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Datteln
Datteln is a town in the Recklinghausen (district), district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals (Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Rhein-Herne Canal), which makes it the biggest canal junction in the World, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund. Katja Seizinger, retired Alpine skiing, ski racing champion and triple Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln. Notable people * Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln * Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008) * Egon Ramms (born 1948), General, 2007–2010 commander at NATO * Klaus Eberhard (tennis), Klaus Eberhard (born 1957), director of Sport of German Tennis Federation and former tennis player * Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach * Katja Seizinger (born 1972), FIS Alpine Ski World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datteln-Hamm Canal
The Datteln-Hamm Canal (german: Datteln-Hamm-Kanal) is a canal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It links the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln to the city of Hamm. The canal is long and has two locks, at Hamm and Werries, with a total rise of . In Hamm a water exchange facility of the Wasserverband Westdeutsche Kanäle is located that feeds the waterway with water out of the river Lippe to compensate evaporation, infiltration and operation of locks. When the water level of the river Lippe falls below a flow rate of 10 m³/second water out of the Datteln-Hamm Canal is pumped into the Lippe and the canal receives water via pumps from the Ruhr and Rhine. History Canal was constructed between 1906 and 1914 for heavily industrialized area. It has given a commercial navigation. It's one of the most important canals in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunja Hayali
Dunja Hayali (born 6 June 1974) is a German journalist and television presenter for public broadcaster ''ZDF''. Early life and education Hayali is the daughter of Christianity in Iraq, Iraqi Christians from Mosul. Her mother is Chaldean Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholic, and her father is Syriac Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox. Hayali herself was a Catholic and was an altar server when she was young. However, she has left the church. Her parents initially moved from Baghdad to Vienna, Austria, to study medicine and pharmacy. At the time of Hayali's birth, her father ran his own practice in Datteln, where her mother helped out. Hayali's older brother is also a doctor, and her older sister first worked as a physician's assistant and later in a hospital. In her youth, Hayali intensively pursued various sports. She played volleyball and soccer, trained judo and played tennis as a competitive sport until the age of 15. Hayali studied at the German Sport University Cologne, Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingo Anderbrügge
Ingo Anderbrügge (; born 2 January 1964) is a German former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder. Football career Anderbrügge was born in Datteln. He started playing professionally with Borussia Dortmund, making his Bundesliga debut on 7 July 1984, in a 2–3 home loss against Borussia Mönchengladbach. After a final poor season, in 1987–88, he moved to FC Schalke 04, then in the second division. In his first three years, he netted a total of 36 league goals, eventually gaining promotion in 1991. A regular fixture on the team during the next six years, with the UEFA Cup conquest in 1996–97, his only professional accolade (he netted his penalty shootout attempt in the final against F.C. Internazionale Milano), Anderbrügge could only manage however 33 appearances from 1997–2000, and retired after a brief spell with Sportfreunde Siegen, in the third level, having totalled 53 goals in 292 first division contests (397/89 in all three levels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukas Nottbeck
Lukas Nottbeck (born October 22, 1988) is a German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays for 1. FC Köln II. External links * 1988 births Living people German footballers 1. FC Köln II players Borussia Dortmund II players TuS Koblenz players SC Fortuna Köln players FC Viktoria Köln players People from Datteln Sportspeople from Münster (region) 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Association football midfielders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Becker
Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finished over the time limit. She also competed on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team. She signed for for the 2015 road cycling season. Her older sister Christina Becker is also a track cyclist and competed together with her in the team pursuit. Major results Track ;2000 : 3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships ;2001 : 3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships ;2002 : 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships ;2004 : 1st Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2005 : 1st Points race, UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2006 : 2nd Scratch, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney ;2007 : National Championships ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Ramms
Egon Ramms (born September 21, 1948 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two. His last assignment was commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Brunssum, Netherlands. As such, he oversaw all allied operations in Central/ Northern Europe and Afghanistan. Ramms joined the German Army in 1968, eventually becoming an officer candidate. From 1971 to 1975, he studied engineering at the Fachschule des Heeres Darmstadt and specialized in tank engineering. Afterwards he held numerous commands in maintenance units and became the G4 officer (logistics) of the German Army's 3rd Armoured Division. Subsequently he attended the German general staff officer course in Hamburg. In 1982, he was made G3 officer (operations) of the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division. Later on, he served as the G3 officer and chief of staff of the Home Defense Brigade 51. An assignment to the German military's office for arms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Seizinger
Katja Seizinger (; born 10 May 1972) is a former World Cup alpine ski racing champion, Germany's most successful alpine skier. Biography Born in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won eleven World Cup season titles: two overall, four downhill, and five Super-G. She was a three-time winner of Germany's sportswoman of the year award. With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... and 1998, she was the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event, and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title. Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998, missed the entire 1999 season, then retired in April. World Cup results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Lettmann
Reinhard Lettmann (9 March 1933 – 16 April 2013) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Münster, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Ordained to the priesthood in 1959, Lettmann was named bishop in 1973 and retired in 2008. References 1933 births 2013 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Münster 20th-century German Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century German Roman Catholic bishops People from Datteln 20th-century German Roman Catholic priests 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Germany {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Eberhard (tennis)
Klaus Eberhard (born 15 September 1957) is a former professional tennis player from West Germany. Career Early in his career, Eberhard had his best performances in his home country. He was quarterfinalist at the Stuttgart Outdoor tournament in 1978 and reached the quarter-finals at Berlin the following year. The West German defeated Peter Elter to make second round of the 1978 French Open. In 1980, he reached the semifinals of the BMW Open in Munich and again made the second round of the French Open, beating Spaniard José López-Maeso. He took part in a Davis Cup tie for the West German team that year, playing two singles rubbers against Swedish players Björn Borg and Kjell Johansson, which he both lost. Eberhard was an Austrian Open and Tel Aviv Open semifinalist in 1981. Also that year, he reached the quarterfinals in Mexico City. He defeated Mario Martinez in the first round of the 1982 French Open, then lost a five-set second-round match to John Lloyd. It would be h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genthin
Genthin () is a town in Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography Genthin is situated east of the Elbe river on the Elbe-Havel Canal, approx. northeast of Magdeburg and west of Brandenburg. The municipal area consists of Genthin proper and the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Genthin November 2014. *Fienerode * *Mützel * Paplitz *Parchen * * |
Recklinghausen (district)
Recklinghausen () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the centre of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is surrounded by the neighbouring districts of Borken, Coesfeld, Unna, Gelsenkirchen, Bottrop, and Wesel. The district administration is located in the city of the same name. Apart from the Region Hannover, Kreis Recklinghausen is the largest non-city district in Germany by population. History During medieval times, the area surrounding present-day Recklinghausen was known as ''Vest'' Recklinghausen, a territory which belonged to the Electorate of Cologne. From 1446 to 1576, this area was leased to the lordship of Gemen (now a part of the city Borken) and Schaumburg-Lippe. In 1811, the territory was added to the Grand Duchy of Berg, and in 1815 it became part of the Prussian Province of Westphalia. The district was created in 1816. After several changes it obtained its present borders with the last reorganizations of 1975–76. It is also one of the oldest districts located in Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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