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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 ...
[2] [3] [4] Karl Thopia, the Prince of Albania, died in 1388 and was buried in Saint John Vladimir's Church. [5] [6] During the 18th century Kostandin Shpataraku painted the walls of the church. [7] An Orthodox monastery grew around the church, and became the seat of the newly founded Archdiocese of Dyrrhachium in the 18th century.
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 .
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 .
A king and his wife are seen sitting in the stone, in what appears to be the medieval chapel of a royal building. Through an open window, the view falls on the horizon of a sea. The expression of grief in the royal figures is because of the death of their daughter. Her coffin stands against the wall, hidden under a dark blanket.
William Middleton's detailed and engrossing biography, "Paradise Now," delves into the late designer's dazzling career, key relationships and his endearing nature.
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 George Matzek ( 6 July 1895 – 16 April 1983) was an Austrian artist of Czech descent who is best noted for his panoramas of historic battles [1] and murals of Biblical scenes in churches. Matzek was a graduate of the Berlin Academy of Art. His artwork was shown in museums and at major galleries of Europe at his artistic height (in the ...