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Franz-Peter Hofmeister
Franz-Peter Hofmeister (born 5 August 1951) is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for West Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 × 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Lothar Krieg, Harald Schmid and Bernd Herrmann. He was born in Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most .... References * European Championships 1951 births Living people People from Kerpen Athletes from Cologne (region) West German male sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerpen
Kerpen (; Ripuarian: ''Kerpe'') is the most populated town in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is located about 20 kilometres southwest from Cologne. As of 2023, Kerpen has a total population of 67,627. Division of the town The town of Kerpen was created in 1975, when the previously independent municipalities Balkhausen, Blatzheim, Brüggen, Buir, Horrem, Kerpen, Manheim, Mödrath, Sindorf and Türnich were merged. Monuments * Burg Bergerhausen * Burg Loersfeld * Schloss Türnich Notable people * Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest and social reformer * Wolfgang von Trips (1928–1961), Formula One motor racing driver * Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), pioneer of electronic music composition * Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Olympic medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay * Michael Schumacher, 7-time Formula One world champion * Ralf Schumacher, brother of Michael, both have emulated von Trips in achieving success in Formula One * Patrice Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
