Derenburg is a town in the district of Wernigerode, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Harz, approx. 9 km east of Wernigerode, and 10 km west of Halberstadt. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Nordharz. Wernigerode is a district (Kreis) in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. ... Wernigerode Castle Wernigerode is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Liebfrauenkirche Halberstadt is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ... An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...
Coordinates: 51°52′N 10°54′E Derenburg, Dernburg, Derenbourg is a Franco-German family of Orientalists. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
His son, Hartwig (Ẓebi-Hirsch) Derenburg, was the author of a comedy, "Yoshebe Tebel" (Inhabitants of the Universe), written in imitation of the "La-Yesharim Tehillah" of Moses Ḥayyim Luzzatto, and published in Offenbach in 1789.
Derenburg was buried in Mayence, but his tombstone gives no information regarding the date of his death.
Hartwig's eldest son, Jacob Derenburg, born at Mayence in 1794, was a lawyer; his youngest son was the French Orientalist Joseph (Naftali) Derenburg, born at Mayence, France, Aug. 21, 1811; died at Bad-Ems, Germany, July 29, 1895.
Concerning Jacob Derenburg, the first known member of the family, nothing is ascertainable.
His son, Hartwig (Ẓebi-Hirsch) Derenburg, was the author of a comedy, "Yoshebe Tebel" (Inhabitants of the Universe), written in imitation of the "La-Yesharim Tehillah" of Moses Ḥayyim Luzzatto, and published in Offenbach in 1789.
Hartwig's eldest son, Jacob Derenburg, born at Mayence in 1794, was a lawyer; his youngest son was the French Orientalist Joseph (Naftali) Derenburg, born at Mayence, France, Aug. 21, 1811; died at Bad-Ems, Germany, July 29, 1895.