Mittwochsgesellschaft
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The German word Mittwochsgesellschaft ("Wednesday Society") may refer to the:
- Berliner MittwochsgesellschaftBerliner MittwochsgesellschaftThe Berliner Mittwochsgesellschaft was a small group of German liberal thinkers in Berlin.As early as 1783 , intellectuals associated with the Late Enlightenment had gathered in a Gesellschaft der Freunde der Aufklärung, or Society of Friends of the Enlightenment...
(1783–1798), or Gesellschaft der Freunde der Aufklärung ("Society of Friends of the Enlightenment") - Fesslersche Mittwochsgesellschaft (1795–1806) in Berlin
- Neue Mittwochsgesellschaft (1824–1856) in Berlin, founded by Julius Eduard HitzigJulius Eduard HitzigJulius Eduard Hitzig was a German author and civil servant.Born into the wealthy and influential Jewish Itzig family, he was between 1799 and 1806 a Prussian civil servant, became Criminal Counsel at the Berlin Supreme Court in 1815 and its director in 1825...
- Berliner Mittwochsgesellschaft (1863–1944), or Freie Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Unterhaltung ("Free Society for Scholarly Entertainment")
- Vienna Psychoanalytic SocietyVienna Psychoanalytic SocietyThe Vienna Psychoanalytic Society was formerly known as the Wednesday Psychological Society. They commenced their meetings in Freud’s apartment in 1902...
, or Psychologische Mittwochsgesellschaft (1902–1908), founded by Sigmund Freud - Neue Mittwochsgesellschaft (1996-) founded by Marion Gräfin Dönhoff