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Horten (other)
Horten is a municipality in Norway. Horten may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Places *Horten (town), a town within Horten Municipality *Horten Church, a church in Horten Municipality *Horten Peak, a small rock peak in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica People * Horten brothers, Walter (1913–1998) and Reimar (1915–1994), German aircraft designers and World War II pilots * Heidi Horten (1941–2022), Austrian billionaire art collector and wife of Helmut Horten * Helmut Horten (1909–1987), German entrepreneur * Sofie Horten (1848–1927), Danish journalist Ships * HNoMS ''Horten'' (1965), formerly HMCS ''Prestonian'', a Canadian frigate transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy and renamed * HNoMS ''Horten'' (A530), a Royal Norwegian Navy support vessel * HMT ''Horten'', a trawler - see List of requisitioned trawlers of the Royal Navy (WWII) Other uses * Horten AG, a German department store chain founded by Helmut Horten * Horten Line, a former railway line connecting Skoppum to Horten, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten
is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand and the villages of Borre, Skoppum, and Nykirke. The town of Horten was separated from the municipality of Borre to become a municipality of its own in 1858. The neighboring municipalities of Borre and Horten were merged back together on 1 January 1988. The name of the new united municipality was first ''Borre'', but after a referendum it was changed to ''Horten'' on 1 June 2002. The local newspaper in Horten is named Gjengangeren, and covers mostly local news. It is also available online (see external links section). Borre National Park contains the largest known burial site in Scandinavia. It also has the largest collection of king's graves in Scandinavia. General information The nearest train station in Horten is Skoppum. Skoppu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNoMS Horten (A530)
HNoMS ''Horten'' (A530) was a Norwegian support vessel built at Karljohansvern in Horten, the city from which the ship was named, in 1977. She was in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy until her retirement in 2008 and filled a number of roles while in service. After being sold in 2012, the Horten is currently (2014) employed as a fishery patrol vessel in Nigeria, supporting the fleet of fast patrol boats sold along with her. History ''Horten'' was originally designed as a support craft for submarines and fast attack craft. After a change in the design which shortened the vessel and gave her smaller torpedo stores than originally intended, this role was reduced. Rather than supplying smaller ships with ordnance, ''Horten'' functioned primarily as support craft with regards to food, fuel and water – in some cases, the on-board facilities were also made available to crews visiting from smaller ships. ''Horten'' was known as a spacious vessel – privates had four-man cabins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypernauts
''Hypernauts'' is a proof of concept show produced by Foundation Imaging and Netter Digital Entertainment. To further prove that the computer-generated imagery and visual effects created in '' Babylon 5'' were easily applied to other venues, the Hypernauts were born. ABC purchased thirteen episodes of the show from DIC Productions, L.P., eight of which ran on Saturday mornings for a single season in 1996 at 10:00 AM. ABC decided not to pick up the series for a second season, and did not air the five remaining episodes. The show was created and produced by Ron Thornton and Douglas Netter, its executive story editor was Christy Marx, who also wrote four episodes. Marx had previously written for both ''Babylon 5'' and ''Captain Power''. Another series writer was Katherine Lawrence who was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award due to her script for ''Ice Bound''. Plot Due to its lineage, ''Hypernauts'' featured relatively detailed designs of its technology and its alie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten Spence
Sand Demon Sand Demon is the name of a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Eddie Slick is the manager of the wrestler King Crusher, and provided him with mutative steroids to win a match. However, Firestorm eventually defeated him while exposing the steroid operation in the process. Eddie was later exposed to the same drugs as his wrestler and buried in the Nevada Desert for exposing the drug ring behind the steroids leaving the gangsters broke. Developing the power to control sand, he sought revenge and crossed paths with Firestorm. Firestorm thought that Sand Demon was Martin Stein, who had become too crazy to reason with. He used his powers to overheat Sand Demon enough to turn him into glass, which shattered when it hit the floor. Sand Demon in other media * A variation of Eddie Slick / Sand Demon appears in ''The Flash'' episode "Flash of Two Worlds", portrayed by Kett Turton. This version is a metahuman criminal from Earth-2 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten Station
Horten Station ( no, Horten stasjon) is a former railway station in Horten, Norway, which was the terminus of the Horten Line and in use between 1881 and 1967. The station was designed in Swiss chalet style by Balthazar Lange and was wedged between the town and the Oslofjord. It was located from Oslo. When the Vestfold Line was being planned, some plans called for it to run via Horten. Instead, a more inland route was chosen and a branch line was built to the town. Traffic peaked in the 1920s, when ca. 200,000 people traveled on the line, and the station saw a peak thirteen daily services during the 1940. The line past the station was converted to standard gauge in 1949 and electrified in 1957. By then the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) had started to run a bus service to Skoppum Station and gradually reduced service to Horten. From 1967 all passenger traffic was terminated. The station building has since burned down. History There were a large number of proposals for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten Line
The Horten Line ( no, Hortenlinjen) was a branch railway line of the Vestfold Line which ran from Skoppum to Horten, Norway. The line opened as a narrow gauge line on 13 October 1881, the same day as the Vestfold Line. The latter had been proposed to run through Horten, but instead a branch line was chosen. The Horten Line converted to standard gauge in 1949 and electrified in 1957. Passenger transport ran until 1968 and freight trains until 2002. The line was demolished in 2009. Skoppum Station and Borre Station have both been preserved as examples of Balthazar Lange's Swiss chalet style architecture. Route The Horten Line was a branch of the Vestfold Line which ran from Skoppum Station to Horten Station, which is entirely located within the current municipality of Horten. The line was since 1949 standard gauge and from 1957 electrified at . The line had seven stations, of which three were originally manned stations with passing loops.Bjerke (1994): 171 The line has a cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten AG
Horten AG (Aktiengesellschaft) was a German department store chain founded by Helmut Horten in 1936 and headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. With up to 80 stores throughout Germany, Horten ranked fourth-largest among German department store chains, after Karstadt, Kaufhof and Hertie. History Horten was one of the most modern German department store companies in the 1960s and 1970s. The stores' facades, completely decorated with the so called 'horten tiles', Retrieved 21 September 2021. designed by famous architect |
List Of Requisitioned Trawlers Of The Royal Navy (WWII)
This is a List of civilian trawlers requisitioned by the Royal Navy for use in World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power .... HMT stands for "His Majesty's Trawler". __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Requisitioned trawlers, whalers and drifters; A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z References {{reflist External links Naval Trawlers World War II, requisitioned Trawlers, requisitioned Trawlers, World War II, requisitioned Trawlers, requisitioned Trawlers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNoMS Horten (1965)
HMCS ''Prestonian'' was a that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War and as a from 1953–1956. She saw action primarily as a convoy escort. She was named for Preston, Ontario, however due to possible confusion with , her name was altered. In 1956 she began service with the Royal Norwegian Navy as ''Troll''. ''Prestonian'' was ordered on 1 February 1943 as part of the 1943–1944 River-class building program. She was laid down as ''Beauharnois'' on 20 July 1943 by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Co. Ltd. at Lauzon, Quebec and launched 22 June 1944. Her name was changed to ''Prestonian'' and she was commissioned on 13 September 1944 at Quebec City. Background The River-class frigate was designed by William Reed of Smith's Dock Company of South Bank-on-Tees. Originally called a "twin-screw corvette", its purpose was to improve on the convoy escort classes in service with the Royal Navy at the time, including the Flower-class corvette. The first orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horten (town)
is a town in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is located along the Ytre Oslofjord about north of the town of Tønsberg and about to the southeast of the town of Holmestrand. The town of Moss lies about to the east, across the fjord. The town has a population (2023) of 20,859 and a population density of . History The development of the town of Horten is closely related to the Royal Norwegian Navy's activity in the area. By royal decree in 1818, Horten was designated as a military station similar to Fredriksvern (now called Stavern). The new naval harbor was to be built in the bay that is surrounded by a small peninsula and several islands. The navy's main shipyard was also built at Horten. In 1855, the entire naval facility was named Karljohansvern. Horten was designated as a ladested in 1857, which separated it from Borre Municipality and made it a self-governing urban municipality. In 1864, the naval school was transferred from Fredriksvern to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofie Horten
Sofie Horten (1848-1927) was a Danish journalist. She was employed as the correspondent in the capital for the provincial newspaper ''Sorø Amtstidende'' from 1888, and was later employed also by ''Morgenbladet'' and ''Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspa ...''. She has been referred to as the first Danish woman to support herself solely as a journalist. References 1848 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Danish journalists 20th-century Danish journalists 19th-century Danish women journalists 20th-century Danish women journalists {{denmark-journalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Horten
Helmut Horten (8 January 1909 Bonn – 30 November 1987, Croglio, Switzerland) was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth-largest chain of department stores in Germany: the Horten AG. Early life Helmut Horten was born on January 8, 1909, in Bonn, Kingdom of Prussia. His father was a judge. Career Horten was apprenticed in a Düsseldorf department store belonging to Leonhard Tietz before working for the Duisburg department store of the ''Gebrüder Alsberg'' (Alsberg brothers) company. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, Horten was able to acquire the company from the Jewish owners, Strauß and Lauter, who fled to the United States. He was aided in this transaction by the banker Wilhelm Reinhold of the Commerz- and Disconto-Bank. The bank was to become a partner in the newly formed Horten & Co. Until 1939, Horten acquired several other department stores and enjoyed a good relationship with the Nazi government despite that his uncle, the (later) Catholic sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
