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Alter Johannisfriedhof

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The Alter Johannisfriedhof ("Old St. John's Cemetery") is the oldest burial ground in the city of Leipzig, Germany. [1]

36 relations: Adam Friedrich Oeser, Anna Katharina Schönkopf, Battle of Leipzig, Camposanto Monumentale, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Christian Felix Weiße, Christian Theodor Weinlig, East Germany, Franz Dominic Grassi, Friedenspark, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Georg Joachim Zollikofer, George, Duke of Saxony, Germany, Grassi Museum, Heinrich von Kleist, Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes, Johann Adam Hiller, Johann Friedrich Rochlitz, Johann Georg Rosenmüller, Johann Heinrich Zedler, Johann Schelle, Johann Sebastian Bach, Leipzig, Leprosy, Ludwig Schuncke, Pisa, Prince-elector, Roderich Benedix, Seven Years' War, St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Thirty Years' War, Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Wilhelm Traugott Krug, Wilhelmine von Zenge, World War II.

Adam Friedrich Oeser

Adam Friedrich Oeser (17 February 1717 in Pressburg – 18 March 1799 in Leipzig) was a German etcher, painter and sculptor.

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Anna Katharina Schönkopf

Anna Katharina Schönkopf (22 August 1746 – 20 May 1810) was the daughter of the pewterer and wine merchant Christian Gottlieb Schönkopf (ˈkrɪstiːaːn ˈgɔtliːp...; 1716-1791Karl Robert Mandelkow and others: Goethes Briefe. 2. edition. Vol. 1: Briefe der Jahre 1764-1786. Christian Wegner publishers, Hamburg 1968, p. 551) and his wife Katharina Sibylla (...zyːˈbɪlaː...), born Hauck (ˈhaʊk; 1714-1790).

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Battle of Leipzig

The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations (Битва народов, Bitva narodov; Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig; Bataille des Nations, Slaget vid Leipzig) was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813, at Leipzig, Saxony.

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Camposanto Monumentale

The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale ("monumental cemetery") or Camposanto Vecchio ("old cemetery"), is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy.

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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (4 July 171513 December 1769) was a German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing.

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Christian Felix Weiße

Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804) was a German writer and pedagogue.

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Christian Theodor Weinlig

Christian Theodor Weinlig (July 25, 1780 – March 7, 1842) was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Franz Dominic Grassi

Franz Dominic Grassi (* 11 May 1801 in Leipzig; † 14 November 1880 Leipzig) was a merchant in Leipzig with Italian ancestry family.

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Friedenspark

The Friedenspark ("Peace Park") is an open space of about 20 hectares in the centre of Leipzig, Germany, in the district of Zentrum-Südost, located between the Ostplatz to the north and the Russian Memorial Church (Russische Gedächtniskirche) to the south.

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Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus

Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (4 May 1772 – 20 August 1823) was a German encyclopedia publisher and editor, famed for publishing the Conversations-Lexikon, which is now published as the Brockhaus encyclopedia.

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Georg Joachim Zollikofer

Georg Joachim Zollikofer (5 August 1730 – 22 January 1788) was a Swiss-German theologian who popularized Enlightenment theology, and published several books of sermons and hymns.

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George, Duke of Saxony

George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539), was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Grassi Museum

The Grassi Museum is a building complex in Leipzig, Germany, home to three museums: the Ethnography Museum, Musical Instruments Museum, and Applied Arts Museum.

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Heinrich von Kleist

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist.

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Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes

Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes (July 27, 1777 – May 17, 1834) was a German physicist, meteorologist, and astronomer.

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Johann Adam Hiller

Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728, Wendisch-Ossig, Saxony – 16 June 1804, Leipzig) was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera.

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Johann Friedrich Rochlitz

Johann Friedrich Rochlitz (12 February 1769 – 16 December 1842) was a German playwright, musicologist and art and music critic.

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Johann Georg Rosenmüller

Johann Georg Rosenmüller (18 December 1736 – 14 March 1815), a German Protestant theologian, was born at Ummerstadt in Hildburghausen, on 18 December 1736.

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Johann Heinrich Zedler

Johann Heinrich Zedler (7 January 1706 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) – 21 March 1751 in Leipzig) was a bookseller and publisher.

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Johann Schelle

Johann Schelle (Geising, Erzgebirge 6 September 1648 – Leipzig 10 March 1701) was a German Baroque composer.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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Ludwig Schuncke

Christian Ludwig Schuncke (21 December 18107 December 1834) was a German pianist and composer, and close friend of Robert Schumann.

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Pisa

Pisa is a city in the Tuscany region of Central Italy straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea.

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Prince-elector

The prince-electors (or simply electors) of the Holy Roman Empire (Kurfürst, pl. Kurfürsten, Kurfiřt, Princeps Elector) were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Roderich Benedix

Julius Roderich Benedix (21 January 1811 – 26 September 1873) was a German dramatist and librettist, born in Leipzig, where he was educated there at Thomasschule.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763.

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St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.

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Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld

not to be confused with Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld, mining magnate Veit Hanns Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld (11 May 1764–30 April 1841) was a German portraitist.

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Wilhelm Traugott Krug

Wilhelm Traugott Krug (22 June 1770 – 12 January 1842) was a German philosopher and writer.

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Wilhelmine von Zenge

Wilhelhmine von Zenge (August 20, 1780 – April 25, 1852) was a German pastellist.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alter_Johannisfriedhof

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