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Zell Chilmark
Zell may refer to: Places Austria * Zell am See, in Salzburg state * Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol * Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia * in Upper Austria: ** Bad Zell ** Zell am Moos ** Zell an der Pram ** Zell am Pettenfirst Germany * Zell im Fichtelgebirge, in the district of Hof, Bavaria, formerly Zell, Upper Franconia * Zell am Harmersbach, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell unter Aichelberg, in Baden-Württemberg * The former name of St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell im Wiesental, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell am Main, in the district of Würzburg, Bavaria * Zell, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, Bavaria * Zell (Mosel), in Rhineland-Palatinate * Zell (Verbandsgemeinde), a collective municipality in Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate * Zell, an Ortsteil of Bad König Switzerland * Zell, Lucerne * Zell, Zurich United States * Zell, Missouri * Zell, South Dakota People * Christian Zell (c. 1683 – 1763), German harpsichord maker * Marc Zell (born 1953), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zell Am See
Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its Ski resort, ski resorts and shoreline on Lake Zell. While Zell am See has been a favored winter and summer resort for the European aristocracy since the 19th century, it is known as a hub of the international jet set today. Today, Zell am See is an internationally renowned holiday destination and one of the most important summer and winter sports resorts in Austria and an important transport hub in the region. Geography The Zell Valley is a corridor in the Kitzbühel Alps, connecting the Saalfelden Basin of the Saalach River in the north and the Salzach in the south. Zell am See is located about 80 km (49 mi) south of Salzburg (state), Salzburg, east of Innsbruck and north Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner. The historic centre of Zell am See is located on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad König
Bad König () is a town and resort ('' Kurort'') in the central Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany, 29 km southeast of Darmstadt. Geography Neighbouring communities Bad König borders in the north on the communities of Höchst and Lützelbach, in the east and south on the town of Michelstadt and in the west on the communities of Brombachtal and Brensbach. Constituent communities Besides the main town, also called Bad König, the town has the outlying ''Ortsteile'' of Zell, Momart, Etzen-Gesäß, Fürstengrund, Kimbach, Nieder-Kinzig and Ober-Kinzig with Gumpersberg. History Bad König is one of the oldest settlements in the Mümling valley. There were Germanic settlers quite early on. In Roman times, the name for this place was apparently ''Quintiacum'', and ''Quinticha'' was the name under which Bad König had its first documentary mention between 820 and 822. In the Middle Ages it was originally an Imperial holding, then belonging to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Gabriel Knight Mystery
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zell Dincht
''Final Fantasy VIII'', a 1999 role-playing video game by Square (video game company), Squaresoft, features "SeeD", an elite group of mercenaries, as well as soldiers, rebels, and political leaders of various nations and cities. Thirteen weeks after its release, it had earned more than United States dollar, US$50 million in sales, making it the fastest selling ''Final Fantasy'' title at the time. The game has shipped 8.15 million units worldwide as of March 2003. Additionally, ''Final Fantasy VIII'' was voted the 22nd-best game of all time by readers of ''Famitsu'' in 2006. The game's characters were created by Tetsuya Nomura, and were the first in the series to be realistically proportioned in all aspects. This graphical shift, as well as the cast itself, has #Reception, received generally positive reviews from gaming magazines and websites. The six main Player character, playable characters in ''Final Fantasy VIII'' are Squall Leonhart, a loner who avoids vulnerability by focu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZELL
Zell may refer to: Places Austria * Zell am See, in Salzburg state * Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol * Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia * in Upper Austria: ** Bad Zell ** Zell am Moos ** Zell an der Pram ** Zell am Pettenfirst Germany * Zell im Fichtelgebirge, in the district of Hof, Bavaria, formerly Zell, Upper Franconia * Zell am Harmersbach, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell unter Aichelberg, in Baden-Württemberg * The former name of St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell im Wiesental, in Baden-Württemberg * Zell am Main, in the district of Würzburg, Bavaria * Zell, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, Bavaria * Zell (Mosel), in Rhineland-Palatinate * Zell (Verbandsgemeinde), a collective municipality in Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate * Zell, an Ortsteil of Bad König Switzerland * Zell, Lucerne * Zell, Zurich United States * Zell, Missouri * Zell, South Dakota People * Christian Zell (c. 1683 – 1763), German harpsichord maker * Marc Zell (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zell Miller
Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States senator representing the state from 2000 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party and before 2021 was the last Democratic senator from Georgia. Miller served as lieutenant governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1991. He was a conservative Democrat as a senator in the 2000s. In 2004, he backed Republican president George W. Bush over Democratic nominee John Kerry in the presidential election. Miller was a keynote speaker at both major American political parties' national conventions–Democratic in 1992 and Republican in 2004. He did not seek re-election to the Senate in 2004. After retiring from the Senate, he joined the law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge as a non-lawyer professional in the firm's national government affairs practice. Miller was also a Fox News contributor. After he left his office in 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Zell
Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka; September 28, 1941 – May 18, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential, Equity International, EQ Office, Covanta, Tribune Media, and Anixter. Biography Early life and education Zell was born on September 28, 1941, in Chicago. His parents, Ruchla, later Rochelle, and Berek, later Bernard, Zielonka, were Jews who immigrated from Poland four months before his birth to escape the Invasion of Poland by the Nazis. In Poland, his father was a grain trader. They immigrated to the United States with their young daughter, Leah, via Russia and Tokyo, pretending to be tourists at the Bolshoi Ballet so as not to stand out. They then moved from Seattle to Albany Park, Chicago, where his father became a wholesale jeweler who also made successful investments in real estate and the stock market. In eighth grade, Zell too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthäus Zell
Matthäus Zell (also ''Mathias Zell''; anglicized as ''Matthew Zell'') (21 September 1477, in Kaysersberg – 9 January 1548, in Strasbourg) was a Lutheran pastor and an early Protestant reformer based in Strasbourg. He joined the Reformation as early as 1521. His widow was Katharina Zell. Life Zell was the son of a wine maker in Kaysersberg. He studied at the Universities of Mainz, Erfurt and Freiburg im Breisgau. His compatriot Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg exerted a strong influence on him. References General references * ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...'', ADB 45 (1900), 17ff. * ''Realenzyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche'', Band 21 Seite 650 * * T. W. Röhricht. Matthäus Zell (Mitt. a. d. Ges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Zell
L. Marc Zell (; born February 25, 1953) is an American-Israeli lawyer, chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel and a vice president of Republicans Overseas, Inc. Early life Marc Zell was born February 25, 1953. He earned an A.B. from Princeton University in Germanic Languages and Literature with a concentration in theoretical linguistics, in 1974, then graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maryland at Baltimore with a J.D., in 1977. Career After clerking at the Maryland Court of Appeals for a year (1977–1978), Zell joined ''Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman'' as an associate (1978–1981). In 1986, he formed the law firm of Feith & Zell, P.C. with Douglas Feith, who later served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, from 2001 to 2005. After Douglas Feith left law practice to work at the Pentagon in 2001; Zell partnered with Bernel Goldberg to form Zell, Goldberg & Co., with offices in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and affiliate offices in Washington, DC, Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Zell
Christian Zell (or Zelle) (c. 1683An entry in the register of deaths and burials at the Jacobikirche in Hamburg states he was 79½ when he died, though there is no record of his exact birth date. – 13 April 1763) was a German harpsichord maker. He was probably a pupil of harpsichord maker Michael Mietke. The first mention of him is in 1722 in the register of citizens of Hamburg, the city where he was to spend the rest of his life. In that year, he took over the workshop of instrument maker Carl Conrad Fleischer after marrying his widow; they had three children. There are three of his harpsichords surviving: a 1728 instrument in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg; a 1737 instrument in thMuseu de la Música de Barcelona and a 1741 instrument in the Museum of the Organeum in Weener, Lower Saxony. They are noted for the richness of their decoration, with lacquered chinoiserie typical of Hamburg harpsichords, and most significantly, their 'matchless tone'. The harpsichord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zell, South Dakota
Zell is an unincorporated community in Faulk County, South Dakota, United States, astride U.S. Route 212. It was once a stop on the old Chicago and North Western Railway. History A post office called Zell has been in operation since 1885. Zell was platted in 1886. Some say the community's name honors the local Zell family of settlers, while others believe the community was named after one or more of the places named Zell in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. St. Mary's Church, School and Convent was founded in Zell in 1883. The Catholic school served the community until 1963. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The Chicago & North Western Railway constructed a rail line from Redfield to Faulkton in 1886. Originally the CNW intended to build its depot about two miles east. The congregation of St Mary's contributed funds to assist in the purchase of land, and successfully persuaded the CNW to build its station stop at Zell's now current loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zell, Missouri
Zell is an unincorporated community located in Ste. Genevieve Township in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. Zell is located approximately six miles west of Sainte Genevieve. Name Zell is named for the town of Zell am Harmersbach in the Baden region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located about 10 miles southeast of Offenburg, from where its settlers had originally come. History What is now Zell was first settled in 1798 when 1,000 arpents of land (1 arpent = ) were granted to Pierre Charles Dehault Delassus Deluziere, which he called the Prairie Gautier Tract. In 1819, following Delassus' death, this land was sold to his son Carlos de Hault de Lassus, and then shortly after to Charles’ nephew Felix de St. Vrain. In 1837 German Catholics arrived, at which time the location was known as Nouvelle Alsace (French: New Alsace), and was subsequently renamed Zell in 1840. The Catholic church of St. Joseph was built between 1845 and 1847. Geography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
