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Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? (Part 3/3)

19 Dec 2021 10 minute read 6 comments Dan_

Part 3: Exercising strategic advantage Portrait of a young Frederick The Great wearing colourful dress and a breastplate. Part 2 covered the relevance of Frederick II’s experience on the Rhine, as well as his actions in the Herstall incident, and li...

The Grand Duchy of ..... Alaska?

4 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments B0900223

Most people do not know this but the United States was not the first country to be offered to buy Alaska. There were other countries that were offered to buy the large mass of land west of Canada. One of those countries was Liechtenstein. But why was...

Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt: Zell an der Pram (AUSTRIA)

18 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments bengy

  This church in the small town of Zell aan der Pram is a place that I visited recently during a course in 2020. I was staying nearby and had a chance to listen to a concert in this charming little Catholic (?) church. The acoustics of the church...

Ankeruhr: An Art Nouveau Masterpiece in Vienna

6 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment vieanna

Art Nouveau is omnipresent in Vienna. A special jewel from the later phase of this architectural style is the Anchor Clock at Hoher Markt in Vienna's 1st district. Since it was built in 1914, the clock has adorned the Ankerhof, the headquarters of t...

A Magical Christmas in Austria

7 Oct 2019 3 minute read 1 comment Fresnel

A Magical Christmas In Austria: By Jeff LovettFor our daughter’s first Christmas we really wanted it to be magical. Amanda and I had been to the Tyrol region of Austria during the summer of 2014 and had a great time in Seefeld (read more about that t...

Impressions from all over the world PART 7 ==> AUSTRIA II

24 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments hsotaka

Part 7 of my "Impressions from all over the world" series shows pictures of austria again.Unfortunatly there are only two pictures this time.But anyway, what a beautiful country! :)Feel free to use this pictures for whatever you like, i won't license...

Impressions from all over the world PART 1 ==> AUSTRIA

9 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments hsotaka

Today my foto series "Impressions from all over the world" starts. Pictures of part 1 were shot in Austria. What a beautiful country! :)I hope you enjoy :)