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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VYO_schopperschen-haus-schoppers-house-historical_Schweinfurt-Bayern.html
Hier, im ehemals "Schopperschen Haus" Nr. 339 am Markt, waren zu Gast: Albrecht von Wallenstein Feldherr von Ende august 1625 bis zum 2.9.1625 Octavio Piccolomini Kaiserlicher General Vom 6.10.1634 bis 22.5.1635 Zar Alexander I. vo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VX7_olympia-fulvia-morata-historical_Schweinfurt-Bayern.html
Die Humanistin Olympia Fulvia Morata 1526 Ferrara - 1555 Heidelberg lebte und wohnte von 1551-1554 in der freien Reichsstadt Schweinfurt. Bildung u. Standhaftigkeit im Glauben, Liebe, Mut u. Toleranz zeichneten sie aus. Hier am die…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S77_castle-church-in-wittenberg_Lutherstadt-Wittenberg-Sachsen-Anhalt.html
(English Text) In 1489 Elector Friedrich the Wise gave permission to construct a castle under the direction of architect Konrad Pfluger. In 1496 the construction of the Castle Church began. The consecration as All Saints Church was in 1503. In 150…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S75_berliner-mauer_Berlin-Berlin.html
(English text) Length 43.1 km East-Berlin/West Berlin, 119 km GDR/ West-Berlin Height 3.60 m. On the 13th of August, 1961 the SED leadership ordered the closure of the border to the sectors of West Berlin. For 28 years this border divided Germa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S74_glienicker-brucke_Berlin-Berlin.html
(English translation) The Glienicker Bridge was built between 1904 and 1907 and was destroyed in World War II and reopened in 1949 as Union Bridge. For decades the leaders of East Germany who chose this name fought against unification of Germany. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S73_remains-of-the-berlin-wall_Berlin-Berlin.html
(English text) The Berlin Wall was a worldwide symbol for the division of Germany after World War II and for the injustice and inhumanity of the communist system. Construction began on August 13, 1961, on the orders of the GDR leadership. It fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S72_topography-of-terror_Berlin-Berlin.html
The grounds of the "Topography of Terror" were made accessible to the public in 1987 on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city Berlin. The excavated remains of buildings, the post-war relics and the exhibition "Topography…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S71_baudenkmal-berliner-mauer_Berlin-Berlin.html
(English text) In July 1990, East German border guards began systematically demolishing the Berlin Wall. The great majority of Berliners were glad to see this much-hated structure disappear from the centre of the city. Only the initiative of a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6Z_cecilienhof-palace_Potsdam-Brandenburg.html
(English text) Cecilienhof Palace, built in the style of an English country house from 1913 to 1917, was the last building of the Hohenzollern family. The grounds, designed by Paul Schultze-Naumburg, served as residence of the family of Crown Prin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6Y_neuer-garten-new-garden_Potsdam-Brandenburg.html
(English text) Please Support the Preservation. After 1787, Frederick William II had a sentimental landscape garden with numerous buildings and park architecture laid out under the direction of Johann August Eyserbeck, a gardener from Worlitz. Its…
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