Münchhausen (disambiguation)

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Münchhausen is the name of family of German aristocats:

• Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Münchhausen [r]: A German aristocrat, who gained fame later in life for a series of facetious travel and adventure tales penned under his name. ^[e]

The name was used for a literary figure:

• Baron Munchausen [r]: A fictional character originated by Rudolf Erich Raspe in a series of stories which were first published in the 1780's. ^[e]

• Munchausen syndrome [r]: "A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false" (Medical Subject Headings) ^[e]