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

Goetz von Berlichingen was sentenced to imprisonment for life.

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

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

He followed this up with versions of the same poet's Wilde Jäger, of Goethe's violent drama of feudal life, Götz Van Berlichingen, and with other translations from the German, of a similar class.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

One of his earliest works was a translation of "Goetz von Berlichingen."

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin