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Bad Honnef
Bad Honnef () is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (Siebengebirge), Drachenfels (“Dragon's Rock”) mountain, part of the Siebengebirge. Overview Bad Honnef is home to a mineral spring called the ("Dragon Spring") which was discovered in 1897. This discovery led to Honnef, as the town was called at the time, transforming from a German wine, wine-growing town to a spa town, adding the prefix Bad to its name. The mineral spring has been used for both drinking and bathing. Bad Honnef includes several districts, such as Aegidienberg, Rhöndorf, and Lohfelderfähre, which is located near the Rhine ferry crossing to Rolandseck. During his term as first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (then West Germany), Konrad Adenauer lived (and died) in Bad Honnef, as it was near Bonn, then the capital o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drachenfels (Siebengebirge)
The Drachenfels ("Dragon's Rock", ) is a hill () in the Siebengebirge Highland, uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid underneath. It is the subject of much tourism and romanticism in the North Rhine-Westphalia area. History The ruined castle Burg Drachenfels, on the summit of the hill, was built between 1138 and 1167 by Archbishop Arnold I of Cologne and bears the same name. It was originally intended for the protection of the Cologne region from any assault from the south. Originally it consisted of a ''bergfried'' with court, chapel and living quarters for servants. The castle was slighted in 1634, during the Thirty Years' War, by the Protestant Swedish Empire, Swedes and never rebuilt. As a strategic asset it had outlived its usefulness. Erosion due to the continued quarrying undermined much of the remains and only a small part is left today. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept Throughout history, many cities have participated in various cultural exchanges and similar activities that might resemble a sister-city or twin-city relationship, but the first officially documented case of such a relationship was a signed agreement between the leaders of the cities of Toledo, Ohio and Toledo, Spain in 1931. However, the modern concept of town twinning appeared during the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places On The Rhine
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Honnef
Bad Honnef () is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (Siebengebirge), Drachenfels (“Dragon's Rock”) mountain, part of the Siebengebirge. Overview Bad Honnef is home to a mineral spring called the ("Dragon Spring") which was discovered in 1897. This discovery led to Honnef, as the town was called at the time, transforming from a German wine, wine-growing town to a spa town, adding the prefix Bad to its name. The mineral spring has been used for both drinking and bathing. Bad Honnef includes several districts, such as Aegidienberg, Rhöndorf, and Lohfelderfähre, which is located near the Rhine ferry crossing to Rolandseck. During his term as first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (then West Germany), Konrad Adenauer lived (and died) in Bad Honnef, as it was near Bonn, then the capital o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Lohmann
Sydney Matilda Lohmann (; born 19 June 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Club career Youth career & Bayern Munich II Lohmann grew up in Pürgen in Upper Bavaria. In her childhood, she first played for SV Lengenfeld and then for VfL Kaufering, both in the district of Landsberg am Lech. From the youth team at SC Fürstenfeldbruck, Lohmann joined FC Bayern Munich's under-17 team ahead of the 2016–17 season. For the B youth team, she played six league games in the junior Bundesliga and scored two goals. Lohmann's debut on 17 September 2016 (1st matchday) in a 3–1 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg's B youth team was crowned with her first goal; a 20th minute penalty to make it 2–0. At the same time, Lohmann was already playing for Bayern II in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd. She made her debut on 28 August 2016 (1st matchday) in a 1–0 away win against 1. FC Saarbrü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hintze
Peter Hintze (25 April 1950 – 26 November 2016) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 until his death in 2016. From 2013 until 2016, Hintze was one of the six Vice Presidents of the Bundestag. He had previously been federal chairman of the Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/ CSU from 1990 to 1992 and general secretary of the CDU from 1992 to 1998. He was also Vice President of the Centrist Democrat International. Political career Hintze served as a member of the German Bundestag from the 1990 federal election. Between 1990 and 1992, he chaired the Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU. In 1991/1992, Hintze briefly served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth under minister Angela Merkel in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. During the national election campaign in 1994 Hintze was the driving force behi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frankenberg
Peter Frankenberg (born 1947 in Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a German researcher, professor and politician ( CDU). Frankenberg was Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of the state of Baden-Württemberg (''Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg'') from 2001 to 2011. Previously he was chaired professor and President (rector) at the University of Mannheim from 1994 until 2001. Education He studied history, geography and geology at the University of Bonn, afterwards botanics. He achieved his Ph.D. in 1976 and attained his title of professor in 1982. Academics and career In 1983, he was appointed professor of physical geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. In 1986, Frankenberg received the lectureship for physical geography and regional studies at the Geographic Institute of the University of Mannheim. From 1989 until 1991, Peter Frankenberg was dean and pro-dean respectively at the faculty of histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Brungs
Franz Brungs (born 4 December 1936) is a German retired football coach and player. As a player, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Nürnberg and Hertha BSC. Honours * Bundesliga: 1967–68 * DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...: 1959–60, 1964–65; runner-up 1962–63 External links * Franz Brungsat glubberer.de References 1936 births Living people People from Bad Honnef Footballers from Cologne (region) German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bundesliga players 1. FC Köln players Borussia Mönchengladbach players Borussia Dortmund players 1. FC Nürnberg players Hertha BSC players German football managers 2. Bundesliga managers 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 managers KSV He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Papandopulo
Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a Croatian composer and conductor of Greek and Russian Jewish descent. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Djela hrvatskih skladatelja Židovskog podrijetla u Beču; stranica 38; broj 107, studeni / prosinac 2008. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić and one of the most distinctive Croatian musicians of the 20th century. Papandopulo also worked as music writer, journalist, reviewer, pianist and piano accompanist; however, he achieved the peaks of his career in music as a composer. His composing oeuvre is imposing (counting cca 460 works): with great success he created instrumental (orchestral, concertante, chamber and solo), vocal and instrumental (for solo voice and choir), stage music and film music. In all these kinds and genres he left a string of anthology-piece compositions of great artistic value. Biography “Born, growing up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Haase
Curt Haase (15 December 1881 – 9 February 1943) was a German general (''Generaloberst'') in during World War II. He commanded the III Corps during the Invasion of Poland and France. He later commanded the 15th Army in German-occupied France from January 1941 to November 1942. World War I In 1901 Haase joined the 4th Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No. 65 of the Württemberg Army in Ludwigsburg and was promoted to the rank of leutnant in 1902. In 1905 he was an adjutant of the 1st Division and eventually achieved the rank of lieutenant in 1910. From 1911 to 1914 Haase commanded a training regiment in the Prussian Staff College. At the outbreak of the First World War Haase commanded a company. He was promoted to captain in 1914 and served in various staff positions for the rest of the war. After the war, Haase joined the ''Reichswehr''. World War II Haase became commander of III Corps on 16 November 1938. At the beginning of World War II, he commanded the III Corps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittichenau
Wittichenau ( German) or Kulow ( Upper Sorbian, ) is a bilingual town in the district of Bautzen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, 6 km south of Hoyerswerda. This small municipality is situated in the heart of bilingual Lusatia region which was for long centuries part of the Bohemian Crown and was passed to Saxony in 1635. Wittichenau has 6,300 inhabitants of whom the Sorbian-speaking, Slavic Lusatian population compose about 35-40%; the other 60-65% speak German. It is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony. Geography File:Pfarrkirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Pfarrkirche Wittichenau File:Ev Kirche Wittichenau 4.JPG, Protestant church in Wittichenau File:Markt Wittichenau 2.JPG, Saxon post milestone File:Krabatsäule Wittichenau.JPG, Column for the title character of '' Krabat'' File:Neudorfer Weg 1 Wittichenau 2.JPG, School in Wittichenau Notable people * Georg August Swotlick (1650-1729), translated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika. In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity. Localities Figures as of 2004. #Ludvika 13,724 #Grängesberg 3,356 #Sunnansjö 758 #Saxdalen 752 #Fredriksberg, Sweden, Fredriksberg 741 #Nyhammar 682 #Sörvik 540 #Blötberget 529 #Persbo/Gräsberg 459 #Gonäs 432 #Landforsen/Håksberg 438 #Grangärde 374 * Other/countryside 2,967 Economy These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005: # Hitachi, Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400 # County medical facilities 600 # Spendrups brewery 285 # VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220 # RSV Tax Office 110 # Samhall-gruppen 80 # GIA Industri AB 75 # Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75 # Connex Sverige AB 70 # Seco Tools AB 70 # ISS Cleaning 60 Demographics This is a demograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
