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Gernsbach Tunnel
Gernsbach () is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Twin towns are Baccarat in France and Pergola, Marche in Italy. The town is the historic centre of the lower Murg Valley and forms a central place of mid-size with Gaggenau. It is located in the ', one of the twelve spatial planning regions of Baden-Württemberg. Gernsbach is an officially recognised climatic spa with a historic centre. Furthermore, Gernsbach is noted for its paper industry and Paper Centre, a service provider in the field of training, staff qualification and management consultancy for the German and Swiss paper and pulp industry. Geography Geographical position Gernsbach is located in the northern part of the Black Forest on both banks of the river Murg at 150 to 988 meters above the sea level. In the west the 668 m high mountain Merkur provides a distinctive landscape. In the east there is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rastatt (district)
Rastatt is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Karlsruhe, Calw, Freudenstadt and the Ortenaukreis. To the west it borders the French ''département'' Bas-Rhin. Rastatt completely surrounds the district-free city Baden-Baden. History The district was created in 1939 as the successor of the ''Oberamt Rastatt'' and later the ''Großkreis Baden''. In 1973 it was merged with the majority of the neighboring district Bühl, and some small parts of the district Kehl. Geography The district is located in the Rhine valley. The south-east part, however, is part of the Northern Black Forest. The highest elevation is the Hoher Ochsenkopf. The county has three small exclaves within the borough of Baden-Baden. The largest of these is home to the Waldenecksee, the smallest, the old abbey of Fremersberg. Partnerships Since 1968 the district has partnership with the Finnish city Vantaa. The partnership with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staufenberg (Gernsbach)
Staufenberg is a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is administratively part of the town of Gernsbach in the Rastatt district. Geography The village is located directly west of Gernsbach on a small tributary of the Murg River. History The first documented mention of Staufenberg is as 'vinea Stoufenberg' in the year 1274. On January 1, 1971, Staufenberg was incorporated into the town of Gernsbach Gernsbach () is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Twin towns are Baccarat in France and Pergola, Marche in Italy. The town is the hist .... References Villages in Baden-Württemberg {{Rastatt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Schimmelpfennig
Heinz Schimmelpfennig (6 April 1919 – 31 December 2010) was a German actor and director. After leaving school, Schimmelpfennig trained as a designer until 1939. He then joined as a soldier in World War II, before being wounded in 1942 and leaving the forces. After his recovery, he found a job as a camera assistant at the UFA in Babelsberg. He then realised that he wanted to become an actor himself, so in 1943, he studied two years of studying acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar The Max Reinhardt Seminar (Reinhardt Seminar) is the School of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Palais Cumberland, Penzingerstraße 9, in Vienna's 14th district (). History A ''Lehr ... in Vienna. External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Schimmelpfennig, Heinz 1919 births 2010 deaths German male stage actors German male television actors German male film actors German male radio actors Male actors from Berlin German m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scipio Colombo
Scipio Colombo (25 May 1910 – 13 April 2002) was an Italian dramatic baritone, and was known for his abilities as a musician and singing-actor. Born in Vicenza, Italy, Colombo first studied philosophy at the University of Padua, before turning to music. He studied in Milan with Giuseppe Venturini and in Rome with Giuseppe de Luca, and made his debut in Alessandria, as Marcello in ''La bohème'', in 1937. Throughout World War II, he sang at most of the major opera houses of Italy, including the Teatro alla Scala. In 1947, he sang there in the Milan premiere of Prokofiev's ''The Love for Three Oranges'', and of Britten's ''Peter Grimes'', and later took part in the world premiere of Poulenc's ''Dialogues des Carmélites'', as the Marquis de la Force, in 1957. He also sang in Mussorgski's ''Khovantchina'', in 1949. He created roles in contemporary Italian works, notably in Dallapiccola's ''Il prigioniero'' (Florence, 1950), and Pizzetti's ''Cagliostro'' (La Scala, 1953). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Drais
Karl Freiherr von Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn) (29 April 1785 – 10 December 1851) was a noble German forest official and significant inventor in the Biedermeier period. He was born and died in Karlsruhe. He is seen as "the father of the bicycle". Bicycle Drais was a prolific inventor, who invented the Laufmaschine ("running machine"), also later called the velocipede, ''draisine'' (English) or ''Parisienne'' ( French), also nicknamed the hobby horse or dandy horse. This was his most popular and widely recognized invention. It incorporated the two-wheeler principle that is basic to the bicycle and motorcycle and was the beginning of mechanized personal transport. This was the earliest form of a bicycle, without pedals. His first reported ride from Mannheim to the "Schwetzinger Relaishaus" (a coaching inn, located in "Rheinau", today a district of Mannheim) took place on 12 June 1817 using Baden's best road. Karl rode his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William IV Of Eberstein
Count Wilhelm IV of Eberstein (3 May 1497 – 1 July 1562) was a member of the Swabian noble Eberstein family. His father, Bernhard III (1459–1526) was president of the Reichskammergericht from 1510 to 1520. His mother was Countess Kunigunde of Sonnenberg (1472–1538). Like his father, Wilhelm IV served as president of the Reichskammergericht; he presided from 1546 to 1555. He and his wife are mentioned several times in the ''Zimmern Chronicle'', which was written by their son-in-law, Count Froben Christoph of Zimmern. In 1561, Wilhelm officially converted the County of Eberstein to Protestantism. He had been unofficially promoting the Evangelical faith for some time. He expanded his Neu-Eberstein Castle significantly. A tombstone depicting Wilhelm and his wife, has been preserved in the St. Jakob church in Gernsbach. Marriage and issue On 6 November 1522, he married Countess Johanna of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1507–1572), the eldest daughter of Philipp III, Count of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Ackermann (athlete)
Georg Ackermann (born 13 July 1972 in Gernsbach, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired German long jumper. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 1995 World Championships and won a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade with a personal best of 8.21 metres. Furthermore, he was a member of the German Olympic Team in Atlanta 1996. He represented the sports clubs LG Karlsruhe and TV Heppenheim, and became German champion in 1993 and 1995. His personal best jump of 8.21 metres ranks him tenth among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Early life Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East Germany, wa ..., Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge, Konstantin Krause, Dietmar Haaf, Ron Beer and Uwe Lange, and equal to N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walther Eichrodt
Walther Eichrodt (August 1, 1890 in Gernsbach, Baden – May 20, 1978 in Basel) was a German Old Testament scholar and Protestant theologian. From 1908 to 1914 he studied theology in Bethel, Greifswald and Heidelberg, obtaining his habilitation at the University of Erlangen in 1918. In 1922 he succeeded Albrecht Alt as an associate professor of history of religions and Old Testament studies at the University of Basel, where from 1934 to 1960 he taught classes as a full professor. In 1953 he was named university rector. Eichrodt believed that the book of Genesis was added as a prologue to the Old Testament after the writing of Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * Ex ... had been completed. Literary works * ''Die Quellen der Genesis'' (1916). * ''Die Hoffnung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Dill
Wilhelm Franz Karl Ludwig Dill (2 February 1848, Gernsbach - 24 October 1940, Karlsruhe) was a German ship and landscape painter who was a founding member of the Munich Secession. Life and work He was the only son of the Tax Assessor (later a Magistrate) for the Grand Duchy of Baden. The family moved several times, finally settling in Stuttgart in 1862. Beginning in 1872, he studied architecture at the Polytechnic Institute (now the University of Stuttgart), then moved to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, in 1874, where he studied under Karl Theodor von Piloty and Otto Seitz. He was, however, more influenced by the landscapes of Adolf Heinrich Lier and decided to pursue that speciality himself. He did a great deal of travelling and the area around Venice (especially Chioggia) became one of his favorites for plein air painting. The impressionistic nature of the land and seascapes eventually led him to a sort of ornamental stylization, approaching Art Nouveau. He later became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Eberstein
The County of Eberstein was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire, situated in the southwest of modern Germany. From 1085 up into the 13th century, the Counts of Eberstein lived in the castle known today as Alt Eberstein which lies on a mountain top between the valleys of the rivers Murg and Oos (in ''Ebersteinburg'', now an outlying district of Baden-Baden). They then moved to ''Neu Eberstein'', today known as ''Schloss Eberstein'', near Gernsbach. From 1085, the counts were '' Vögte'' of Reichenbach Priory. After the financial ruin of Wolf von Eberstein in 1387, half of the family possessions had to be sold to the Margraves of Baden. When the last male member of the family died in 1660, the remaining possessions were taken over by the bishopric of Speyer and by the duchy of Württemberg. File:Grafschaft Eberstein in Schwaben - Map - Krieg von Hochfelden.JPG , Map of the County of Eberstein in 1283 File:Alt Ebersteinburg.JPG , The ruins of Alt Eberstein castle Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichental, Baden-Württemberg
Reichental is a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is administratively part of the town of Gernsbach in the Rastatt district. Geography The village is located south-east of Gernsbach on the Reichenbach stream, a tributary of the Murg River. The hamlet of Kaltenbronn to the south is part of Reichental. History The first documented mention of Reichental is as 'Richental' in the year 1339–1340. On January 1, 1975, Reichental was incorporated into the town of Gernsbach Gernsbach () is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Twin towns are Baccarat in France and Pergola, Marche in Italy. The town is the hist ... References {{reflist Villages in Baden-Württemberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
