Nissen Wagon
Nissen may refer to: * Nissen (surname) * Saint Nissen, a 5th century Irish abbot * a creature in Norse mythology, see Tomte * a Nissen hut, a building shaped like a tube cut in half along the middle and made from corrugated iron sheets * the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina * Nissen fundoplication A Nissen fundoplication, or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia. In GERD, it is usually performed when medical thera ...

Nissen (surname)
Nissen is a surname. As a Danish surname it is a patronymic surname, patronymic meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of Nicholas). Notable people with the surname include: *Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *Inge Nissen Danish former basketball player and coach *Johanna Nissen (1789–1865), mother of Johannes Brahms *Erika Nissen (1845–1903), Norwegian pianist *Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian mining engineer *Hans-Hermann Nissen (1893–1980), German bass-baritone *Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German surgeon and inventor of the Nissen fundoplication *Greta Nissen (1906–1988), Norwegian-American ballerina and actress *George Nissen (1914–2010) inventor of the modern trampoline *Henry Nissen (born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s *Steven Nissen (born 1949), heart specialist and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Clevelan ...
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Saint Nissen
Saint Nissen was an early Christian convert who was abbot of a monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. Life Saint Nissen was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. He became abbot of Montgarth (Mountgarret) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland. His feast day is 25 July. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ... ( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under April 9, Notes Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nissen, Saint Disciples of Saint Patrick 5th-century deaths ...
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Tomte
A (, ), (), , or () is a household spirit from Nordic folklore which has always been described as a small human-like creature wearing a red cap and gray clothing, doing house and stable chores, and expecting to be rewarded at least once a year around winter solstice (yuletide), with the gift of its favorite food, the porridge. Although there are several suggested etymologies, ''nisse'' may derive from the given name Niels or Nicholas, introduced 15–17th century (or earlier in medieval times according to some), hence ''nisse'' is cognate to Saint Nicholas and related to the Saint Nicholas Day gift giver to children. In the 19th century the Scandinavian ''nisse'' became increasingly associated with the Christmas season and Christmas gift giving, its pictorial depiction strongly influenced by American Santa Claus in some opinion, evolving into the . The nisse is one of the most familiar creatures of Scandinavian folklore, and he has appeared in many works of Scandinavian lit ...
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Nissen Hut
A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. It was designed during the First World War by the Canadian-American-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen. It was used also extensively during the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States. Description A Nissen hut is made from a sheet of metal bent into half a cylinder and planted in the ground with its axis horizontal. The cross-section is slightly more than a semi-circle so that the bottom of the hut curves inwards slightly. The exterior is formed from curved corrugated steel sheets by , laid with a two-corrugation lap at the side and a overlap at the ends. Three sheets cover the arc of the hut. They are attached to five wooden purlins and wooden spiking plates at the ends of the floor joists. The purlins are attached to eight T-shaped ribs () se ...
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Nissen Building
The Nissen Building is a 283 ft (86 m) 18-story skyscraper in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1927. It was the largest building in the city, succeeding the Hotel Robert E. Lee, and the tallest building in North Carolina from 1927 to 1929, when it was succeeded by the Reynolds Building; all three buildings were in Winston-Salem. The Nissen Building was named to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 1983, with a boundary increase in 2004 to include a one-story addition built in 1969. With the spire on top, its height is 102.1m. It has a steel frame, with buff brick and pre-cast concrete for the exterior, along with details in granite, marble and limestone. History W.M. Nissen and new leasee Coach Kolstad, the owner of Nissen Wagon Works, built the Nissen Building on the site of a former YMCA between 1926 and 1927. William Lee Stoddart of New York City, known for the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, was the architect. Th ...
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the List of United States cities by population, 91st-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Winston-Salem Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area was estimated to be 695,630 in 2023. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region, home to about 1.7 million residents. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage, and the "Camel City" as a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds' Camel (cigarette), Camel cigarettes. Many North Carolina, North Carolinians refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Winston-Salem is also home to si ...
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