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Adolf Seefeldt
Adolf Gustav Seefeldt (6 March 1870 – 23 May 1936), known as The Sandman, was a German serial killer. Life Early life Born as the seventh and youngest child of his parents, Adolf was initially trained as a locksmith, then as a watchmaker who repaired grandfather clocks and pocket watches. He moved to Lübeck in 1890 and married Katarina Seefeldt, who divorced him in 1910. His son was committed to a lunatic asylum for moral crimes at the age of nineteen. Seefeldt was reportedly abused by two men at the age of 12. He was first imprisoned at 25 for the sexual harassment of a boy. Psychiatrists diagnosed him as mentally unstable, which led to him spending most of his life in mental hospitals and prisons. Serial murders The traveler and watchmaker Adolf Seefeldt, also known as "Sandman" or—because of his profession—"Uncle Tick Tock" and "Uncle Adi," abused and killed at least twelve boys during the reign of the Third Reich. He usually selected pine groves as crime scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic languages, Slavic origin. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a careful balance of architecture and landscape, Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its residents of their relationship with nature and reason. The city, which is over 1,000 years old, is widely known for its palaces, its lakes, and its overall historical and cultural significance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent. It is a volatile, colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale as a precursor to refrigerants and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Chloroform was once used as an inhalational anesthetic between the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. It is miscible with many solvents but it is only very slightly soluble in water (only 8 g/L at 20°C). Structure and name The molecule adopts a tetrahedral molecular geometry with C3v symmetry. The chloroform molecule can be viewed as a methane molecule with three hydrogen atoms replaced with three chlorine atoms, leaving a single hydrogen atom. The name "chloroform" is a portmanteau of ''terchloride'' (tertiary chloride, a trichloride) and ''formyle'', an obsolete name for the methylylidene radical (CH) derived from formic acid. Natural occurrence Many kinds of seaweed produce chlor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lübtheen
Lübtheen () is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Ludwigslust, and 37 km southwest of Schwerin. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Populated places The city of Lübtheen (formerly an amt) consists of the following zones with their respective populated places: * ''Lübtheen'' Borough ** Jessenitz-Werk, Neu Lübtheen, Probst Jesar, Quassel, Trebs * ''Garlitz'' Borough ** Garlitz, Brömsenberg, Gudow, Langenheide * ''Gößlow'' Borough ** Gößlow, Bandekow, Lübbendorf, Neuenrode * ''Jessenitz'' Borough ** Jessenitz, Benz, Briest, Jessenitz-Siedlung, Lank, Volzrade The former independent municipalities of ''Garlitz'', ''Gößlow'' and ''Jessenitz'' were incorporated into the expanded city of Lübtheen on 13 June 2004.§ 12 deHauptsatzung(PDF; 77 kB) der Stadt. Notable people *Friedrich Chrysander Karl Franz Friedrich Chrysander (8 July 1826 – 3 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leussow
Leussow is a village and a former municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since May 2019, it is part of the municipality Göhlen Göhlen is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The former municipality Leussow was merged into Göhlen in May 2019. Notable people *Siegfried Wustrow Siegfried Wustrow (7 May 1936 – 26 Nov .... References Ludwigslust-Parchim Former municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{LudwigslustParchim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parchim
Parchim (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch: ''Parchen'') is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Founded about 1210, it was the seat of the short-lived Lordship of Parchim-Richenberg, a partition of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, from 1226 until 1248 when the lord relocated to Richenberg. Parchim was absorbed into the Lordship of Werle in 1255. In 1277 Werle was partitioned and Parchim became the seat of Werle-Parchim until it was reunited with Werle-Güstrow in 1307. One branch of the family of the duke of Mecklenburg resided in Parchim during part of the 14th century. It became a prosperous industrial town during the 16th century, but this prosperity was destroyed by the Thirty Years' War. Gallery Image:Parchim_town_hall_W.jpg, Town Hall Image:Parchim_town_hall_S.jpg, Town Hall Parchim St Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crivitz
Crivitz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Schwerin. The founder of the town Crivitz, Wisconsin named it after his hometown Crivitz. It has a friendship link with Seaford, East Sussex. The lake Barniner See is located nearby. Sons and daughters of the city * (1906–1983), shipbuilder * (born 1961), writer * (born 1965), politician (BVB/FW) * Heiko Mathias Förster (born 1966), conductor, conducted the Munich Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2006, Sport * Karla Roffeis (born 1958), volleyball player, team silver medallist at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ... * Torsten Schmitz (born 1964), boxing coach and former amateur boxer * Armin Krem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Spiegel
(, , stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former ''Wehrmacht'' radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes. is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the ''Spiegel'' affair in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. The news website by the same name was launched in 1994 under the name '' Spiegel Online'' with an independent editorial staff. Today, the content is created by a shared editorial team and the website uses the same media brand as the printed magazine. History The first edition of was published in Hanover on Saturday, 4 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittenberge
Wittenberge (; ) is a town of eighteen thousand people on the middle Elbe in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Wittenberge is situated at the right (north-eastern) bank of the middle Elbe at its confluence with the Stepenitz and Karthane in the German district of Prignitz. Within the same district, the town borders the '' Ämter'' Lenzen-Elbtalaue and Bad Wilsnack/Weisen as well as the district capital Perleberg. The Seehausen (Altmark) in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, lies on the opposite side of the Elbe. History The site was marked out in 1239 at Wendischwalde and in 1300 the Saxon king, Otto I, established the settlement. The exact date when Wittenberge attained municipal status is unknown. The oldest document in which Wittenberge is mentioned as a "town" dates from 22 July 1300. Wittenberge grew slowly but steadily. The town castle (1669) survives as the town museum but it suffered fires in 1686 and 1757, and floods from the Elbe i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Hallermann
Wilhelm Hallermann was a German lawyer, professor at Kiel University from 1941 until 1971, a member of the Nazi party since 1937 and a SA member since 1933. Education Hallermann began his medical studies in 1920 at the University of Munich. This was followed by study visits to Göttingen, Hamburg and Würzburg, where he passed his '' Staatsexam'' (state examination) in 1925 and received his doctorate. Hallermann then worked in the pathological-anatomical department of the Dresden-Friedrichstadt city hospital as a senior physician until 1929. After a short time as an assistant and specialist in internal medicine at the Leipzig Medical University Clinic under Paul Morawitz, Hallermann worked at the Berlin Institute for Forensic Medicine from 1931 to 1940. Hallermann also passed his medical examination there in 1932 and completed his habilitation in 1935 with a thesis on “Sudden cardiac death in coronary artery disease,” which was published as a monograph in 1939. Teaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuruppin
Neuruppin (, , in contrast to ":de:Alt Ruppin, Old Ruppin"; ; North Brandenburgisch dialect, Brandenburgisch: ''Reppin'') is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Ostprignitz-Ruppin district. It is the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) and therefore also referred to as ''Fontanestadt''. A garrison town since 1688 and largely rebuilt in a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style after a devastating fire in 1787, Neuruppin has the reputation of being "the most Prussian of all Prussian towns". Geography Geographical position Neuruppin is one of the largest cities in Germany in terms of area. The city of Neuruppin, northwest of Berlin in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin (Ruppin Switzerland), consists in the south of the districts located on the shores of Ruppiner See, which is crossed by the Rhin River, including the actual core city of Neuruppin and Alt Ruppin. In the north, it stretches up to the Rheinsberg Lake Region and the borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of German states by area, fifth-largest German state by area and the List of German states by population, tenth-most populous, with 2.5 million residents. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city. Other major towns are Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder). Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin. Together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest Metropolitan regions in Germany, metropolitan area in Germany. There was Fusion of Berlin and Brandenburg#1996 fusion attempt, an unsuccessful attempt to unify both states in 1996, however the states still cooperate on many matters. Brandenburg originated in the Northern March in the 900s AD, from areas conquered from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oranienburg
Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Geography Oranienburg is on the banks of the River Havel, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin. Division of the town Oranienburg consists of nine districts: * Friedrichsthal * Germendorf * Lehnitz * Malz * Oranienburg * Sachsenhausen * Schmachtenhagen * Wensickendorf * Zehlendorf History Originally named Bötzow, the town of Oranienburg dates from the 12th century and was first mentioned in 1216. Margrave Albert the Bear (ruled 1157–1170) allegedly ordered the construction of a castle on the banks of the Havel. Around the castle stood a settlement of traders and craftsmen. In 1646, Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg married Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau (German: ''Oranien-Nassau''). She was so attracted by the town of Bötzow that her husband presented the entire region to her. The princess ordered the construction of a new castle in the Dutch style and called it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
