|
Gärtringen
Gärtringen is a municipality in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 25 km southwest of Stuttgart and consists of the villages Rohrau and Gärtringen. Notable residents *Friedrich Sieburg Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964) was a German journalist. He was born in Altena and died in Gärtringen. Selected works * ''Gott in Frankreich?'' Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 1929 (französische Übersetzung ''Dieu est-il français?'' 1930) * ... (1893–1964), journalist, writer and literary critic, lived in the Villa Schwalbenhof from the 1950s until his death. * Qianhong Gotsch (born 1968), Chinese-German table tennis player References Böblingen (district) {{Böblingen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böblingen (district)
Böblingen is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Calw, Enz, Ludwigsburg, (district) Stuttgart, and the districts Esslingen, Reutlingen and Tübingen. History The district was created in 1937 as the successor of the ''Oberamt Böblingen'', which dates back to the Duchy of Württemberg, from the late 15th to the early 19th centuries. In 1973 the majority of the district Leonberg, as well as a few municipalities of the district Calw, were added to the district. A few municipalities were reassigned to the district Ludwigsburg. Geography A part of the district is located in the Black Forest, other landscapes covered are the ''Oberes Gäu'' and the ''Schönbuch Schönbuch is an almost completely wooded area south west of Stuttgart and part of the Southern German Escarpment Landscape (German: ''südwestdeutsches Schichtstufenland''). In 1972 the centre zone of Schönbuch became the first natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Sieburg
Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964) was a German journalist. He was born in Altena and died in Gärtringen. Selected works * ''Gott in Frankreich?'' Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 1929 (französische Übersetzung ''Dieu est-il français?'' 1930) * ''Frankreichs rote Kinder''. Societäts-Verlag, 1931; 2. Aufl. Wunderlich, Tübingen 1949 * ''Es werde Deutschland''. Societäts-Verlag 1933 * ''Polen, Legende und Wirklichkeit''. Societäts-Verlag 1934 * ''Robespierre''. Societäts-Verlag 1935 * ''Afrikanischer Frühling. Eine Reise''. Societäts-Verlag 1938 * ''Blick durchs Fenster. Aus 10 Jahren Frankreich und England''. Societäts-Verlag 1939 * ''Die stählerne Blume. Eine Reise nach Japan''. Societäts-Verlag 1939 * ''La fleur d'acier (Voyage au Japon).'' Grasset, Paris 1942 * ''Schwarzweiße Magie. Über die Freiheit der Presse'', Wunderlich, Tübingen 1949 * ''Unsere schönsten Jahre. Ein Leben mit Paris''. Wunderlich 1950 * ''Was nie verstummt. Begegnungen''. Wunderlich 1951 * ''Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). As a federated state, Baden-Württemberg is a partly-sovereign parliamentary republic. The largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. What is now Baden-Württemberg was formerly the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 by the merger of Württemberg-Baden, South Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Stuttgart has a population of 635,911, making it the sixth largest city in Germany. 2.8 million people live in the city's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany. The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living; innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities in its Innovation Cities Index; and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status global city in their 2020 survey. Stuttgart was one of the host cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qianhong Gotsch
Qianhong Gotsch, born He Qianhong, is a former female table tennis player from Germany. She won two medals in singles, and team events at the Table Tennis European Championships in 2000. She also won several tournaments of the ITTF Pro Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single .... References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German female table tennis players Table tennis players from Tianjin Naturalised table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Germany {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
