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Völker
Volker is an old German name, derived from , (people, tribe), and (army, warrior). Which means people’s defender. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Volker Beck (politician) (born 1960), German politician (Greens) * Volker Beck (athlete), East German athlete * Volker Bouffier (born 1951), German politician (CDU) * Volker Braun, German author * Volker Bromm, American astronomer * Volker Bruch, German actor * Volker Eckert Volker Eckert (1 July 1959 – 2 July 2007) was a German serial killer, who killed at least six women in East Germany, France and Spain, between 1974 and 2006. Eckert confessed to only six murders, five of whom were sex workers, but is believed ... (1959-2007), German serial killer * Volker Engel (born 1965), German-born visual effects artist with Hollywood credits * Volker Finke, German football manager and former player * Volker Grassmuck, German sociologist and media researcher * Volker Herold, German actor and director * Volk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Völker
Sandra Völker (born 1 April 1974) is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Germany, former world record holder in 50 metres backstroke. She was also multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships. Olympic career Völker won a total number of three (one silver, two bronze) medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There she made her second Olympic appearance. Völker competed in four Olympics, making her debut in Barcelona, Spain in 1992. Private life During Völker's preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympics, she was diagnosed as having asthma, and a year later founded a stiftung A Stiftung () (properly ''Stiftung'', pl. ''Stiftungen'') is an institution or foundation that, with the aid of a property, pursues a purpose determined by the founder. A ''Stiftung foundation'' exists to give effect to the stated, non-commercial ... for children with asthma and allergies. Völker's autobiography was published in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Völker
Sofia Alexandra Völker (born 1989) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Stockholm County since September 2014. Völker is the daughter of engineer Per Völker and psychotherapist Marie Lundman Völker. She has a bachelor's degree in politics and a doctorate in political science from Stockholm University. She has been a member of the municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ... in Sundbyberg Municipality since 2014. References 1989 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Sundbyberg Municipality S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Völker
Sabine Völker (born 11 May 1973) is a German former speed skater who won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics, after winning three individual medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci .... ReferencesSabine Völker at SkateResults.com (in German) Photos of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Völker
Karl Völker (17 October 1889 – 28 December 1962) was a German architect and painter associated with the New Objectivity movement. He was born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. After an apprenticeship as an interior decorator from 1904 to 1910, he studied from1912–1913 at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts where Richard Guhr was his teacher. His first solo exhibition was in 1918 at the Halle Kunstverein. Völker was the director of the Halle Artists Group, founded in 1919 and associated with the Berlin November Group.Crockett, 141. In the early years of the Weimar Republic he contributed many articles and prints to newspapers of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany). He joined the Berlin "Red Group" in 1924 and was a contributor to the journal ''Das Wort''.Michalski, 219. His early paintings, such as ''Industriebild'' (''Industrial Picture'', 1923) are in a constructivist style.Schmied, 15. His painting ''Railroad Station'' (1924) celebrates both the station—newly built by Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Völker
Franz Völker (31 March 1899, Neu-Isenburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 4 December 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career. He excelled specifically as a performer of the operas of Richard Wagner. He was discovered by the conductor Clemens Krauss and he studied singing at Frankfurt, where he made his début as Florestan in Beethoven's only operatic work, ''Fidelio'', in 1926. Engagements followed in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and London, where he appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1934 and 1937. He also performed often at the Salzburg Festival and the Bayreuth Festival, earning considerable public and critical acclaim. Roles that he sang during this period, in addition to Florestan , included '' Parsifal'', '' Lohengrin'', Siegmund in Wagner's '' Die Walküre'' and Max in Weber's '' Der Freischütz''. Later in his career, he sang the lead role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He taught singing in Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has won an Academy Awards, Oscar as well as the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Tin Drum (film), The Tin Drum'' (1979), the film version of the novel by Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass. Early life Volker Schlöndorff was born in Wiesbaden, then part of Nazi Germany, to the physician Georg Schlöndorff. His mother was killed in a kitchen fire in 1944. His family moved to Paris in 1956, where Schlöndorff won awards at school for his work in philosophy. He graduated in political science at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, while at the same time studying film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, where he was friends with Bertrand Tavernier and met Louis Malle. Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Volker
Kurt Douglas Volker (born December 27, 1964) is an American diplomat who served as George W. Bush's last U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Later he served as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership and in a volunteer capacity as Donald J. Trump's U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine until his resignation on September 27, 2019. Background Kurt Volker was born in 1964 in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, to Benjamin and Thelma (Rowdon) Volker. After graduating from Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School, Volker graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in International Affairs in 1984. He was awarded an M.A. in International Relations from The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs in 1987. Career Public service After a short tenure as a CIA analyst, in 1988, Volker joined the United States Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Foreign Service. While in the Foreign Service, he served in various assignm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd Volker
Floyd William Volker (June 21, 1921 – January 5, 1995) was an American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball League (NBL), the National Professional Basketball League (NPBL), and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the early days of professional basketball. Volker, a 6'4 forward from Casper High School in Casper, Wyoming, went on to play collegiately at the University of Wyoming. He was a starting forward on the Cowboys' 1943 national championship team as a junior. After a pause in his career to serve in the US military during World War II, Volker returned to campus for his senior year in 1946–47. After his college playing days, Volker signed with the Oshkosh All-Stars of the NBL in 1947. In 1949, when the NBL and the Basketball Association of America merged to form the NBA, the All-Stars were disbanded and Volker was assigned to the Indianapolis Olympians for the inaugural season of the NBA. During the season, his rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Zotz
Volker Helmut Manfred Zotz (born 28 October 1956) is an eminent Austrian philosopher, religious studies scholar, Buddhologist and a prolific author. Early life The Zotz family originated in Tyrol and spread to Germany. Volker Zotz was born in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany, where he attended elementary school and high school. His interest in spirituality led him to an early study of Christianity as well as of Indian and Chinese religions. What impressed him most was Buddhist philosophy and meditation. When Zotz was sixteen he became a major disciple of Lama Anagarika Govinda, with whom he was close until his death in 1985. During his high school days, Zotz also met the author Oscar Kiss Maerth, whose ideas he did not completely agree with, but with whom he had an intense exchange of ideas. After graduating from Max Slevogt High School in Landau in the 1970s, he published his first poems in two volumes and a novel. As a conscientious objector Zotz had to perform eighteen month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Zerbe
Volker Zerbe (born 30 June 1968) is a former German team handball player and manager. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team"2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He is European champion from . He played his entire professional career at , where he was the |
Volker Wissing
Volker Wissing (born 22 April 1970) is a German lawyer and former judge who served as the Minister for Transport in the federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025 and as Minister of Justice from 2024 to 2025. Wissing was previously the Deputy Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate in the state government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the German parliament from 2004 to 2013. He was the general secretary of the Free Democratic Party from 2020 to 2022. Wissing declared his resignation from the party on 7 November 2024 in order to remain part of the Scholz cabinet in the wake of the 2024 German government crisis. Following the resignation of Marco Buschmann, he also assumed the office of Minister of Justice. Early life and education Wissing was born 1970 in the German town of Landau in der Pfalz and studied law at the Saarland University. Wissing achieved a law degree and worked for some time as a judge before he en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volker Weidler
Volker Hermann Weidler (born 18 March 1962) is a retired racing driver from Germany, best known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991. Career Formula racing In 1985, he became German Formula Three champion. In the 1989 Formula One season, Weidler entered 10 Formula One Grands Prix, racing for the Rial team, but failed to qualify the uncompetitive car on every occasion. After Formula One, he moved to Japan and raced in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship and the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. He often fought over the title with Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Ross Cheever and others in the Japanese Formula 3000, and became popular in Japan. GT / Sportscars In 1991, Weidler teamed with Johnny Herbert and Bertrand Gachot to win Le Mans behind the wheel of the Wankel engine-powered Mazda 787B, marking also the first win of the legendary French race by both a Japanese manufacturer and engine supplier. This Wankel engine-powered car was noted for being very loud. Poss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
