Wilhelm von Humboldt
Wilhelm von Humoldt was born to a noble Prussian family on 22 June 1767 in Potsdam. Wilhelm, who was also the brother of famous Alexander...
July 20, 2019
Category: Culture
Hegel: A Biography
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, as a child of an officer, was born in Stuttgart on August 27, 1770. Having studied on theology in Tübingen, he...
July 5, 2019
Enlightenment and German Idealism
Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which concerned such things as God, Nature, Human beings, Reason etc. Center of the Enlightenment thought were the use of reason,...
June 29, 2019
5 Interesting Facts About the Hohenzollern Castle
1. Hohenzollern Castle has been privately owned by the Hohenzollern family for almost a thousand years now. Hohenzollern Castle is the dynastic home of the...
June 9, 2019
A Short History of Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital of the east Prussia and it was one of the most prominent cities in the history of Prussia in terms of...
May 30, 2019
5 Interesting Facts About Charlottenburg Palace
1. The Palace was originally built for Queen Sophia Charlotte as a summer residence. In 1695, then Frederick III. of Brandenburg ordered the construction of...
May 18, 2019
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant was born as the fourth of nine children to an artisan family in 22 March 1724. Although his pious family life didn’t help...
May 16, 2019
A Short History of Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital and most populous city in the state of Brandenburg. It borders directly with the capital Berlin to the northeast and belongs to...
May 12, 2019
German Dualism
After the Thirty Years’ War (1618 – 1648), Brandenburg-Prussia was recovering from the war’s horrors with great pace thanks to the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm’s...
May 7, 2019
5 Prussian Historical Landmarks to Visit
Brandenburg Gate (Berlin) Constructed in 1791, Brandenburg Gate is still one of the most visited landmarks in Berlin and in all of Germany. The construction of...
April 17, 2019