Frederick the Great discussion post 9

[cahn]

...I leave you guys alone for one weekend and it's time for a new Fritz post, lol!

I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)

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Re: Happy Birthday, Heinrich!

[selenak]

Since Lehndorff also remarks on Fritz' birthday (January 24th) a couple of times (whether or not Fritz himself was present, EC had to throw a reception for it), I know that date now, too, but the Heinrich date is really unmistakable, what with all the sparkly hearts in Lehndorff's calendar. ("I am convinced that as many have good wishes for the prince as those who wear clothing on their skin. For to know him is to love him. I seek out my dear H., embrace him tenderly and await with impatience the next opportunity to be alone with him. (...) I feel something for him I haven't felt for anyone else. Sometimes I wish he was poor, so I could give him anything I have; at other times, I would be ready to do the most humble service if only that meant I could be always with him.")

You absolutely need a driver, because while there's a great and very fast railway connection to Berlin from practically everywhere else in Germany, Wust, Rheinsberg and Küstrin are a public transport nightmare as far as I can see. Now if you should, in theory, come during the summer months, and warn me ahead of time, we could, in theory, work something out...

Heinrich's birthday up to Fritz' birthday in 1786 was the last time he saw Fritz alive since he came to Potsdam for the occasion(s).

Re: Happy Birthday, Heinrich!

[mildred_of_midgard]

Since Lehndorff also remarks on Fritz' birthday (January 24th) a couple of times

This one I know by heart, and you will be unsurprised that I have a calendar reminder in case the day came and went without me noticing. Just as I did for November 6 so we could observe our moment of silence.

(whether or not Fritz himself was present, EC had to throw a reception for it)

Lol, Fritz.

Look, EC, I know you think you want him to show up, but what you really want is a guy with a different personality to show up, so...count your blessings when he's not there.

You absolutely need a driver, because while there's a great and very fast railway connection to Berlin from practically everywhere else in Germany, Wust, Rheinsberg and Küstrin are a public transport nightmare as far as I can see.

Exactly what I had established. I've managed to get in, out, and around Berlin and Potsdam on public transit, but that does not seem to be a thing for small villages and ghost towns in Poland.

Our royal patron is my usual driver on vacations, but your very kind offer I may take you up on, even if he's with me, both because it would be nice to finally meet in person, and because the only thing better than a driver in Wust would be a driver and a German speaker, which criterion sadly neither I nor the royal patron+coachman can fill.

I would almost certainly be there in summer and with plenty of warning, and if we can't make our schedules align, I may ask you to call the relevant parties in Wust and arrange a visit to the church and crypt, preferably with an English-speaking tour guide. (What is the Katte manor's English summer school for if not so I can have an English speaker give me the Katte tour of Wust?) :D

Heinrich's birthday up to Fritz' birthday in 1786 was the last time he saw Fritz alive since he came to Potsdam for the occasion(s).

The only reason I knew before this post what month Heinrich's birthday fell in. :)