Birk (market)
Birk may refer to: * Birk (market place), a demarcated area with its own laws and privileges, the Bjarkey laws * Reykjavík Airport's ICAO code "BIRK" * Birk (name), a given name and surname * ''Birk'', the German name for Petelea Commune, Mureș County, Romania See also * * * Berk (other) * Birks (other) * Burk (other) * Burke (other) Burke is a surname or given name. Burke may also refer to: People For a list of individuals with the name, see Burke. * Burke baronets, two baronetcies created in the Baronetage of Ireland * House of Burke or House of Burgh, ancient Anglo-N ...

Birk (market Place)
Birk (''biærk'', ''berck'', ''byrck'') was during the Scandinavian Middle Ages the name for a demarcated area, especially a town or a market place, with its own laws and privileges. Denmark In Denmark, the name was used for areas were exempted from the ordinary jurisdictions of the hundreds and the towns. There were royal, ecclesiastical and aristocratic birks with their own law courts and ''birk'' assemblies. After the Protestant Reformation, the ecclesiastical birks passed to the king. The royal birks were after some time abolished, but more and more aristocratic ones were established, where the aristocratic landlord (the patronus) appointed birk judges, birk bailiffs, and birk notaries. The aristocratic birk privilege (known by the same name as '' Bjarkey laws'', ''birkerett'') was reduced in 1809 and it was completely abolished in 1849. The term ''birk'' was to endure for some time, however. Norway In Norway, some counties, baronies and noble estates also had birk privileg ...
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Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík Airport ( Icelandic: ''Reykjavíkurflugvöllur'') is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. The airport is located about from the city centre. It is the domestic hub of Icelandair flights and has two runways. Reykjavík Airport is owned and operated by the state enterprise Isavia. Having shorter runways than the larger Keflavík International Airport, which is sited out of town, it serves only domestic flights within Iceland and limited Greenland flights. The airport also services medivac, private aviation and general aviation. It can also serve as alternate airport for flights inbound towards Keflavík, in case of adverse weather conditions there. To distinguish from the larger Keflavík International Airport outside Reykjavík, it is sometimes unofficially in English called ''Reykjavik City Airport'' (also by the airport administration), and also ''Reykjavik Domestic Airport''. History Foundation and early years In the early 19 ...
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Birk (name)
Birk is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Ado Birk (1883–1942), Estonian former Prime Minister *Alma Birk (1917–1996), English journalist and politician * Angelika Birk (born 1955), German politician *Anne Birk (1942–2009), German writer *Carsten Birk (born 1977), German footballer *Emmet Birk (1914–2000), American professional basketball player *Matt Birk (born 1976), American professional football player *Raye Birk (born 1943), American actor *Sandow Birk (born 1962), American artist * Thomas Birk (born 1988), German footballer *Yehudith Birk (1926–2013), Polish-born Israeli biochemist Given name *Birk Anders (born 1964), German biathlete *Birk Engstrøm (born 1950), Norwegian footballer * Birk Risa (born 1998), Norwegian footballer * Birk Sproxton (1943–2007), Canadian poet and novelist Fictional characters *Birk Balthazar, father of Sofia the First See also * Birke, given name and surname * Burk (name) * Birk ...
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Petelea
Petelea (; , Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania that is composed of two villages: Habic (''Hétbükk'', meaning "Seven Beech Trees" in Hungarian) and Petelea. It had a population of 3,088 as of 2021; of those, 71.83% were Romanians and 21.96% Roma. The commune is located in the north-central part of the county, northeast of Târgu Mureș and south of Reghin, on the national road road. It is situated on the left bank of the river Mureș and it is traversed by two of its affluents: the Beica and the Habic. Natives * Virgil Bercea (born 1957), Bishop of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare of the Greek Catholic Church since 1997 See also * List of Hungarian exonyms (Mureș County) This is a list of Hungarian names for towns and communes in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Hungarian exonyms (Mures County) Mures County Hungarian exonyms in Mures Hungarian Hungarian Exonyms An endonym ... References ...
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Berk (other)
Berk may refer to: * Berk (name), a surname, given name, or any of several people with that name * Berk, Bolu, Turkey, a village * Berk Trade and Business School, New York City * Berk, a fictional island in the ''How to Train Your Dragon'' series of books and films * , a torpedo cruiser of the Ottoman Navy later renamed ''Berk'' * Berk, rhyming slang often used to mean "foolish person" * ''Berk.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889), English cryptogamist and founder of the science of plant pathology See also * * Berk–Tabatznik syndrome, a medical condition * De Berk (other) * Berks (other) * Birk (other) * Berkshire (other) * Berkeley (other) Berkeley most often refers to: *Berkeley, California, a city in the United States **University of California, Berkeley, a public university in Berkeley, California *George Berkeley (1685–1753), Anglo-Irish philosopher Berkeley may also refer to ...

Birks (other)
Birks may refer to: Businesses * Birks Chemists, an historic pharmacy in Adelaide, South Australia * Birks Group, a Canadian designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts * Charles Birks & Co, a former department store in Adelaide, South Australia Other uses * Birks (Lake District), England, UK; a fell in the English Lake District * Birks (surname) See also * * * Birk (other) * Birx (other) * Berks (other) Berks may refer to: Places * Berkshire, England * Berks, Nebraska, United States * Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States Other uses * ''Berks'' (TV series), Filipino television series * Berks station, a SEPTA station in Philadelphia, Penn ... * Burks (other) * Burk (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Burk (other)
Burk may refer to: Places * Burk, Bavaria, a municipality in the district of Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany * Burk, a city district of Bautzen_(district), Saxony, Germany * Burk, a neighborhood of Forchheim (Oberfranken), Bavaria, Germany People * Burk (name), given name and surname Other uses * Burk House (other) See also *Burking, a particular form of smothering * Burks (other) * Burke (other) * Burck * Berk (other) * de Burgh, a surname * Birk (other) * Bourke (other) * Berg (other) * Burgos, a city of northern Spain * Burgh A burgh ( ) is an Autonomy, autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots language, Scots. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when David I of Scotland, King David I created ...