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Baron Munchausen

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 29, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 12:06, 14 October 2016 (UTC)



Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman created by 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 (1720–1797). Born in Bodenwerder, Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire in the Russo-Turkish War. After retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. After hearing some of Münchhausen's stories, Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form, first in German as ephemeral magazine pieces and then in English. The fictional Baron's exploits, narrated in the first-person, focus on his impossible achievements as a sportsman, soldier, and traveller, for instance riding on a cannonball, fighting a forty-foot crocodile, and travelling to the Moon. The real-life Münchhausen was deeply upset at the development of a fictional character bearing his name, and threatened legal proceedings against the book's publisher. The character had several medical conditions and other concepts named after him, including Munchausen syndrome, the Münchhausen trilemma, and Munchausen numbers.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Mr. Dooley on August 31
 * Main editors: Lemuellio
 * Promoted: February 20, 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: interesting topic
 * Support as nominator. Retrohead (talk) 12:37, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support as main editor. Thanks for the nomination! Lemuellio (talk) 22:00, 1 October 2016 (UTC)