Wartenberg
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Buildings
- Wartenberg castles, situated on the Wartenberg hill in the municipality of MuttenzMuttenzMuttenz is a municipality with a population of approximately 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is located in the district of Arlesheim and next to the city of Basle.-History:...
near BaselBaselBasel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
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Places
- Wartenberg, HesseWartenberg, Hesse-Location:The community lies in the eastern Vogelsberg Mountains. Through the community flows the river Lauter, which empties into the Altefeld in Bad Salzschlirf, itself a tributary to the Schlitz.-Neighbouring communities:...
in the district Vogelsbergkreis, HesseHesseHesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - WartenbergWartenberg (Berlin)Wartenberg is a German locality within the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-History:...
, a locality in the borough of LichtenbergLichtenbergLichtenberg is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-Overview:...
in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany - Wartenberg, BavariaWartenberg, BavariaWartenberg is a municipality in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany....
in the district Erding, BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany - Wartenberg am Rollberg, the German name of Stráž pod RalskemStráž pod RalskemStráž pod Ralskem is a town in Česká Lípa District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 4,238 The baroque composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was born in Stráž pod Ralskem in 1644.- People :...
, Czech Republic - The mediæval County of Wartenberg, a fief of the Holy Roman Empire, mediatised to Kingdom of WestphaliaKingdom of WestphaliaThe Kingdom of Westphalia was a new country of 2.6 million Germans that existed from 1807-1813. It included of territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the First French Empire, ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte...
in 1806 and subsequently to Prussia in 1814 - The mansion Wartenberg (also known as Vartenbjerg or Vartenberg) is situated in Southern Jutland near Haderslev in the former Duchy of Schleswig. From the Middle Ages and until the early 19th century it, next to being one of the larger mansions of the area, served as an inn/"Hærvejskro", because of its position near the old Army Road/"Hærvej" (Sources: Trap Danmark & Større Danske Landbrug)
People
- Franz Wilhelm, Count of WartenbergFranz Wilhelm von WartenbergFranz Wilhelm, Count von Wartenberg was a Bavarian Catholic Bishop of Osnabrück, expelled from his see in the Thirty Years' War and later restored, and at the end of his life a Cardinal....
, Catholic clergy, Prince-Bishop of Minden, Osnabrück and Verden as well as Vicar Apostolic of the Archdiocese of Bremen - Robert WartenbergRobert WartenbergRobert Wartenberg was an American neurologist.Wartenberg was born in 1886 in Grodno, Belarus, then in the Russian Empire. He graduated from the University of Rostock, Germany in 1919. He worked with Max Nonne in Hamburg and Otfrid Foerster in Breslau. In 1933, he became head of the neurological...
, neurologist - Thomas E. Wartenberg, professor of philosophy
Other
- Wartenberg wheelWartenberg wheelA Wartenberg wheel, also called a Wartenberg pinwheel or Wartenberg neurowheel, is a medical device for neurological use. It was originally designed by Dr Robert Wartenberg to test nerve reactions as it rolled systematically across the skin. A Wartenberg wheel is generally made of stainless steel...
, a medical device for neurological use - Wartenberg TrustWartenberg TrustWartenbergTrust is a wealth management and investment advisory firm established in 1921 to manage financial and other assets of the Wartenberg family in German-speaking Europe and from 1931 also in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the US and Italy...
, Private Wealth Management firm