Gelnhausen

Gelnhausen is a city in the German state of Hesse with 22,000 inhabitants. It was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1170. Barbarossa erected one castle here. Still it has a medieval town center with its famous cathedral witch is both romanesque and gothic.

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German - Hesse - Emperor Frederick Barbarossa - 1170 - Romanesque - Gothic

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Gelnhausen is the birthplace of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. In his famous work Simplicissimus, the sacking of Gelnhausen during the Thirty Years' War is graphically described.

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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen - Simplicissimus - Thirty Years' War

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Till the Napoleonic Wars Gelnhausen in 1804 still was a freie Reichsstadt (free imperial city).

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Gelnhausen is also the birthplace of Johann Philipp Reis, the inventor of one of the first telephones. It is also the birthplace of the actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry.

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Johann Philipp Reis - Telephones - Tia and Tamera Mowry

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Many American soldiers, including Colin Powell served at the Coleman Kaserne.

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American - Colin Powell - Coleman Kaserne

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