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Broch (other)
Broch is a type of Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Broch may also refer to: Buildings * Broch of Clickimin, a broch near Lerwick, Shetland *Broch of Culswick, an unexcavated coastal broch in Shetland *Broch of Gurness, an Iron Age broch village on the northwest coast of Mainland, Orkney * Broch of Mousa, a broch or round tower on the island of Mousa, Shetland *Burroughston Broch, an Iron Age archaeological site on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney * Edin's Hall Broch, a broch near Duns in the Scotland Borders People *Brigitte Broch (born 1943), German born, Mexican set decorator *Hermann Broch (1886–1951), Austrian writer * Hugo Broch (born 1922), German Luftwaffe ace *Lars Oftedal Broch (1939–2017), Norwegian judge *Nicolai Cleve Broch (born 1975), Norwegian actor of theatre and film *Ole Jacob Broch (1818–1889), Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist and politician * Theodor Broch (1904–1998), Norwegian lawyer and politician for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broch
A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy. Origin and definition The word ''broch'' is derived from Lowland Scots 'brough', meaning (among other things) fort. In the mid-19th century Scottish antiquaries called brochs 'burgs', after Old Norse ', with the same meaning. Place names in Scandinavian Scotland such as Burgawater and Burgan show that Old Norse ' is the older word used for these structures in the north. Brochs are often referred to as ''duns'' in the west. Antiquarians began to use the spelling ''broch'' in the 1870s. A precise definition for the word has proved elusive. Brochs are the most spectacular of a complex class of roundhouse buildings found throughout Atlantic Scotland. The Shetland Amenity Trust lists about 120 sites in Shetland as candidate brochs, while the Royal C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Broch
Hugo Broch (born 6 January 1922) is a German Luftwaffe ace during the Second World War who is credited with 81 victories in 324 missions, all on the Eastern Front. He is a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. World War II Broch is a World War II Luftwaffe pilot. In January 1943 he arrived on the Eastern Front to serve in II. ''Gruppe'' of ''Jagdgeschwader'' 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing), and claimed his first victory two months later. Later life Following World War II, Broch became an employee with Agfa in Leverkusen. He was a prolific autograph signer, and signed many memorabilia items. At age 95 he fulfilled a long held ambition to fly in a Spitfire, the two seat Tr.9 MJ627. On 6 January 2022, he turned 100 years old, making him a centenarian. Summary of career Aerial victory claims According to Spick, Broch was credited with 81 aerial victories claimed in 324 combat missions. All of his victories were recorded over the Eastern Front. Mathews and Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burghead
Burghead ( sco, Burgheid or ''The Broch'', gd, Am Broch) is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides. People from Burghead are called Brochers. The present town was built between 1805 and 1809, destroying in the process more than half of the site of an important Pictish hill fort. General Roy's map shows the defences as they existed in the 18th century although he wrongly attributed them to the Romans. The fort was probably a major Pictish centre and was where carved slabs depicting bulls, known as the Burghead Bulls, were found. A chambered well of some considerable antiquity was discovered in 1809 and walls and a roof were later added to help preserve it. Each year on 11 January a fire festival known as the Burning of the Clavie takes place; it is thought that the festival dates back to the 17th century, although it could easil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh (; sco, The Broch or ; gd, A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census at 13,100. It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about north of Aberdeen, and north of Peterhead. It is the biggest shellfish port in Scotland and one of the largest in Europe, landing over in 2016. Fraserburgh is also a major port for whitefish (fisheries term), white and pelagic fish. History 16th and 17th century: Origins The name of the town means, literally, 'burgh of Fraser', after the Frasers of Philorth, Fraser family that bought the lands of Philorth in 1504 and thereafter brought about major improvement due to investment over the next century. By 1570, the Fraser family had built Fraserburgh Castle at Kinnaird Head and within a year a church was built for the area. Alexander Fraser (died 1623), Sir Alexander Fraser built a port in the town in 1579, obtained a ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Broch
Peter Theodor Broch (27 January 1904 – 26 April 1998) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Kristiania as a son of Colonel Ole Jacob Broch (1875–1963) and housewife Henny Salvesen (1877–1957). He was a nephew of the professor of medicine, Ole Jacob Broch (1907–1995). He enrolled as a student in 1922. He participated in the Left Communist Youth League's military strike action of 1924. He was convicted for assisting in this crime and sentenced to 90 of probation. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1928, and worked as an attorney in Oslo from 1929 to 1930. At that time he had been a writer for the periodical ''Mot Dag'' from 1923 to 1930. From 1930 to 1940 and 1945 to 1950 he worked as an attorney in Narvik. He was the mayor of Narvik from 1934 to 1946, except for the period 1940 to 1945 when Norway was occupied by Germany. He was exiled in the United States and United Kingdom during that period, and participated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Jacob Broch
Ole Jacob Broch (14 January 1818 – 5 February 1889) was a Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist and government minister. Biography Broch was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of war commissary Johan Jørgen Broch (1791–1860) and Jensine Laurentze Bentzen (1790–1877) and the brother of the orientalist and linguist, Jens Peter Broch. He attended Kristiansand Cathedral School and showed a talent for mathematics at an early age. He attended the Overlærer Møller Institute in Christiania (now Oslo) and later studied at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo). He also traveled abroad for studies in Paris, Berlin and Königsberg, during which he developed an interest in optics and statistics. After returning to Norway, he worked with his friend and colleague Hartvig Nissen to found the school Hartvig Nissens skole in 1843, which were to have an emphasis on natural sciences and modern languages. After finishing his doctorate in 1847 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Nicolai Cleve Broch (born 14 November 1975) is a Norwegian theatre and film actor. He rose to national fame playing one of the leading roles in the 2002 drama series ''Lekestue'', which aired on NRK in 2002. He is also known for playing the protagonist in '' Buddy'', a romantic comedy from 2003. Other major film credits include '' Uno'', '' Uro'' and '' Den siste revejakta''. More recently, Cleve Broch was nominated for an Amanda Award for his portrayal of World War II resistance fighter Gregers Gram in ''Max Manus''. Often appearing alongside Aksel Hennie, the two have been referred to as "Norway's Ben Affleck and Matt Damon". Theatre Cleve Broch received his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1996 to 1999. He made his debut in the play ''Hjalmar og Frode''. From 2005, Cleve Broch has been at Nationaltheatret, where he has portrayed Julian the Apostate in Henrik Ibsen's ''Emperor and Galilean''. He has previously been employed at Oslo Nye Teater and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Oftedal Broch
Lars Oftedal Broch (1 January 1939 – 11 November 2017) was a Norwegian judge. He graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1965, and worked as consultant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1965, worked under the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1971, as deputy under-secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 1972, as president of the International Organisation of Consumers Unions from 1983 to 1987. From 1989 to 1996 he was the director of the Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime, and from 1996 to 2008 he was a Supreme Court Justice. He was a member of the Labour Party, but as a member of ''Sosialistisk Studentlag'' in 1958 took part in the so-called "Easter Uprising". He left the Labour Party after this, but contrary to some he did not join the new Socialist Left Party. His maternal grandfather is Lars Oftedal, and he was married to Kjersti Graver. They resided at Jar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Broch
Hermann Broch (; 1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: '' The Sleepwalkers'' (''Die Schlafwandler,'' 1930–32) and ''The Death of Virgil'' (''Der Tod des Vergil,'' 1945). Life Broch was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, to a prosperous Jewish family and worked for some time in his family's factory, though he maintained his literary interests privately. As the oldest son, he was expected to take over his father’s textile factory in Teesdorf; therefore, he attended a technical college for textile manufacture and a spinning and weaving college. In 1909 he converted to Roman Catholicism and married Franziska von Rothermann, the daughter of a knighted manufacturer. The following year, their son Hermann Friedrich Maria was born. His marriage ended in divorce in 1923. In 1927 he sold the textile factory and decided to study mathematics, philosophy and psychology at the University of Vienna. He embarked on a full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broch Of Clickimin
The Broch of Clickimin (also Clickimin or Clickhimin Broch) is a large, well-preserved but restored broch in Lerwick in Shetland, Scotland (). Originally built on an island in Clickimin Loch, it was approached by a stone causeway. The broch is situated within a walled enclosure and, unusually for brochs, features a large "forework" or "blockhouse" between the opening in the enclosure and the broch itself. The site is maintained by Historic Scotland. According to its excavator, John R.C. Hamilton, there were several periods of occupation of the site: Late Bronze Age farmstead, Early Iron Age farmstead, Iron Age fort, broch period, and wheelhouse settlement. Location Clickimin Broch is situated on the south shore of the Clickimin Loch, three-quarters of a mile south-west of Lerwick on the Lerwick-Sumburgh road. It sits on a small promontory jutting into the loch. It is one of the best preserved broch sites in Shetland. Description The broch has an external diameter of around 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Broch
Brigitte Broch, born November 21, 1943, is a German Mexicans, German-Mexican production designer. Personal life Broch is a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Oscar nominations Both of these are in Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction *69th Academy Awards-Nominated for ''Romeo + Juliet''. Nomination shared with Catherine Martin (designer), Catherine Martin. Lost to ''The English Patient (film), The English Patient''. *74th Academy Awards-''Moulin Rouge!''. Won. Shared with Catherine Martin (designer), Catherine Martin. Selected filmography * ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996) * ''Amores Perros'' (2000) * ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001) * ''Real Women Have Curves'' (2002) * ''21 Grams'' (2003) * ''Babel (film), Babel'' (2006) * ''The Reader (2008 film), The Reader'' (2008) * ''Vantage Point (film), Vantage Point'' (2008) * ''Biutiful'' (2010) * ''Safe House (2012 film), Safe House'' (2012) References External links * Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edin's Hall Broch
Edin's Hall Broch (also Edinshall Broch; Odin's Hall Broch) is a 2nd-century broch near Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns in the Scottish Borders, Borders of Scotland. It is one of very few brochs found in southern Scotland. It is roughly 28 metres in diameter. Name In the late 18th century this site was called "Wooden's Hall or Castle" (Woden the chief god from Anglo-Saxon mythology).John R. Baldwin (1985) ''Lothian and the Borders'', page 132. RCAHMS. Its later name change apparently recalls the legend of the three-headed giant The Red Ettin known in tales and ballads. Location Edin's Hall Broch is one of the most southerly broch survivals, which are more typically associated with Northern Scotland. It is 4 miles north of the town of Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns. It stands on the northeast slope of Cockburn Law just above a fairly steep slope down to the Whiteadder Water. The broch stands in the northwest corner an Iron Age hillfort which presumably pre-dates the broch. The hillfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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