Historical figures in Harz Mountains

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 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 Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

Notable people

1. 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…

2. 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…

3. 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…

4. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

   in 1680

   1 moment here

   German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

Moments

1. 1680 Repeated Harz mining journeys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
2. 1777 Makes his winter Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
3. 1784 Undertakes third Harz journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
4. 1799 Meeting with Bolyai Carl Friedrich Gauss
5. 1803 Meeting Franz Xaver von Zach on the Brocken Carl Friedrich Gauss
6. 1912 Takes the Jungborn nature cure Franz Kafka

Related