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Nicolas Krick
Nicolas Michel Krick (born March 1, 1819, in Lixheim, Meurthe (department), Meurthe, died September 1, 1854) was a priest from Lorraine who became a missionary with the Paris Foreign Missions Society in 1848. He was murdered with Augustin Bourry while attempting to reach Tibet. Born into a Lorraine family with democratic political leanings, he entered the seminary in 1839 and was ordained priest in 1843. After a few years as a priest, he joined the Paris Foreign Missions. He was sent on a mission to Tibet with three other confreres. As it was impossible to reach Tibet via China, which forbade foreigners to enter its territory, they left for Indo-Gangetic Plain, North India in order to discover a passage to Tibet via the South. After several months of unsuccessful attempts, Nicolas Krick became the first European to reach Tibet by this route. He wrote about his crossing of North India and his experiences in , then sent it to Paris. His ''Relation'' considerably advanced our then ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lixheim
Lixheim is a commune of France in the northeastern Moselle department of Grand Est, a kilometre southeast of another commune, Vieux-Lixheim. History The first Lixheim (now Vieux-Lixheim) was founded by a Benedictine priory in the 12th century. The new town was founded by Count Palatine George Gustavus in 1608 to replace Phalsbourg, which his father Count Palatine George John I had had to cede. In their small principality of the county of Lutzelstein ( La Petite-Pierre), the Counts Palatine wanted to create fortified towns capable of accommodating their Reformed co-religionists, who had been expelled from the Duchy of Lorraine. Nevertheless, Lixheim was sold to the Duke of Lorraine in 1623; despite his commitment to freedom of Protestant worship, Duke Henry II ''The Good'' did little to resist the pressures that drove many of the Reformed inhabitants into exodus. In 1629–1660, Lixheim and Phalsbourg formed the short-lived principality of Phalsbourg and Lixheim, for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
