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

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 publication of Götz von Berlichingen in the spring of 1773, we have seen, had made Goethe known to the literary world of Germany, and a figure of prime interest to its leading representatives.

From The Youth of Goethe by Brown, Peter Hume

There is little in common between the poet of Goetz von Berlichingen and Werther on the one hand and the poet of Tasso and Iphigenia on the other hand.

From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles

That simplicity so vividly presented to us by the author of Götz von Berlichingen, is altogether wanting.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas