Baron Munchhausen

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron von Münchhausen (May 11, 1720 - February 22, 1797) was a German nobleman who in his youth was sent to serve as page to Prince Anton Ulrich of Brunswick and later joined the Russian military. He served until 1750, in particular taking part in two campaigns against the Turks. Returning home, Munchhausen supposedly told a number of outrageous tall tales about his adventures. Baron was born in Bodenwerder and died there as well.

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There is a club "Munchhausen's Grandchildren" (??????? ??????????) in Kaliningrad (Königsberg). With the help of the sister city of Bodenwerder, Germany, which is the birthplace of the Baron, the club amassed a number of "historical proofs" of presence of the Baron in Königsberg: an ancient silver taller "returned" to Kaliningrad by Bodenweiler's mayor as a debt for a mug of beer drunk by Muhchhausen, Order of Saint Anna issued to the Baron by Pavel I of Russia for his "faultless service", and the skeleton of the whale in whose belly the Baron was entrapped for a while. On June 18, 2005 there was the grand opening of a monument of the Baron, which was presented to Kaliningrad by Bodenwerden. The monument portrays the Baron's canonball ride.

Related Topics:
Kaliningrad - Sister city - Bodenwerder - Germany - Taller - Order of Saint Anna - Pavel I of Russia - Whale

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A monument of the Baron is also installed in his city of birth as well.

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An international tour over the places visited by Baron Munchhausen is established as a joint venture of Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, and Kaliningrad.

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Germany - Lithuania - Latvia

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