Historical figures in Harz Mountains
The atlas holds 5 people and 7 moments here, from 1680 to 1912. The most recorded lives are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Franz Kafka. Among them Writers, Jurists and Educators, across the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment.
Notable people
Carl Friedrich Gauss
from 1799 to 1803
2 moments here
German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist. Gauss was born in Brunswick, studied there and at Göttingen, worked privately in…
Franz Kafka
in 1912
1 moment here
German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1680
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Heinrich Heine
in 1824
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1777 to 1784
2 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Moments
- 1680 Repeated Harz mining journeys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1777 Makes his winter Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1784 Undertakes third Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1799 Meeting with Bolyai Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1803 Meeting Franz Xaver von Zach on the Brocken Carl Friedrich Gauss
- 1824 Harz walking journey Heinrich Heine
- 1912 Takes the Jungborn nature cure Franz Kafka