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22 in German History December 22, 1694 Birth of Hermann Samuel Reimarus in Hamburg, Germany. Reimarus was a Deist who taught at a Gymnasium in Hamburg. Though he published theological works during his lifetime, his lifetime work, Apologie oder Schutzschrift die vernunftigen Verehrer Gottes, was yet unpublished at the time of his death. Gotthold Lessing was the first to publish parts of the work which evoked wide ranging controversy. The most controversial idea was Reimarus's insistence that Jesus was simply a normal human with messianic illusions. December 22, 1765
Birth of Johann Pfaff in Stuttgart, Germany. The mathematician proposed the first general method of integrating partial differential equations of the first order. The term "Pfaffian problem" was originated in his honor.
December 22, 1818 Birth of St. Konrad von Parzham (1818-1894) in Parzham, Bavaria. From his youth he had wanted to enter a monastery and become a priest. He was rejected repeatedly, however. Finally at age 30 he was accepted into the Capuchin monastery in Altotting, Bavaria. He spent the next 41 years in prayer. He died on April 21, 1894. He is buried in the church of the monastery which has been renamed the Brother Konrad Church. Konrad was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934. December 22, 1848 Birth of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff in Markowitz, Germany. Wilamowitz-Moellendorff was a classicist at the University of Berlin. He is noted for his outstanding work, primarily in Greek studies. He effectively crippled the classics career of Friedrich Nietzsche through his scathing review of Nietzsche's first book, Die Geburt der Tragödie. Nietzsche at that time was a young professor at the University of Basel. December 22, 1899 Birth of Gustaf Grundgens in Dusseldorf, Germany. December 22, 1900
The first automobile with the name "Mercedes" was produced. (Daimler and Benz had been building cars for some time by then, but the name "Mercedes" came into being on this date in 1900). December 22, 1902 Death of Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing in Graz, Austria. Krafft-Ebing was one of the early researchers in sexual aberrations. He was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Strasbourg. December 22, 1950 Death of Walter Damrosch in Breslau, Germany (now in Poland). Damrosch was brought to the United States as a child. A conductor, he was a specialist in the works of Richard Wagner. He conducted the New York Symphony Society, the New York Oratorio Society and the Metropolitan Opera Company. In 1894 he organized and directed the Damrosch Opera Company which specialized in German operas. He also composed several operas, none of which has achieved renown. December 22, 1980 Death of German Admiral Karl Donitz in Aumuhle, Germany. Donitz served as a submarine officer in WWI. In defiance of the Treaty of Versailles he rebuilt a submarine fleet after the war. In 1943 he was appointed commander of the German navy. After Hitler's death, Donitz assumed the leadership of the nation for a few days, long enough to surrender. The Nurnberg court sentenced him to 10 years in prison, a term which he actually served. December 22, 1989
Re-opening of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin's most famous landmark the Brandenburg Gate has been opened for the first time in almost three decades. Thousands of people spilled on to the city's streets cheering in the pouring rain to watch the historic ceremony which effectively ends the division of East and West Germany. The 200-year-old gate was built as a monument to Prussian power and it embodied German unity until Hitler's defeat at the end of the Second World War. It subsequently became one of the most potent symbols of Cold War division of Germany and of Europe. Back to Today in German History Calendar |
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