Olmütz
Britishnoun
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Beethoven conceived of the “Missa” for a specific liturgical purpose: to celebrate the installation of his friend, pupil and patron Archduke Rudolph as archbishop of Olmütz in Moravia in 1820.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2010
At the Bohemian court our poet renewed a very amicable acquaintance with two accomplished prelates, Ernest, Archbishop of Pardowitz, and John Oczkow, Bishop of Olmütz.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Manteuffel requested the favor of a personal interview at Olmütz.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
I need not emphasize how the agreement of Olmütz, in 1850, prevented a great conflagration—a war on a gigantic scale.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno
Lafayette rode twenty miles; but the blood on his greatcoat awakened suspicion; he was arrested and carried back to Olmütz where a heavier and gloomier imprisonment awaited him.
From Lafayette by Crow, Martha Foote
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