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The '''Count's of Falkenstein''', were German nobility named after the [[Burg Falkenstein (Donnersberg)|'''Burg Falkenstein''']] at [[Donnersbergkreis|Donnersberg]] in what is now the [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].

Professor '''Albert Fert''' is a [[France|French]] [[physics|physicist]], and one of the discoverers of the [[Giant magnetoresistive effect]] which brought about a breakthrough in [[gigabyte]] [[hard disks]].

In 1255 the family inherited by marriage land from the Count's of '''Hagen-Münzenberg'''. In this manner they came to be established in the [[Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region]]. At '''[[Königstein im Taunus]]''' they built their new Castle '''[[Burg Falkenstein (Taunus)|Burg (Neu-)Falkenstein]]'''.

Fert is a professor and director of the Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales, which is associated with the [[Université Paris-Sud]].

The Falkenstein's als inherited the town of [[Offenbach am Main]] from the Count of Münzenberg. They leased the town to the neighbouring town of [[Frankfurt am Main]] for 1,000 [[Gulden]].

In [[1988 in science|1988]] he discovered the Giant magnetoresistive effect (GMR) in multilayers of [[iron]] and [[chromium]]. (GMR was simultaneously and independently discovered by [[Peter Grünberg]] from the [[Jülich Research Centre]])

Count [[Werner von Falkenstein|Werner III. von Falkenstein]] († 1418) was [[Archbishop of Trier]] from 1388 until his death in 1418. He is remembered for his provokation against the people of Frankfurt by developing rivalry with that town and Offenbach.

Fert's work has been recognised with the 2003 CNRS Gold Medal.

The Falkenstein male line died out with the death of Werner III. in 1418. Their landed estates were inherited by '''[[Herren von Eppstein]]''' family as well as the Counts von Solms.

==External links==

*[http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2472 Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2472, 1988]

[[Category:French physicists|Fert, Albert]]

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