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Höhner
De Höhner ( Kölsch for "The Chickens", , ) is a band from Cologne, Germany. They sing in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch. The group was founded in 1972 by Peter Werner and Janus Fröhlich. During their first year, the band wore chicken costumes, and threw real feathers into the audience. They are particularly successful in the area around Cologne, although they are popular nationwide. The band is famous for performing at the Cologne carnival. Their most popular carnival songs are "''Echte Fründe''", "''Pizza wunderbar''", "''Die Karawane zieht weiter''" and "'' Viva Colonia''". Their song " Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann?" (''If not now, then when?'') reached number one in Germany in February 2007. They performed it during the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship finals, held in Cologne. Their album '' Da Simmer Dabei! Die Grössten Partyhits'' was on the German top 50 albums chart for 8 weeks in 2007, peaking at number 9. The title is a reference to the chorus of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Colonia
"Viva Colonia" (, "Live Cologne") is a 2003 song and album by the German band De Höhner. The song is sung in a language which resembles the local Ripuarian dialect of Cologne, the Kölsch, but differs in that the lyrics and refrain do not have many particularly Kölsch words; the last two lines of the catchy refrain are written in Standard German. Thus the text is relatively easily understood by all German-language speakers. The song's Latin title refers to the city of Cologne, whose old Latin name is Colonia. The song is especially popular at carnival time, but can be heard throughout the country the year, not solely in Cologne. For example in Munich, (Bavaria), during carnival and Oktoberfest the song is heard with "Viva Bavaria!" as substitution for "Viva Colonia!". The football team 1. FC Köln and ice hockey team Kölner Haie, both from Cologne, play the song frequently during their games. See also *Cologne Carnival The Cologne Carnival (german: Kölner Karneval) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne Carnival
The Cologne Carnival (german: Kölner Karneval) is a carnival that takes place every year in Cologne, Germany. Traditionally, the "fifth season" (carnival season) is declared open at 11 minutes past 11 on the 11th of the 11th month November. The Carnival spirit is then temporarily suspended during the Advent and Christmas period, and picks up again in earnest after 6 January, Epiphany, in the New Year. The time of merrymaking in the streets is officially declared open at downtown square "Alter Markt" on the Thursday before the beginning of Lent. Street carnival, a week-long street festival, also called " the crazy days", takes place between Fat Thursday (') and Ash Wednesday ('). The highlight of carnival is Rose Monday ('), two days before Ash Wednesday. All through these days, Cologne folks go out masqueraded. The typical greeting during the festival is ', a Kölsch phrase. Dreigestirn Every year three people (the or triumvirate) are granted the titles of , , and (maiden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colognian Language
Colognian or Kölsch (; natively ''Kölsch Platt'') is a small set of very closely related dialects, or variants, of the Ripuarian group of dialects of the Central German group. These dialects are spoken in the area covered by the Archdiocese and former Electorate of Cologne reaching from Neuss in the north to just south of Bonn, west to Düren and east to Olpe in northwest Germany. Name In the Ripuarian dialects, ''"kölsch"'' is an adjective meaning "from Cologne" or "pertaining to Cologne", thus equivalent to ''"Colognian"''. Its nominalized forms (''ene Kölsche'', ''de Kölsche'' etc.) denote the inhabitants of Cologne. The word ''"Kölsch"'', without an article, refers to either the dialect or the local Kölsch beer. Hence the humorous Colognian saying: "Ours is the only language you can drink!" Speakers In Cologne, it is actively spoken by about 250,000 people, roughly one quarter of the population. Almost all speakers are also fluent in standard or high German. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Said Fred
Right Said Fred are an English pop band formed by brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass in 1989. They are best known for the hit 1991 song " I'm Too Sexy". Their achievements include number 1 hits in 70 countries including one US number 1, one UK number 1, and a number 1 in Japan. They were the first UK band since the Beatles to reach the number one slot in the US with a debut single. They have performed for Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom and Nelson Mandela, and at the Filmfare Awards and subsequently released a track for Comic Relief. As multi-platinum-award-winning artists and songwriters, they total 30 million global sales and over 100 million plays on Spotify. They have writing credits on Taylor Swift's " Look What You Made Me Do" and Sofi Tukker's "Batshit", and their music has been featured in over 50 films and TV shows (e.g. ''Angry Birds 2'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The West Wing'', ''Family Guy'') and in excess of 100 commercials. They won tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, urban region. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ... [...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] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicken
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. A male that has been castrated is a capon. An adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet. Humans now keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and as pets. Traditionally they were also bred for cockfighting, which is still practiced in some places. Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion , up from more than 19 billion in 2011. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird. There are numerous cultural references to chickens – in myth, folklore and religion, and in language and literature. Genetic studies have pointed to mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenn Nicht Jetzt, Wann Dann?
Wenn or WENN may refer to: *WENN (AM), a radio station (1320 AM) licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, United States *''Remember WENN'', a television series that aired from 1996 to 1998 on American Movie Classics *World Entertainment News Network, an entertainment news wire service based in London, England *Former callsign of WERC-FM, a radio station (105.5 FM) licensed to Hoover, Alabama, United States *Former callsign of WACT, a radio station (1420 AM) licensed to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States *St Wenn, village and parish in the Restormel district of mid-Cornwall, United Kingdom *Stuart Wenn, an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League In German-language music: *Wenn du da bist *Wenn alle untreu werden *''Wenn Der Letzte Schatten Fällt'', album by L'Âme Immortelle *Wenn der Himmel brennt See also *Wenns Wenns () is a municipality in the Imst district 7.30 km south of Imst at the Pitze river. Due to its central location in the Pitztal va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place from 19 January to 4 February 2007 in Germany. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities. It was the 20th edition of the World Championship in team handball and was won by the hosts. Stadiums 12 German cities were hosts for the 2007 Championship. The most modern stadiums – spread all over the country – had been selected. The final match took place in the '' Kölnarena'' in Cologne (''Köln''). Venues Qualification Tournament structure Preliminary round The 24 competing teams will be drawn into six preliminary groups of four teams each, and the matches in the preliminary round are scheduled to be held from 20 to 22 January. The two top teams from each group then proceed to the main round, while the third and fourth-placed teams play in the Presidents-Cup. On 14 July 2006, the groups of the tournament were determined: Presidents-Cup The teams placed third and fourth in the preliminary round groups are divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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