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Berkhof (other)
Berkhof, Berkhoff or Berkoff may refer to: *Berkoff (surname), a surname of Eastern European origin * Berkhof or Berkhoff, a surname of Dutch and German origin *VDL Berkhof, a Dutch manufacturer of buses *, a town in Wedemark Wedemark ( Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of Hanover. It ranks third on a ..., Lower Saxony, Germany See also * Berghof (other) (includes Berghoff) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkoff (surname)
Berkov or Berkoff is a surname of Jewish (Berkovich) or Dutch/German origin (Berkhoff). In Slavic countries it is only used for men, while the feminine variant is Berkova or Berková. Notable people with the name include: * David Berkoff David Charles "Dave" Berkoff (born November 30, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four Olympic medals during h ... (born 1966), an American swimmer * Steven Berkoff (born 1937), an English actor * Vasily Berkov (1794–1870), Russian shipbuilder * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), Czech writer and educator * Dagmar Berková (1922–2002), Czech graphic designer, illustrator and painter * Elena Berkova (born 1985), Russian model, television presenter, singer and actress * Renata Berková (born 1975), Czech Olympic triathlete See also * Berkhoff (surname) * Bercow {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkhoff (surname)
Berkhof or Berkhoff is a surname from Dutch and German origin. The name falls under the so-called farm names. Such a name served as an address in a time when street names were not commonly used. The name has two meanings. In the Netherlands that is 'birch-farm' or 'birch- farmhouse'. To leave no doubt there would have stood one or more birch tree(s) in the yard. In Germany the name means 'farm on a hill'. The name is here a variant of the surname .Fenwick Jones, G., ''German-American Names'' (3rd ed. 2006), p. 91 and ''Beitrage zur Namenforschung'' XI (1976), p. 138 Origin Fairly common practice in farm names was that the lessee (tenant) of the farm and his family received the farm name as an addition behind the first name and the patronymic. Primarily, however, was the name connected to the farmhouse and the yard. This meant that a new, succeeding lessee and his family could also become known by the farm name. This way several unrelated families can have their name derived fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VDL Berkhof
VDL Berkhof was a Netherlands based bus and coach builder, founded in 1970 by Arthur Berkhof and his son Henk. It started with only 10 employees in a 1,000 m² factory. During the first 18 months the company only carried out bus repairs. In 1985, the operation moved to a brand new 10,000 m² facility in Valkenswaard. The number of employees was now 132. The factory expanded in 1989 by an additional 10,000 m² resulting in a production capacity of 350 units a year following the acquisition of Hainje. In 1994 Belgium bus and coach manufacturer Jonckheere with a total sales of 400 units per year and 500 employees, was acquired. The total staff number of employees of the Berkhof Groep now reached 1,200. In 1997, the company changed its name from ''Berkhof Groep'' to ''Berkhof Jonckheere Groep''. In 1998 it was bought by the VDL Groep and in 2010 was subsumed by VDL Bus & Coach. The company has also built low-floor articulated trolleybuses for Arnhem in the Netherlands,Murray, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wedemark
Wedemark ( Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of Hanover. It ranks third on average per capita income in Lower Saxony. Geography Wedemark's neighbors are the municipalities Burgwedel, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Garbsen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lindwedel and Wietze (clockwise, beginning in the East). Division of the town Wedemark consists of 16 formerly independent villages, with a total of nearly 30,000 inhabitants all together. *Abbensen * Bennemühlen *Berkhof (with Plumhof and Sprockhof) *Bissendorf *Brelingen *Duden-Rodenbostel *Elze *Gailhof *Hellendorf * Meitze *Mellendorf *Negenborn *Oegenbostel (with Bestenbostel and Ibsingen) *Resse *Scherenbostel (with Schlage-Ickhorst and Wiechendorf) *Wennebostel (with Wennebostel-Wietze) Transport Car Motorway A7 (Hamburg – Hanover) marks the East border of Wede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
