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Bergen-Enkheim
Bergen-Enkheim is a borough (''Ortsbezirk (Frankfurt am Main), Ortsbezirk'') of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Bergen-Enkheim is a popular residential area with families and sports enthusiasts for its small-town character, excellent infrastructure, and the highest number of clubs (Vereine) in Frankfurt, many of them sports clubs. Its athletic facilities include a modern track and field complex, a tennis club, an extensive, recently modernized indoor and outdoor public swimming and sports center, and a nature preserve with small lakes and many kilometers of forested walking, running and biking paths (Enkheimer Ried). The southern side of the Berger Rücken, once covered with vineyards, is now one of Frankfurt's premier residential districts, the Berger Hang. The district in the eastern part of Frankfurt was once formed from the independent towns of Bergen and Enkheim. It borders the districts of Seckbach (Frankfurt am Main), Seckbach in the west and Fechenheim (Frankfurt am Main), Fec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtschreiber Von Bergen
The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first Stadtschreiber award in German-speaking countries and established in 1974. The Stadtschreiber has no obligations and can invite writers. A jury with nine members decides the winner. Recipients * 1974/1975 Wolfgang Koeppen * 1975/1976 Karl Krolow * 1976/1977 Peter Rühmkorf * 1977/1978 Peter Härtling * 1978/1979 Nicolas Born * 1979/1980 Helga M. Novak * 1980/1981 Dieter Kühn * 1981/1982 Peter Bichsel * 1982/1983 Jurek Becker * 1983/1984 Günter Kunert * 1984/1985 Friederike Roth * 1985/1986 Ludwig Fels * 1986/1987 Gerhard Köpf * 1987/1988 Ulla Hahn * 1988/1989 Eva Demski * 1989/1990 Katja Lange-Müller * 1990/1991 Heinz Czechowski * 1991/1992 Robert Gernhardt * 1992/1993 Ralf Rothmann * 1993/1994 Paul Nizon * 1994/1995 Josef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main (river), Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's Metropolitan regions in Germany, second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic centre of the EU, geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt U-Bahn
The Frankfurt U-Bahn is a Stadtbahn system serving Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Together with the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and the Frankfurt Straßenbahn, it forms the backbone of the public transport system in Frankfurt. Its name derives from the German term for underground, ''Untergrundbahn''. Since 1996, the U-Bahn has been owned and operated by (VGF), the public transport company of Frankfurt, and is part of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) transport association. The licence contract is up to 31 December 2031 and is renewable. The contracting authority of VGF is the municipal transport company . The U-Bahn opened in 1968, and has been expanded several times. It consists of three inner-city tunnels and above-ground lines in the suburbs. About 59% of the track length is underground. The network operates in a variety of right of ways typical of a light rail system, with above-ground sections operating on street and core sections running underground in the inner city. Like a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ortsbezirk (Frankfurt Am Main)
An ''Ortsbezirk'' is an administrative division of the city of Frankfurt in Germany, and other towns in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the .... Frankfurt comprises 16 ''Ortsbezirke'' which are subdivided into 46 quarters or city districts. While Frankfurt citizens identify themselves more with the city district they live in, ''Ortsbezirke'' are the highest political divisions of the city. Each ''Ortsbezirk'' has a district committee and chairperson. List The 16 ''Ortsbezirke'' of Frankfurt are: External links {{Districts of Frankfurt am Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berger Rücken
The Berger Rücken (Bergen Ridge) is a geological formation that extends along the northeast edge of Frankfurt am Main. Parts of the Bergen Ridge belong to the Frankfurt Green Belt and its Natural Springs Hiking Trail. The southern side of the Bergen Ridge, once covered with vineyards, is now home to one of Frankfurt's premier residential districts, Berger Hang. The Bergen Ridge originated during the last ice age, when the river Main formed today's ridge as a river bank. Remaining from this time are the Enkheim and Seckbach lakes and marshes. Excavations on the Bergen Ridge have also uncovered ancient settlements, a Roman sanctuary, a Roman estate, Roman roads, a large Jupiter column, and fossils of a prehistoric hippopotamus-like animal. ThLohrbergis home to the last existing vineyard in Frankfurt's city limits. The Lohrberger Hang Riesling grows on the 1.3-hectare vineyard, which is the smallest and easternmost area of the Rhine Valley ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apfelwein
''Apfelwein'' ( German, 'apple wine'), or ''Viez'' ( Moselfranken, Saarland, Trier, ''vice'') or ''Most'' ( Austria, Switzerland, South Germany, ''must'') are German words for cider. It is made from a mix of sour tasting apples, such as "Bohnapfel" or "Speierling", respectively. It has an alcohol content of 4.8–7.0% and a tart, sour taste. ''Apfelwein'' is also regionally known as ''Ebbelwoi'', ''Äppler'', ''Stöffsche'', ''Apfelmost'' (apple must), ''Viez'' (from Latin ''vice'', the second or substitute wine), and ''saurer Most'' (sour must, ''Süßmost'' or sweet must is essentially apple juice). Instead of the name ''Äppler'', restaurants and smaller manufacturers may instead call the beverage ''Schoppen'' or ''Schoppe'', which actually refers to the measure of the glass. In the Frankfurt area, berries from the service tree (''Sorbus domestica'') may be added in small quantities to increase astringency, in which case the specific type of ''Apfelwein'' is called ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berger Market
Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French ''bergier'' (Late Latin ''berbicarius'', from ''berbex'' 'ram'). The German surname derives from the word ''Berg'', the word for "mountain" or "hill", and means "a resident on a mountain or hill", or someone from a toponym Berg, derived from the same. The pronunciation of the English name may sometimes be following the French phonetics (the German is ). Notable people with this surname include: Politics * Charles W. Berger (born 1936), American politician * James S. Berger (1903–1984), American politician *Jan Johannis Adriaan Berger, Dutch Labour Party politician. *Józef Berger (1901–1962), Polish theologian and politician. * Karine Berger (born 1973), French politician *Laurent Berger (born 1968), French trade unionist *Luciana Berger (born 1981), British Liberal Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triathlon
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the disciplines included. The word is of Greek origin, from τρεῖς or ''treis'' (three) and ἆθλος or ''athlos'' (competition). The sport originated in the late 1970s in Southern California as sports clubs and individuals developed the sport. This history has meant that variations of the sport were created and still exist. It also led to other three-stage races using the name triathlon despite not being continuous or not consisting of swim, bike, and run elements. Triathletes train to achieve endurance, strength and speed. The sport requires focused persistent and periodised training for each of the three disciplines, as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning. History The evolution of triathlon as a distinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equinix
Equinix, Inc. is an American multinational company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that specializes in Internet connection and data centers. The company is a leader in global colocation data center market share, with 240 data centers in 27 countries on five continents. It is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol EQIX, and as of December 2021, it had approximately 11,000 employees globally. The company converted to a real estate investment trust (REIT) in January 2015. History Equinix was founded in 1998 by Al Avery and Jay Adelson, two facilities managers at Digital Equipment Corporation. The firm promoted its data center platform as a neutral place where competing networks could connect and share data traffic. The firm capitalized on the " network effect," through which each new customer would broaden the appeal of its platform. It expanded to Asia-Pacific in 2002 and Europe in 2007, followed by Latin America in 2011 and the Middle Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kart Track
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motorsports, with most of Formula One champions including Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen, and Fernando Alonso having begun their careers in karting. Karts vary widely in speed and some (known as superkarts) can reach speeds exceeding , while recreational go-karts intended for the general public may be limited to lower speeds. History American Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Early karting events were he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pump Track
A pump track is a circuit of rollers, banked turns and features designed to be ridden completely by riders "pumping"—generating momentum by up and down body movements, instead of pedaling or pushing. It was originally designed for the mountain bike and BMX scene, and now, due to concrete constructions, is also used by skateboard, and accessible to wheelchairs. Pump tracks are relatively simple to use and cheap to construct, and cater to a wide variety of rider skill levels. History Skateparks experienced a huge boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, most of them were designed to be used by experienced or professional riders, and thus resulted in many injurieMany communities looked for a better, more accessible solution. The first new era pump track in the United States was built in 2004 at The Fix Bike Shop in Boulder, Colorado, by professional downhill bicyclist Steve Wentz. Track design Most pump tracks link a series of rollers to steeply bermed corners that b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Liquide
Air Liquide S.A. (; ; literally " liquid air"), is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902, after Linde it is the second largest supplier of industrial gases by revenues and has operations in over 80 countries. It has headquarters at the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Air Liquide owned the patent for Aqua-Lung until it expired. Air Liquide's headquarters are in Paris, and it also has major sites in Japan, Houston, Newark, Delaware, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Dubai. The company's research and development ( R&D) targets the creation of industrial gases, and also gases that are used in products such as healthcare items, electronic chips, foods, and chemicals. The major R&D groups within Air Liquide focus on analysis, bioresources (foods and chemicals), combustion, membranes, modeling, and the production of hydrogen (H2) gas. History 1900 - 1930: Creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
