What is "munchhausen"

Münchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Báky. Science fiction author David Wingrove has commented that this work "sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany."

Münchhausen or Munchausen may refer to:

• Baron Munchausen (1720-1797), a German nobleman whose adventurous life was later fictionalized in literature and film
  • Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric disorder named after Baron Münchausen
    • Munchausen syndrome by proxy
• Münchhausen (surname), a German nobility surname
• Münchhausen am Christenberg, a German town
• Munchhausen, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Bas-Rhin, France
• 14014 Münchhausen, a main belt asteroid
• Münchhausen (film), a 1943 German fantasy-comedy film

Münchhausen is a German nobility surname. It may refer to:

• Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen, a German nobleman and storyteller
• Baron Munchausen, a fictional character inspired by Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen
• Börries von Münchhausen, a German poet
• Otto von Münchhausen,a German botanist
• Johannes V von Münchhausen (1542–1560), a prince-bishop of the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek
• Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen, a head of the German Chancery in London