Frederick I, also known as Frederick Barbarossa, was the Holy Roman Emperor from January 2, 1155, until his death. He was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on March 4, 1152, and crowned in Aachen on March 9, 1152. Take a look below for 30 more awesome and interesting facts about Frederick I. 1. He…
28 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Karl Benz
Karl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automobile engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical automobile. He received a patent for the motorcar on January 29, 1886. Take a look below for 28 more fascinating and interesting facts about Karl Benz. 1. Benz was born Karl Friedrich Michael…
30 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel was a German general and military theorist. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served as field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Erwin Rommel. 1. Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last 17 years of his life, Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Take a look below for 30 more fun and interesting facts about Friedrich Schiller. 1….
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He’s best known for his 1818 work The World As Will and Representation, wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fascinating facts about Arthur Schopenhauer. 1. Proceeding from the transcendental idealism…
30 Interesting And Awesome Facts About Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism. He achieved wide renown in his day and, while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy, has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and awesome facts about Georg…
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunition factories in occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fascinating…
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Otto I
Otto I was a German king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda. He inherited the Duchy of Saxony and the kingship of the Germans upon his father’s death in 936. Take a look below for 30…
24 Fun And Interesting Facts About Nikolaus Otto
Nikolaus August Otto was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine, which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine. Take a look below for 24 more fun and interesting facts about Nikolaus Otto. 1. The VDI, Association of German Engineers, created the DIN standard 1940,…
30 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theater director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Richard Wagner. 1. Initially establishing his…