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FAMILY STORIES
Our story begins in at the end of the 30-Year's war (1648).
The 18th century in northern Europe was a time of turmoil and change. This was the age of Enlightenment, the
beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the golden age of English and French
colonialism, and the century that witnessed both the American War for Independence, the French Revolution.
In central Europe, Frederick the Great ruled Prussia benefiting from
the dynastic rivalries between the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns. By the end of
the 18th century, Poland had disappeared as Prussia and Russia expanded.The
sillouettes are of Albert Vagt/Voget (1728-1801) and Albertine Theodora Voget
(1730-1813). |