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Balzer Peter Vahl
Balzer Peter Vahl (28 August 1718 in Lassan – 1792) was burgomaster of Greifswald. He founded the Greifswald merchant family Wahl He became a merchant on 18 April 1744 in the first estate citizens of Greifswald. The merchant belongs from 1747 to the fifty men and from 1751 to the of the city. In 1755 he became member of the town council and from 1762 the city's treasurer. From 1785 he was the third mayor and held this office until his death in 1792. He supervised the deconstruction decided by the city council in 1782 and the transformation of parts of the into a green area (Wallpromenade).''.'' 1887, . He was married to Christine Elisabeth Venthien (1723-1782). Beside several daughters, das Ehepaar had two sons: Gottfried Michael (1748-1811) and Balzer Peter. Further reading * ''Bericht des literarisch-geselligen Vereins zu Stralsund über sein Bestehen während der Jahre 1860 und 1861.'' Hingstsche Buchhandlung, Stralsund 1862, Google books. * Heinrich Berghaus Heinric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassan, Germany
Lassan is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Etymology The name possibly derives from an Polabian language, Old Polabian word, ''Lěšane'', meaning "forest dweller" or "forest dwelling". Location The town is situated on the Peenestrom river, a branch of the Oder River, Oder, between the larger towns of Anklam and Wolgast. Both Anklam in the southwest and Wolgast in the north are approximately from Lassan. Part of the municipality are also the villages of Pulow, Papendorf, Klein Jasedow and Waschow. Lassan has a small marina for sailboats and yachts. There is also a campsite for visitors in the town. A museum dedicated to the town is housed in a former watermill in the town. History Lassan was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1136, when it was a German settlement with a castle. However this settlement was predated by a Polabian Slavs, Polabian fishing village with a fortification. The Duchy of Pomerania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgomaster
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town. The name in English was derived from the Dutch ''burgemeester''. In some cases, Burgomaster was the title of the head of state and head of government of a sovereign (or partially or de facto sovereign) city-state, sometimes combined with other titles, such as Hamburg's First Mayor and President of the Senate). Contemporary titles are commonly translated into English as ''mayor''. Historical use * The title "burgermeister" was first used in the early 13th century. *In history (sometimes until the beginning of the 19th century) in many free imperial cities (such as Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck etc.) the function of burgomaster was usually held simultaneously by three persons, serving as an executive co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpassed Stralsund for the first time, and became the largest city in the Pomeranian part of the state. It sits on the River Ryck, at its mouth into the Danish Wiek (''Dänische Wiek''), a sub-bay of the Bay of Greifswald (''Greifswalder Bodden''), which is itself a sub-bay of the Bay of Pomerania (''Pommersche Bucht'') of the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of the district of Western Pomerania-Greifswald, and is located roughly in the middle between the two largest Pomeranian islands of Rugia (''Rügen'') and Usedom. The closest larger cities are Stralsund, Rostock, Szczecin and Schwerin. It lies west of the River Zarow, the historical cultural and linguistic boundary between West (west of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahl (Adelsgeschlecht)
Vahl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Christian-Friedrich Vahl (born 1955), German cardiac surgeon *Emanuel Vahl (born 1938), Ukrainian-Israeli composer *Herbert-Ernst Vahl, German SS general *Jens Vahl (1796–1854), Danish botanist and pharmacist, botanical authority abbreviation J.Vahl *Martin Vahl (1749–1804), Danish-Norwegian botanist and zoologist, botanical authority abbreviation Vahl See also *Wahl (other) *Waal (other) *Wael *Wahle *Wahlen Wahlen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Geography Wahlen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 33.6% is forested. Of the rest of ... * Vahlen {{DEFAULTSORT:Vahl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balzer Peter Von Vahl
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Heinrich Berghaus
Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Berghaus (3 May 1797 – 17 February 1884) was a German geographer and cartographer who conducted trigonometric surveys in Prussia and taught geodesy at the Bauakademie in Berlin. He taught cartography and produced a pioneering and influential thematic atlas which provided maps of flora, fauna, climate, geology, diseases and a range of other information. He was a friend of Alexander von Humboldt and produced some of the maps used in his publications. A nephew Hermann Berghaus also worked in cartography. Life Berghaus was born at Kleve. He was trained as a surveyor, and after volunteering for active service under General Tauentzien in 1813, joined the staff of the Prussian trigonometrical survey in 1816. He carried on a geographical school at Potsdam where he trained Heinrich Lange, August Heinrich Petermann, his nephew Hermann Berghaus and others, and long held the professorship of applied mathematics at the Bauakademie. He died at Stettin (Szczecin) on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Merchants
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1718 Births
Events January – March * January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discuss peace. * January 17 – Jeremias III reclaims his role as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, chief leader within the Eastern Orthodox Church, 16 days after the Metropolitan Cyril IV of Pruoza had engineered an election to become the Patriarch. * February 14 – The reign of Victor Amadeus over the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg (now within the state of Saxony-Anhalt in northeastern Germany) ends after 61 years and 7 months. He had ascended the throne on September 22, 1656. He is succeeded by his son Karl Frederick. * February 21 – Manuel II (Mpanzu a Nimi) becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Kongo (located in western Africa at present day Angola) when King Pedro IV (Nusamu a Mvemba) dies after a reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1792 Deaths
Year 179 ( CLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Veru (or, less frequently, year 932 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 179 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman empire * The Roman fort Castra Regina ("fortress by the Regen river") is built at Regensburg, on the right bank of the Danube in Germany. * Roman legionaries of Legio II ''Adiutrix'' engrave on the rock of the Trenčín Castle (Slovakia) the name of the town ''Laugaritio'', marking the northernmost point of Roman presence in that part of Europe. * Marcus Aurelius drives the Marcomanni over the Danube and reinforces the border. To repopulate and rebuild a devastated Pannonia, Rome allows the first German colonists to enter territory c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
