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Gereon Karl Goldmann was born on 10 October 1916 in Ziegenhain (now part of Schwalmstadt, Hesse) as one of seven children of Karl Goldmann, a veterinarian, and his wife, Margarethe. After his wife's death in 1924, Karl Goldmann remarried, and the family moved to Cologne .
Hanf was the fifth child of the pharmacist Karl (d. 1817) in the monastery of St Lambrecht in Upper Styria. He was born Karl Ignaz Hanf. While just nine, his father and at the age of eleven he went to school to Admont Abbey where his mother Elizabeth Zach (d. 1824) took him on a two-day journey by foot. He studied briefly at Judenberg the next ...
The family stems from the Lords of Seinsheim, who had established themselves in Franconia during the Middle Ages. [1] A branch of the Seinsheim family (the non-Schwarzenberg portion died out in 1958) was created when Erkinger of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian territory of Schwarzenberg and the castle of Schwarzenberg in Scheinfeld during the early part of the 15th century.
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (21 February 1851 – 15 December 1913) was a German painter and social reformer. [ 1 ] Diefenbach is regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements" and one of the most important champions of the Lebensreform (life-reform), the Freikörperkultur ( naturism ) and the peace movement .
In 1958, during the Algerian war, Fellaghas raided the monastery. In 1962, there were just nine monks left. [1] After the independence of Algeria, the closing of the monastery was considered by the monks, but the death of the General Abbot of the Trappists, Dom Gabriel Sortais during the same night as the signing of the decree of the closure of the monastery, suspended the decision.
After the film won the 2007 Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Film", he returned for a celebration at Heiligenkreuz with the statue on 28 October. [ 3 ] In April 2008, some of the monks from Heiligenkreuz abbey recorded a CD of Gregorian plainsong , which was released on May 19 on Universal Classics under the title Chant: Music For Paradise ...
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The Desamortización or secularization of the place brought monastic life to an end. On 24 July of the same year the monastery was plundered by representatives of the Mendizábal's government and unruly mobs. [7] During the events all valuable paintings and furniture were removed and dispersed. Also parts of the monastery were destroyed by fire.