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Falkenburg Ruins
Falkenburg or Falkinburg may refer to: ; Places * Falkenburg, German name for Złocieniec, a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland * Falkenburg (an der Göhl), German name for Valkenburg aan de Geul, a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg * Falkenburg Castle, a castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Falkenburg, Ontario, a railway village in central Ontario, Canada * Joseph Falkinburg House, a historic home in Dennis Township, New Jersey, US ; People * Bob Falkenburg (1926–2022), American former tennis player and businessman of German descent * Erik Falkenburg, Dutch footballer * Jinx Falkenburg, Spanish-born model and actress * Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr., birth name of American actor and retired professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page * Reindert Falkenburg, Dutch art historian ; Other uses * ''Goodbye Falkenburg'', the debut full-length album by the band Race Horses See also *Falkenberg (other) Falkenberg is a town in Sweden. Falkenberg, or Falc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Złocieniec
Złocieniec (; formerly german: Falkenburg) is a town in northwestern Poland. Located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship's Drawsko County since 1999, it was previously a part of Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998). The population of Złocieniec is around 12,000 - it is therefore the biggest town in the county (powiat). History The official town webpage states that between the 7th and 6th century BC the area of the town was the site of a village and that the area of Western Pomerania was settled by Slavs in the 6th-8th centuries. The area was part of Poland during the reign of the first Polish rulers Mieszko I and Bolesław I the Brave. In the 13th century it was the northernmost area of the Duchy of Greater Poland, a province of fragmented Poland. When the town rights were granted it's highly probable that among German inhabitants of the town were also Slavs from Budów and Strzebłów-villages that were disbanded. Town rights were granted by the brothers von Wedel on 13 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkenburg Aan De Geul
Valkenburg aan de Geul (; li, Valkeberg ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul. History Sieges and conquests have been the recurrent theme in the history of Valkenburg, especially in connection with Valkenburg castle, seat of the counts of Valkenburg (or Falkenburg). In December 1672 the castle was once again destroyed by Dutch troops led by William III of England, William III, trying to prevent the armies of Louis XIV of France from capturing it, this time not to be rebuilt. In the 19th century, because of the natural environment of the area, Valkenburg became a holiday destination for the well-to-do in the Netherlands. Tourism developed, especially after in 1853 the railway from Maastricht to Heerlen and Aachen opened. Valkenburg railway station is the oldest su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkenburg Castle
Falkenburg Castle is a castle ruin overlooking the village of Wilgartswiesen in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Like almost all castles in this region it was built on sandstone. History The Falkenburg was probably built in the 11th century as a successor to the nearby Wilgartaburg and to protect the adjacent villages. In the documents of Archbishop Erkinbald of Mainz, letters dating to 1019 describe a rock outcrop called the Falkenstein considered as the most northerly border belonging to the principality of Kaiserslautern. Werner I of Bolanden is thought to have begun construction of the castle on this rock in 1125; he was a vassal of Duke Frederick II of Swabia. At the Bolanden family monastery in Hane were records of Sigbold of Falkenstein in 1135; he was one of the first to take the name of the castle for himself. Then in 1233 the imperial '' ministerialis'', Phillip IV of Bolanden, was the first to clearly say that he was from Falkenstein in a lega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Falkinburg House
The Joseph Falkinburg House, also spelled Falkenburg, is located at 822 (historically 922) Delsea Drive (New Jersey Route 47) in the South Dennis section of Dennis Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The historic brick Federal style house was built around 1805 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1961. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1994, for its significance in architecture and politics/government. With According to the nomination form, the house is one of three brick houses in the county built before 1860. Joseph Falkinburg served in the New Jersey legislature during the War of 1812. In 1989, the house was purchased by the Arc of Cape May County. See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey. __NOTOC__ This is intended to be a complete list o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Falkenburg
Robert Falkenburg (January 29, 1926 – January 6, 2022) was an American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur. He is best known for winning the Men's Singles at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and for introducing soft ice cream and American fast food to Brazil in 1952. He founded the Brazilian fast food chain Bob's. Early life Falkenburg was born in New York City on January 29, 1926, and grew up in Los Angeles, California, in a tennis-playing family. His parents, Eugene "Genie" Lincoln Falkenburg (an engineer involved in the construction of Hoover Dam) and Marguerite "Mickey" Crooks Falkenburg were amateur tennis players. While employed by Westinghouse, Eugene was transferred to South America, where he moved with his wife and three children to São Paulo, Brazil. There Mickey won the state tennis championship in 1927. Mickey was always involved in tennis. In ''The Game: My 40 Years in Tennis'', tennis champion Jack Kramer wrote that Mickey Falkenburg was "the first person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Falkenburg
Erik Falkenburg (born 5 May 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Leiden, he came through the youth system at and made his professional debut for Sparta Rotterdam on 23 January 2008 against PSV. At Sparta he played alongside future international players Kevin Strootman and Nick Viergever. He and Viergever left the club for AZ in 2010. Not a regular starter at AZ, he joined NEC on loan in January 2013 and he was sent on loan the next season to Go Ahead Eagles. After his contract with AZ expired in summer 2014, Falkenburg moved to NAC, who surprisingly beat Cambuur, Go Ahead and Willem II for his signature despite being in financial trouble. He did join Willem II however the next season after NAC was relegated to the Eerste Divisie. The attacking midfielder changed clubs once more, when he teamed up with ADO Den Haag in 2017. On 10 September 2020, Falkenburg signed a one-year contract with Roda JC Kerkrade in the Ee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinx Falkenburg
Eugenia Lincoln "Jinx" Falkenburg (January 21, 1919 – August 27, 2003) was an American actress and model. She married journalist and publicist Tex McCrary in 1945.Autobiography: Jinx, Jinx Falkenburg, Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1951) Known as "Tex and Jinx", the couple pioneered and popularized the talk show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television. They hosted a series of interview shows in the late 1940s and early 1950s that combined celebrity chit-chat with discussions of important topics of the day. Early life Falkenburg was born to American parents in Barcelona, Spain; her father Eugene "Genie" Lincoln Falkenburg was an engineer for Westinghouse. Thinking the name would bring good luck, she was nicknamed Jinx by her mother Marguerite "Mickey" Crooks Falkenburg, an athlete and tennis player (Brazil women's champion in 1927), and the name stuck."Jinx Falkenburg, All American cover girl and actress," Independent newspaper, UK, Sept. 24, 2003 All the Fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Dallas Page
Dallas Page (born Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr., April 5, 1956), better known by his ring name Diamond Dallas Page (often stylized as DDP), is an American actor and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. In the course of his wrestling career Page has wrestled for mainstream wrestling promotions World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Page first broke into the wrestling business in 1988, as a manager in the American Wrestling Association, where he worked for nine months before signing with WCW in 1991. There, he continued as a manager until late 1991, when he became a wrestler. Over a decade in WCW, Falkinburg became a three-time WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WWE United States Championship, WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, four-time WCW World Tag Team Championship, WCW World Tag Team C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reindert Falkenburg
Reindert () is a Frisian Dutch male given name, related to the German name Reinhard. Notable people with this name include: * Reindert Brasser (1912–1999), Dutch athlete * Reindert de Favauge (1872–1949), Dutch sport shooter * Reindert de Waal (1904–1985), Dutch field hockey player, better known as Rein de Waal See also * Reinder Reinder () and Reindert are Dutch masculine given names derived from Reinier and Reinhard, which are cognate with Rainier [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Falkenburg
''Goodbye Falkenburg'' is the debut full-length album by the band Race Horses Race Horses were a Welsh band based in Cardiff, Wales and originally from Aberystwyth. Formed in 2005 as Radio Luxembourg, they changed their name in 2009 due to possible legal problems with the radio station of the same name. Initially the m .... It was released in 2010. Track listing 2010 debut albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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