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Franz Von Ballestrem
Franz von Ballestrem (5 September 1834 – 23 December 1910) was a German entrepreneur, manager and politician for Centre Party. Life Franz von Ballestrem was born on 5 September 1834 in Plawniowitz (today Pławniowice in Poland). His parents were Carl Wolfgang von Ballestrem (1801–1879) and Betha von Leithold (1803–1874). He went to ''Adelskonvikt'' in Lviv. From 1848 to 1851 he went to school in Głogów and Namur. He studied at ''Berg Academy'' in Liège. Since 1855 Ballestrem was in Prussian Army and became in 1857 prussian army officer in 1st (Silesian) Life Cuirassiers "Great Elector". He was 1866 soldier in Austro-Prussian War and 1870/1871 in Franco-Prussian War. From 1867 he was Rittmeister. After death of his father he owned majorat in Plawniowitz in Silesia. From 1872 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1907 Ballestrem was member of the Reichstag of the German Empire. From 1898 to 1907 Ballestrem was president of the Reichstag. From 1891 to 1903 Ballestrem was also m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prussian House Of Representatives
The Prussian House of Representatives (german: Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus) was the lower chamber of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the upper house, the House of Lords (german: Preußisches Herrenhaus), it formed the Prussian bicameral legislature. The Prussian House of Representatives was established by the Prussian constitution of 5 December 1848, with members elected according to the three-class franchise. At first it was called simply the "Second Chamber," with the name "House of Representatives" (') introduced in 1855. Franchise From 1849, the election of representatives within the Kingdom of Prussia was performed according to the three-class franchise system. The election was indirect. In the primary election, those with the right to vote went to the ballot and, in three separate classes, chose electors, who, in turn, chose the representatives for their constituency. Several attempts to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Heinrich Konrad Von Gossler
Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cartoons * Gustav (''Zoids''), a transportation mecha in the ''Zoids'' fictional universe *Gustav, a character in '' Sesamstraße'' *Monsieur Gustav H., a leading character in '' The Grand Budapest Hotel'' Weapons * Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, dubbed "the Gustav" by US soldiers * Schwerer Gustav, 800-mm German siege cannon used during World War II Other uses * Gustav (pigeon), a pigeon of the RAF pigeon service in WWII *Gustave (crocodile), a large male Nile crocodile in Burundi *Gustave, South Dakota *Hurricane Gustav (other), a name used for several tropical cyclones and storms *Gustav, a streetwear clothing brand See also *Gustav of Sweden (other) *Gustav Adolf (other) *Gustave Eiffel (other) * * *Gus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Von Arnim-Boitzenburg
Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg (born 12 December 1832 at Boitzenburg; died 15 December 1887 at Boitzenburg) was a German landowner and politician for Free Conservative Party. Life His parents were politician Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg and Anna Caroline von der Schulenburg (1804–1886). His brother Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1839-1919) was a prussian diplomat. He studied German law at University of Göttingen in Göttingen and in Berlin. Since 1868 he was member of Prussian House of Lords. From 1874 to 1877 he was Oberpräsident of Province of Silesia. Arnim-Boitzenburg was from 1867 to 1884 member of German Reichstag The Reichstag (, ; officially: – ; en, Parliament) is a historic government building in Berlin which houses the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament. It was constructed to house the Imperial Diet (german: Reichstag) of t .... From 1880 to 1881 he was for a short time president of German Reichstag. He married Mathi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Theodor Von Seydewitz
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded from the 7th century ( Odo, son of Uro, courtier of Sigebert III). It was the name of three 10th-century German kings, the first of whom was Otto I the Great, the first Holy Roman Emperor, founder of the Ottonian dynasty. The Gothic form of the prefix was ''auda-'' (as in e.g. '' Audaþius''), the Anglo-Saxon form was ''ead-'' (as in e.g. '' Eadmund''), and the Old Norse form was '' auð-''. The given name Otis arose from an English surname, which was in turn derived from ''Ode'', a variant form of ''Odo, Otto''. Due to Otto von Bismarck, the given name ''Otto'' was strongly associated with the German Empire in the later 19th century. It was comparatively frequently given in the United States (presumably in German American families) d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Franz August Von Forckenbeck
Maximilian (Max) Franz August von Forckenbeck (23 October 1821 – 26 May 1892) was a German lawyer and liberal politician who served as Mayor of Berlin from 1878 until his death. His is considered one of the most important mayors of the city because of his prudent governing style during Berlin's rise as the capital of a unified Germany. Life Max Forckenbeck was born in Münster in the Prussian province of Westphalia. From 1838 he studied law at the University of Giessen in Hesse, where he joined the ''Corps Teutonia'' fraternity. He completed his studies at the Frederick William University in Berlin. As a law graduate, he serveded first as a '' Referendar'' from 1842, from 1847 as an ''Assessor'' at the municipal court in Glogau, Silesia. Upon the March Revolution of 1848, he acted as president of the ''Glogauer Konstitutioneller Verein''. In 1849, he received his admission as attorney-at-law in Mohrungen, East Prussia. In 1858, Forckenbeck joined the newly established Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Von Simson
Martin Sigismund Eduard von Simson (10 November 1810 – 2 May 1899) was a German jurist and distinguished liberal politician of the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, who served as President of the Frankfurt Parliament as well as the first President of the German Parliament and of the Imperial Court. He was ennobled by Kaiser Frederick III in 1888. Education Eduard Simson was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, in a Jewish family. The family converted to Protestantism in 1823. After the usual course at the '' Gymnasium'' of his native town, he entered its university in 1826 as a student of jurisprudence, and specially of Roman law. He continued his studies at Berlin and Bonn, and, having graduated ''doctor juris'', attended lectures at the École de Droit in Paris. Returning to Königsberg in 1831 he established himself as a ''Privatdozent'' in Roman law, becoming two years later extraordinary, and in 1836 ordinary, professor in the faculty of the university. National Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wappen Deutsches Reich - Reichsadler 1889
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation. The term itself of 'coat of arms' describing in modern times just the heraldic design, originates from the description of the entire medieval chainmail 'surcoat' garment used in combat or preparation for the latter. Rolls of arms are collections of many coats of arms, and since the early Modern Age centuries, they have been a source of information for public showing and tracing the membership of a noble family, and therefore its genealogy across time. History Heraldic designs came into general use among European nobility in the 12th century. Systematic, heri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin
This is a list of the state libraries (german: Landesbibliothek) for each of the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany. These libraries hold the right for legal deposit for the publications in their respective state. Landesbibliothek Staatsbibliothek The historic National Libraries of the former Kingdoms, now States of Germany (Länder), are called Staatsbibliothek (state libraries). Among the libraries named Staatsbibliothek are:''Bibliotheken mit Pflichtexemplar in Deutschland''. DBI, Berlin 1995 (Aufstellung über alle Pflichtexemplarbibliotheken und die historische Aufteilung der Pflichtexemplare in Deutschland) * the Bavarian State Library (''Bayerische Staatsbibliothek'' or BSB) in Munich, one of the world's largest libraries and the former library of the Kingdom of Bavaria * the Bamberg State Library (''Staatsbibliothek Bamberg''), a library in Bamberg, Bavaria * the Berlin State Library (''Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin''), the largest academic library in the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign Military Order Of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; la, Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis), commonly known as the Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. Though it possesses no territory, the order is often considered a sovereign entity of international law, as it maintains diplomatic relations with many countries. The Order claims continuity with the Knights Hospitaller, a chivalric order that was founded about 1099 by the Blessed Gerard in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The order is led by an elected prince and grand master. Its motto is (''defence of the faith and assistance to the poor''). The Order venerates the Virgin Mary as its p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, links=yes, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See. The pope is the sovereign of the order. The order creates "canons" as well as knights, with the primary mission to "support the Christian presence in the Holy Land". The order today is estimated to have some 30,000 knights and dames in 60 lieutenancies around the world.oessh.no The cardinal grand master has been Fernando Filoni since 2019, and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is grand prior. Its headquarters are situated at Palazzo Della Rovere and its official church in Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo, both in Rome, close to Vatican City. Name The name of the knights and order varied over the centuries, including and ''The Sacred and Military Order of the Holy Sepulchre''. The current name was determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papal Gentleman
A Papal Gentleman, also called a Gentleman of His Holiness, is a lay attendant of the pope and his papal household in Vatican City. Papal gentlemen serve in the Apostolic Palace near St. Peter's Basilica in ceremonial positions, such as escorting dignitaries during state visits and other important occasions. It is a local name for the old court position of valet de chambre. To be appointed is an honor. The appointee is an unpaid volunteer. History Papal Chamberlain was prior to 1968 a court title given by the pope to high-ranking clergy as well as laypersons, usually members of prominent Italian noble families. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
