Baron Munchausen
（重定向自Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen）
![Refer to caption](/Images/godic/202501/22/Dore-munchausen-illustration0354.jpg")
![The real-life Münchhausen circa 1740, as a Cuirassier in Riga, by G. Bruckner](/Images/godic/202501/22/Bruckner_-_Münchhausen0354.jpg")
![The Baron entertaining guests, from a series of postcards by Oskar Herrfurth](/Images/godic/202501/22/Muenchhausen_Herrfurth_1_500x7630354.jpg")
![Portrait of Rudolf Erich Raspe, creator of the fictional Baron](/Images/godic/202501/22/Rudolf_Erich_Raspe0354.jpg")
Baron Munchausen /ˈmʌn.tʃaʊ.zən/ is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797, German pronunciation:[ˈmʏnç(h)aʊzən]).