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Geislingen An Der Steige
Geislingen an der Steige () is surrounded by the heights of the Swabian Jura, Swabian Alb and embedded in 5 valleys. It is a town in the Göppingen (district), district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The name relates to its location "on the climb" (''an der steige'') of a trade route over the Swabian Jura mountain range. It is in the southeast of the Stuttgart region about 50 km from Stuttgart and 27 km from Ulm. It is the second largest city in the district of Göppingen. The city is characterized by a grown industry and attractive surroundings of the ''Swabian Albtrauf'' adventure region - this creates a positive environment for regionally and internationally oriented companies. Geislingen's economic significance lies above all in the steel and metal goods processing and automotive supply sectors. Geislingen is also a city of students. The University of Applied Sciences for Economy and Environment is known far beyond the borders with best r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fils Valley Railway
The Fils Valley Railway (, historically ''Filsbahn'' or ''Württembergische Ostbahn''—Württemberg Eastern Railway) designates the Württemberg line from Stuttgart via Göppingen to Ulm. It runs from Plochingen to Geislingen an der Steige through the Fils River, Fils Valley. History Construction The Fils Valley Railway was built as part of the first railway line in Württemberg connecting the navigable Neckar in Heilbronn via Stuttgart with the navigable Danube at Ulm, with a further connection from Ulm to Lake Constance. The Stuttgart-Esslingen section of the line was built as part of the Württemberg Central Railway, Central Railway (''Zentralbahn'') between 1844 and 1846. The line was completed between Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt station, Cannstatt and Esslingen (Neckar) station, Esslingen on 22 October 1845 and the Rosenstein Tunnel was completed on 4 July 1846, allowing the first train to run into Stuttgart station on 26 September 1846. It was extended to Plochingen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Allgöwer
Karl Allgöwer (born 5 January 1957) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played most of his career at VfB Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga in 1984. Allgöwer was part of the German silver squad for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Club career Growing up in Geislingen an der Steige, Allgöwer completed his youth years with SV Altenstadt and SC Geislingen before moving to Stuttgart to score 59 goals for 2. Bundesliga team Stuttgarter Kickers from 1977 to 1980 as striker. Local rival VfB Stuttgart paid Kickers 750,000 Deutsche Mark to team him up with their Bundesliga squad. Just a few matches for them, he got selected for the B-international team of Germany, impressing as a goalscoring midfielder. His immediate progress earned him a call-up from Jupp Derwall for Germany. In Hanover they faced France in November 1980 and Allgöwer was having a bright debut, playing on the right in midfield and cementing his ambitions. Subsequent to him taking p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrs- Und Tarifverbund Stuttgart
The ''Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart GmbH'' (VVS; ) is a List of German transport associations, transport association that coordinates the local public transport in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, as well as in the neighbouring districts of District Böblingen, Böblingen, District Esslingen, Esslingen, District Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr-Kreis, Rems-Murr, and parts of District Göppingen, Göppingen and Ostalbkreis. The network ensures uniform conditions of carriage and fare regulations as well as a coordinated timetable. It cooperates with the administrative districts and municipalities as well as the Verband Region Stuttgart. History The ''VVS-Gemeinschaftsstarif'' was introduced on 1 October 1978 when the ''Stuttgarter Vorortverkehr'' was replaced by the S-Bahn Stuttgart. Initially, it was a tariff community between Deutsche Bundesbahns (express trains, local trains, S-Bahn and rail bus (Germany), train buses), the Deutsche Bundespost, german ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peeter Puusep
Peeter Puusepp (also Peeter Puusep; 22 February 1868 Loodi Parish, Viljandi County – 19 May 1949 Geislingen, Germany) was an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...n politician and justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia. He was a member of I Riigikogu. On 21 October 1921, he resigned his position and he was replaced by Tõnis Pedak. References 1868 births 1949 deaths Estonian judges Members of the Riigikogu, 1920–1923 Members of the Riiginõukogu Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Germany {{Estonia-1938-Riigikogu-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Toi
Roman Toi (18 June 1916 – 7 May 2018) was an Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor, and organist. Influenced by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Toi's music is melodic, lyrical, and melancholic in style. His compositional output includes nine cantatas (composed 1953–77), three symphonies (1969, 1972, 1974), and more than 80 choral works. Many of his compositions have become part of the standard Estonian choral repertoire. Life and career Born in Kõo Parish, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (now Estonia), Toi became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1957. He began his professional education at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Montreux, Switzerland and then studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg from 1942 to 1943 where he was a pupil of Clemens Krauss. He spent the next six years conducting and writing music for choirs, theatre, and radio in Europe. In 1949 Toi emigrated to Canada where he initially settled in Montreal. In 1951 he moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Visnapuu
Henrik Visnapuu ( – 3 April 1951) was an Estonian poet and playwright. Life Henrik Visnapuu was born in Helme Parish, Viljandi County, Livonia. He first attended the village school in Reola (today in Ülenurme Parish) and college in Sipe (today in Kambja Parish) and the municipal school in Tartu. In 1907, he graduated from the grammar school in Narva after taking final exams in education and taught at various schools as a primary school teacher. By 1912 he moved to Tartu and taught Estonian literature at the local high school for girls. At the same time he attended lectures in philosophy at the University of Tartu. Visnapuu worked since 1917 as a journalist at '' Tallinna Teataja'', and then until 1935 he worked as a freelance journalist and author. From 1935 to 1944 he was culture secretary in the department of the Information Agency of the Estonian state. With the approaching Soviet occupation of Estonia and the return of the Red Army, Henrik Visnapuu fled to Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verner Hans Puurand
Verner Hans Puurand (until 1938 Puurmann; 14 September 1904 – 12 June 1983) was an Estonian Naval officer and politician. From 1973 to 1977 he was a minister of Estonian government-in-exile. He was born in Tapa parish, Estonia. In 1928 he graduated from Tondi military school. In the 1930s, he was sent to Britain to supervise the construction of two submarines for the Estonian navy, the Lembit and the Kalev. In 1939 he was temporary commander of the submarine Kalev. During World War II, he collaborated with the Germans."Hans Verner Puurand: Eesti hümni kuulmine toob iga kord pisarad silma". Virumaa Teataja, 11. september 2011 In 1944 he fled to Germany, then later to Australia. He died in Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ... in 1983. Since he is regarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priit Vesilind
Priit Juho Vesilind (4 January 1943 – 3 November 2023) was an Estonian-born American senior writer and photojournalist of ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' magazine and an author of nonfiction. Early life and education Vesilind was born during World War II in Tallinn, Estonia, then under German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II, German occupation as ''Generalbezirk Estland''. His father, Paul Eduard Vesilind, was an engineer for an Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer and his mother, Aino Vesilind (née Rebane), worked at a bank. In 1944, when Priit was one and a half years old, Soviet Air Forces bombers struck Tallinn and the Red Army began an attack on the city as the Soviet Union sought to drive the Germans out and reestablish its own Occupation of the Baltic states, occupation of Estonia. Aino took Priit and his brother Aarne and fled by train to Czechoslovakia. Left behind in Estonia, Paul Eduard Vesilind later traveled by s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voldemar Päts
Voldemar Päts (19 July 1878, Tahkuranna – 27 June 1958, Toronto) was an Estonian artist, art teacher and politician. He was the younger brother of statesman and 1st President of Estonia The president of the Republic of Estonia () is the head of state of the Estonia, Republic of Estonia. The current president is Alar Karis, elected by Parliament on 31 August 2021, replacing Kersti Kaljulaid. Estonia is one of the few parliam ... Konstantin Päts. He was a member of Estonian Constituent Assembly. References 1878 births 1958 deaths People from Häädemeeste Parish People from Kreis Pernau Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia Estonian Labour Party politicians Members of the Estonian Constituent Assembly Members of the Riiginõukogu Estonian painters Estonian caricaturists 20th-century Estonian male artists 20th-century Estonian artists 20th-century Estonian painters Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts Recipients of the Cross of Liberty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
WMF (formerly known as Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) is a German tableware manufacturer, founded in 1853 in Geislingen an der Steige. History WMF was originally called ''Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer'' and was opened as a metal repairing workshop. Through mergers and acquisitions, by 1900 they were the world's largest producer and exporter of household metalware, mainly in the Jugendstil, or Art Nouveau style, designed in the WMF Art Studio under Albert Mayer, sculptor and designer, who was director from 1884 to 1914. WMF has been operating under the name WMF GmbH since July 1, 2012 – and no longer under WMF Group GmbH. Since 2016, the company has been part of the French Groupe SEB. Being a group within the group, however, has increasingly irritated both internally and externally. The simpler name, WMF fits smoothly into the group structure while retaining its roots as a premium manufacturer within the group. The change is visible in the new corporate logo: t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
