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

Goetz von Berlichingen was sentenced to imprisonment for life.

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

Old Berlichingen managed to get along, though in a far worse plight.

From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Heyse, Paul

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