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4 days ago · Towering 240 meters above the Elbe River, the Konigstein Fortress has guarded the strategic trade routes through Saxony for over 800 years. This awe-inspiring bastion sprawls across a 9.5-hectare plateau, making it one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe. With its 42-meter tall sandstone walls, 152-meter deep well, and elaborate ...
5 days ago · Despite the edict, Luther was clandestinely protected by Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who had Luther taken to Wartburg Castle for his safety. During his stay at Wartburg, Luther translated the New Testament into German, further spreading his reformist ideas among the German-speaking populace and making the scriptures more accessible ...
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11 hours ago · Not only did they have the votes of Trier, Mainz and Bohemia, but the margrave of Brandenburg and the duke of Saxony had agreed to support the Bavarian, making if five votes. As for the remaining two, one was Rudolf of the Palatinate, after all Ludwig’s own brother and the other was the archbishop of Cologne.
1 day ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
2 days ago · He composed the Kyrie and Gloria that would later form part of the great Mass in B minor and presented it to the King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony in 1733. Later, the remaining movements of the mass were added and today it is regarded as the foremost musical setting of the Roman Catholic service.
2 days ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the 1754 to 1763 ...
4 days ago · Hengist and Horsa came from this country of the Angles into Britain, which from thence was called Anglia. (fn. 4) At the time the Saxons came out of the Chersonesus, in quest of new settlements, they were joined by the Angles, who, in process of time, became one nation with them. Hence they are, by most authors, comprised under the general name ...
