PILLNITZ

pĭlˈnĭts, district of Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is the site of an 18th-century castle, formerly a royal residence, that today houses an art collection. In the castle in Aug., 1791, Emperor Leopold II and King Frederick William II of Prussia met to discuss the problems arising out of the French Revolution and issued a declaration stating that if all other European powers would join them (a condition that could not be fulfilled, owing to England's position at the time that French domestic affairs did not concern England), they were prepared to restore Louis XVI to his full authority as king of France, by force if necessary. French émigrés made much of the statement in order to provoke armed conflict, and the declaration could not help but stir the French Revolutionaries. It thus helped to bring on the French Revolutionary Wars.

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books on: Pillnitz  - 129 results

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German History, 1789-1871: From the Holy Roman Empire to the Bismarckian Reich
Book by Eric Dorn Brose; Berghahn Books, 1997
Subjects: Conservatism--Germany, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, Germany--Economic Conditions--19th Century, Germany--Intellectual Life, Germany--Politics And Government--1789-1900, Holy Roman Empire--History--Francis Ii, 1792-1806
...France. Meeting at a hunting lodge near Pillnitz, Saxony, the two agreed to mobilize...would cooperate. The Declaration of Pillnitz was a carefully worded diplomatic compromise...action was extremely low. The gesture at Pillnitz was largely an empty one. Yet only eight...
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The Revolutionary Period in Europe (1763-1815)
Book by Henry Eldridge Bourne; The Century Co., 1914
Subjects: Europe--History--1789-1815
...William and Leopold met at the chateau of Pillnitz in Saxony to discuss the situation...This is the famous "Declaration of Pillnitz," of August 27, 1791, which pronounced...rebuff to the princes. Declaration of Pillnitz Two weeks after the Declaration of Pillnitz...
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The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire
Book by J. A. R. Marriott, C. Grant Robertson; Clarendon Press, 1915
Subjects: Prussia (Germany)--History
...Emperor conferred with the Prussian king at Pillnitz. The two monarchs refused to allow the...manifesto known as the Declaration of Pillnitz declared that the position of the French...sentiments expressed in the Declaration of Pillnitz were those of Frederick William rather...
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The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions
Book by Arno J. Mayer; Princeton University Press, 2000
Subjects: France--History--Reign Of Terror, 1793-1794, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence, Political Violence--France, Political Violence--Soviet Union, Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Influence, Terror--Soviet Union
...defense. 33 But of equal importance, the Pillnitz Declaration of August 27, 1791, was...popular rebellion against the old regimes. Pillnitz inaugurated the politicization of foreign...the concert of European powers, the Pillnitz rescript was meant to frighten the moderates...
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Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution 1789-1799 - Vol. 1
Book by Samuel F. Scott, Barry Rothaus; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Dictionaries
...GOBEL; GREAT FEAR. DECLARATION OF PILLNITZ , a statement by the Holy Roman Emperor...emperor and the king of Prussia met at Pillnitz in Saxony in late August and were followed...and king issued their Declaration of Pillnitz. In this brief document they stated...
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Material Futures: Reproducing Revolution in P.-l. Debucourt's Almanach National
Journal article by Richard Taws; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 92, 2010
Subjects: Painting
...intended calendar-from the kings flight to Varennes in June to the massacre on the Champ de Mars in July and the Declaration ol Pillnitz in August, which saw European powers preparing to intervene if Louis XVI were threatened-soon changed this mood. By September...
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Music Received
Journal article by David Knapp; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 67, 2011
Subjects: Musical recordings, Renaissance period
...xlv p.; facsims.; ports.; score, 115 p. Cloth. euro133. Gluck, Christoph Willibald. Le nozze dErcole e dEbe (Pillnitz bei Dresden 1747). Dramma per musica in zwei Teilen (unbekannter Textdichter). Herausgegeben von Tanja Golz. (Werke...


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Old Made New: East Germany's Treasures Are Once Again a Delight to See
Magazine article by Jr. R.W. Apple; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, April 1997
Subjects: Art--Protection and preservation, Dresden, Germany, West Germany
...silhouette of Konigstein, a castle so isolated on its pinnacle that it was used for centuries to house political prisoners. Pillnitz, another of Poppelmanns triumphs, can be visited on the way back. In a burst of late-Baroque playfulness the architect...
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The Old Made New
Magazine article by Jr. R.W. Apple; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, April 1996
Subjects: East Germany--Description and travel, Travel--Personal narratives
...silhouette of Konigstein, a castle so isolated on its pinnacle that it was used for centuries to house political prisoners. Pillnitz, another of Pppelmanns triumphs, can be visited on the way back. In a burst of late-Baroque playfulness the architect...


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A Thing of Beauty Has Risen from the Rubble
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 11, 2006
...Elbe, firstly to Meissen of Porcelain fame (visits can be taken around the factory and its shops daily) and then turning to Pillnitz Castle, passing under the landmark Blaue Wunder Bridge, across which the Soviet Army marched to occupy Dresden after the...
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Dresden's New Magnificence; Baroque Glory Returns to Florence on the Elbe
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 26, 2006
...Kirchner and Max Pechstein, who sojourned and painted there. Another lovely palace in the outskirts of Dresden is Schloss Pillnitz, a romantic retreat that Augustus built for the Countess Cosel and that he later used as his summer residence. The grounds...
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Florence of the Elbe ... Just as Canaletto Saw It; Bustling Dresden Has Risen from the Wartime Ashes and Recaptured Its Elegant Baroque Beauty, Says William Cook
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 24, 2010
...You can walk along the Elbe, past farms and vineyards, out into open fields. Theres a lovely riverside palace, Schloss Pillnitz, which you can reach by paddle-steamer from the city centre, and the knights-in-armour castle, Moritzburg, is just...
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Florence of the Elbe ... Just as Canaletto Saw It; Dresden Has Risen from the Wartime Ashes and Recaptured Its Elegant Baroque Beauty, Says William Cook
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 24, 2010
...You can walk along the Elbe, past farms and vineyards, out into open fields. Theres a lovely riverside palace, Schloss Pillnitz, which you can reach by paddle-steamer from the city centre, and the knights-in-armour castle, Moritzburg, is just...
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Back to Its Best; the German City of Dresden Was Destroyed by Bombs during the Second World War. but, as Mike Smith Discovers, with More and More of It Being Rebuilt, It Really Is a Jewel Once More
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 24, 2011
Subjects: Bombs
...the views over the region and down to the Elbe are stunning. GARDENING 1, Dresden at sunset. 2. A canaletto view of Dresden, the Florence on the Elbe with a paddle steamer; and 3. Elbe cycle route at Pillnitz stately home and grounds
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encyclopedia articles on: Pillnitz  - 3 results

 
 
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Pillnitz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PILLNITZ pil nits, district of Saxony, E central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is the site of an 18th-century castle, formerly a...
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French Revolutionary Wars
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...feared the spread of republican ideas abroad. Emigre intrigues led the Austrian and Prussian rulers to make the declaration of Pillnitz (Aug., 1791), stating that, if all the powers would join them, they were willing to restore Louis XVI to his rightful...
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Leopold II , Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...insurrection in 1790. Although he hoped to avoid war with revolutionary France, Leopold instigated (1791) the Declaration of Pillnitz , by which the emperor and the king of Prussia stated that if all other European powers would join them, they were prepared...


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