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Schwabach
Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of the river which runs through the city prior to joining the Rednitz. Schwabach is famous for its crafts made of gold, particularly gold foil. In 2004, Schwabach celebrated this tradition with an anniversary festival, marking "500 years gold foil in Schwabach". Around 1500, a local typesetter developed the " Schwabacher" font. This font was used for printing the first Bible in German, which had been worked out by Martin Luther. Etymology The name derives from the old Franconian name ''Suapaha'' (later ''Suabaha'', then ''Villa Suabach'') which translates as "Schwaben-Bach" in modern German, which means "Swabian stream", the first part of the name was given by the Franconians who came to the area about a millennium after the Hallstatt cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwabacher
The German word Schwabacher (pronounced ) refers to a specific style of blackletter typefaces which evolved from Gothic Textualis (''Textura'') under the influence of Humanist type design in Italy during the 15th century. Schwabacher typesetting was the most common typeface in Germany, until it was replaced by Fraktur from the mid 16th century onwards. Etymology The term may derive from the Franconian town of Schwabach, where, in 1529, the Articles of Schwabach, a Lutheran creed, were adopted. The Articles became the basis of the 1530 Confessio Augustana, and possibly also promoted the use of Schwabacher types. Characteristics Similar to Rotunda, the rounded Schwabacher types were nearer to handwriting than the former Textualis style, though it also includes sharp edges. The lower-case ''g'' and upper-case ''H'' have particularly distinctive forms. In the context of German language texts, Schwabacher appeared vibrant and popular. History While the Latin Gutenberg Bible was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France ( Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic ( North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia ( Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo-Optik
Apollo-Optik is a German optics company focusing on retail eyewear. It was founded 1972 in Schwabach Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of th ... and is operating in 40 countries. It is the biggest optics company in Europe. References External links * https://www.apollo.de/ {{Eyewear retailers Eyewear retailers in Germany Companies based in Bavaria Eyewear companies of Germany Retail companies established in 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Von Henselt
Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt (9 or 12 May 181410 October 1889) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. Life Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria. At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Josephe von Flad (1778-1843), who had trained in composition with Franz Danzi, Abbé (George Joseph) Vogler, Joseph Graetz and studied piano with Franz Lauska (who later coached Meyerbeer, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn). His concert debut was at the Odeon in Munich, where he played the opening Allegro to one of Mozart's C major concertos, a free fantasy with variations on a theme from Weber's ''Der Freischütz'', and a rondo by Kalkbrenner. It was through Flad's influence with King Ludwig I of Bavaria that Henselt was provided the financial means to undertake further study with Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) in Weimar in 1832 for some months. Later that year, he went to Vienna, where, besides studying composition under Simon Sechter (the later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred Ritschel
Manfred Ritschel (born 7 June 1946 in Schwabach) is a retired German football player. He spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, Kickers Offenbach, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Schalke 04. He represented Germany three times, including an UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ... (he scored an equalizer in a 1–1 draw) and two friendlies. References External links * 1946 births Living people German footballers Germany international footballers FC Ingolstadt 04 players SSV Jahn Regensburg players Borussia Dortmund players Kickers Offenbach players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players FC Schalke 04 players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players People from Schwaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Baumeister
Ralf Baumeister (born September 1, 1961 in Schwabach Schwabach () is a German city of about 40,000 inhabitants near Nuremberg in the centre of the region of Franconia in the north of Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (''kreisfreie Stadt''). Schwabach is also the name of th ...) is a German professor (Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics). He is currently co-director of the School of Life Sciences at Freiburg University's Institute of Advanced Studies. He uses the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans in his studies. External links * * 1961 births Living people 21st-century German biologists Academic staff of the University of Freiburg People from Schwabach {{Germany-biologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Gottfried Zinn
Johann Gottfried Zinn () (December 6, 1727 – April 6, 1759) was a German anatomist and botanist and was a member of the Berlin Academy. Biography Johann Gottfried Zinn was born in Schwabach. Considering his short life span, Zinn made a great contribution to the study of anatomy. In his book ''Descriptio anatomica oculi humani'', he provided the first detailed and comprehensive anatomy of the human eye. In 1753 Johann Gottfried Zinn became director of the Botanic garden of the University of Göttingen, and in 1755, professor in the medical faculty. In 1757 Zinn described the orchid genus '' Epipactis'' that belongs to the family Orchidaceae. He died in Göttingen. Eponyms Botanist Carl Linnaeus designated a genus of flowers in the family Asteraceae native from Mexico as '' Zinnia'' in his honour. He coined the anatomic terms: * ''Zonula ciliaris Zinnii'', now called ''Zonule of Zinn The zonule of Zinn () (Zinn's membrane, ciliary zonule) (after Johann Gottfried Zinn) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schuberth
Hans Schuberth (April 5, 1897 in Schwabach – September 2, 1976 in Munich) was a German politician who from 1949 to 1953 was the first Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications in Konrad Adenauer's first cabinet. Biography After graduation in 1914 Schuberth participated as a soldier in the First World War. After being seriously wounded, as a result of which he had to have a leg amputated, he was from 1915 to 1916 working as an intern at a machines factory in Germany in Dortmund. After he graduated in 1916 to study mechanical engineering at the Technical University Munich, which he finished in 1920 as a graduate engineer (mechanical engineering). During his studies he became a member of the Catholic Student Association KDSt.V. Rheno - Franconia in Munich CV. He then worked as an engineer at the German Werke AG in Dachau and Munich. From 1925 to 1926 he completed an additional study of electrical engineering, which he also graduated with a diploma. He then entered 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Volz
Matthias Volz (4 May 1910 in Schwabach – 26 August 2004 in Spalt) was a German gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ... who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. References 1910 births 2004 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Germany Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Schwabach Sportspeople from Middle Franconia 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
