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Birgit Riesle
Birgit is a female given name, a short form of Birgitta and ultimately a Germanic form of the Gaelic name Bridget. Notable people with the name include: * Birgit Brüel, Danish singer and actress * Birgit Collin-Langen, German politician * Birgit Cunningham, Anglo-American activist * Birgit Doll, Austrian actress and theatre director * Birgit Finnilä, Swedish opera singer * Birgit Fischer, German canoer * Birgit Friedmann (born 1960), German runner and 1980 world champion * Birgit Hogefeld, German RAF terrorist member * Birgit Kähler, German high jumper * Birgit Meyer (born 1960), Dutch religious studies scholar * Birgit Michels, German badminton player * Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress * Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano * Birgit Õigemeel, Estonian singer * Birgit Prinz, German football (soccer) player * Birgit Püve, Estonian photographer * Birgit Rausing, Swedish art historian * Birgit Ridderstedt, Swedish singer * Birgit Schrowange, German television presenter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta
Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press. People named Birgitta *Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint *Princess Birgitta of Sweden (born 1937), elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf * Birgitta Durell (1619-1683), Swedish industrialist *Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician *Birgithe Kühle (1762-1832), Dano-Norwegian editor *Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881-1939), American miniature painter * Birgitta Haukdal (born 1979), Icelandic singer *Birgitte Winther (1751-1809), Danish opera singer *Birgitta Hillingsø (born 1940), Danish antiques dealer and godmother of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Minichmayr
Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977) is an Austrian actress born in Linz, Austria. She studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. For her work in Maren Ade's film Everyone Else she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at 59th Berlin International Film Festival. She is the only Austrian actress to win this award in history of the festival and the first Austrian actress to win best actress award at a major European film festival (Cannes, Venice, Berlin) since 1956. She worked with several major European directors including Michael Haneke, Tom Tykwer and Jessica Hausner. Career Minichmayr had her first break with the Burgtheater in Vienna, where she appeared in numerous plays, including ''Der Reigen'' by Arthur Schnitzler (staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf), ''Troilus and Cressida'' by William Shakespeare (staging by Declan Donnellan) and ''Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder'' by Johann Nestroy (staged by Karlheinz Hackl). She made her cinema debut in 2000 as Barbara Brecht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Language
Birgit (also known as Bergit, Birgid, Berguid) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad. Speakers are found in Moubi Goz Canton, Kouka Margni Sub-prefecture and in Moubi Zarga Canton, Mangalmé Sub-prefecture.Oxfam Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. History Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ... and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional'. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d’Appui à l’Amélioration du Système d’Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad). Notes References Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 2004. Das Birgit eine osttschadische SpracheVokabular. In: Gábor Takács (ed.), ''Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) studies: in memoriam W. Vycichl'', 342 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
960 Birgit
960 Birgit ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a background asteroid, approximately in diameter, located in the Florian region of the inner asteroid belt. It was discovered on 1 October 1921, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany. The possibly S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.9 hours. It was named after Birgit Asplind, daughter of Swedish astronomer Bror Asplind (1890–1954). Orbit and classification Located in the Florian region, ''Birgit'' is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,232 days; semi-major axis of 2.25 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 3 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg on 25 October 1925, three weeks after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Zotz
Birgit Zotz (born 7 August 1979) is an Austrian writer, cultural anthropologist and an expert on the subject of hospitality management studies. Life Born in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Zotz grew up in the Waldviertel and in Vienna. From 1993–1997 she attended the Franz Schubert Konservatorium in Vienna, where she studied saxophone. She got a master's degree in tourism studies from Johannes Kepler University of Linz in 2008 and later obtained a master's degree in ethnology from Vienna University under Manfred Kremser. She is married to Volker Zotz, an eminent Austrian philosopher, and a prolific author in the German language. Career Birgit Zotz has published books, essays and articles about Buddhist culture, mysticism and image-building in tourism. She is a lecturer at the ''International College of Tourism and Management'' in Bad Vöslau. Since 2005 she has been President of ''Komyoji'', an internationally recognized center for the study of Buddhism in Austria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Birgit Vogel-Heuser (born 1961) is a German computer scientist and professor at The Technical University of Munich (TUM). She has been cited over 5,000 times. Vogel-Heuser's research focuses on systems and software engineering, and modeling of distributed embedded systems. She received her engineering degree in 1987 and her doctorate in mechanical engineering in 1990 from the RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch .... She was appointed to the Chair of Automation and Information Systems at TUM in 2009. Selected research *Hehenberger, Peter, et al. "Design, modelling, simulation and integration of cyber physical systems: Methods and applications." Computers in Industry 82 (2016): 273-289. *Vogel-Heuser, Birgit, and Dieter Hess. "Guest editorial Industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Thumm
Birgit Thumm (born July 3, 1980, in Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a volleyball player from Germany. She made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1999. She played at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany; she represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is 184 cm tall, and is nicknamed "Thummi" Honours * 1999 European Championship – 4th place * 2001 European Championship – 9th place * 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix – 8th place * 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix – 3rd place * 2002 World Championship – 10th place * 2004 Olympic Games – 9th place * 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2 ... – 10th place * 2006 World Championship – 11th plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Schuurman
Birgit Schuurman (born 1 July 1977, in Utrecht) is a Dutch singer and actress. Biography Schuurman was born in Utrecht and raised in Bunnik as the daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother; she's the younger sister of Katja Schuurman. Schuurman started her singing career several years before her graduation. Her first attempt to break into the music business was with some unsuccessful R&B and Dance projects. She also sang in the band Jeunes Turcs alongside her older sister Katja in 1995. After a short break in her musical career, she released some singles in 1999 which were more successful. ''A Little Famous'' and ''Maybe the Wine'' were minor hits and enabled her a certain degree of fame. Also, in the same year, she featured in the video ''Onderweg'' by Abel and started to present a television program on Fox Kids. Her final breakthrough followed in 2001 with her song "I Know", and the corresponding album ''Few Like Me''. Birgit combined her own dates with a sponsored t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Schrowange
Birgit Schrowange (born Schrowangen; 7 April 1958 in Nehden, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German television presenter. Schrowange works as television presenter on German broadcasters. She has presented ''Extra – Das RTL-Magazin'' on RTL Television since October 1994. From 1995 to 2004, she presented a lifestyle magazine called ''Life! – Die Lust zu leben''. Since February 1999, she has hosted ''Life! - Total verrückt'' with Dirk Penkwitz. From 1998 to 2006, she lived with television presenter Markus Lanz Markus Lanz (born 16 March 1969) is a German-Italian television presenter based in Germany. Early life Lanz is a member of the German-speaking majority in the Italian province of South Tyrol. He grew up in Geiselsberg, a village located 1,3 ..., with whom she has one son (born 2000). Honours *2008: Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her commitment against child poverty *2014: Emperor Augustus Order of the Trier Carnival W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Ridderstedt
Birgit Ridderstedt (November 26, 1914 – September 16, 1985) was a Swedish-American folk singer who appeared at festivals and on television in the 1950s and early 1960s with material she produced herself. Background Born in Ludvika, Sweden, a daughter of Stefan Anderson and Ragnhild Fredrika Sandberg, she emigrated with her husband C. Erik Ridderstedt and their two small sons to the United States in 1950, settling in Chicago and later in Batavia, Illinois. Career Ridderstedt gave presentations on Scandinavian music and folklore on WTTW and WGN television in Chicago in the 1950s and early 1960s. She began by assisting her husband's business as an importer of gift items and handcrafted artwork from Sweden. She appeared on public service and commercial television in Chicago. On ''Polka Go-Round'' she featured young children singing Swedish songs and high school youths folk dancing. When after 12 years Ridderstedt left Illinois, a total of 45 young people had been with her on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Rausing
Birgit Rausing (born 26 October 1924) is a Swedish art historian, philanthropist, a former billionaire heiress and the widow of Gad Rausing (1922–2000). Biography She is the daughter of Swedish landscape painter Henry Mayne (1891–1975). In 1944 her father-in-law Ruben Rausing (1895–1983) founded Tetra Pak, which revolutionized the packaging of liquids such as juices and milk. The company was inherited by his sons Gad and Hans. In 1996, Gad bought his brother's half of the company. When Gad died in 2000, his wife Birgit and their three children inherited packaging giant Tetra Laval. Birgit Rausing and her family had an estimated net worth of US$13.0 billion in 2010. She is the third wealthiest person in Sweden, according to ''Forbes'' magazine. Gad and Birgit Rausing Library The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) library has been renamed as Gad & Birgit Rausing Library to acknowledge the donation provided by the Rausing family to construct the library buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Püve
Birgit Püve (born November 7, 1978) is an Estonian photographer. She lives and works in Tallinn. Life and work Birgit Püve started out as a writing journalist for the Estonian weekly newspaper ''Eesti Ekspress''. She quickly became a successful writer, winning several reputable awards. Yet, her love for photography led her to replace words with images. Besides her personal projects, she now works as a freelance photographer and photo editor. Püve concentrates mostly on portrait photography and the presentation of human nature. With her widely acclaimed series ''By The Lake'' she portrays the silent and dignified world of the Russian Old Believers living in the culturally unique part of Estonia, on the shores of Lake Peipus, the biggest transboundary lake in Europe, which now separates two different worlds - European Union and Russian Federation. ''By The Lake'' consists of poetic diptychs of people and their private environments. She is currently working on her next project ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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