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22-711: Born in Kitzingen , Germany to a prominent family of vintners , Fromm was an early supporter of contemporary classical music in that country after he was exposed to Stravinsky 's Rite of Spring in the early 1920s. He attended concerts at the Donaueschingen Festival further deepening his appreciation of the genre. A Jew, he was forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1938 and immigrated to the United States where he settled in Chicago where he co-founded

44-542: A nearby new location. Across the street from the tower, the Kitzingen Old Cemetery is the location of the prominent grave of the rich Herold family. Due to the wrought iron gates with ornate decorations that include skulls and bats, US army troops stationed in the town after 1945 called this site the Grave of Dracula . Out of this connection grew another urban legend which states that the golden ball atop

66-434: A remnant of the city fortifications built in the 13th century. It is distinctive for its crooked roof. According to town legend, the tower was being built during a drought, and workers used wine instead of water to make the mortar, causing the top of the tower to lean. The actual reason behind the slant had been a sagging of the roof's trusses. From 1963 to 2011 the tower held a carnival museum; that museum has since moved into

88-820: A wine importing firm, the Geeting and Fromm Corporation in 1939 and then founded the Great Lakes Wine Company in 1943. By 1952, his business was sufficiently well established to allow him to focus on establishing the Fromm Music Foundation, which financially supporting young composers through grants awarded on the recommendation of its staff of musicians and experts. Fromm's protégés include Benjamin Lees , Ben Weber and Elvin Epstein . A "Paul Fromm Concert" of contemporary classical music

110-491: Is discontinued. Kitzingen has an oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dobk ), the highest national temperature in Germany was measured at 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) on 5 July 2015, and was later exceeded by Lingen's 42.6 °C (108.7 °F) on 25 July 2019. The Kitzingen weather station has recorded the following extreme values: The town's main landmark is the leaning Falterturm ( portcullis tower ),

132-692: Is performed annually at the University of Chicago in his memory. The Paul Fromm Award is given annually by the Tanglewood Music Center in his name. During the period 1984-89, Earle Brown , then president of the Fromm Music Foundation, recommended many American composers for commissions including Daniel Asia , David Lang , William Susman , Henry Brant and Steve Reich . Paul Fromm was married to University of Chicago psychology professor and writer Erika Fromm whom he met in Germany in 1936 and married in 1938 shortly before emigrating to

154-576: The district Kitzingen . It is part of the Franconia geographical region and has around 21,000 inhabitants. Surrounded by vineyards , Kitzingen County is the largest wine producer in Bavaria . It is said to be Franconia 's wine trade center. According to legend, Kitzingen was founded when the Countess of Schwanberg lost her jeweled scarf while standing on the ramparts of her castle. The castle

176-421: The ford across the river Main. Kitzingen's history is closely tied to Würzburg . Kitzingen became a free imperial city around the year 1000. During the next century the town changed rulers often, mostly being ruled by Würzburg prince-bishops who sold the town twice to fill their empty treasury. In 1629, Prince-Bishop Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg of Würzburg took up his option to repurchase Kitzingen after

198-410: The 15th to the 18th century. For that reason, there are no remains of the monastery that founded the town. Newer churches from the 20th century are outside the center. A large riverside synagoge building, constructed in 1883, burned in 1938 and used as a prison detention center during World War II, has been restored in the 1990s and serves as a memorial and cultural space today. The old stone bridge across

220-473: The Main river was finished in the early 17th century. That bridge which is also pictured in the city seal, was predated by several wooden constructions, and has been remodeled multiple times, for example 1744, 1769, 1891, 1945-48, 1955 and 2019. In the past, there were also several beer breweries in the 'wine town' of Kitzingen: they mainly produced export beers . The largest beer cellar was located directly north of

242-569: The Peasants' Revolt in 1525. He abolished Protestantism and forced more than 1,000 residents to leave the town. This blow to the town's strength was followed by the Swedish three-year occupation during the Thirty Years' War . Kitzingen's revival is credited to the wisdom of Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn of Würzburg, whose Edict of Toleration in 1650 encouraged the return of

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264-580: The Third infantry division. One of these battalions, 6-41 Field Artillery, as well as portions of other units including 2 platoons from the 1-15 Infantry Battalion, were deployed to Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and served with distinction. These units were eventually reflagged units of the First infantry division. On March 29, 2007, Larson Barracks and Harvey Barracks were handed back to the German government, with

286-629: The United States. Fromm's 1966 article "A Contemporary Role for American Music Libraries" inspired the major compendium of Boston-area composers and compositions called the Boston Composers Project. This Illinois biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kitzingen Kitzingen ( German: [ˈkɪt͡sɪŋən] ) is a town in the German state of Bavaria , capital of

308-524: The city center, and is now open for guided tours. Kitzingen is twinned with: Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg (1583–1631) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1622 to 1631. Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg was born in Heinsheim, which is today a district of Bad Rappenau , on 23 September 1583, the son of Johann Heinrich von Ehrenberg (d. 1584). His mother

330-414: The crooked Falterturm - which leans towards the grave - contains the heart of Vlad Dracula of Romania. Other historic sights in the city center include the old market place and city center with several buildings dating back to the 14th century. The old town hall was constructed in the 16th century. The four oldest churches in the city center were constructed atop the ruins of older sites of worship between

352-645: The expelled Protestants. This is why both Catholicism and Protestantism are present in Kitzingen today. The resulting prosperity carried Kitzingen through the 18th century as one of the most important ports on the Main . Kitzingen's life under the Prince-Bishops ended with the coming of French revolutionary armies and Napoleon . In 1814 the Congress of Vienna confirmed Kitzingen's passing, along with

374-575: The move of the 1st Infantry Division back to the United States. Marshall Heights Housing Area contained apartment houses for the majority of the American dependents. It included a commissary (later moved to Harvey Barracks), dependent schools for Grades Kindergarten - 8th Grade, and an AYA (American Youth Activities). High School students rode buses to Wurzburg American High School . Since January 2007 there have been no more US Army personnel based in Kitzingen. Facilities are closed down and surveillance

396-472: The rest of the region, to the Kingdom of Bavaria . During World War II Harvey and Larsen Barracks were both German military bases. The German Air Force used Harvey Barracks for an airport and they would flood the landing strip there when Allied forces would fly overhead. Below Harvey Barracks were multiple levels of hangars which still contain some German World War II aircraft. The hangars were booby-trapped by

418-565: The retreating Germans close to the end of World War II. Tunnels were said to have been constructed by the Germans from the airfield out to the nearest highway, so that aircraft could be launched off the road to intercept allied planes. Because of the danger involved, no one had been inside the tunnels. In the late 1970s and early 1980s when the 2nd Brigade, Third Infantry Division was located there, private exploration companies offered to descend into those underground hangars and tunnels, but that idea

440-460: Was located high above the fertile section of the Main Valley where Kitzingen now lies. The Countess promised to build a monastery on the spot where the scarf was found. When it was found by a shepherd named Kitz, she kept her word and built a monastery which she called Kitzingen. That Benedictine monastery , founded in the 8th century on the site of the present town of Kitzingen, defended

462-454: Was rejected for safety reasons. Again for safety reasons no one has explored those tunnels since World War II. During the Cold War , Kitzingen was a staging area for the U.S. European Command's ( USAREUR ) air defenses against possible Soviet air and nuclear attack. Two U.S. Army Bases, Larson Barracks and Harvey Barracks, were located in the town. For many years it housed the 2nd Brigade of

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484-407: Was the sister of Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , who was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1573 to 1617, and led the massive witch-hunt of Würzburg alongside his son. The cathedral chapter of Würzburg Cathedral elected him to be Prince-Bishop of Würzburg on February 6, 1623, with Pope Urban VIII confirming his appointment on March 19, 1624. As bishop, von Ehrenberg was a fierce supporter of

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