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Walsrode
Walsrode (; nds, Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020. History Middle Ages 986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded mention of the town is dated May 7, 986. 1383 The dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg grant Walsrode a town charter. 1479 First recorded instance of Walsrode's coat of arms. At the end of the 15th century the sculptor Hans Brüggemann, creator of the renowned Bordesholm Altar of Schleswig Cathedral, is born in the town. Early modern times 1626 Extensive destruction in the town by the troops of Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War. 1757 The town is totally destroyed by a catastrophic fire. 1811 During the Napoleonic era, Walsrode becomes a border town between France and the Kingdom of Westphalia. 1814 Walsrode is incorporated in the Kingdom of Hanover. 1866 Annexation of Walsrode by Prussia. 1890 Railroad first extends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weltvogelpark Walsrode
Weltvogelpark Walsrode, known as Walsrode Bird Park or Jubs in English until 2010, is a bird park located in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany within the municipality of Bomlitz near Walsrode in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Weltvogelpark Walsrode is the largest bird park in the world in terms of species as well as land area, although the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore claims the largest number of individual birds. It covers and houses some 4,000 birds of over 540 species from every continent and climatic zone in the world. The Weltvogelpark Walsrode celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2012. History The park was founded in 1962 by the Walsrode businessman, Fritz Geschke, for privately breeding pheasants and water birds. In 1962, his daughter, Uschi and her husband, Wolf Brehm, took over the park with the intention of creating a conservation and visitor centre, doubling the size within the first 6 years. In 1968, the "Paradies-Halle", a tropical bird h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomlitz
Bomlitz is a village and a former municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2020, it was merged into the town Walsrode. Geography Location Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area. The two rivers, Bomlitz and Warnau run through the municipality. Parishes The municipality of Bomlitz comprised eight localities (''Ortschaften''): Ahrsen, Benefeld, Bomlitz, Bommelsen, Borg, Jarlingen, Kroge and Uetzingen. History In the fall of 1944, a short-lived satellite camp of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp operated at Bomlitz-Benefeld. Guarded by SS staff, around 600 women were forced to work at the Eibia GmbH gunpowder works. Politics Municipal council The municipal council (''Gemeinderat'') of Bomlitz consists of 20 councillors and the mayor (''Bürgermeister'') who is from the SPD party. * CDU 8 seats * SPD 12 seats (as at the local elections on 10 September 2006) * Mayor: Michael Lebid Twin towns * K� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsrode Abbey
Walsrode Abbey (German: ''Kloster Walsrode'') in Walsrode, Germany, is one of the historic monasteries of Benedictine nuns on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany which are collectively known as the ''Lüneklöster''. Today it is a Lutheran women's convent that is maintained by the Hanover monastic chamber (''Klosterkammer Hannover''). History The monastery was founded in 986 by Count Wale and his wife Odelint according to a decree by King Otto III and is by far the oldest in the former Principality of Lüneburg. Its patron saint is John the Baptist. In 1482 a large part of the monastery was burned down following a lightning strike. Part of the brick walls and stained glass windows of the chapel are products of the subsequent late Gothic restoration. In 1626, during the Thirty Years War, it was plundered by Tilly's troops. During the period 1812-1815 the convent was closed and the monastery occupied by Napoleon for 3 years. Its chequered history ensured that many art treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rischmannshof Heath Museum
The Rischmannshof Heath Museum (German: ''Heidemuseum Rischmannshof'') is an open-air museum in Walsrode, Germany. History Rischmannshof was opened in 1912 as one of the first open-air museums in Germany. The museum consists of a rural farmyard with outbuildings and other exhibits. The heart of the site is a thatched, timber-framed hall house (''Fachhallenhaus'') built as a two-post farmhouse dating to 1798. This originally stood in Hartem near Fallingbostel and was reconstructed in Walsrode. In addition the site has the house of a hireling (''Heuerling'' or ''Häusling'') originally from Fulde and about the same age, as well as a type of apiary, known locally as a ''Bienenzaun''. A '' Treppenspeicher'' storage barn from Oberndorfmark dates back to 1669. Not until some time later was the site enhanced with a bakehouse from the year 1752 and a timber-framed barn with a workshop from 1842. There is a branch of the museum in the old village school in Klein Eilstorf which its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidekreis
Heidekreis ("Heath district") is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg. History Historically the region belonged to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Soltau and Fallingbostel as Soltau-Fallingbostel (). On 1 August 2011 it was renamed to Heidekreis. Geography The district includes the western half of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''). Since this landscape is so characteristic for the district, it calls itself "the Heath District". The capital is Bad Fallingbostel, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest town in the district. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: * in the upper half the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg * in the lower half a megalithic grave Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Brüggemann
Hans Brüggemann (ca. 1480 – after 1521) was a German artist who is remembered above all for the large carved altarpiece which now stands in Schleswig Cathedral. Biography Brüggemann is believed to have been born in Walsrode near Hanover around 1480 and to have perfected his art by travelling to Bremen, Münster, the lower Rhine and Antwerp before returning to Husum where he established his workshop. Few details of his life remain but there is a contract from 1523 between the parish council of Walsrode and Hans Brüggemann commissioning him to produce a small altarpiece for the local church. Brüggemann is remembered above all for his fine Bordesholm Altar, designed for Bordesholm Abbey near Neumünster but moved to Schleswig Cathedral in 1666. An inscription on the altarpiece states that it was completed in 1521. Other works include the figure of St George for St Mary's Church in Husum (now in the National Museum of Denmark) and the so-called "Little Bordesholm Altar", or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industrial activity today. At the edge of town is the world's largest open-pit iron mine, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine. It is the hometown of famous singer Bob Dylan and former Governor of Minnesota Rudy Perpich. The main routes in Hibbing are U.S. Highway 169, State Highway 37, State Highway 73, Howard Street, and 1st Avenue. It is about northwest of Duluth, Minnesota. History The town was founded in 1893 by Frank Hibbing, born in Walsrode, Germany on December 1, 1856, and christened Franz Dietrich von Ahlen. His mother died when he was still in infancy and it was her name, Hibbing, which he assumed when he set out to seek his fortune in the New World. He first settled in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where he worked on a farm and in a shingle mill. Injur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gernrode
Gernrode () is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg.Final decision Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt , 12 December 2013. It was the seat of the former '''' ("municipal association") of . First mentioned in 961, Gernrode received the privilege to bear its own coat of arms and seal, commonly regarded as |
Hermine Overbeck-Rohte
Hermine Overbeck-Rohte (24 January 1869, Walsrode - 29 July 1937, Bremen) was a German landscape painter. Biography She was born to a family of leather manufacturers. She expressed an early desire to be a painter and received some lessons, but after her father's death in 1881, she was sent to an older sister in Itzehoe to learn housekeeping. Later, she studied nursing in Hannover, but continued to take art lessons. The landscape painter, , advised her to study in Munich, but she followed her family's wishes and became a tutor for a professor's family in Göttingen.Brief biography @ Bremer Frauenmuseum. In 1892, she finally decided to study art at the Women's Academy in Munich, where she took part in the annual exhibitions. After seeing works by |
Kovel
Kovel (, ; pl, Kowel; yi, קאוולע / קאוולי ) is a city in Volyn Oblast (province), in northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion (district). Population: Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runic inscriptions which were lost during World War II. The Kovel spearhead, unearthed near the town in 1858, contained text in Gothic. History The name Kovel comes from a Slavonic word for blacksmith hence the horseshoe on the town's coat of arms. The rune-inscribed Spearhead of Kovel was found near Kovel in 1858. It dates to the early 3rd century, when Gothic tribes lived in the area. Kovel (Kowel) was first mentioned in 1310. It received its town charter from the Polish King Sigismund I the Old in 1518. In 1547 the owner of Kowel became Bona Sforza, Polish queen. In 1564 starost of Kowel became Kurbski (d. 1584). From 1566 to 1795 it was part of the Volhynian Voivodeship. Kowel was a royal city of Poland. After the late 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Harms
Georg Ludwig Detlef Theodor Harms (baptised as Ludwig, but called Louis during his life) (1808–1865) was a German Lutheran pastor who was nicknamed the "Reviver of the Heath" (''Erwecker der Heide''). One of the most significant Christian revivalists of the 19th century, he turned the little village of Hermannsburg on the Lüneburg Heath into the most important centre of revival in Lower Saxony. Life Youth and training Louis Harms was born on 5 May 1808 in Walsrode in north Germany as the second son of a pastor, Hartwig Christian Harms. His mother was Lucie Dorothee Friederike Harms, née Heinze. In 1817 the family moved to Hermannsburg and, in 1825, Louis Harms went to the secondary school in Celle. After passing his A-levels in Celle, Harms studied Protestant theology in Göttingen from 1827 to 1830. His study forced him to confront the Enlightenment, the leading intellectual movement of his time. When he read the verse John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesgrenzschutz
Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; en, Federal Border Guard) is the former name of the German ''Bundespolizei'' (Federal Police). Established on 16 March 1951 as a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the BGS originally was primarily focused on protecting the West German borders. During their early days, BGS units had military structures, training and equipment. The law enforcement officers legally had military combatant status until 1994. A major part of the early BGS personnel joined the newly founded German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in 1956 and thus significantly contributed to West Germany's rearmament. The BGS was renamed to ''Bundespolizei'' on 1 July 2005. The change of name did not have any effect on the legal status or competencies of the agency, but rather reflects its transition to a multi-faceted police agency with control over border, railway and air security. History The newly established Federal Republic of Germany wanted to set up its own federal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
