz, gave him the towns of Pegau and Neustadt as appanage.

Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause

General der Infanterie Friedrich August Wilhelm von Brause (10 September 1769 in Zeitz – 23 December 1836 in Frankfurt (Oder)) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

Heinrich Botho Scheube

Heinrich Botho Scheube (August 18, 1853 – 1923) was a German physician born in Zeitz.

Johann Krieger

In 1677 Johann Philipp was employed as court organist at Halle, and Johann soon became chamber musician at Zeitz, a city some 30 miles away.

Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

#Frederick Heinrich (b. Moritzburg, 21 July 1668 - d. Neustadt an der Orla, 18 December 1713), inherited Pegau and Neustadt.

Naumburg Cathedral

Thus it is the proto-cathedral of the former Catholic Diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz.

In 1028, after some encouragement from the brothers they won approval from the King Conrad II and Pope John XIX to move the Episcopal See from Zeitz to Naumburg on the grounds that the castle would provide more protection for the See than it could get in Zeitz.

Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

She died in 1772 and was buried in the Melander Crypt in Holzappel.

Saxe-Zeitz

He also received the city of Schleusingen in 1660, which had until then been the residence of the County of Henneberg.

It died out in 1718 when the only male heir, Prince Christian August, joined the clergy.

Wilhelmina Koch

Mina Koch spent the first years there in a girls' school in Droyßig at Zeitz, where her Confirmation was celebrated.


603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion

The battalion was present at the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April, halting its advance that week – after elements had pushed as far forward as Tannenberg, on the Czech border – to be deployed in Zeitz as a garrison unit until the end of the war, some weeks later.

Environmental profit and loss account

In the Winter 2012 issue, the Stanford Social Innovation Review published “Connecting Heart to Head” by Ram Nidumolu, Kevin Kramer, & Jochen Zeitz.

Johann Krieger

He then attained the position of Kapellmeister at Greiz (a further 30 miles south from Zeitz).

Marie Amalie of Brandenburg

Maria Amalia of Brandenburg-Schwedt (26 November 1670 in Cölln – 17 November 1739 at Bertholdsburg Castle in Schleusingen) was a princess from the Brandenburg-Schwedt line of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz.

Milbenkäse

Historically, the cheese was produced in the Saxony-Anhalt/Thuringia border region of Zeitz and Altenburg districts; today it is produced exclusively in the village of Würchwitz, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.