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Altdorf Bei Nürnberg
Altdorf bei Nürnberg ( , ; ) is a town in south-eastern Germany. It is situated east of Nuremberg, in the district Nürnberger Land. Its name literally means “Altdorf near Nuremberg”, to distinguish it from other Altdorfs. History Altdorf is first mentioned in 1129. In 1504 the town was conquered by the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. In the 16th century, the city government of Nuremberg founded an academy in Altdorf, which became a university in 1622. The university lasted until 1809. Among the alumni of the University of Altdorf were the soldier Albrecht von Wallenstein and the philosopher and scientist Gottfried Leibniz. Discovery of teleosaur fossils Teleosaur remains have been known from Altdorf bei Nürnberg since 1832,Meyer, H. von, (1832), ''Paleologica zur Geschichte der Erde'', Frankfurt am Main, 560 p but none have been placed in a specific genus yet. Economy Even though the times of its once famous university have long passed, Altdorf is the seat of severa ...
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Bayerisches Landesamt Für Statistik
The statistical offices of the German states (German language, German: ) carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution is executed at state level. The Bundestag, federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the States of Germany, 16 states: See also * Federal Statistical Office of Germany References

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Dunaharaszti
Dunaharaszti () is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of around 20,000 people. Twin towns – sister cities Dunaharaszti is twinned with: * Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Germany Sport *Dunaharaszti MTK, association football club Notable people * Sunny Lax, trance music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from Electronic body music, EBM in Frankfurt, Germany, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and quickly spread throughout Europe. Trance music is typically characterized by a tempo between ... producer Gallery Dunaharaszti Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, aerial photo.jpg, Aerial view with the Coca-Cola factory References External links * in HungarianStreet map Populated places in Pest County Budapest metropolitan area Hungarian German communities {{Pest-geo-stub ...
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Johannes Praetorius
Johannes Praetorius or Johann Richter (1537 – 27 October 1616) was a Bohemian German mathematician and astronomer. Life Praetorius was born in Jáchymov, Bohemia. From 1557 he studied at the University of Wittenberg, and from 1562 to 1569 he lived in Nuremberg. His astronomical and mathematical instruments are kept at Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. In 1571 he became Professor of mathematics (astronomy) at Wittenberg where he met Valentinus Otho and Joachim Rheticus. He died in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, aged about 79. He taught Copernicus' theory of astronomy initially as a means of eliminating the equant from Ptolemy's account, and later moving to a proto-Tychonic system The Tychonic system (or Tychonian system) is a model of the universe published by Tycho Brahe in 1588, which combines what he saw as the mathematical benefits of the Copernican heliocentrism, Copernican system with the philosophical and "physic .... Works * De cometis, qui antea visi s ...
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Thomas Tuschl
Thomas Tuschl (born 1 June 1966) is a German biochemist and molecular biologist, known for his research on RNA. Biography Tuschl was born in Altdorf bei Nürnberg. After graduating in Chemistry from Regensburg University, Tuschl received his PhD in 1995 from the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen. He spent four years as a post-doctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA. In 1999 he returned to Göttingen, to continue his research at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. There he received international recognition in Genetics for his studies of RNA interference in collaboration with the laboratory of Klaus Weber. This enables "switching off" certain genes by introducing synthetic short RNA into the cell. The mRNA is destroyed and the gene is deactivated. Possible future applications of this method include treatment of tumors or genetic disorders. The function of certain gen ...
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Athletics At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Javelin Throw
The javelin throw, Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1972 Summer Olympics took place on September 2–3 at the Olympic Stadium (Munich), Olympic Stadium, Munich. The qualifying standard was . The winning margin was 2 cm which as of June 2025 remains the only time the men's javelin throw was won by less than 10 cm at the Olympics. Also as of June 2025, it is the narrowest winning margin for any javelin competition, women included, at the Olympics, the World Athletics Championships, the European Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: Results Qualifying round Finals The eight highest-ranked competitors after three rounds qualified for the final three throws to decide the medals. References

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Klaus Wolfermann
Klaus Wolfermann (; 31 March 1946 – 18 December 2024) was a German javelin thrower. He represented West Germany and won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in MunichKlaus Wolfermann
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and set a in 1973. The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history. Wolfermann had taken the lead from Jānis Lūsis of the in the fifth round with an Olympic Record throw of ...
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Klaus Kreuzeder
Klaus Kreuzeder (4 April 1950 in Forchheim, West Germany – 3 November 2014 in Munich, Germany) was a German saxophonist. Life Klaus Kreuzeder was born in Forchheim, West Germany in 1950 and grew up in Altdorf near Nuremberg. Since contracting Polio at the age of one and a half years, he was reliant on a wheelchair for all of his life, thus also performing live onstage in a wheelchair. Kreuzeder had a professional music career for more than 30 years. In 1971, he appeared live with the band ''Ex Ovo Pro'' at the Free Open Air FestivaHoehn He went on to become a member of the Jazz Rock band Aera, with whom he performed as a professional musician from 1973 through 1982, also acting as booking agent and de facto band leader. When Aera disbanded, Kreuzeder suddenly found himself "stranded" and faced with massive debt and financial liabilities as high as 70,000 Deutsche Mark. In the below referenced documentary he explained that his physical disability left him with a very small num ...
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Dora Hitz
Dora Hitz (30 March 1856, Altdorf bei Nürnberg - 20 November 1924, Berlin) was a Court Painter to the Romanian Royal Family, a member of the November Group and co-founder of the Berlin Secession. Life When she was six years old, her family moved to Ansbach and at thirteen she was sent to Munich to study at the "Damenmalschule der Frau Staatsrat Weber", an art school for young women, where she studied with Wilhelm von Lindenschmit the Younger. At the ''Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1876'', she met and became acquainted with Elisabeth of Wied, the Queen consort of Romania (perhaps better known under her literary name "Carmen Sylva"). As a result, Hitz was appointed as the Court Painter. In addition to oil paintings and book illustrations, she also created fresco murals in the Music Hall of Peleș Castle in Sinaia. After 1880, she lived in Paris, where she studied with Luc-Olivier Merson, Gustave Courtois, Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Eugène Carrière, who had the mo ...
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Friedrichs Lachs
Carl Siegmund ''Friedrichs'' Lachs (1832-1910) was a Bavarian-Swedish brewmaster active in Sweden and the United States. Friedrichs Lax was born on 9 January 1832 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Kingdom of Bavaria. He immigrated to Halmstad, Sweden, in 1860; naturalised as Swedish citizen in 1878. He married Fredrika (née Lorentzon) (1845-1941) in Gothenburg in 1866. Their issue included Charlotte Lachs (1867-1920), singer, Alice Brauner (1877-1944), and Charles Lachs (1879-1979), visual artist.Södermalm med omnejd i bilder av Charles Lachs (, Stockholmia förlag 2009), by Alice Rasmussen Friedrichs Lachs was active, including as business partner, initially as brewmaster among others at :sv:Österman & Co, :sv:S:t Eriks Bryggeri, and :sv:Nürnbergs Bryggeri. Subsequently he ventured into :sv:O. Vallmo & Co, :sv:Örebro Bryggeribolag, and :sv:Klosterbryggeriet Ystad; the latter accordingly brewing the first Bavarian beer in Sweden, including to the royal court. Furthermore, he b ...
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Konrad Mannert
Konrad Mannert (April 17, 1756 – September 27, 1834) was a Prussian historian and geographer. Mannert was born in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, where he did his studies. In 1784 he became a teacher at the Sebaldusschule in Nuremberg, and in 1788 at the Ägidiusgymnasium there. In 1796 he became professor of history at the University of Altdorf, in 1805 at the University of Würzburg, in 1807 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (then in Landshut), and from 1826 at the same university in its new location in Munich. He died in Munich in 1834. His historical work was known in particular for its focus on studying primary sources. Works * ''Kompendium der deutschen Reichsgeschichte'', Nuremberg, 1803 – Compendium of German Reich history. * ''Älteste Geschichte Bojariens'', Sulzbach, 1807 – Oldest Bojarian history. * ''Kaiser Ludwig IV.'', Landshut, 1812 – Emperor Louis IV * ''Geographie der Griechen und Römer'', Nuremberg, 1795–1825, 10 volumes – Geogra ...
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Moses Ferst
Moses Ferst (24 September 1828 – 13 August 1889) was a German-American businessman based in Savannah, Georgia, where he was a merchant and a noted citizen. A stained-glass window in Savannah's Congregation Mickve Israel, one of the oldest synagogues in the United States, was made and installed in his honour. Early life Ferst was born in 1828 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany. His family emigrated to the United States in the early 1840s. They settled in New York, where Ferst later founded a wholesale grocery business, Lehman and Ferst, which became very successful. A Jew, he became a member New York's B'nai B'rith Lebanon Lodge. Career In June 1865, after the conclusion of the American Civil War, Ferst and his family moved south to Savannah, Georgia, where he established his own wholesale grocery business, M. Ferst and Company, and became recognised as a leading citizen. His company became one of the largest such businesses in the state, and its success allowed it to m ...
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Stephan Farffler
Stephan Farffler (1633 – October 24, 1689), sometimes spelled Stephan Farfler, was a German watchmaker of the seventeenth century whose invention of a manumotive carriage in 1655 is widely considered to have been the first self-propelled wheelchair. The three-wheeled device is also believed to have been a precursor to the modern-day tricycle and bicycle A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered transport, human-powered or motorized bicycle, motor-assisted, bicycle pedal, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two bicycle wheel, wheels attached to a .... Farffler, who was either a paraplegic or an amputee, also created a device for turning an hourglass at regular intervals and added chimes to the clocktower of Altdorf bei Nürnberg. the German WiKi says: either paraplegic as a result of an accident when aged three years; others describe him as a human with crippled legs Fabian Zilliken: ''Die Evolution des Fahrrads - Von ...
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