Schönborn may refer to:
Places
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Schönborn, Brandenburg
Schönborn is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1947, Schönborn was part of the Prussia, Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was ...
, in the Elbe-Elster district, Brandenburg
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Bad Schönborn
Bad Schönborn is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in northern Karlsruhe (district), Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
In 1971, two previous towns Bad Langenbrücken and ...
, in the district of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
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Schönborn, Rhein-Hunsrück, in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Schönborn, Rhein-Lahn
Schönborn is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Aar-Einrich.
Schönborn is the origin of the Counts of Schönborn. Between 1100 and 1479, the l ...
, in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Schönborn, Donnersbergkreis
Schönborn is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The village is located in the North Palatine Uplands, west of the Donnersberg mountain. The nearest bigger cities are Bad Kreuznach and Kai ...
, in the Donnersbergkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Schönborn, Saxony, location of a
windmill in Saxony
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Schönborn (state)
The County of Schönborn is a former principality (i.e. ''Herrschaft (territory), Herrschaft'') of the Holy Roman Empire that held imperial immediacy and that was ruled by the House of Schönborn.
The state of Schönborn was located to the south ...
, a former principality of the Holy Roman Empire
People
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Eleonore Schönborn
Eleonore Gräfin von Schönborn ( Freiin von Doblhoff; 14 April 1920 – 25 February 2022) was an Austrian politician and member of the House of Schönborn. Being ethnic Germans, she and her family were expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1945, set ...
(1920–2022)
The
House of Schönborn
The House of Schönborn () is the name of an ancient noble and formerly sovereign family of the Holy Roman Empire. As a former ruling and mediatized family, it belongs to the ''Hochadel'' (high nobility).
Various members of the family have held ...
counts several prelates of the Roman Catholic Church:
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Johann Philipp von Schönborn
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious ...
(1605–1673), Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Würzburg and Worms
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Lothar Franz von Schönborn
Lothar Franz von Schönborn-Buchheim (4 October 1655 – 30 January 1729) was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1694 to 1729 and the Bishop of Bamberg from 1693 to 1729. As Archbishop of Mainz, he was also Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Emp ...
(1655–1729), Archbishop of Mainz (1695–1729) and Bishop of Bamberg (1693)
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Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn
Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn (19 September 1676 in Mainz – 19 August 1743 in Bruchsal) was Prince-Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743), Bishop of Konstanz (1740–1743) and a cardinal (1713).
Biography
Born into an ancient German Schönbor ...
(1676–1743), Prince Bishop of Speyer (1719–1743), Bishop of Konstanz (1740) and a cardinal
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Philipp Franz von Schönborn
Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
"Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews.
Surname
* Adolf Philipp (1864� ...
(1673–1724), Bishop of Würzburg (1719–1725)
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Franz Georg von Schönborn
Franz Georg von Schönborn (15 June 168218 January 1756) was a German nobleman who served as Archdiocese of Trier, Archbishop and Electorate of Trier, Elector of Trier from 1729 until his death in 1756. He was also Bishopric of Worms, Prince-Bis ...
(1682–1756), Archbishop of Trier (1729–1756) and Bishop of Worms (1732)
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Friedrich Karl von Schönborn
Friedrich Karl von Schönborn (or Friedrich Carl, 1674–1746) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1729 to 1746. He also served as ''Reichsvizekanzler'' (Vice-Chancellor) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1705 to 17 ...
(1674–1746), Bishop of Bamberg and Bishop of Würzburg (1729–1746)
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Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn
Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn (; 24 January 1844 – 25 June 1899) was a Czech Catholic cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal.
Early life
Born at Prague on 24 January 1844 into an Uradel, ancient noble House of Schönborn, he was the fou ...
(1844–1899), Cardinal Archbishop of Prague
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Christoph Schönborn
Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Schönborn, OP (; born 22 January 1945) is a Bohemian-born Austrian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Vienna from 1995 until 2025. He was chairman of the Austrian Bishops' Conferen ...
(born 1945), Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna
See also
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Schoenborn
German-language surnames
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