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November
16 in German History November 16, 759 Death of St. Othmar (? - 759) St. Othmar was a monk in St. Gallen where he united the monks in the area into a monastery of the rule first of St. Columban and later of St. Benedict. He was noted for his ministry to the poor. After refusing to allow the monastery to fall into secular hands, he was imprisoned and died in prison on the island of Werd in the Rhine. His following and the legends of his life grew rapidly after his death. He remains today a very popular saint in Switzerland. His sainthood predates the practice of canonization by a Pope. His feast day is November 16. November 16, 1632 On November 16, 1632 in the Thirty Years' War the Battle of Luetzen took
place. It was in this battle that Gustavus Adolphus was killed. At that
time he was clearly the most powerful force among the factions fighting
in the Thirty Years' war. On November 16, near Luetzen, Germany, he attacked
the army of German General Wallenstein. The Catholic army of Wallenstein
was defeated, giving victory to the Swedes, but during the fighting King
Gustav Aldof was killed. November 16, 1831 Death of Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (01 June 1780 - 16 November 1831) - a famous Prussian soldier and military strategist. He died on Nov. 16, 1831 with a horrible diagnosis - cholera, shortly after his return to Breslau . November 16, 1857 Death of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff in Neisse, Germany. Eichendorff was one of the best of the Romantic poets. A number of his poems have been put to music by Schumann and Mendelssohn. His best known novella is Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (1826). November 16, 1895 Birth of Paul Hindemith in Hanau, Germany. Hindemith was one of the leading composers of the 20th century. His works include Die junge Magd (1922), Das Marienleben (1924), and the opera, Cardillac (1926). In 1928 he collaborated with Kurt Weill on Der Lindberghflug. When the Nazis came to power he left Germany to teach in Turkey and the United States (Yale). After the war he taught at the University of Zürich. November 16, 1903 Death of Camillo Sitte in Vienna, Austria. Sitte was a pioneer of city planning. His ideas are contained in his book Der Städtebau nach seinen künstlerischen Grundsätzen (1889). November 16, 1976 The East German singer, Wolf Biermann, after a concert tour in the West is denied reentry into East Germany.
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