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(Encyclopedia) Otto: see Hapsburg, Otto von.

(Encyclopedia) Siebold, Philipp Franz van fēˈlĭp fränts fen zēˈbôlt [key], 1796–1866, German naturalist and physician; son of A. E. von Siebold. He was noted for his studies of the natural history, ethnogra...

(Encyclopedia) Süss, Hans: see Kulmbach, Hans von. ...

(Encyclopedia) Godfrey of Strasbourg: see Gottfried von Strassburg. ...

(Encyclopedia) Vo Nguyen Giap: see Giap, Vo Nguyen. ...

(Encyclopedia) Graf Spee, German battleship: see Spee, Maximilian, Graf von. ...

(Encyclopedia) Opitz, Martin märˈtĭn ōˈpĭts [key], 1597–1639, leader of the Silesian school of German poetry. His influence as poet, critic, and metrical reformer was widely recognized during his time; he wa...

(Encyclopedia) Berlin Philharmonic, orchestra, Berlin, Germany, founded 1882 by musicans who had left an ensemble led by Benjamin Bilse. The orchestra performs in the modernist Philharmonie concert hall (1963). Amon...

(Encyclopedia) steel, alloy of iron, carbon, and small proportions of other elements. Iron contains impurities in the form of silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, and manganese; steelmaking involves the removal of these imp...

(Encyclopedia) Nazarenes năzˈərēnz [key], group of German artists of the early 19th cent., who attempted to revive Christian art. In 1809, J. F. Overbeck and Franz Pforr formed an art cooperative in Vienna calle...