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Fürstenau GR
Fürstenau may refer to: *Fürstenau, Lower Saxony, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany *Fürstenau (Samtgemeinde), a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany *Fürstenau (Altenberg) a quarter (''Ortsteil'') in Altenberg, Saxony *Fürstenau Castle, a historical castle in Michelstadt, Germany *Fürstenau, Switzerland ;Former name for the following Polish places: *Kmiecin, now within Nowy Dwór Gdański County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Elbing, Pomerania) *Książęca Wieś, now within Trzebnica County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Militsch, Lower Silesia Province (Prussia)) ;Composers: * Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (born 20 October 1792, Münster, Germany; died 18 November 1852, Dresden, Germany) * Kaspar Fürstenau (born 26 February 1772; died 11 May 1819) * Moritz Fürstenau (born 26 June 1824; died 27 March 1889) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenau, Lower Saxony
Fürstenau (Northern Low Saxon: ''Försnau'') is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately northwest of Osnabrück, and east of Lingen. Fürstenau is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Fürstenau. St. Georg Evangelical Lutheran Church stands in the city market square. Pastor Anke Kusche tells the story of how during World War II the army required all the available metal for war products. The church bells which had rung daily for hundreds of years were taken down as required. But during the night one of them was stolen and buried until after the war in a farmer's field. In the city clerks office hangs a painting of the city in the late 18th century. It is how the city still looks in December 2006. Notable people Born in Fürstenau * Franz Berding (1915-2010), politician (CDU) * Ida Raming (born 1932), Catholic theologian and author * Reinhard von Schorlemer (born 1938), politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenau (Samtgemeinde)
Fürstenau is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, 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 .... Its seat is in the town Fürstenau. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Fürstenau consists of the following municipalities: # Berge # Bippen # Fürstenau {{DEFAULTSORT:Furstenau Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenau (Altenberg)
Fürstenau may refer to: *Fürstenau, Lower Saxony, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany *Fürstenau (Samtgemeinde), a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany * Fürstenau (Altenberg) a quarter (''Ortsteil'') in Altenberg, Saxony * Fürstenau Castle, a historical castle in Michelstadt, Germany *Fürstenau, Switzerland ;Former name for the following Polish places: *Kmiecin, now within Nowy Dwór Gdański County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Elbing, Pomerania) * Książęca Wieś, now within Trzebnica County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Militsch, Lower Silesia Province (Prussia)) ;Composers: * Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (born 20 October 1792, Münster, Germany; died 18 November 1852, Dresden, Germany) * Kaspar Fürstenau (born 26 February 1772; died 11 May 1819) * Moritz Fürstenau Moritz Ludwig Carl Ignaz Franz August Fürstenau (born 26 July 1824 and died on 27 March 1889, also in Dresden) was a German flautist and music historian. He left only a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenberg, Saxony
Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, 32 km south of Dresden, and 15 km northwest of Teplice, Czech Republic. The village of Zinnwald-Georgenfeld registered the lowest annual mean temperature (4.9 °C) of all inhabited places in Germany during the period 1961–1990. Additionally, it also holds the German record for the highest amount of precipitation recorded in one day, 312 mm. The highest snow depth ever recorded was 163 cm in 2005. Municipal divisions The town Altenberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Altenberg § 18, June 2021. *Altenberg (incl. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenau Castle
Fürstenau may refer to: *Fürstenau, Lower Saxony, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany *Fürstenau (Samtgemeinde), a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany *Fürstenau (Altenberg) a quarter (''Ortsteil'') in Altenberg, Saxony * Fürstenau Castle, a historical castle in Michelstadt, Germany *Fürstenau, Switzerland ;Former name for the following Polish places: *Kmiecin, now within Nowy Dwór Gdański County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Elbing, Pomerania) * Książęca Wieś, now within Trzebnica County (formerly Fürstenau, Landkreis Militsch, Lower Silesia Province (Prussia)) ;Composers: * Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (born 20 October 1792, Münster, Germany; died 18 November 1852, Dresden, Germany) * Kaspar Fürstenau (born 26 February 1772; died 11 May 1819) * Moritz Fürstenau Moritz Ludwig Carl Ignaz Franz August Fürstenau (born 26 July 1824 and died on 27 March 1889, also in Dresden) was a German flautist and music historian. He left only a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelstadt
Michelstadt () in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg. It has a population of 28,629 people. Geography Location Michelstadt is the biggest town in the Odenwaldkreis and borders on the district seat of Erbach. Neighbouring municipalities Michelstadt borders in the north on the municipality of Brombachtal, the town of Bad König and the municipality of Lützelbach, in the east on the town of Klingenberg, the market municipalities of Laudenbach and Kleinheubach, the town of Miltenberg, the market municipality of Weilbach, the town of Amorbach and the market municipality of Kirchzell (all seven in Miltenberg district in Bavaria), in the south on the town of Erbach, and in the west on the municipalities of Mossautal and Reichelsheim. Constituent communities Michelstadt's '' Stadtteile'', besides the main town, also called Michelstadt, are Rehbach, Steinbach, Steinbuch, Stockheim, Vielbrunn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenau, Switzerland
Fürstenau ''( Romansh: Farschno)'' is a municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the smallest town to hold city rights with a market right received from Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in 1354. History Fürstenau is first mentioned in 1257 as ''Fúrstenowo'' and ''Furstinowe''. Originally there were two medieval tower houses or guard towers and a bishop's house in the area that became Fürstenau. The Bishop's summer residence is of course the reason for the city right. Geography Fürstenau has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 32.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Domleschg sub-district of the Hinterrhein district, after 2017 it was part of the Viamala Region. It consists of the village of Fürstenau and Fürstenaubruck, on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kmiecin
Kmiecin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański and south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 970. Notable people * Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann (February 14, 1811 in Fürstenau, near Tiegenhof, West Prussia (now Kmiecin, within Nowy Dwór Gdański) – January 7, 1881 in Königsberg) was a German orientalist, a philologist with interests in Baltic ... (1811 in Fürstenau – 1881) a German orientalist, a philologist with interests in Baltic languages, and a mathematics historian References Villages in Nowy Dwór Gdański County {{NowyDwórGdański-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomerania
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to the German states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg, while the eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland. Its historical border in the west is the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian border '' Urstromtal'' which now constitutes the border between the Mecklenburgian and Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while it is bounded by the Vistula River in the east. The easternmost part of Pomerania is alternatively known as Pomerelia, consisting of four sub-regions: Kashubia inhabited by ethnic Kashubians, Kociewie, Tuchola Forest and Chełmno Land. Pomerania has a relatively low population density, with its largest cities being Gdańsk and Szczecin. Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Książęca Wieś
Książęca Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żmigród, within Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ..., in south-western Poland. References Villages in Trzebnica County {{Trzebnica-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trzebnica County
__NOTOC__ Trzebnica County ( pl, powiat trzebnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. The county covers an area of . Its administrative seat is Trzebnica, and it also contains the towns of Oborniki Śląskie, Żmigród and Prusice. As of 2019 the total population of the county is 85,092. The most populated towns are Trzebnica with 13,331 inhabitants and Oborniki Śląskie with 9,099 inhabitants. Neighbouring counties Trzebnica County is bordered by Rawicz County and Milicz County to the north, Oleśnica County to the east, Wrocław County and the city of Wrocław to the south, Środa Śląska County and Wołów County to the west, and Góra County to the north-west. Administrative division The county is subdivided into six gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
