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Heinrich Carl Breidenstein (28 February 1796 – 12 July 1876) was a German musicologist . In Bonn he was university professor of musicology, and active in the musical life of the city.

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13-728: Breidenstein was born in 1796 in Steinau an der Straße , Hesse , son of Friedrich Ernst Breidenstein, schoolteacher and organist, and his wife Juliane. He was educated at a Gymnasium in Hanau , then studied law in Berlin and later in Heidelberg , where he turned to studying philology . He became a senior teacher at the Gymnasium in Heidelberg, also joining the choral society of Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut ,

26-585: A jurist and amateur musician. Becoming interested in music through Thibaut, he gave lectures in Cologne from 1821 to 1823 on his system of harmony, described in an article in the Allgemeine Leipziger Musikzeitung : "Breidenstein pursued, in a clever presentation, a path not trodden before. He explains his system through the basic doctrines of philosophy and through the appearance of life and nature, and makes one understandable and clear by means of

39-534: A Protestant minister in Steinau, and their father, Philipp Grimm , returned to his boyhood home as Amtmann (clerk) in 1791. The family lived in his official residence ( Amtshaus ) until 1796, when Phillip died. Jacob and Wilhelm went to live with their aunt in Hanau to finish their education, and the rest of the family remained in Steinau until 1805 in a house, Die Alte Kellerei , that still stands today at Brückentor . It

52-508: Is considered the municipality's founding document. The town's heyday was in the 16th century, when the town church was rebuilt in Gothic style and increased in size. In 1528-55 the castle, since the 13th century a residence of the Counts of Hanau was rebuilt as a Renaissance palace. Schloss Steinau with its 35 metres (115 ft) high bergfried remains the town's landmark. In 1561, the town hall

65-1230: Is one of many half-timbered buildings that can be found throughout the town. Steinau lies on the Kinzig Valley Railway (Hesse) and offers hourly connections to Frankfurt and Fulda . Uerzell Look for Uerzell on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Uerzell in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use

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91-486: The 8th century. The first church was built in the 9th century. In the mid-13th century, St. Catherine's Church was big enough to accommodate burials on its grounds. On 4 July 1290, Emperor Rudolf von Habsburg granted a charter awarding Steinau the status of town and permitting it to hold a weekly market. This may have been motivated in part by Steinau's position on the Via Regia connecting Frankfurt and Leipzig. This charter

104-457: The north (clockwise): Freiensteinau , Neuhof , Flieden , Schlüchtern , the unincorporated area Gutsbezirk Spessart which completely surrounds the Stadtteil of Marjoß, Bad Soden-Salmünster and Birstein . The name Steinau is probably derived from Steinaha , Alemannic for "water flowing over rocks". Archaeological evidence indicates that there was a small settlement in this area in

117-427: The other...." In 1821 he graduated at Giessen with a dissertation "On the beautiful in music". In 1822 Breidenstein was appointed university music director at Bonn , where he was a lecturer, and from 1826 professor of musicology ; it was the first time in the modern history of German universities that a chair of musicology was created. His lectures covered the history, theory, aesthetics and psychology of music. He

130-559: The river; an der Straße, meaning on the road, refers to the historic trade route Via Regia from Leipzig to Frankfurt on which it was located. Steinau is best known for the Brothers Grimm who spent part of their childhood here. Steinau is located at an elevation of around 175 metres (574 ft) above NHN in the valley of the Kinzig river which divides the hills of the Spessart (to

143-645: The south) from the Vogelsberg (to the north). The municipal territory extends into both ranges. Steinau consists of the following Stadtteile : Bellings  [ de ] , Hintersteinau  [ de ] , Klesberg, Marborn  [ de ] , Marjoß  [ de ] , Neustall  [ de ] , Sarrod  [ de ] , Rabenstein  [ de ] , Rebsdorf  [ de ] , Seidenroth  [ de ] , Steinau proper, Uerzell  [ de ] and Ulmbach  [ de ] . The neighbouring communities are from

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156-648: Was active, as organizer and conductor, in the musical life of Bonn, founding an orchestra and choral society. The Beethoven Monument in Bonn, unveiled in 1845, was his suggestion. Breidenstein died in Bonn in 1876. Steinau an der Stra%C3%9Fe Steinau an der Straße is a town of around 10,000 inhabitants in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse , Germany . It is situated on the river Kinzig , 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of Fulda . The name Steinau refers to stones in

169-795: Was built, followed a year later by the Amtshaus , seat of the Amtsmann , the local representative of the ruler. Like many other towns, Steinau suffered severely during the Thirty Years' War which brought plundering, fire and the plague. Another setback followed in the 18th century during the Seven Years' War . Only in the later part of that century did an economic upturn set in. The Brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) Grimm , famous for their collections of fairy tales and folklore, lived in Steinau during their childhood. Their grandfather, Friedrich Grimm (1730–1777) had been

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