Gustav-Adolf-Werk
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The Gustav-Adolf-Werk is a society under the roof of the Evangelical Church in Germany which has for its object the aid of feeble sister churches and congregations. It is responsible for the taking ca
Flag of the Gustav-Adolf-Verein in the Protestant church of Sopron, Hungary
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on 16 November 1632.
Gustav-Adolf-Werk sign in the Lutheran Church in Yaroslavl
Gustavus Adolphus
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Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. He is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power. During his reign, Sweden b
Gustav-Adolf-Werk
…decisive battle of the Thirty Years' War. It was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of one of the most important leaders of the Protestant alliance, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, which caused the Protestant campaign to lose direction later. Near the spot where Gustavus Adolphus fell, a granite boulder was placed in position on…
Portrait attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel, 1624
Gustav Adolf's parents, King Charles IX and Queen Christina
Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld in 1631
Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen by Carl Wahlbom (1855)