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Ehrenfriedersdorf
Ehrenfriedersdorf () is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz. Theatre At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the ''Mundarttheater am Greifenstein'' was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the ''Mettenspiel'', a play as part of the ''Mettenschicht'', which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of ''Sauberg'' . Sons and daughters of the town * Johann August Scheibner (1810-1888), politician, Member of Landtag (Kingdom of Saxony) * Julius Theodor Zenker (1811-1884), orientalist, translator and private scholar * Georg Fritz Weiß (1822-1893), opera singer, translator and actor * Max Wenzel (1879-1946), dialect poet of the Erzgebirge * Hans Weber (1941-1969), motorcycle racer * Günter Deckert (nordic combined) Günter Deckert (14 September 1950, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Ehrenfriedersdorf () is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz. Theatre At the start of the 1990s the folk theatre, the ''Mundarttheater am Greifenstein'' was founded in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This theatre group took over the tradition of the ''Mettenspiel'', a play as part of the ''Mettenschicht'', which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of ''Sauberg'' . Sons and daughters of the town * Johann August Scheibner (1810-1888), politician, Member of Landtag (Kingdom of Saxony) * Julius Theodor Zenker (1811-1884), orientalist, translator and private scholar * Georg Fritz Weiß (1822-1893), opera singer, translator and actor * Max Wenzel (1879-1946), dialect poet of the Erzgebirge * Hans Weber (1941-1969), motorcycle racer * Günter Deckert (nordic combined) Günter Deckert (14 September 1950, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzgebirgskreis
Erzgebirgskreis is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is named after the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains"), a mountain range in the southern part of the district which forms part of the Germany–Czech Republic border. It borders (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Vogtlandkreis and Zwickau, the urban district Chemnitz, the district Mittelsachsen and the Czech Republic. History The district was established by merging the former districts of Annaberg, Aue-Schwarzenberg, Stollberg and Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis as part of the district reform of August 2008. Geography The district contains the western part of the Erzgebirge, which also forms the border with the Czech Republic. Several rivers that rise in the Erzgebirge flow through the district, including Zwickauer Mulde and Zschopau. Sister districts The Erzgebirgskreis has partnerships with the following districts: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Fritz Weiß
Georg Fritz Weiß (5 February 1822 – 14 March 1893) was a German operatic bass, actor as well as translator. Other names are Georg Fritz Weiss, Georg Weiß, Georg Weiss, Fritz Weiß and Fritz Weiss. Life and career Born in Ehrenfriedersdorf, Weiß received his vocal training during his school years at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig in the Thomanerchor. In addition to Leipzig University of philology and jurisprudence, he practised his musical skills in the university choral society. From the winter of 1845/46 he was a member of the Leipzig 1938, . (today . On the occasion of a trip to Dresden in 1849, he met the director of the Dresden Court Theatre, who engaged him for small roles and entrusted his further vocal training to Barbieri. Engagements took him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
