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Berlichingen

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/ ˈbɛrlɪçɪŋən /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The effect of Götz von Berlichingen had as yet been confined to Germany; on the publication of Werther its author became a European figure in the world of letters.

From The Youth of Goethe by Peter Hume Brown

The grief of Fraulein von Berlichingen was too great to allow her to appear at the funeral.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by Alexander Huth

In Götz von Berlichingen Goethe had given expression to the ideals and emotions he had brought with him from Strassburg; Shakespeare and the memory of Friederike had been the main impulses to its production.

From The Youth of Goethe by Peter Hume Brown

Goetz von Berlichingen was sentenced to imprisonment for life.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson

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