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Du Bist Deutschland
''Du bist Deutschland'' (in English: "You are Germany") was a social marketing campaign in Germany. Its aim was to achieve positive thinking and a new national feeling. It was created by the initiative "Partner für Innovation" consisting of 25 media corporations and was co-ordinated by Bertelsmann Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and .... The large-scale campaign caused a lot of controversy and discussion. Overview The initiator of the campaign was Gunther Thielen, CEO of Bertelsmann AG. It ran from September 26, 2005 to January 31, 2006. The core of the campaign was a 2-minute TV spot, which was broadcast simultaneously at the start of the campaign on almost all TV channels in the country. Additional advertisements in the print media, flyers, and outdoor and online medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Bist Deutschland
''Du bist Deutschland'' (in English: "You are Germany") was a social marketing campaign in Germany. Its aim was to achieve positive thinking and a new national feeling. It was created by the initiative "Partner für Innovation" consisting of 25 media corporations and was co-ordinated by Bertelsmann Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and .... The large-scale campaign caused a lot of controversy and discussion. Overview The initiator of the campaign was Gunther Thielen, CEO of Bertelsmann AG. It ran from September 26, 2005 to January 31, 2006. The core of the campaign was a 2-minute TV spot, which was broadcast simultaneously at the start of the campaign on almost all TV channels in the country. Additional advertisements in the print media, flyers, and outdoor and online medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Spiegel
''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes. Typically, the magazine has a content to advertising ratio of 2:1. ''Der Spiegel'' is known in German-speaking countries mostly for its investigative journalism. It has played a key role in uncovering many political scandals such as the ''Spiegel'' affair in 1962 and the Flick affair in the 1980s. According to ''The Economist'', ''Der Spiegel'' is one of continental Europe's most influential magazines. The news website by the same name was launched in 1994 under the name ''Spiegel Online'' with an independent editorial staff. Today, the content is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Kempowski
Walter Kempowski (; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called ''German Chronicle'' ("Deutsche Chronik") and the monumental ''Echolot'' ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical reports, letters and other documents by contemporary witnesses of the Second World War. Life Childhood (1929–39) Kempowski was born in Rostock. His father, Karl Georg Kempowski, was a shipping company owner and his mother, Margarethe Kempowski, née Collasius, was the daughter of a Hamburg merchant."Walter Kempowski." ''Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors''. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2018. Retrieved via ''Gale In Context: Biography'' database, 19 April 2020. Online version available via Encyclopedia.com'.Childs, David (11 October 2007).. ''The Independent''. Retrieved 19 April 2020. In 1935 Kempowski began attending St. Georg School; in 1939, he transferred to the local high school ("Realgymnasium"). During World War II (1939–45) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn (; born 15 June 1969) is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team in 1975. Twelve years later, Kahn made his debut match in the professional squad. In 1994, he was transferred to Bayern Munich for the fee of DM 4.6 million, where he played until the end of his career in 2008. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful goalkeepers of all-time. His commanding presence in goal and aggressive style earned him nicknames such as ''Der Titan'' (, "The Titan") from the press and ''Vol-kahn-o'' ("volcano") from fans. Kahn is one of the most successful German players in recent history, having won eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB-Pokals, the UEFA Cup in 1996, the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup, both achieved in 2001. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, his individual contributions have earned him a record fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Jauch
Günther Johannes Jauch (; born 13 July 1956) is a German television presenter, television producer, and journalist. Career Jauch is known for a unique style of informing and entertaining people that is generally considered witty and funny. He won several awards for his appearances in German television. Jauch also owns the production company "''i&u TV''", which stands for ''Information und Unterhaltung'' ("information and entertainment"). He is known to make large donations to charity from money he receives from his appearances in advertisements and other promotional work. Jauch has used his personal wealth to purchase and restore several historic buildings in and around Potsdam, his current town of residence. In the 1980s, Jauch worked for radio programs of Bayerischer Rundfunk. Jauch has produced and hosted the prime time TV programme ', a television news magazine programme, on the private German RTL national TV network since 1990. The programme caused some sensation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Furtwängler
Maria Furtwängler-Burda (short version: ; born 13 September 1966) is a German physician and television actress. Early life Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a daughter of architect Bernhard Furtwängler and actress Kathrin Ackermann, great-niece and step-granddaughter of conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, and granddaughter of politician Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb. She has two older brothers, David and Felix. She was given her first movie role, for which she earned a bike, at the age of seven in ''Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen'', produced by her uncle Florian Furtwängler. Her mother taught her acting and she later took acting classes in Germany and other countries. After leaving secondary school, Furtwängler studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, France, and graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. Afterwards she trained and worked as a medical doctor. Personal life On 8 November 1991, Furtwängler married billionaire publisher Hubert Burda (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justus Frantz
Justus Frantz (born 18 May 1944 in Inowrocław, Poland, then Hohensalza, Germany) is a German pianist, conductor, and television personality. Life Frantz began playing piano at the age of ten and later studied with Eliza Hansen and Wilhelm Kempff at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg under a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or German National Scholarship Foundation. In 1967, Frantz and Claus Kanngießer won the second prize at the international music competition of the ARD playing as a cello and piano duo, marking the beginning of his international career. He first played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan in 1970. In 1975, he played in his United States debut concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein, who became his lifelong friend. Other conductors with whom he has played include Carlo Maria Giulini and Rudolf Kempe. He founded the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojtek Czyz
Wojtek Czyz (born 30 July 1980) is a German Paralympic track and field athlete from Polish part of Silesia. In 2001, he was an aspiring professional soccer player, and had just signed terms with SC Fortuna Köln. He ran for a loose ball, when the opposing goalkeeper rammed his knee, causing multiple fractures and compartment syndromeAccording to Czyz the injury was gravely underestimated due to professional failure. Due to delays in treatment, his leg had to be amputated. However, Czyz rebounded and established himself as one of the most successful German athletes in the T/F42 class for above-knee amputees. Athletics success Eleven months after his amputation, at the German Championships in 2002, Czyz broke the National record for F42 long jump and won the T42 100m event. He won triple Gold Medals at the 2004 Paralympics. He won the 100 m and the 200 m dash the long jump for leg amputees, setting World Records in the latter two. In the European Championship of 2005, he repea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Connor (singer)
Sarah Connor (born Sarah Marianne Corina Lewe; 13 June 1980) is a German singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after she signed with X-Cell Records in 2000 and released her debut album ''Green Eyed Soul'' (2001) the following year. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including '' Unbelievable'' (2002), ''Key to My Soul'' (2003), '' Naughty but Nice'' (2005), '' Christmas in My Heart'' (2005), '' Soulicious'' (2007), '' Sexy as Hell'' (2008) and '' Real Love'' (2010). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop record charts, including the number-one hits "From Sarah with Love", "Music is the Key", "Just One Last Dance", " Living to Love You" and "From Zero to Hero". In 2015, Connor's first German language project '' Muttersprache'' became her second chart-topper after a decade. Her popularity was further enhanced by the ProSieben reality television series ''Sarah & Marc in Love'' (2005) and '' Sarah & Marc Crazy in Love'' (2008) alongsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Catterfeld
Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979) is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, she later moved to Leipzig to pursue her career in music. In 2000, she participated in the debut season of the singing competition series ''Stimme 2000'', where she came in second place. Catterfeld subsequently signed a recording deal with Hansa Records, which released her debut single " Bum" in 2001. The same year, she was propelled to stardom when she was cast in a main role in the German soap opera ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. In 2003, Catterfeld made her musical breakthrough when her fifth single, "Für dich", became an international number-one hit and produced the equally successful album ''Meine Welt''. Catterfeld continued booking success with follow-up albums '' Farben meiner Welt'' (2004) and ''Unterwegs'' (2005), which spawned the hit singles "Du hast mein Herz gebrochen" and "Glaub an mich". Following her departure from '' GZSZ'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Asamoah
Gerald Asamoah (; born 3 October 1978) is a German football manager and former professional player who works as the first-team manager of Schalke 04. During his playing career, Asamoah played as a forward, and he was mainly known for his pace, his physical strength and his hard-working approach. He has bonded the most part of his career to Schalke, where he has been widely appreciated not only for his accomplishments as a player, but also for his relaxed and positive attitude and his role as a community leader off the pitch. Asamoah kept working in Gelsenkirchen after his retirement, too, as he was offered several administrative and managerial roles throughout the years. Early life Born in Mampong, Ghana, Asamoah and his family emigrated to Germany in 1990. He immediately started playing football in several local teams, and entered the youth academy of Hannover 96 at the age of 16. Club career Hannover 96 Coming through the youth ranks of Hannover, Asamoah started his pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ströer
Ströer SE & Co. KGaA is a German out-of-home advertising, online advertising, billboards and street furniture company with headquarters in Cologne. Markets Ströer SE & Co. KGaA is a out-of-home advertising, online advertising, billboards and street furniture company with headquartered in Cologne. Aside from Germany, the company's core markets are Poland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. The publicly traded company is listed in the SDAX and the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurter Börse. In 2019, the revenue was 1.6 billion euro. In 2016 Ströer operated around 4000 video screens in public places, which reached an estimated 30 million people each month. Acquisitions In November 2015, Ströer acquired T-Online's (Germany's biggest Internet service provider) online portal, and in December 2015, Ströer acquired a 78.8% stake in Statista for €57 million. Ströer acquired the remaining stake in Statista in 2019. In 2016, Ströer acquired StayFriends fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
