Frederick William I: The Soldier King
The Crown Prince Born on 14 August 1688, Frederick William was the only son of King Frederick I and his wife Queen Sophie Charlotte of Hannover...
The Crown Prince Born on 14 August 1688, Frederick William was the only son of King Frederick I and his wife Queen Sophie Charlotte of Hannover...
His Early Years Carl von Clausewitz was born on 1 June 1780 in Burg, near Madgeburg. His father came from a pastor family and he...
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...
War of the Fourth Coalition After the embarrassing defeat it has faced against the French in the Revolutionary Wars, Kingdom of Prussia signed a...
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...
In 17th century, the Hohenzollern state did not have the fertile lands that its neighbors, such as Austria, Saxony or Bohemia, had. The eastern parts...
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...
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...
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...
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...