Schleiden
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Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills, in the district of Euskirchen, and has 12,998 inhabitants as of 30 June 2017. Schleiden is connected by a tourist ra
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Schleiden
Schleiden, roundabout feature with national park logo
Schleiden castle aerial view
Johannes Sturm
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Johannes Sturm was a German educator and Protestant Reformer, who was influential in the design of the gymnasium system of secondary education.
Schleiden
…belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg for centuries. The small town of Schleiden has produced two important Christian humanists: Johannes Sleidanus and Johannes Sturm, also known as Ioannes Sturmius. In 1944 the Battle of Wahlerscheid took place nearby…
Portrait by Jacob van der Heyden after Tobias Stimmer