Baron Munchausen

The baron surprising artillerymen by arriving mounted on a cannonball, illustration from a 19th-century edition of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe.

Baron Munchausen, fictional character created by R.E. Raspe, based on the real-life German storyteller Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron (Freiherr) von Münchhausen.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
Citation Information
Article Title: Baron Munchausen
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 07 January 2016
Access Date: February 22, 2025