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Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von
Münchhausen
* 1720 in Bodenwerder/Germany
+ 1797 Bodenwerder/Germany
Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman createdby the
German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe
in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous
Travels and Campaigns in Russia.
The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl
Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen.
Baron Munchausen was successful in overcoming fundamental physical
laws.
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