Richard von Weizsäcker
1920 to 2015
15 documented presences
12 places
Quo Fuit places 15 dated presences for Richard von Weizsäcker across 12 places, from 1920 to 2015. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician (CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Richard von Weizsäcker was documented, and when
1920 to 1936period
Baselattested
“The family lived in Basel 1920–1924, in Copenhagen 1924–1926, and in Bern 1933–1936, where Richard attended the Swiss Gymnasium Kirchenfeld.”
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1920 to 1936period
Copenhagenattested
“The family lived in Basel 1920–1924, in Copenhagen 1924–1926, and in Bern 1933–1936, where Richard attended the Swiss Gymnasium Kirchenfeld.”
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1920 to 1936period
Bernattested
“The family lived in Basel 1920–1924, in Copenhagen 1924–1926, and in Bern 1933–1936, where Richard attended the Swiss Gymnasium Kirchenfeld.”
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15 April 1920exact date
New Palace, Stuttgartattested
“Richard von Weizsäcker was born on 15 April 1920 in the New Palace in Stuttgart, the son of diplomat Ernst von Weizsäcker, a member of the Weizsäcker family, and his wife Marianne von Graevenitz, a daughter of Friedrich von Graevenitz (1…”
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1937 to 1938period
University of Grenobleattested
“He spent the winter semester of 1937–1938 at the University of Grenoble in France to improve his French.”
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1937 to 1938period
Franceattested
“He spent the winter semester of 1937–1938 at the University of Grenoble in France to improve his French.”
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1938year
Germanyattested
“He was mustered for the army there in 1938 and moved back to Germany the same year to start his Reichsarbeitsdienst.”
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December 1943month
Berlinattested
“Weizsäcker himself helped his friend Axel von dem Bussche in an attempt to kill Hitler at a uniform inspection in December 1943, providing Bussche with travel papers to Berlin.”
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June 1973month
Israelattested
“Weizsäcker's visit was the first by a head of state, but not the first by a West German leader, as Chancellor Willy Brandt had paid a visit to Israel in June 1973.”
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July 1986month
United Kingdomattested
“During a four-day state visit to the United Kingdom in July 1986, Weizsäcker addressed a joint session of the Houses of Parliament, the first German to be accorded that honour.”
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1990year
Polandattested
“In 1990, Weizsäcker became the first head of state of the German Federal Republic to visit Poland.”
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February 1991month
Berlinattested
“In a memorandum released in February 1991, he declared that he would not act as a mere "decoration of a so-called capital", urging the diet to move more constitutional organs to Berlin.”
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1992year
Berlinattested
“In 1992, Weizsäcker gave the eulogy at the state funeral of former Chancellor Willy Brandt at the Reichstag, the first state funeral for a former chancellor to take place in Berlin since the death of Gustav Stresemann in 1929.”
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1992year
Reichstag buildingattested
“In 1992, Weizsäcker gave the eulogy at the state funeral of former Chancellor Willy Brandt at the Reichstag, the first state funeral for a former chancellor to take place in Berlin since the death of Gustav Stresemann in 1929.”
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31 January 2015exact date
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Places Richard von Weizsäcker is documented in
Berlin4 presences · 1943 to 2015Basel1 presence · 1920Bern1 presence · 1920Copenhagen1 presence · 1920France1 presence · 1937Germany1 presence · 1938Israel1 presence · 1973Poland1 presence · 1990United Kingdom1 presence · 1986
New Palace, Stuttgart1 presence · 1920
Reichstag building1 presence · 1992
University of Grenoble1 presence · 1937
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1929 to 1936period
Berlinmentioned
“The family lived in Berlin, in an apartment in the Fasanenstraße in Wilmersdorf, between 1929 and 1933 and again from 1936 until the end of World War II.”
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1929 to 1936period
Wilmersdorfmentioned
“The family lived in Berlin, in an apartment in the Fasanenstraße in Wilmersdorf, between 1929 and 1933 and again from 1936 until the end of World War II.”
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1945year
Stuttgartmentioned
“He was wounded in East Prussia in 1945 and was transported home to Stuttgart, to see out the end of the war on a family farm at Lake Constance.”
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1945year
East Prussiamentioned
“He was wounded in East Prussia in 1945 and was transported home to Stuttgart, to see out the end of the war on a family farm at Lake Constance.”
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1945year
Lake Constancementioned
“He was wounded in East Prussia in 1945 and was transported home to Stuttgart, to see out the end of the war on a family farm at Lake Constance.”
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1967 to 1984period
Germanymentioned
“He was also a member of the Synod and the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany from 1967 to 1984.”
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April 1972month
Baden-Württembergmentioned
“When the CDU gained a sweeping victory in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg in April 1972, his party decided to take the opportunity to dispose of Chancellor Brandt with a vote of no confidence, replacing him with Rainer Barzel, a…”
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1981 to 1983period
West Berlinmentioned
“From 1981 to 1983, Weizsäcker headed a minority government in West Berlin, after the CDU had only won 48% of seats in the state assembly.”
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1983year
West Berlinmentioned
“After Helmut Kohl had won the federal election in 1983 and had formed a government with the Free Democrats, Weizsäcker did the same in West Berlin.”
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October 1985month
Israelmentioned
“On his trip to Israel in October 1985, Weizsäcker was greeted on arrival by his Israeli counterpart, President Chaim Herzog.”
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1986year
Cologne Universitymentioned
“This truth is immutable and will not be forgotten." In his remarks to the historians, Weizsäcker said their dispute had prompted accusations that they sought to raise a "multitude of comparisons and parallels" that would cause "the dark…”
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1987year
Moscowmentioned
“In 1987, he travelled to Moscow to meet Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in what was perceived as a difficult time in West German-Soviet relations, after chancellor Kohl had angered Moscow by comparing Gorbachev to Joseph Goebbels.”
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3 October 1990exact date
Berlinmentioned
“At midnight on 3 October 1990, during the official festivities held before the Reichstag building in Berlin to mark the moment of the reunification of Germany, President Weizsäcker delivered the only speech of the night, immediately afte…”
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1993year
Möllnmentioned
“He is credited with being largely responsible for taking the lead on an asylum policy overhaul after the arson attack by neo-Nazis in Mölln, in which three Turkish citizens died in 1993.”
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April 1993month
1994year
March 1994month
1996year
2001year
Documented at the same place, the same year
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