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Freiherr vom Stein Schule in Fulda, Germany is a high school named in honor of Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein (1737-1851), a Prussian statesmen whose progressive reforms resulted in the unification of Germany.  The school originally was to have been named in honor of Karl Ferdinand Braun, a pioneer in radio and television technology; however, some local citizens discovered Braun was a Freemason and demanded a different name for the school.  Wanting to avoid a dispute, city fathers obliged and named the school for vom Stein.  Later it was discovered that Braun was, indeed, not a Freemason.  In an ironic twist, it was also discovered that the school's namesake was in fact Brother vom Stein, a member of the lodge "Joseph of the Three Helmets" at Wetzlar, Germany.