Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

Unser Preußen - Video

25-06-2024

Vor fast fünf Jahren erwähnte ich, dass ich mehr gescannte Bilder aus meiner zerlegten Kopie von "Unser Preußen" posten würde, aber wie üblich habe…

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Königsberg Plus

11-05-2023

Just a short post to get back into the swing of things, I've been busy and/or distracted lately.Kremlin calls Polish decision to rename Kaliningrad…

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Leuthen - C.F. Scherenberg

22-07-2022

Another acquisition this month; Leuthen (Gedicht) by Christian Friedrich Scherenberg. I have yet to read it all, but the first verse seems to fit well…

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Wirtshaus in Prettin

31-05-2021

Firstly, today is the 281st anniversary of Frederick the Great's accession to the throne of Prussia. We could definitely do with leaders of his…

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Wolfersdorf at Torgau

28-01-2021

A great little anecdote from Thomas Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great, how Colonel von Wolfersdorf "beautifully defends himself in Torgau", and…

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Posen 1848

30-09-2020

Sorry for the long delay, I've had, and still have, a lot of letters to write, amongst other stuff. I wonder how long since copies of these two books…

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A mystery...

18-01-2019

I like a mystery. So according to Lucas David, as reported by Kotzebue in Preussens ältere Geschichte, Band I, a wagonload or so of documents was…

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