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Angela Stachowa
Angela Stachowa (née Měrćink; 16 August 1948 — 29 March 2022) was a German Sorbs, Sorbian writer and politician. Biography Stachowa was born in Prague on 16 August 1948, the daughter of the Sorbian writer Jurij Měrćink. After graduating from Sorbisches Gymnasium Bautzen, Sorbische Oberschule in Bautzen in 1967, she studied at Technische Universität Dresden, TU Dresden, graduating in 1972 with a degree in engineering economics, specializing in electrical engineering/electronics. From 1973 to 1976, she was a research assistant at Universität Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig. She then worked as a freelance writer. For her work she received the Domowina art prize, the Art Prize of the City of Leipzig (1986) and the Organization Internationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision, OIRT radio play prize, as well as the Johann Gottfried Herder Medal in gold. Some of her works have been translated into Czech, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Croatian and English. Stachowa was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbs
Sorbs ( hsb, Serbja, dsb, Serby, german: Sorben; also known as Lusatians, Lusatian Serbs and Wends) are a indigenous West Slavic ethnic group predominantly inhabiting the parts of Lusatia located in the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg. Sorbs traditionally speak the Sorbian languages (also known as "Wendish" and "Lusatian"), which are closely related to Czech, Polish, Kashubian, Silesian, and Slovak. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian are officially recognized minority languages in Germany. Due to a gradual and increasing assimilation between the 17th and 20th centuries, virtually all Sorbs also spoke German by the early 20th century. In the newly created German nation state of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, policies were implemented in an effort to Germanize the Sorbs. These policies reached their climax under the Nazi regime, who denied the existence of the Sorbs as a distinct Slavic people by referring to them as "Sorbian-speaking Germans". The communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land List
Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various islands. Earth's land surface is almost entirely covered by regolith, a layer of rock, soil, and minerals that forms the outer part of the crust. Land plays important roles in Earth's climate system and is involved in the carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, and water cycle. One-third of land is covered in trees, 15% is used for crops, and 10% is covered in permanent snow and glaciers. Land terrain varies greatly and consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus, glaciers, and other landforms. In physical geology, the land is divided into two major categories: mountain ranges and relatively flat interiors called cratons. Both are formed over millions of years through plate tectonics. A major part of Earth's water cycle, streams shape the lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
