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Barbara Blaha
Barbara Blaha (23 September 1983) is an Austrian author and founder of the political congress Momentum and the Denkfabrik Momentum Institute and editor of ''Moment'' magazine. Blaha is a former chairwoman of the Austrian Student Union. Life Blaha was born into a working-class family, the second of seven children. She attended elementary school and high school in Simmering. Blaha studied German at the University of Vienna and graduated in 2009. In 2008, Blaha founded the Momentum Kongress in Hallstatt. After her time with the Austrian Student Union, Blaha became commercial manager at the Vienna-based Czernin Verlag. She managed non-fiction for Brandstätter Verlag from 2014, and became responsible for the digital strategy. In 2018 she also took over the ''Art & Life'' Division. Blaha started the think tank “Project360” in 2019, which became the Momentum Institute and ''Moment Magazine''. The Momentum Institute is financed by donation and carries out social research. Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmering (Vienna)
Simmering (; ) is the 11th Districts of Vienna, district of Vienna, Austria (). It borders the Danube and was established as a district in 1892. Simmering has several churches, some museums, schools, old castles, and four cemeteries, one of them being the Vienna Central Cemetery, Wiener Zentralfriedhof, one of the largest cemeteries of Europe. History The first indications of the settlement ''Simmering'' are from 1028. A brewery was built in 1605 and continued to bring in revenue for the area for more than 300 years. Simmering remained small until 1860, when the ''Rinnböckhäuser'' housing development was built, which at the time was the second-largest in Vienna, and resulted in rapid growth in the area. ''Kaiserebersdorf'' (earlier known as ''Ebersdorf'') was one of the original villages in the district and held the residence of the ''Ebendorfer'' dynasty. Holy Roman Empire, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II hunted frequently in the area and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |