Behne
Behne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolf Behne (1885–1948), German architect and architectural writer *Frederick Behne (1873–1918), fireman first class serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery See also * Bene (other) Bene may refer to: * Bene AG, a European office furniture product and services company * Bene Israel ("Sons of Israel") are a historic community of Jews in India * Bene (Crete), a town of ancient Crete, Greece * a prefix denoting a society in th ... {{Surname German-language surnames Surnames from given names ...
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Adolf Behne
Adolf Behne (13 July 1885 – 22 August 1948) was a critic, art historian, architectural writer, and artistic activist. He was one of the leaders of the Avant Garde in the Weimar Republic. Behne was born in Magdeburg and studied architecture briefly, then the history of art in Berlin. He joined the Deutscher Werkbund and was a guiding light of the Arbeitsrat für Kunst in 1918. In a 1913 critique of Bruno Taut, Behne helped coin the term "Expressionist architecture", and soon became one of the leading promoters of expressionism. He was close to the members of the Magdeburg artist collective 'The ball' and demanded the creation of a new closeness between art and architecture. He was influenced by the writings of Jakob von Uexküll.Behne 1914/1915. He taught at the University of Berlin until 1933. Between 1945 and 1948 he was a professor at the National University for Fine Arts, (Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Kunst Berlin) and belonged to the architect group Der Ring. As a ...
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Frederick Behne
Frederick Behne (October 3, 1873 – February 11, 1918) was a fireman first class serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Biography Behne was born October 3, 1873, in Lodi, New Jersey and after joining the Navy he was stationed aboard the as a Fireman First Class. On January 25, 1905, a manhole plate blew out of boiler D. For his actions he received the Medal on March 20, 1905. Behne later reached the rank of Chief Watertender. He died of pneumonia on February 11, 1918, while serving at a naval base in Brest, France, and was initially buried there. He was re-buried two years later at Hackensack Cemetery in New Jersey. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Fireman First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 3 October 1873, Lodi, N.J. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 182, 20 March 1905. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Iowa, 25 January 1905. Following the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D of that vessel, Behne displayed extraordinar ...
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Bene (other)
Bene may refer to: * Bene AG, a European office furniture product and services company * Bene Israel ("Sons of Israel") are a historic community of Jews in India * Bene (Crete), a town of ancient Crete, Greece * a prefix denoting a society in the fictional world of ''Dune'', among them: ** Bene Gesserit ** Bene Tleilax Places * Bene, a rural municipality in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine People Mononym * Bené, Brazilian footballer * Benee, New Zealand singer Surname *Carmelo Bene, Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter * Ferenc Bene, Hungarian footballer See also * Behne, a surname * Beni (other) * Bani (other) * Adriana Ferrarese del Bene Adriana Ferrarese del Bene (born c. 1755 in Ferrara – died after 1804 in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118  ...

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 one of the major ...
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