Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Novalis across 4 places, from 1772 to 1799.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), better known by his pen name Novalis, was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Novalis was documented, and when
1772year
Electorate of Saxonyattested“Novalis, baptized Georg Philipp Friedrich, was the Freiherr (Baron) von Hardenberg, born in 1772 at his family estate in the Electorate of Saxony, the Schloss Oberwiederstedt, in the village of Wiederstedt, which is now located in the pr…”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
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Weissenfelsattested“At seventeen, Novalis attended the Martin Luther Gymnasium in Eisleben, near Weissenfels where his family had moved in 1785.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
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Eislebenattested“At seventeen, Novalis attended the Martin Luther Gymnasium in Eisleben, near Weissenfels where his family had moved in 1785.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
1799year
Weissenfelsattested“In early 1799, Novalis had completed his studies at Leipzig and returned to the management of salt mines in Weissenfels.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
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Leipzigattested“In early 1799, Novalis had completed his studies at Leipzig and returned to the management of salt mines in Weissenfels.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
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1795year
Jenamentioned“It is possible that Novalis met Fichte, as well as the poet Friedrich Hölderlin, in person while visiting Jena in 1795.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
January 1797month
Weissenfelsmentioned“In January 1797, Novalis was appointed auditor to the salt works at Weissenfels.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
1797year
Kingdom of Saxonymentioned“At the end of 1797, Novalis entered the Mining Academy of Freiberg in Saxony to become qualified as a member of the staff for the salt works at Weissenfels.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
1799year
Jenamentioned“While on a trip to Jena in the summer of 1799, Novalis met Ludwig Tieck, who became one of his closest friends and greatest intellectual influences in the last two years of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Novalis
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