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  2. Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci - Wikipedia

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    Menzel was one of the most popular and important Realist painters of the 19th century, and was ennobled as Adolph von Menzel in 1898. His works form an important record of life in Prussia at the time, especially the life of Frederick the Great. Sanssouci (meaning Free of Care), was Frederick's summer palace at Potsdam, near Berlin.

  3. Gamehendge - Wikipedia

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    In the years after the original The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday tape was recorded other songs were written that were connected to the Gamehendge story in some way. Here is a list of the songs that are confirmed to be a part of Gamehendge, though fans have speculated that there may be more and indeed some songs that were originally not part of Gamehendge have been retroactively connected to it.

  4. List of Prussian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The Hohenzollerns gained de jure sovereignty over Brandenburg when the empire dissolved in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally merged into Prussia. In 1871, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Empire was formed, and the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I was crowned German Emperor. From that point forward, though the Kingdom of ...

  5. Frederick the Great - Wikipedia

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    He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include military successes in the Silesian wars , reorganisation of the Prussian Army , the First Partition of Poland , and patronage ...

  6. Kingdom of Prussia - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Prussia [a] (German: Königreich Preußen, pronounced [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. [5] It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1866 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. [5]

  7. King of Prussia Mall named one of best for holiday shopping ...

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    The Cherry Hill Mall, Neshaminy Mall, and Oxford Valley Mall did not make the list. Here’s why King of Prussia is tops, according to report.

  8. The Musical Offering - Wikipedia

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    The Musical Offering (German: Musikalisches Opfer or Das Musikalische Opfer), BWV 1079, is a collection of keyboard canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, all based on a single musical theme given to him by Frederick the Great (King Frederick II of Prussia), to whom they are dedicated. They were published in ...

  9. Preußenlied - Wikipedia

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    Bernard Thiersch (1793–1855), the director of a Dortmund gymnasium, wrote the first six verses of the song in Halberstadt to honor the birthday of King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1830. The melody was composed in 1832 by August Neithardt (1793–1861), the Royal Music Director of the 2nd Garde-Grenadier-Regiment of the Prussian Army .