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- Götz von Berlichingen (göts´ fən bĕr´lĬkhĬng-ən), 1480–1562, German knight and adventurer. The head of a band of free soldiers, he lost (1504) his right hand in the battle of Landshut and wore an iron one in its place. His forays against various cities earned him popular fame.
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Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen (pronounced [ˈgɔtfʁiːd fɔn ˈbɛʁlɪçɪŋən], ; 15 November 1480 – 23 July 1562), also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), mercenary and poet. He was born around 1480 into the noble family of Berlichingen in modern-day Baden-Württemberg.
Apr 17, 2024 · Götz von Berlichingen (born 1480, Jagsthausen Castle, Württemberg [Germany]—died July 23, 1562, Hornberg Castle) was an imperial knight ( Reichsritter ), romanticized in legend as a German Robin Hood and remembered as hero of J.W. von Goethe’s play Götz von Berlichingen.
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Jun 23, 2016 · Gotz von Berlichingen was a German mercenary knight who lived during the 16 th century. This knight was known also as Götz of the Iron Hand, due to the fact that after his right hand was severed during a siege, he had it replaced with a prosthetic one made of iron.
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Götz von Berlichingen is a successful 1773 drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, based on the memoirs of the historical adventurer-poet Gottfried or Götz von Berlichingen ( c. 1480–1562 ). It first appeared in English in 1799 as Goetz of Berlichingen of the Iron Hand in a rather free version by Walter Scott. [1]
Götz von Berlichingen, drama in five acts by J.W. von Goethe, published in 1773 and performed in 1774. The pseudo-Shakespearean tragedy was the first major work of the Sturm und Drang movement. Intending the play as a drama to be read rather than performed, Goethe published it as a shortened.
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Nov 3, 2015 · Fierce German mercenary knight Götz von Berlichingen loved a good feud. As a soldier for hire in the early 1500s, he and his rogue crew of rabble-rousers fought on behalf of whichever...
Jul 19, 2021 · Götz von Berlichingen is exactly the type of a historical figure that embodied all the features of a leader that was destined for greatness. A defiant and powerful German noble, Götz led a life filled with excitement and defining events.
