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Walther Karl Friedrich Ernst Emil Freiherr [1] von Lüttwitz [2] (2 February 1859 – 20 September 1942) was a German general who fought in World War I.Lüttwitz is best known for being the driving force behind the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch of 1920 which attempted to replace the democratic government of the Weimar Republic with a military dictatorship.
Government poster against the Kapp Putsch, 13 March 1920. [a]After Germany had lost World War I (1914–1918), the German Revolution of 1918–1919 ended the monarchy. The German Empire was abolished and a democratic system, the Weimar Republic, was established in 1919 by the Weimar National Assembly.
Wolfgang Kapp (24 July 1858 – 12 June 1922) was a German conservative and nationalist and political activist who is best known for his involvement in the 1920 Kapp Putsch. He spent most of his career working for the Prussian Ministry of Finance and then as director of the Agricultural Credit Institute in East Prussia .
St. Louis, Missouri – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the U.S. census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990 [75] Pop 2000 [76] Pop 2010 [77] Pop 2020 ...
DeMun is known as one of the most historically significant neighborhoods in St. Louis, “chock-full of 1920s architecture and peaceful, tree-lined streets.” [2] The neighborhood's residents are a mix of families, young professionals, and students — typically graduate and professional students from nearby Washington University in St. Louis. [3]
Cementland in 2015. Cementland is an incomplete public art exhibit on the 54-acre site of a former cement factory just north of St. Louis, Missouri.The brainchild of sculptor Bob Cassilly, who also created St. Louis' City Museum, it contains giant concrete sculptures and obsolete machinery, and was planned to have navigable waterways, among many other features.
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The bandstand television program St. Louis Hop, hosted by Russ Carter, was filmed at Casa Loma Ballroom for part of its run. Writer Elaine Viets used Casa Loma as a setting in the novel Rubout in her Francesca Vierline mystery series. [1] On July 29, 1988, a 38-year-old woman suffered a severe heart attack at the Ballroom.