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Wald (other)
__NOTOC__ Wald is the German word for forest. Surname * Wald (surname) Places Austria *Wald am Schoberpass, in Styria *Wald im Pinzgau, in Salzburger Land Germany *Wald, Baden-Württemberg *Wald, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, Bavaria *Wald (Allgäu), in the district of Ostallgäu, Bavaria Switzerland *Wald, Appenzell Ausserrhoden *Wald, Bern *Wald, Glarus *Wald, Zürich United States * Wald, Alabama * Wald, Iowa Other * Wald test, a test in statistics *'' We Almost Lost Detroit'', a 1975 Reader's Digest book by John G. Fuller * WALD __NOTOC__ Wald is the German word for forest. Surname * Wald (surname) Places Austria * Wald am Schoberpass, in Styria * Wald im Pinzgau, in Salzburger Land Germany * Wald, Baden-Württemberg * Wald, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, ..., an American radio station * ''Wald'', a techno/dub/glitch album by Pole {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a Canopy (biology), canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds ''in situ''. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, ''Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020'' found that forests covered , or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. Forests are the largest Terrestrial ecosystem, terrestrial ecosystems of Earth by area, and are found around the globe. 45 percent of forest land is in the Tropical forest, trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald (surname)
Wald is a German surname meaning "forest". Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Wald (1902–1950), Hungarian mathematician of German descent * Carol Wald (1935–2000), American artist * Charles F. Wald (born 1948), American military officer * David Wald, American voice actor * David J. Wald (born 1962), American seismologist * Diane Wald, American poet * Eduard Wald (1905–1978), German Resistance member, politician, unionist *Elijah Wald (born 1959), American folk blues guitarist and music historian * Florence Wald (1917–2008), "mother of the American hospice movement" * František Wald (1861–1931), German-Czech chemist *George Wald (1906–1997), American biologist and Nobel Laureate *Jerry Wald (1916–1962), American film producer and screenwriter * Karl Wald (1916–2011), German football referee *Lillian Wald (1867–1940), American nurse and social worker * Michael S. Wald, American lawyer currently the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus at Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald Am Schoberpass
Wald am Schoberpass is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc .... Geography The Schober Pass (elevation ) is a high mountain pass within the municipality. Wald am Schoberpaß lies on the Schober Pass between the Niederen Tauern and the Eisenerz Alps. The pass separates the watershed of the Palten, which flows into the Enns, and the Liesing, which flows into the Mur. References Cities and towns in Leoben District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald Im Pinzgau
Wald im Pinzgau is a municipality in the district of Zell am See (Pinzgau region), in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Municipal divisions The villages in the municipality, apart from Wald, are (further up the valley) Hinterwaldberg, Königsleiten, Lahn The Lahn () is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km). ..., Vorderkrimml, and Vorderwaldberg, with a combined population of about 800. The so-called '' Katastralgemeinden'' are Hinterwaldberg with 4,234.87 ha and Wald with 2,688.97 ha. Population References External links Cities and towns in Zell am See District Kitzbühel Alps Venediger Group {{Salzburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Baden-Württemberg
Wald () is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... Girl School Kloster Wald The students get to know the different workshops in a trial week in class 8. They can decide for one of the artisanal trainings according to their interests and abilities. The training starts parallel to school in class 9 on one afternoon per week until the graduation. After that, the training continues in theory and practice full-time until ensuing spring. Staate journeyman's examinations body under public law, the proper Chamber of Crafts. References Sigmaringen (district) {{Sigmaringen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Upper Palatinate
Wald () is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Cham (district) {{Chamdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald (Allgäu)
Wald () is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. The village Wald is located in the Allgäu region. The municipality of Wald belongs to the administrative community Seeg and is located in the administrative district of Bavarian Swabia Swabia (, Swabian: ''Schwaabe'', ) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany. It consists of ten districts and 340 municipalities (including four cities) with Augsburg being the administrative capital. Governance The coun .... The state-recognized recreational resort Wald includes many surrounding hamlets: Barnstein, Bergers, Birngschwend, Geigers, Gemmels, houses, Herring, Hofen, Holzmanns, Kaltenbrunn, Kaufmanns, Kippach, Klosterhof, Neupolz, Öbele, Ofen, Stechele, Wetzlers, Wies, Wimberg. Sights Wald, OAL - Walder Weiher 170414 - 03.JPG, Weiher (ponds) of Wald Ballonfahrt 140713 - Wald, OAL v SO.JPG, Wald from the air from the southeast Wald v NW.JPG, Wald from northwest Wald, OAL - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wald () is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Geography Wald has an area, , of . Of this area, 66% is used for agricultural purposes, while 28.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Wald has a population () of . In 2008 about 10.1% were foreign nationals.Brief Statistics for the half-canton accessed 15 September 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -6.3%. Most of the population () speaks German (93.6%), with Serbo-Croatian bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Bern
Wald () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bern-Mittelland (administrative district), Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History In January 2004 it incorporated the two independent municipalities of Zimmerwald and Englisberg. *Englisberg, population: 201 *Zimmerwald, population: 870 Englisberg is first mentioned in 1166 as ''Endlisperc''. Zimmerwald was first mentioned in 1296 as ''Zymmerwalt''. Until 1902 it was officially known as ''Obermuhlern und Zimmerwald''. Englisberg Englisberg first appears in a historic record with the House of Kyburg, Kyburg Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family of Englisberg. By the 15th century Bernese Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician families owned the village and surrounding ''Herrschaft (territory), Herrschaft''. The right to hold court in the ''Herrschaft'' was sold to the villagers in 1570 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Glarus
Elm () is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Elm lies in the valley of the Sernf river, and consists of the village of Elm itself, and the hamlets of Sulzbach, Schwändi, Müsli, Untertal, Vogelsang, Töniberg, Obmoos, Steinibach and Wald. History Elm is first mentioned in 1344 as ''Elme''. The baths at Wichlen were in use since the Middle Ages and are first mentioned in 1547. They were very popular until they were buried by an avalanche in 1762. Many characteristic wooden structures have survived. In 1799, Russian General Alexander Suvorov and his troops stayed the night in Elm before crossing Panix Pass to Pigniu on their retreat into Austria. By 1861, slate quarrying was taking place. On September 11, 1881, an avalanche caused by excessive quarrying of slate killed 114 and buried 83 structures in the municipality. In 1892, the owner of a spring in Elm that had long been hailed as beneficial was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Zürich
Wald () is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Wald is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1217. In the year 1621 the municipality received market rights. Around 1820, the village of Wald, referred to as Dorfschaft or Marktflecken, consisted of about 60 to 70 houses.Friedrich Vogel: ''Die alten Chroniken oder Denkwürdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Zürich von den ältesten Zeiten bis 1820.'' 1845 . Industrialisation in the 19th century turned Wald into an important business location with numerous spinning and weaving mills. Wald was the first rural municipality in the canton of Zurich to introduce weapons training for secondary school pupils in 1851.Gustav von Escher: '' Memorabilia Tigurina oder Chronik der Denkwürdigkeiten des Kantons Zürich 1850 bis 1860.'' Friedrich Schulthess, Zürich 1870, . This tradition survived in customs in the form of "boys' parades" (Umezug) with muzzle-loadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Alabama
Wald (also Forest) is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ..., United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{ButlerCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
