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January
25 in German History January 25 Each year on January 25 the children of the eastern German minority group the Sorbs celebrate Vogelhochzeit. On the evening of January 24 the children put out a plate by the window. In the morning they find the plate filled with candy which the birds have brought as a thank you for the children feeding them during the winter. On the 25th children dress up in traditional wedding costumes and march in processions to celebrate the wedding of the birds, "Vogelhochzeit". January 25, 1366 Death of Heinrich Seuse (also spelled Suso in some texts) (original name
Heinrich von Berg) in Ulm, Germany. Seuse, a Dominican, was one of the
outstanding mystics in German religious history. He studied under another
great mystic, Meister Eckehart in Cologne. He came under criticism and
attack when he held to the positions of Meister Eckehart even when Eckehart
was condemned by the Pope in 1329. Seuse's most influential and lasting
work is Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit (1328). Seuse was beatified
by Pope Gregory XVI in 1831. January 25, 1615 Birth of Govert Flinck in Kleve, Germany. Flinck was a Baroque portrait painter who studied under and painted in the style of Rembrandt. January 25, 1743 Birth of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi in Düsseldorf, Germany. The philosopher, Jacobi, developed the philosophy of feeling (Gefühlsphilosophie). He was highly critical of the rationalism of Spinoza and of the dualism of sensibility of Kant. Jacobi was a friend of the poet Martin Wieland and the dramatist/critic G. E. Lessing. January 25, 1766 Birth of Hans Freiherr von Gagern in Kleinniedesheim, Germany. Von Gagern represented the Netherlands during the Congress of Vienna from 1814 to 1815 and was one of the voices strongly favoring the reestablishment of the Holy Roman Empire. January 25, 1776 Birth of Joseph von Görres in Koblenz, Germany. Görres was a Romanic writer who worked with Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano. In 1808 he founded the newspaper, Rheinische Merkur. In 1827 he became a professor of history at the University of Munich where he worked with a group of Roman Catholic scholars engaging in Catholic intellectualism. The Göres Society for the advancement of Roman Catholic studies was named for him in 1876. January 25, 1832 Birth of Paul Bronsart von Schellendorf in Danzig, Germany (now in Poland). Von Schellendorff was the German Minister of War from 1883 - 1889. January 25, 1869 Birth of Max Hoffmann in Homberg an der Efze, Germany. Hoffmann was the developer of the military strategy which Hindenburg and Ludendorff used in the Battle of Tannenberg of 1914 which was the first major German victory on the Eastern Front in World War I. In 1918 he led the offensive against Russia which forced the final peace terms ending Russian participation in World War I. January 25, 1881 Birth of Emil Ludwig in Breslau, Germany (now in Poland). Ludwig was a popular biographer. Among the figures treated in his biographies are Goethe, Bismarck, Lincoln, Hindenburg, Roosevelt and Beethoven. January 25, 1886 Birth of orchestra conductor, Wilhelm Furtwängler, in Berlin, Germany. He specialized in the music of Beethoven and Wagner. During his career he was conductor of the Mannheim Opera, the Berlin Opera, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayreuth Festival, and the Berlin State Opera. He conducted in Germany in the Nazi years which brought him much suspicion and hostility. He was offered the post of Conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1936, but public pressure drove him from it. He was given the Directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1949 but was again forced away by public pressure. January 25, 1898 Birth of Joachim Wach in Chemnitz, Germany. Wach was a sociologist of religion. He introduced the discipline of comparative study of religion. Wach was a professor of the history of religion at the University of Leipzig from 1929 to 1935. He then immigrated to the United States to teach at the University of Chicago from 1945 to 1955. He is one of the founders of the "Chicago School" of religious studies. January 25, 1955 The Soviet Union declares the end of the state of war with Germany. (Hostilities had ceased, actually, in 1945). January 25, 1987 West Germany holds parliamentary elections. The CDU/CSU gets 44.3% of the vote, the SPD 37%, the FDP 9.1% and the Green Party 8.3%. The CDU/CSU coalition continues with the FDP. Helmut Kohl (CDU) continues as chancellor and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) as vice chancellor and foreign minister. January 25, 1996 The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl, is awarded
the Gold Medallion for Humanitarian Service of the international Jewish
organization, B'nai B'rith. The award was given for Kohl's fostering of
German-Jewish dialog, the intensification of relations between Germany
and Israel and his contributions to the peace process in the Middle East. Back to Today in German History Calendar |
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