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An encyclopedia entry for Christian Felix Weisse, a German poet and dramatist who was born in 1726 at Annaberg in Saxony and died in 1814, is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, a German philosopher, is presented. The count was born at Dresden, Germany on May 26, 1700. He was educated at the Seminary of Halle where he focused on religious inquiries and duties. Von Zinzendorf was also the founder or restorer of the sect of Moravians.

An encyclopedia entry for German jurist Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for the German statesman Karl Otto Bismarck-Schoenhuasen is presented, who served as Ambassador to Vienna in Austria in 1852. Bismarck was elected to the General Diet after serving in the army in 1847. He served as the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 1862. He organized the North German Confederation in 1867.

An encyclopedia entry for John Gotlieb Heineccius, a celebrated civilian who was born in 1681 in Germany, is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for Brandenburg, Germany elector Frederic William, Prussian King Frederic William I and his successor Frederic William II and Frederic William III is presented. The elector was born in 1620 and founded a university in Duisburg and a library in Berlin. Frederic William I was born to King Frederic I in 1688 and took the throne in 1713. Frederic William II attempted to flee Prussia in 1730 and was imprisoned after his plan was discovered.

An encyclopedia entry for German jurist Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for Justus Frederic William Zacharia, a German poet who was born in 1726 at Frankenhausen, Thuringia, Germany and died in 1777, is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for Lucas Kranach, a German painter who died in 1553, is presented, as well as information on his son, Lucas, who was also a painter.

An encyclopedia entry for scholar Christian Gottlob Heyne, a native of Chemnitz in Germany, is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for Sebastian Brandt, a chancellor of Strasburg, Germany and author, is presented, including is notable writings such as "Varia Carmina" and "Navis Stultifera" and discovery of phosphorus in 1667.

An encyclopedia entry for Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke, a German author who was born at Magdeburg on March 22, 1771, is presented.

An encyclopedia entry for German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte is presented.