An excellent book of remembrance, Silesian-born men and women from the time of 1180 to the the Present with a brief outline of the history of Silesia.

Just south of Ghent, the town of Oudenaarde, known by the victory, here the 1708 Marlborough and Prince Eugene won over the French. Symbol a mighty castle, the 1385 was built by Philip the Bold. Emperor Charles V. was accompanied here by his court, and pitched his ministers in the war against the French in his Headquarters. So important in political terms, his stay was, but he found leisure to begin a love affair. It is, here it recognized for the first time the passion for a woman.[...]

Pontus Lagardie, a noble family in the country sprung from Languedoc, was of his parents were originally intended for the church. But he withdrew from the bondage of life and devoted himself to the war: first in Piedmont under Marshal Brissac, then from 1559 in Scotland in French auxiliaries. After the Treaty of Edinburgh Ponus entered the service of King Frederick II. of Denmark, and after the peace between Denmark and Sweden, he entered Swedish service. Already 1566 He was sent on a diplomatic mission to France.

Robert was on Victor von Puttkamer 5. More 1828 Frankfurt on the Oder was born the second son of the former Council on Court of Appeal of Eugene Puttkamer. His life-stages, starting with a description of his descent, the history of the sex of Puttkamer and the von Zitzewitz. His youth and life as a district administrator to 1866, Puttkamer government as President and Chief President and 1879, Standing up to the Puttkamer 1881, Career as a Minister of the Interior, his reforms, correspondence with Bismark and a description of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm I activity.

Johannes Bugenhagen *24. June 1485 in Wollin, +20. April 1558 Wittenberg. Was also known as Doctor Pomeranus, Bugenhagen was an eminent German reformer Martin Luther and a companion. Here is his life story in digital form.