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Dinslaken
Dinslaken is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known for its harness racing track, its now closed coal mine in Lohberg and its wealthy neighborhoods ''Hiesfeld'' and ''Eppinghoven''. Geography Dinslaken is a city of the Lower Rhine region and situated at the northwestern margin of the Ruhr area, approx. north of Duisburg. Neighbouring municipalities * Hünxe * Bottrop * Oberhausen * Duisburg * Rheinberg * Voerde Division of the town Dinslaken consists of 7 subdivisions * Eppinghoven * Hiesfeld * Innenstadt * Lohberg * Oberlohberg * Bruch * Averbruch * Hagenbezirk Sights The medieval parish church, ''St. Vincentius'', was heavily damaged during World War II, but was rebuilt from 1951 to 1952. Politics The current mayor of Dinslaken is independent politician Michaela Eislöffel since 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arad, Israel
Arad ( he, עֲרָד ) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of , including Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, both secular and religious, Bedouins and Black Hebrews, as well as new immigrants. After attempts to settle the area in the 1920s, Arad was founded in November 1962 as an Israeli development town, the first planned city in Israel. Arad's population grew significantly with the Aliyah from the former Soviet Union. Landmarks in Arad include the ruins of Tel Arad, Arad Park, a domestic airfield and Israel's first legal race circuit. The city is known for its annual summer music festival, the Arad Festival. History Antiquity Arad is named after the Biblical Bronze Age Canaanite town located at Tel Arad (a Biblical archaeology site famous for the discovery of ostraca), which is located approximately west of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinslaken-Lohberg
Lohberg is one of seven subdivisions of Dinslaken, a city located at the northwestern margin of the Ruhr area. Lohberg is mainly known for its now closed coal mine ''Zeche Lohberg''. History Lohberg was built between 1907 and 1924 based on the architectural concept of a garden city in order to accommodate the miners and other employees of the ''Zeche Lohberg''. Subsequent plans to expand Lohberg were dropped. Zeche Lohberg In order to supply Dinslaken's ironworks with coke the industrialists Fritz Thyssen, Joseph Thyssen, August Thyssen as well as the assessor Arthur Jacob founded the mining corporation ''Lohberg'' on December 30, 1905. In 1907 sinking of the shafts ''Lohberg 1'' and ''Lohberg 2'' began at the country road between Dinslaken and Hünxe. During the course of time the coal mine expanded: new shafts were sunk, workers from Korea, Yugoslavia and Turkey were hired; and the capacity increased, until it reached its maximum in 1979 with 3,135,415 tons of coal. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesel (district)
Wesel () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Borken, Recklinghausen, district-free cities Bottrop, Oberhausen, Duisburg and Krefeld, districts Viersen, Cleves. History The district was created in 1975 by merging former districts Dinslaken, Moers and Rees, which were all created in 1816 when the area became part of Prussia. Its capital is Wesel, its most populated city is Moers. Geography The main river through the district is the Rhine. Coat of arms The coat of arms show a willow tree Willows are a genus of trees. Willow Tree may refer to: Places * Willow Tree, New South Wales, a village in Australia * Willow Tree railway station, in Australia * Willow Tree (LIRR station), a railway station in New York Entertainment * "Wil ... with 13 branches representing the 13 municipalities and cities in the district. The green color as well as the tree was chosen to show that the city is surrounded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hünxe
Hünxe () is a municipality in the Wesel (district), district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the List of Euroregions, Rhine-Waal euroregion Geography Hünxe is located approximately 10 Metre#SI prefixed forms of metre, km east of Wesel and 9 km north of Dinslaken. The neighbouring municipalities are: Schermbeck, Dorsten, Bottrop, Dinslaken, Voerde (Niederrhein), Voerde, Wesel und Hamminkeln. The most part of the municipality belongs to the Protected area, natural park ''Hohe Mark''. The river Lippe (river), Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal cross the municipality. Area The municipality of Hünxe spans over an area of 106,80 km². It is divided into the six subdivisions of Hünxe, Hünxe-Bruckhausen, Bruckhausen, Bucholtwelmen, Drevenack, Gartrop-Bühl and Krudenburg. References External links Wesel (district) {{Wesel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Sander
Maria Sander (30 October 1924 in Dinslaken – 12 January 1999 in Much) was a German athlete who was born as Maria Domagala. She mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ... in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Ursula Knab, Helga Klein and Marga Petersen. In the same meeting she also ran in the 80 metre hurdles, winning the bronze medal. References 1924 births 1999 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietrich Barfurth
Karl Dietrich Gerhard Barfurth (25 January 1849 – 23 March 1927) was a German anatomist and embryologist born in Dinslaken. He studied mathematics and sciences at the University of Göttingen, and medicine (1879–1882) at the University of Bonn. In 1882 he earned his medical doctorate, and in 1883 received his habilitation in anatomy. In 1888 he worked as prosector under Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845–1919) in Göttingen. From 1889 to 1896 he was a professor of anatomy, embryology and histology at the University of Dorpat, and afterwards was professor of anatomy at the University of Rostock The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continen ... and director of the institute of anatomy. Barfurth is remembered for regeneration research of body parts (tissues, limbs, organs, etc. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agen
The commune of Agen (, ; ) is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. Geography The city of Agen lies in the southwestern department of Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The city centre lies on the east bank of the river Garonne, the Canal de Garonne flows through the city, approximately halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse . Climate Agen features an oceanic climate (Cfb), in the Köppen climate classification. Winters are mild and feature cool to cold temperatures while summers are mild and warm. Rainfall is spread equally throughout the year; however, most sunshine hours are from March–September. Toponymy From Occitan ''Agen'' (1197), itself from Latin ''Aginnum'' (3rd century ''Itinéraire d'Antonin''), from a Celtic root ''agin-'' meaning "rock or height". Population Economy The town has a higher level of unemployment than the national average. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang De Beer
Wolfgang "Teddy" de Beer (born 2 January 1964) is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper with MSV Duisburg and Borussia Dortmund. He worked as a goalkeeping coach at his former club Borussia Dortmund up until his retirement in 2018. He started his career with TV Jahn Hiesfeld, before joining MSV Duisburg, making his Bundesliga debut for them on 22 May 1982. Honours ;Borussia Dortmund * DFB-Pokal: 1988–89 * DFL-Supercup: 1989 * UEFA Champions League: 1996–97 * Intercontinental Cup: 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beer, Wolfgang de 1964 births Living people German footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Association football goalkeepers MSV Duisburg players Borus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 15th-largest city in Germany. In the Middle Ages, it was a city-state and a member of the Hanseatic League, and later became a major centre of iron, steel, and chemicals industries. For this reason, it was heavily bombed in World War II. Today it boasts the world's largest inland port, with 21 docks and 40 kilometres of wharf. Status Duisburg is a city in Germany's Rhineland, the fifth-largest (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen) of the nation's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its 500,000 inhabitants make it Germany's 15th-largest city. Located at the confluence of the Rhine river and its tributary the Ruhr river, it lies in the west of the Ruhr urban area, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Saborowski
Frank Saborowski (born 14 March 1958) is a retired German football defender. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saborowski, Frank 1958 births Living people German footballers Bundesliga players MSV Duisburg players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players VfL Bochum players Rot-Weiss Essen players Germany B international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Association football defenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
