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Frohnau (Annaberg-Buchholz)
Frohnau is a village in the Saxon town of Annaberg-Buchholz in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in southeast Germany. The discovery of silver on the Schreckenberg led in 1496 to the foundation of the neighbouring mining town of Annaberg. The village of Frohnau is best known for its museum of technology, the Frohnauer Hammer, and the visitor mine of ''Markus Röhling Stolln''. The mining area around Frohnau has been selected as a candidate for a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Ore Mountain Mining Region (''Montanregion Erzgebirge''). Geography The ''Waldhufendorf'' of Frohnau is located about a kilometre west of the town centre of Annaberg. The lower part of the village is located in the valley of the Sehma river on the ''Staatsstraße'' S261. The village runs along a steep village street in a western direction up to the heights of the Schreckenberg. History From 1952 to 1990, Frohnau was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany. Sources * * Lothar Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistisches Landesamt Des Freistaates Sachsen ...
The statistical offices of the German states (German: ''Statistische Landesämter'') carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the constitution is executed at state level. The federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the 16 states: See also * Federal Statistical Office of Germany References {{Reflist Germany Statistical offices 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannenberg (Saxony)
Tannenberg is a municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. History From 1952 to 1990, Tannenberg was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state .... References Erzgebirgskreis {{Erzgebirgskreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Bönhoff
Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts and entertainment Music * Leo (band), a Missouri-based rock band that was founded in Cleveland, Ohio * L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators Film * ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film by José Luis Borau * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American drama film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares * ''Leo'' (2012 film), a Kenyan film * Leo the Lion (MGM), mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio Television * Leo Awards, a British Columbian television award * "Leo", an episode of ''Being Erica'' * Léo, fictional lion in the animation ''Animal Crackers'' * ''Léo'', 2018 Quebec television series created by Fabien Cloutier Companies * Leo Namibia, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herrschaft Pöhlberg
The German term ''Herrschaft'' (plural: ''Herrschaften'') covers a broad semantic field and only the context will tell whether it means, "rule", "power", "dominion", "authority", "territory" or "lordship". In its most abstract sense, it refers to power relations in general while more concretely it may refer to the individuals or institutions that exercise that power. Finally, in a spatial sense in the Holy Roman Empire, it refers to a territory over which this power is exercised.Rachel Renaul "Herrschaft", ''Histoire du Saint-Empire'' The Herrschaft as a territory The ''Herrschaft'', whose closest equivalent was the French ''seigneurie'', usually translated as "lordship" in English, denoted a specific area of land with rights over both the soil and its inhabitants. While the lord (''Herr'') was often a noble, it could also be a commoner such as a burgher, or a corporate entity such as a bishopric, a cathedral chapter, an abbey, a hospice or a town. Most lordships were ''media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinstag
Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas, sometimes historically called Old Halloween or Old Hallowmas Eve, is the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours and is celebrated in the liturgical year on 11 November. In the Middle Ages and early modern period, it was an important festival in many parts of Europe, particularly Germanic-speaking regions. In these regions, it marked the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter. and the "winter revelling season". Traditions include feasting on 'Martinmas goose' or 'Martinmas beef', drinking the first wine of the season, and mumming. In some German and Dutch-speaking towns, there are processions of children with lanterns (''Laternelaufen''), sometimes led by a horseman representing St Martin. The saint was also said to bestow gifts on children. In the Rhineland, it is also marked by lighting bonfires. Martin of Tours (died 397) was a Roman soldier who was baptized as an adult and became a bishop in Gaul. He is best known for the tale whereby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchholz (Annaberg-Buchholz)
Buchholz may refer to: Places Germany * Buchholz in der Nordheide, a town in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony *Französisch Buchholz, a community in Berlin *Märkisch Buchholz, in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg *Buchholz, Schaumburg, in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony *Buchholz, Soltau-Fallingbostel, in the district Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony * Buchholz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the Müritz district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * Gremersdorf-Buchholz in the Nordvorpommern district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern *Buchholz, Neuwied, in the district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate * Annaberg-Buchholz, a town in Saxony *Buchholz, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in the district of Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt * Buchholz, Dithmarschen in the district of Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein *Buchholz, Lauenburg in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein *Buchholz, Thuringia, in the district of Nordhausen, Thuringia *Galerie Buchholz, a chain of art galleries in Cologne and Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
