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Warschauer is a German-language toponymic surname literally meaning "of/from Warschau" (Warsaw). It may refer to: People * Anna Warschauer (1841–1866), wife of Ludwig Passini * (1855–1930), German historic, see State Archives in Gdańsk * Claus Leon Warschauer (1929–2012), professor of University of São Paulo * (1820–1888), Polish Jewish doctor * Horst Warschauer (1919–1948), Nazi German army mayor * Mark Warschauer (born 1954), professor at the University of California * (1777–1835), merchant and banker * (1816–1884), banker from Mendelssohn family * Robert Warschauer junior (1860–1918), German banker Places * Warschauer Straße, major thoroughfare in Berlin, Germany ** Berlin Warschauer Straße station, S-Bahn and U-Bahn in Berlin ** Warschauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) * Oberbilker Markt/Warschauer Straße station, station in Düsseldorf, Germany * ''Warschauer Allee'', Bundesautobahn 2 See also * * Warszawski * Warschau (other) Warschau may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warschau
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is an Alpha global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th century, when Sigismund III decided to move the Polish capital and his royal court from Kraków. Warsaw served as the de facto capital of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1795, and subsequently as the seat of Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberbilker Markt/Warschauer Straße Station
Oberbilker Markt/Warschauer Straße is an underground station on the Düsseldorf Stadtbahn lines U74, U77 and U79 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The station is located at Oberbilker Markt in the district of Oberbilk. The station was opened on 15 June 2002; it consists of two side-platform with two rail tracks. On the surface, Interchange to Tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ... line 706 is possible. External links * Düsseldorf VRR stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 2002 {{NorthRhineWestphalia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Toponymic Surnames
Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwriters Polish may refer to: * Polishing, the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing or chemical action ** French polishing, polishing wood to a high gloss finish * Nail polish * Shoe polish * Polish (screenwriting), improving a script in smaller ways than in a rewrite See also * * * Polonaise (other) A polonaise ()) is a stately dance of Polish origin or a piece of music for this dance. Polonaise may also refer to: * Polonaises (Chopin), compositions by Frédéric Chopin ** Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (french: Polonaise héroïque, ... {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surnames
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal by-names, and only subsequently came to be family names. The origins o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France ( Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland ( Upper Silesia), Slovakia ( Bratislava Region), and Hungary ( Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warschau (other) , Nazi concentration camp in the city
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Warschau may refer to: *German name of Warsaw, Poland *Warschau (album) *KL Warschau, or Warsaw concentration camp The Warsaw concentration camp (; see other names) was a German concentration camp in occupied Poland during World War II, formed on the base of the now-nonexistent Gęsiówka prison, in what is today the Warsaw neighbourhood of Muranów. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawski
Warszawski (), feminine: Warszawska is a Polish-language toponymic surname literally meaning "of/from Warsaw". It may by transliterated as Warshavsky / Warshavska, etc. Notable people with this surname include: *Adolf Warski (born Jerzy Warszawski; 1868–1937), Polish communist leader, journalist *Alexander Varshavsky (born 1946), Russian-American biochemist *Dawid Warszawski, pseudonym of Konstanty Gebert, Polish journalist and a Jewish activist * Deena Varshavskaya, American entrepreneur *Icchok Warszawski, pseudonym of Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991), Polish-born Jewish-American writer in Yiddish *Israel and Roy Warshawsky, owners of JC Whitney, American retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories *Józef Warszawski (1903-1997), Polish philosopher *Mark Warshawsky (1848-1907), Yiddish-language folk poet and composer *Michel Warschawski ((Mikado) (born 1949), Israeli anti-Zionist activist *Mikhail Varshavski (born 1989), "Doctor Mike", American doctor and inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesautobahn 2
is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the junction with the A3 near the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the Münsterland and into Ostwestfalen, crossing the former inner German border and continuing through the Magdeburger Börde to merge into the Berliner Ring shortly before reaching Berlin. Major cities such as Magdeburg, Braunschweig, Hannover and Dortmund are situated very close to the A 2. The A 2 is one of the most important autobahns, connecting several large industrial areas with each other. The A 2 was modified in the late 1990s, and completely rebuilt in the former East Germany. All of the A 2 has 3 travel lanes and a breakdown lane in each direction. History The highway was planned between September 1933 and December 1934 by the construction departments of the company Reichsautobahn in Düsseldorf, Hanover and Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warschauer Straße (Berlin U-Bahn)
Warschauer Straße is the eastern terminus station of lines U1 and U3 of the Berlin U-Bahn. History Designed by Paul Wittig under contract with Siemens & Halske and opened on 17 August 1902 under the name ''Warschauer Brücke'', the station was the first station of the Berlin elevated railway. The station consists of a 360 meter long and 26 meter wide brick viaduct. The station was closed at the end of World War II and did not open again until 14 October 1945. Since the U-Bahn station is the only station of the U1 located in the eastern part of the city, it was closed again in 1961 due to the construction of the Berlin Wall.Dr. Hans-Ulrich Stockhorst: U-Bahnhof Warschauer Straße vor und nach dem Mauerbau. In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter. Nr. 5, 2013, S. 85 f. Following German reunification in 1990, the station underwent extensive reconstruction and was reopened on 14 October 1995. At the same time it was renamed ''Warschauer Straße'' in order to create uniformity with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Passini
Ludwig Johann Passini (1832–1903) was an Austrian narrative and genre painter and printmaker. Personal life Ludwig Passini was born on 9 July 1832 in Vienna, the son of Louise Passini and the engraver Johann Nepomuk Passini."Ludwig Johann Passini, 1832–1903" ''The Correspondence of James McNeil Whistler'', , Retrieved 29 January 2014 The Passini family moved to in 1850. On 9 November 1864 Passini married Anna Warschauer (1841–1866), who was the daughter of Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Warschauer Straße Station
Warschauer Straße station is an S-Bahn and U-Bahn station on Warschauer Straße on the northern bank of the river Spree in the Friedrichshain neighborhood of Berlin, Germany. The two train stations as well as the trams that terminate adjacent to the U-Bahn station together accommodate over 85,000 passengers daily. S-Bahn station The Warschauer Straße S-Bahn station is located on the eastern side of Warschauer Bridge. The station's current configuration consists of a temporary footbridge and two platforms, one for trains inbound towards the city center, the other outbound towards Ostkreuz and Lichtenberg. The first station building opened on 11 August 1884 and stood until 1903. The second station building, designed by Karl Cornelius, stood from 1903 until 1924. The third station building, designed by Richard Brademann and constructed in 1924, was heavily damaged due to the destruction of Warschauer Bridge during World War II and required extensive reconstruction and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warschauer Straße
Warschauer Straße is a major thoroughfare in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district of central Berlin, the capital of Germany. The street begins at Frankfurter Tor to the north and spans 1.6km south to the intersection of the Oberbaumbrücke, Mühlenstraße and Stralauer Allee. The street acts as a section of Bundesstraße 96a and the Berlin Inner Ring Road. The street is named after Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The Warschauer Straße station Warschauer is a German-language toponymic surname literally meaning "of/from Warschau" (Warsaw). It may refer to: People * Anna Warschauer (1841–1866), wife of Ludwig Passini * (1855–1930), German historic, see State Archives in Gdańsk * ..., on the city's S-Bahn and U-Bahn rail systems, is located in the southern half of Warschauer Straße. Warschauer Straße station serves a stop on S-Bahn lines S3, S5, S7 and S9 and as the terminus of U-Bahn line U1 and U3. References Streets in Berlin {{Germany-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
