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Beate Schmidt
Beate Schmidt (born Wolfgang Schmidt; 5 October 1966) is a German serial killer and rapist, who killed six people and injured four between 1989 and 1991 in various villages in Brandenburg. The then-unidentified killer was nicknamed the "Pink Giant" (German: ''Rosa Riese''), from witness descriptions of Schmidt, who stood 190 cm (6 ft 3 in), and the presence of discarded pink lingerie at some of the crime scenes. As the murders and rapes occurred close to Beelitz, Schmidt was also named the "Beast of Beelitz" (''Bestie von Beelitz'') and "Beelitz murderer" (''Beelitz-Mörder'') by the tabloid newspapers Superillu and Bild. Early life Schmidt was born Wolfgang Schmidt in Lehnin, East Germany, as the eldest of three children. Schmidt started to engage in cross-dressing around age seven by wearing female underwear to purposely urinate and defecate in them. Schmidt described feeling "overwhelmingly pleasant feelings" in this manner. After finding the dirty garments hidden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lehnin
Kloster Lehnin, or just Lehnin, is a municipality in the German state of Brandenburg. It lies about west-south-west of Potsdam. Overview Kloster Lehnin was established on 1 April 2002 by the merger of 14 villages: The centre of the municipality is Lehnin. It is best known for Lehnin Abbey, the oldest monastery in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, established in 1180 by Margrave Otto I. The adjacent settlement developed about 1415 out of a market held by the monks outside the abbey walls. Today, this well-maintained area includes the renovated monastery church and other Gothic buildings. In addition to tourism, Kloster Lehnin's local economy is supported primarily by *the Evangelical Deaconess House Berlin Teltow Lehnin, a hospital network *Hansa-Heemann AG, a mineral water and soft drinks company *Grand River Enterprise, a cigarette company *Windeck, a metal construction company. All of these companies are established in the industrial area, Rietz. Demography File:Bevö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (often white supremacy), to attack racial and ethnic minorities (often antisemitism and Islamophobia), and in some cases to create a fascist state. Neo-Nazism is a global phenomenon, with organized representation in many countries and international networks. It borrows elements from Nazi doctrine, including antisemitism, ultranationalism, racism, xenophobia, ableism, homophobia, anti-communism, and creating a "Fourth Reich". Holocaust denial is common in neo-Nazi circles. Neo-Nazis regularly display Nazi symbolism, Nazi symbols and express admiration for Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. In some European and Latin American countries, laws prohibit the expression of pro-Nazi, racist, antisemitic, or homophobic views. Bans on Nazi symbols, Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beelitz-Heilstätten
Beelitz () is a historic town in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is chiefly known for its cultivation of white asparagus (''Beelitzer Spargel''). Geography Beelitz is situated about 18 km (11 mi) south of Potsdam, on the rim of the Zauche glacial Outwash plain, sandur plain. The town is surrounded by extended pine woods of the Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park. Located on an old trade route from Berlin to Leipzig, today the Bundesstraße 2, it also has access to the Bundesautobahn 9 at the ''Beelitz-Heilstätten'' and ''Beelitz'' junctions. Train service to Potsdam and Berlin via the Berlin-Blankenheim railway line is available at Beelitz Stadt station, Beelitz Stadt and Beelitz-Heilstätten station, Beelitz-Heilstätten stations. History A 997 deed by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Otto III mentions a settlement with the Slavic language, Slavic name ''Belizi'', though this denotation may also refer to the nearby town of Belzig. The Mary (moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg Police
The Brandenburg police is the German Landespolizei force for the German state of 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 Ger .... Organisation Under the Police Headquarters there are four regional headquarters (North, East, South, West), as well as the State Office of Criminal Investigation and the Directorate of Special Services. The four police directorates report to 16 police inspectorates, 9 water police stations and 5 motorway police stations. The 16 police inspectorates are divided into the headquarters of the police inspectorate and a further 33 police stations. The police headquarters is headed by Oliver Stepien (Polizeipräsident) as police president. References State law enforcement agencies of Germany Organisations based in Potsdam {{Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuendorf (Brück)
Neuendorf () is a district of Brück in the Brandenburg district Potsdam-Mittelmark. The village has 257 inhabitants (2015), and lies on the federal road 246 on the border of the Zauche plateau to the Glogau-Baruther Urstromtal. To the north is the Truppenübungsplatz Lehnin military training area. North-east is the municipality Borkheide. To the southeast are the villages Alt Bork and Deusche Bork. The main town of Brück is roughly 3km west along the B246 road. History The first documented mention of Neuendorf dates from 1337 as Nyendorf, and by 1375 the village is listed as "Nyendorf prope Brugge". The village was owned by the Ritter family of Ziegesar until 1582. From 1599 to 1690 it belonged to the family of Bernewitz. Until 1815, Neuendorf was of great importance for Brandenburg, since the village was the last border post in the Märkische Zauche in the direction of Saxony. It was only with the Congress of Vienna in 1815 that the northern part of the Saxon spa di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borkheide
Borkheide is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History From 1815 to 1947, Borkheide was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part of the Bezirk Potsdam of East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on .... Demography References Localities in Potsdam-Mittelmark Fläming Heath {{Brandenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwielowsee (municipality)
Schwielowsee () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Schwielowsee lake, through which the Havel, River Havel flows. The municipality was founded on December 31, 2002 in merger of the three villages Caputh, Brandenburg, Caputh, Geltow and Ferch. The Caputh Ferry, a cable ferry across the Havel, links Caputh and Geltow. In the east Schwielowsee shares border with the City of Potsdam, in the west with the town of Werder (Havel). History Geltow (together with Potsdam) was first mentioned as Slavic languages, Slavic ''Geliti'' within the Hevelli lands in a 993 deed by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Otto III, who ceded it to his aunt, abbess Matilda of Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg. The Ford (crossing), ford in the Havel had been a significant river-crossing since ancient times. Today the ''Bundesstraße 1'' federal highway crosses the river at the ''Baumgartenbrücke''. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pesticide Poisoning
A pesticide poisoning occurs when pesticides, chemicals intended to control a pest, affect non-target organisms such as humans, wildlife, plants, or bees. There are three types of pesticide poisoning. The first of the three is a single and short-term very high level of exposure which can be experienced by individuals who die by suicide, as well as pesticide formulators. The second type of poisoning is long-term high-level exposure, which can occur in pesticide formulators and manufacturers. The third type of poisoning is a long-term low-level exposure, which individuals are exposed to from sources such as pesticide residues in food as well as contact with pesticide residues in the air, water, soil, sediment, food materials, plants and animals. In developing countries, such as Sri Lanka, pesticide poisonings from short-term very high level of exposure (acute poisoning) is the most worrisome type of poisoning. However, in developed countries, such as Canada, it is the complete o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National People's Army
The National People's Army (, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (DDR) from 1956 until 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Border Troops). The NVA belonged to the Ministry of National Defence (East Germany), Ministry of National Defence and commanded by the National Defense Council of East Germany, which was headquartered in Strausberg - east of East Berlin. From 1962, conscription was mandatory for all DDR males aged between 18 and 60 requiring an 18-month service, and it was the only Warsaw Pact military to offer non-combat roles to conscientious objectors, known as "construction soldiers" (). The NVA reached 175,300 personnel at its peak in 1987. The NVA was formed on 1 March 1956 to succeed the (Barracked People's Police) and under the influence of the Soviet Army became one of the Warsaw Pact militaries opposing NATO during the Cold War. The majority of NAT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rake (tool)
A rake (Old English ''raca'', cognate with Dutch ''hark'', German ''Rechen'', from the root meaning "to scrape together", "heap up") is a broom for outside use; a versatile horticultural implement consisting of a toothed bar fixed transversely to a handle, or tines fixed to a handle, and used to collect leaves, hay, grass, and in gardening, for loosening the soil, light weeding and to make furrows, mounds and levelling, removing dead grass from lawns, and generally for purposes performed in agriculture by the harrow. Depending on purpose, their materials and form will vary greatly. Large mechanized versions of rakes are used in farming, called hay rakes, are built in many different forms (e.g. star-wheel rakes, rotary rakes). Non mechanized farming may be done with various forms of a hand rake. Rakes can be a mechanical component of a Threshing machine. History Rakes have been found as far back as 1100 B.C. in China. These early rakes were made of wooden tines attach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deetz (Groß Kreutz)
Deetz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Zerbst Zerbst () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district. Geography Zerbst is sit .... References Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Zerbst {{AnhaltBitterfeld-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchard
An orchard is an intentional plantation of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit tree, fruit- or nut (fruit), nut-producing trees that are generally grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive purpose. A fruit garden is generally synonymous with an orchard, although it is set on a smaller, non-commercial scale and may emphasize berry shrubs in preference to fruit trees. Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a grazed or mown lawn, grass or bare soil base that makes maintenance and fruit gathering easy. Most modern commercial orchards are planted for a single variety of fruit. While the importance of introducing biodiversity is recognized in forest plantations, introducing genetic diversity in orchard plantations by interspersing other trees might offer benefits. Genetic diversity in an orchard would provide resili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
