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Hildegard of Bingen, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Hildegard of Bingen, SaintHildegard of Bingen, Sainthĭlˈdəgärthˌ, bĭngˈən [key], 1098–1179, German nun, mystic, composer, writer, and cultural figure, Doctor of the Church, known as…

Bingen

(Encyclopedia) Bingen Bingen bĭngˈən [key] or Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein…

Hildegard Knef

actress and singerBorn: Dec. 28, 1925Birthplace: Ulm, Germany Knef, a German actress and smoky-voiced singer, earned fame in the U.S. for her performance as a Soviet commissar in Cole Porter's Silk…

Heinse, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia) Heinse, WilhelmHeinse, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm hīnˈsə [key], 1746–1803, German novelist. His principal novels, Ardinghello; or, An Artist's Rambles in Sicily (1787, tr. 1839) and Hildegard von…

Max Von Sydow

(Carl Adolf Von Sydow)actor, directorBorn: 4/10/1929Birthplace: Lund, Sweden Versatile character actor equally at home in Hollywood films, like Conan the Barbarian (1981), on TV as in Kojak: The…

Diane Von Furstenberg

fashion designerBorn: 1946 Von Furstenberg is the creator of the now-classic V-neck wraparound knit dress. During the 1970s, when Von Furstenberg introduced the slinky dress, she was selling about…

Von

(Encyclopedia) Von. For some German names beginning thus, see under the proper name; e.g., for Otto von Bismarck, see Bismarck, Otto von.

Lorelei

(Encyclopedia) LoreleiLoreleilôrˈəlī, Ger. lōˈrəlī [key], cliff, 433 ft (132 m) high, on the right bank of the Rhine River, near St. Goarshausen, W Germany, about midway between Koblenz and Bingen.…