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Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein

1757 - 1831

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Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein (25 October 1757 – 29 June 1831), commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification of Germany. He promoted the abolition of serfdom, with indemnification to territorial lords; subjection of the nobles to manorial imposts; and the establishment of a modern municipal system. Stein was from an old Franconian family. He was born on the family estate near Nassau, studied at Göttingen, and entered the civil service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein is the 7,729th most popular politician (down from 6,841st in 2019), the 2,115th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,871st in 2019) and the 626th most popular German Politician.

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Among politicians, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein ranks 7,729 out of 19,576Before him are Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Tom Price, Walter Buch, Liu Yuan, and Gnaeus Flavius. After him are Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, Guy Parmelin, Gustav Freytag, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Baghdadi Mahmudi.

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Among people born in 1757, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein ranks 23Before him are Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Ercole Consalvi, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, and Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney. After him are Erik Acharius, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Vladimir Borovikovsky, and Louis-Sébastien Lenormand. Among people deceased in 1831, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein ranks 26Before him are Vicente Guerrero, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Thomas Johann Seebeck, Henri Grégoire, and Hans Karl von Diebitsch. After him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Jean-Louis Pons, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, James Hoban, Sébastien Érard, and Ryōkan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein ranks 2,116 out of 7,253Before him are Johannes R. Becher (1891), Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202), Robert Koldewey (1855), Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1617), Andreas Osiander (1498), and Walter Buch (1883). After him are Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516), George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1539), Ernst Curtius (1814), Paul Drude (1863), and George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605).

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