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17-946: This article is about the given name. For the German World War II occupation of Hungary, see Operation Margarethe . For the contemplated occupation of Romania, see Operation Margarethe II . For the schooner, see MV Mi Amigo . Margarethe is a feminine given name, related to Margaret . People bearing the name include: Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870–1955), Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary and Tuscany Margarethe Arndt-Ober (1885–1971), German operatic contralto Margarethe Cammermeyer (born 1942), Washington National Guard colonel honorably discharged for disclosing she

34-483: A loggia and an entrance hall and staircase. The interior stucco work was done by Paolo d'Allio and Diego Francesco Carlone, according to plans by Fischer von Erlach. In the late 18th century, an English landscape park was added under the rule of Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo . After Salzburg's secularisation in 1803, Klessheim Palace fell to the Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine . In 1866 it became

51-571: A separate peace with the Allies in early 1944. Hitler wanted to prevent the Hungarians from deserting Germany. On 12 March 1944, German troops received orders by Hitler to capture critical Hungarian facilities. Hitler invited Horthy to the Palace of Klessheim , near Salzburg . On the evening of 15 March 1944, when Admiral Horthy was watching a performance of the opera Petofi , he received an urgent message from

68-519: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Operation Margarethe In March 1944, Hungary was occupied by the Wehrmacht . This invasion was formally known as Operation Margarethe (Unternehmen Margarethe). Hungarian Prime Minister Miklós Kállay , who had been in office from 1942, had the knowledge and the approval of Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy to secretly seek negotiations for

85-626: The German Embassy minister Dietrich von Jagow , which stated that he had to see Horthy immediately at the German legation. When Horthy arrived, von Jagow gave him a letter from Hitler saying Hitler wanted to see him at Schloss Klessheim in Austria on 18 March. As both heads of state conducted their negotiations at Schloss Klessheim, German forces not already stationed in Hungary quietly marched from Reichsgaue of

102-632: The Hungarian Army, but with Soviet forces advancing from the north and the east and the prospect of British and American forces invading the Balkans , the German military decided to retain Hungarian forces in the field and so sent troops to defend the passes through the Carpathian Mountains from a possible invasion. Following the German military occupation, Adolf Eichmann was instructed to arrange

119-561: The Ostmark into Hungary. The meeting served merely as a ruse to keep Horthy out of the country and to leave the Hungarian Army without orders. Negotiations between Horthy and Hitler lasted until 18 March, when Horthy boarded a train to return home. On 19 March, the military occupation of Hungary began. When Horthy arrived in Budapest, German soldiers were waiting for him at the station. Horthy

136-507: The deportation of the Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz . On 7 July 1944, on the occasion of a weapons exhibition, an attempt by several Wehrmacht officers around von Stauffenberg to kill Hitler failed, when conspirator Helmuth Stieff did not trigger the bomb. In May 1945 it was seized by the American military administration . Reichsadler statues made of limestone , that were attached to

153-552: The entrance portals, were a reminder of the Nazi era . After the war, Schloss Klessheim was restored to the State of Salzburg. During the Cold War , the neutral Austrian government used it to hold conferences and to host international guests, among them US President Richard Nixon , who on his way to Moscow met there with Chancellor Bruno Kreisky on 20 May 1972. Since 1993 it has been the home of

170-452: The late 17th century, Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun purchased the small aristocratic estate and Kleshof manor house at this site. In 1700, he commissioned Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to expand the manor house and construct an elegant palace. Influenced by the north Italian Mannerist style, Fischer von Erlach worked on the palace, which was called Lustschloss Favorita , between 1700 and 1709. Construction

187-830: The permanent residence of Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842–1919), a younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I . The archduke had the palace extended according to plans designed by Heinrich von Ferstel and died here in 1919. His Habsburg heirs sold the palace to the Austrian state of Salzburg . After the Austrian Anschluss in 1938, Adolf Hitler , when staying at his nearby Berghof residence, used Schloss Klessheim for conferences and to host official guests like Benito Mussolini , Miklós Horthy , Ion Antonescu , Jozef Tiso and Ante Pavelić . While Horthy stayed at Klessheim, Hitler on 19 March 1944 secretly gave orders for Operation Margarethe to occupy Hungary and enforce

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204-457: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margarethe&oldid=1243250455 " Categories : Given names Feminine given names German feminine given names Given names derived from gemstones Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

221-541: The transportation of 550,000 Hungarian Jews from wartime Hungary (including Jews from territories that had been annexed from Czechoslovakia (Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia), Romania and Yugoslavia) to extermination camps with Hungarian authorities' collaboration. Despite the occupation, Horthy regardless attempted to negotiate a peace treaty and surrender with the Soviet Union. By October 1944 the Soviet Budapest offensive

238-1387: Was a lesbian Maria Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800), German composer and soprano Margarethe Düren (1904–1988), German operatic soprano Margarethe Faas-Hardegger (1882–1963), Swiss women's rights activist and trade unionist Margarethe von Oven (1904–1991), German accomplice in the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler Margarethe von der Saale (1522–1566), German morganatic spouse by bigamy to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse Margarethe Schreinemakers (born 1958), German television presenter, talk show host and journalist Margarethe Lenore Selenka (1860–1922), German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist Margarethe Siems (1879–1952), German operatic soprano and voice teacher Margarethe Stockhausen (1803–1877), opera singer from Alsace Margarethe von Trotta (born 1942), German film director See also [ edit ] Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen of Denmark [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

255-451: Was interrupted following the archbishop's death in 1709. His successor, Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach cancelled work in favor of Schloss Mirabell . Schloss Klessheim was completed in 1732 under Archbishop Count Leopold Anton von Firmian , who curtailed the original plans significantly. The completed palace contained a ceremonial hall with an extended terrace and ramp leading to the gardens, an entrance with an impressive Triton Fountain,

272-660: Was nearly ready to launch and Horthy made a radio broadcast that an armistice had been agreed. The Germans were ready, however. Horthy was overthrown in Operation Panzerfaust , a coup that placed the National Socialist-friendly Arrow Cross Party (NyKP) in power. Following the Siege of Budapest the capital fell to the Soviets on 13 February 1945 and the government fled. Schloss Klessheim In

289-415: Was told by von Jagow that Hungary would remain sovereign only if he removed Kállay and replaced him with a government that would co-operate fully with Germany. Otherwise, Hungary would be subject to an undisguised occupation. Horthy appointed Döme Sztójay as prime minister to appease German concerns. Being a complete surprise, the occupation was quick and bloodless. The initial German plan was to immobilise

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