Berlichingen

British  

/ ˈbɛrlɪçɪŋən /

noun

1. Götz von (ɡœts fɔn), called the Iron Hand . 1480–1562, German warrior knight, who robbed merchants and kidnapped nobles for ransom

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Example Sentences

Donor Speck, son of German-born New Yorkers, read Gotz von Berlichingen at the age of 15, bought a complete set of Goethe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Footnote 1: The same words which Fronsberg made use of in speaking of G�tz von Berlichingen.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

Children may find time to read "Ivanhoe," "The Crusades," "Roland," "Don Quixote," "The Golden Legend," "Macbeth," "Goetz von Berlichingen," etc.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)

The pedlar with the leather back related the storming of M�ckm�hl by the League, where G�tz von Berlichingen had shut himself up with many brave followers, and where that iron-fisted man was made prisoner.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

The subsequent influence of Werther was at once more powerful and more enduring than the influence of Götz von Berlichingen, and Goethe himself has suggested the reason.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume