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Borna, Germany
Borna () is a town in Saxony, Germany, capital of the Leipzig district. It is situated approximately 30 km southeast of Leipzig city. It has approx. 19,000 inhabitants. The town is the district seat of the district of Leipzig. Geography Borna is located about south of Leipzig. The river Wyhra flows through the town. The surrounding landscape has been influenced by open-cast coal mining. The town lies in the middle of Central German Metropolitan Region, with Leipzig distant, Gera , Chemnitz , Halle , and Dresden . Neighboring large towns are Altenburg, away, Grimma, and Zeitz . History Pre-history and Middle Ages The current site of Borna town was originally two settlements; Altstadt (the old town) and Wenigborn. Before the foundation of the town, there had been a water castle since the 9th Century. The first written mention of the town of Borna was recorded in 1251. Borna was burnt to the ground five times during the wars of the Middle Ages. 19th Century Onwards Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the List of German states by area, tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the List of German states by population, sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony (other), Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of communist East Germany and was abolished by the government in 1952. Following German reunificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz Railway
The Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway is a line in the German state of Saxony. It branches in Neukieritzsch station, Neukieritzsch from the Leipzig–Hof railway and runs via Borna, Leipzig, Borna and Geithain to Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof, Chemnitz Main station. It is part of a long-distance connection between Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, Leipzig and Chemnitz. The route is electrified between Neukieritzsch and Geithain. History As early as 1860 a railway committee had been established to promote a direct link between Leipzig and Chemnitz. Initial plans called for an alignment from Kieritzsch (now Neukieritzsch) on the Saxon-Bavarian Railway () to Mittweida on the Riesa–Chemnitz railway, Riesa–Chemnitz line. Above all, the city of Borna, Leipzig, Borna vehemently demanded a rail connection. As these plans were rejected by the Saxon government, the town of Borna proposed the construction of the Kieritzsch–Borna route at its own expense in 1864. This was authorised, although the management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Munkelt
Thomas Munkelt (born 3 August 1952) is a retired East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Born in Zedtlitz, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany, Thomas Munkelt was a classic high hurdler who dominated European hurdling in the 1970s and early 1980s. Munkelt was the first athlete to break the 7.50 seconds barrier in the 60 m hurdles, when he ran a 7.48 seconds World Record in Budapest in 1983. Munkelt came into the international athletics scene in 1975 when he won his first of nine East German national championship title and European Cup in 110 m hurdles. Although he finished disappointing fifth at the 1976 Summer Olympics, he won both World Cup and European Cup in 1977. The first international championships medal came, when Munkelt finished first at the 1978 European Championships. Munkelt's career highlight came at the Moscow Olympics, where he beat second placed Alejandro Casañas from Cuba by 0.01 seconds. He also was a member of fifth placed 4 × ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Kurzhals
Christine Kurzhals (; 31 May 1950 – 4 May 1998) was a German engineer and politician who served in the Bundestag from 1994 until her death in 1998. A member of the Social Democratic Party from Saxony, she was prominent for her role in the inner reunification process. Biography Christine Kurzhals () was born on 31 May 1950 in the town of Böhlen in Saxony, then part of East Germany. She took an apprenticeship as a mechanical draftsman after completing secondary school, working for three years. She later attended a technical college, receiving a degree in chemical engineering and further qualifications in surveying technology. After graduating, Kurzhals worked as a surveying technician for five years and then as an engineer at a chemical plant for three years. She also lectured students in surveying technology. Kurzhals was married with two children. Kurzhals was politically unaffiliated until 1989, when she joined the newly-formed East German Social Democratic Party (SPD). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Pehnert
Horst Pehnert (3 November 1932 – 1 April 2013) was an East German journalist and party official who in 1976 became a long-standing deputy Minister for Culture - effectively the minister for film and cinema. Life Early years Horst Pehnert was born in the Saxon village of Neunkirchen, a short distance to the south of Leipzig. His father was a tailor. Much of his childhood coincided with the Second World War. Unlike many who later became journalists in East Germany, he did not hasten to sit the exams that would have enabled him to progress directly to university, but undertook between 1947 and 1950 a traineeship in printing and book production. Political networking and a career in journalism Soon after the war, which ended in May 1945, Pehnert joined the Free German Youth ( / FDJ), which within the Soviet occupation zone was being built up as the youth wing of the zone's newly emerged ruling Socialist Unity Party ( / SED). In October 1949 the Soviet occupation zone was rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Heyl
Wolfgang Heyl (21 August 1921 in Borna – 14 May 2014) was a German politician. Life In 1939, at the age of 18, Heyl joined the NSDAP and became a lieutenant in the army. After the Second World War, he was from 1947 CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Borna, an office he held until 1952. In 1949, he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) (CDU) in which he was the Organization Secretary from 1952 to 1954 and Deputy Chairman of the District Association of Leipzig. From 1958 to 1966, Heyl was Deputy Secretary-General of the CDU, 1966 to 1971 Member of the Bureau and the Secretariat of the CDU Main Board, then to 1989 deputy CDU chairman in November 1989 and briefly acting CDU chairman. From 1953 to 1958, he was a member of the CDU in Leipzig County Council. From 1958 to 1990 he was member of the parliament of the German Democratic Republic, 1963-1989 Chairman of the CDU faction, since 1971, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1976 to Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Külz
Wilhelm Külz (18 February 1875 – 10 April 1948) was a German liberal politician of the National Liberal Party, the German Democratic Party (DDP) and later the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD). He held public office both in the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic. In 1926, he served as interior minister of Germany in the cabinets of chancellors Hans Luther and Wilhelm Marx. Early life Külz was born on 18 February 1875 at Borna near Leipzig in the Kingdom of Saxony. He was the son of Otto Külz (1839–1921), a Protestant priest, and his wife Anna (1849–1914, née Paschasius). He had a sister, Käthe (1878–1924) and a twin brother, Ludwig (1875–1938). From a conservative family, Wilhelm studied law at the University of Leipzig. He then served in the military (as ''Reserveleutnant''). Külz married Erna Freymond (1881–1963) in 1901. They had one son, Helmut. Also in 1901, he was awarded a doctorate at the ''Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät'' of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Külz
Ludwig Külz (18 February 1875 - 1938) was a German colonial physician born in Borna, Germany, Borna. He was a twin brother to liberal politician Wilhelm Külz (1875-1948). Ludwig Külz earned his medical doctorate in 1899, and became a doctor with the German Imperial Navy. From 1902 until 1912 he was a colonial doctor in Togo and Kamerun, where he was tasked with dealing with the problem of malaria. Külz used medical arguments such as malaria prevention to justify the racial between blacks and whites in the German colonies as hygienically necessary.Wolfgang U. Eckart: ''Politische »Machtergreifung« und medizinische Wissenschaft: Das Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses vom 14. Juli 1933.'' In: Christoph Gradmann, Oliver von Mengersen: ''Das Ende der Weimarer Republik und die Nationalsozialistische Machtergreifung, Vorträge Heidelberger Historiker in der Reichspräsident Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte, Friedrich Ebert Gedenkstätte.'' Manutius Verlag, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Otto
Louis Eugen Friedrich Otto (21 July 1850 — 15 May 1920), known as Ludwig Otto, was a German landscape and court painter, etcher, and lithographer. Born at Borna, near Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, in 1865 he was admitted as a student to the Academy Leipzig and from 1868 to 1870 continued his education at the Dresden Academy under Franz Theodor Grosse, before studying etching with Karl Köpping in Berlin. In 1871 the German Empire was created, giving Otto a new and wider-reaching citizenship. He spent some fifteen years in Italy, Greece, and England, documenting the finds of archaeological expeditions, and gaining international recognition as a scientific illustrator and landscape painter; he also worked as a court painter to the Saxon royal family.Ludwig Otto askart.com, accessed 27 April 2022 Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Friedrich Dinter
Gustav Friedrich Dinter (1760–1831) was a German pedagogue, theologian and author. Biography He was born at Borna. He studied theology and pedagogy at Leipzig; held several pastorates, was appointed director of the Teachers' Seminary at Dresden in 1797, and became professor of theology at the University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg () was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant Reformation, Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke A ... in 1822. He was liberal in his religious views, and practical in his methods of education. His lectures and writings were distinguished by remarkable clearness of exposition. The seminary at Dresden flourished under his management. Works He was a prolific author and wrote more than sixty distinct works. They include: *''Die vorzüglichsten Regeln der Katechetik'' (“The best rules for teaching religion,” 1802; 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Immanuel Nitzsch
Karl Immanuel Nitzsch (21 September 1787, Borna – 21 August 1868, Berlin) was a German Lutheran church leader. He was the father of theologian Friedrich August Nitzsch. Biography He was born in the small Saxon town of Borna near Leipzig. His father, Karl Ludwig Nitzsch, at that time pastor and superintendent in Borna, later (1790) became professor at Wittenberg and director (1817) of the seminary for preachers. He was sent to study at Schulpforta in 1803, going on to the University of Wittenberg in 1806. In 1809 he graduated, and in 1810 he became a ''privatdozent'' at the university. Having become a deacon at the Schlosskirche in 1811, he showed remarkable energy and zeal during the bombardment and siege of the city in 1813. In 1815 he was appointed a preceptor in the preachers' seminary which had been established at Wittenberg after the suppression of the university. From 1820 to 1822 he was superintendent in Kemberg, and in the latter year he was appointed professor ordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
