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Frankenberg, Saxony
Frankenberg (also: Frankenberg/Sa.) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Zschopau, northeast of Chemnitz, and some north of the border to the Czech Republic. It was the site of the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenburg. Sons and daughters of the city * Christian Gottlob Höpner (1799–1859), composer and organist * Franz Kuhn (1884-1961), lawyer, sinologist and translator * Eberhard Vogel (born 1943), record footballer of the GDR * Jochen Sachse (born 1948), hammer thrower and Olympic medalist * Sonja Morgenstern (born 1955), figure skater * Matthias Weichert (born 1955), operatic baritone * Anett Fiebig (born 1961), swimmer * Anja Möllenbeck (born 1972), discus thrower * Peer Kluge Peer Kluge (born 22 November 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Kluge played for Chemnitzer FC, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Nürnberg and Schalke 04 before signing for Hertha B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mittelsachsen
Mittelsachsen ("Central Saxony") is a district ('' Kreis'') in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. History The district was established by merging the former districts of Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida as part of the district reform of August 2008. Geography The district stretches from the Erzgebirge ("Ore Mountains") on the Czech Republic–Germany border to the plains between Leipzig and Dresden. The district borders (from the west and clockwise) the state Thuringia, the districts of Leipzig, Nordsachsen, Meißen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, the Czech Republic, Erzgebirgskreis, the urban district Chemnitz, and the district of Zwickau. The geography of the district varies considerably, stretching from the northern part which almost reaches the North German Plain, to the southern part in the mountainous Erzgebirge region. The lowest point is at 140 metres above sea level, in the valley of the Freiberger Mulde near Leisnig. The highest point is 855 metres above sea le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard Vogel
Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel (born 8 April 1943) is a former German footballer. Career Vogel played for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1961–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1982). His 440 appearances for both clubs combined was the record for East German top-flight football. On the national level, he played for the East Germany national team (74 matches/25 goals) and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. In 1969, Vogel won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year. In 1972, he scored the game-winning goal against rival West German national team in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Vogel later began coaching career and led several teams, including 1. FC Magdeburg, Dresdner SC and Togo. Career statistics Club Honours Clubs ;FC Karl-Marx-Stadt * DDR-Oberliga: 1966–67 ;Carl Zeiss Jena *FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer Kluge
Peer Kluge (born 22 November 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Kluge played for Chemnitzer FC, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Nürnberg and Schalke 04 before signing for Hertha BSC. Career statistics Honours Club Schalke 04 * DFB-Pokal: 2010–11 * DFL-Supercup: 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kluge, Peer 1980 births Living people People from Frankenberg, Saxony German footballers Germany B international footballers Association football midfielders Chemnitzer FC players Borussia Mönchengladbach players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Schalke 04 players Hertha BSC players Arminia Bielefeld players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Möllenbeck
Anja Möllenbeck (born ''Anja Gündler'' on 18 March 1972 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is a retired German discus thrower, whose personal best throw is 64.63 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Obersuhl. She married fellow discus thrower Michael Möllenbeck Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck (12 December 1969 – 2 November 2022) was a German discus thrower. Möllenbeck's greatest achievements were two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially wel ... in 1996. Achievements External links * * 1972 births Living people People from Frankenberg, Saxony German female discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Germany Universiade bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Athletes from Saxony People from Bezirk K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anett Fiebig
Anett Fiebig (later Drollinger, born 2 November 1961) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships The 1977 European Aquatics Championships were held at the swimming complex Rosenlundsbadet in the southern Swedish city of Jönköping, from 14 August to 21 August. Besides swimming, there were titles contested in diving, the women's event of syn .... She retired from swimming in 1978. References 1961 births Living people German female swimmers German female butterfly swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt People from Frankenberg, Saxony East German female swimmers Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Weichert
Matthias Weichert (born in 1955) is a German operatic baritone and vocal teacher. Life and career Born in Frankenberg, Weichert attended the St. Thomas School, Leipzig from 1965 to 1974. Subsequently, he studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber until 1981. He sang at the and the Belgian National Opera La Monnaie. He was also a guest at the Komische Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Berlin and the Leipzig Opera The Leipzig Opera (in German: ) is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany. History Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspi .... Since 2000 he has been a freelance concert and oratorio singer. In 1997, he became a lecturer at the and in 2002 professor for singing at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Morgenstern
Sonja Morgenstern (born 22 January 1955) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. Morgenstern was coached by Jutta Müller in Chemnitz and represented the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt club and East Germany ( GDR). In 1966 she won the Spartakiade in figure skating. Two years later she participated in the Winter Olympics. Her biggest success was winning the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1972. In the same year, she placed sixth at the Winter Olympics. Her main East German rival was Christine Errath. In 1973 Morgenstern ended her figure skating career as a result of injuries. In the early 1980s she coached the 4-year-old Stefan Lindemann. Having retired from figure skating, Morgenstern studied educational theory in Zwickau and became a teacher. She gave up teaching in 1981 due to the illness of her son Michael who needed special care for the first four years of his life. She later became a beautician Cosmetology (from Greek , ''kosmētiko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Sachse
Jochen Sachse (born 2 October 1948 in Frankenberg, Saxony) is an East German former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw. He competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, 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 ... in the hammer throw where he won the silver medal. References External links * * * * * 1948 births Living people People from Frankenberg, Saxony German male hammer throwers East German male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kuhn
Franz Walther Kuhn (10 March 1884 – 22 January 1961) was a lawyer and a translator chiefly remembered for translating many Chinese novels into German, most famously the ''Dream of the Red Chamber''. Biography Kuhn studied law at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin, passing his state examination in 1908 and obtaining his doctorate in 1909. He began to practice law in Dresden in 1909. He was soon assigned to the German delegation to Peking as an interpreter, having completed a course of Chinese during his study at Berlin. He stayed in China until 1912. After the First World War, Kuhn began to translate classic Chinese literature into German. Eventually he ran into conflict with the Nazi authorities, who considered his works to be harmful. After the end of World War II, Kuhn's work began to be more widely known and appreciated. He received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952. Jorge Luis Borges attributes the discovery of a " paradoxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of the communist East Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Gottlob Höpner
Christian Gottlob Höpner, also Hoepner (7 November 1799 – 26 October 1859) was a German composer, organist and music educator. Life and career Born in Frankenberg, Höpner grew up in the family of a weaver in Frankenberg near Chemnitz, and he acquired his first musical knowledge by self-taught means. At the age of 14, he could already play the piano by listening to pianoforte lessons given by his older brother. At the age of 17, Höpner also wanted to learn to play the organ. He found the opportunity to do so after attending Sunday services by using the organ in the Frankenberg church. From the wages he received after his apprenticeship as a journeyman weaver, Höpner bought musical textbooks, practised independently on a small organ and attempted compositions. He presented these compositions in 1824 to the cantor August Ferdinand Anacker (1790–1854) in Freiberg for review. The verdict was so encouraging that in 1827 Höpner applied to the court conductor Johann Nepomuk Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachsenburg (concentration Camp)
Sachsenburg was a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Germany, located in Frankenberg, Saxony, near Chemnitzbr>Along with Lichtenburg (concentration camp), Lichtenburg, it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and operated by the SS from 1933 to 1937. The camp was an abandoned four-story textile mill which was renovated in May 1933 to serve as a "protective custody" facility for dissidents such as Jehovah's Witnesses, who opposed the Nazi regime. Sachsenburg was the first concentration camp in which SS used colored triangles sewn onto clothing, as well as armbands, to identify categories of prisoners. Details about the operation of Sachsenburg, held in 17 files (each containing several hundred SS reports) by the International Tracing Service, only became available to researchers in late 2006. Indians The Spanish author Emilio Calderón claims in his novel "La Bailarina y el Inglés" that in the town of Frankenberg the Nazis had a broadcasting facility that helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
