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cahnI'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)
Re: Peter Keith in the archives!
Date: 2023-01-21 12:16 am (UTC)Re: Peter Keith in the archives!
Date: 2023-01-21 05:19 am (UTC)Spoiler: someone(s) indexed a WHOLE LOT of stuff in OCTOBER 2021, omg, just months after we were looking before! So now there is a burial record for Peter, among other goodies :D What a time to be alive! If this had been twenty years ago it would have been MICROFICHE. Probably microfiche only existing in Germany!
Nikolaikirche
Date: 2023-01-21 02:53 pm (UTC)Heee! You also said Peter and Ariane had only been linked in December 2022, and her name is so badly misspelled that you wouldn't have found her and her baptism record otherwise!
Peter: was buried January 2, 1757 in the Nikolaikirche. What I have found so far on the Nikolaikirche:
1. Goes back to the 1200s and is the oldest intact church in the center of Berlin.
2. Was a popular burial site over the centuries.
3. Was predictably partially destroyed by bombs in WWII. I have not yet determined the preservation state of burials from Jan 2, 1757, but you can guess that this will become a major research interest of mine soon. ;)
4. Was beautifully restored and is a museum today. You can walk around inside on Google Maps using street view, and if you're in Berlin, you should go! It is huge, really cool looking, and looks like there are a *ton* of elements of historical and art historical interest. (Highly recommend the street view from the inside, it's almost like visiting the building (except I'm having trouble reading the plaques and informational panels, dammit).)
5. Was located 1 km from Peter's house.
Nitpick: I entered the Nicolaihaus as Peter's address, though it wasn't where Peter was living when he died. We don't have the address, we just know it was adjacent or nearly adjacent to the Nicolaihaus, where he had lived previously.
That reminds me, Selena, you mentioned when this came up previously that you would visit the Nicolaihaus when you were in Berlin, to pay respects to Peter, but I presume also because Nicolai is also of interest to salon (and there will be more detail on him in the house/museum). Did you ever end up going?
Something I'm curious about: when Nicolai was writing about Peter in the 1790s, did he know he was living in the house Peter used to live in?
P.S. If Peter's burial is still there in the Nikolaikirche, I *will* ask for a visit and pics next time anyone is in Berlin ;), but that is TBD. Stay tuned!
ETA: Btw, I have let
Re: Nikolaikirche
Date: 2023-01-21 03:17 pm (UTC)Re: Nikolaikirche
Date: 2023-01-21 03:39 pm (UTC)Re: Nikolaikirche
Date: 2023-01-21 04:17 pm (UTC)I hope the pandemic lets up and I feel safe traveling soon, because I just added the Nikolaikirche to the list of places I have to visit!
Re: Nikolaikirche
Date: 2023-01-23 06:15 am (UTC)Re: Peter Keith in the archives!
Date: 2023-01-21 07:31 am (UTC)That's awesome!