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Hermann Riffart
Hermann Riffart (3 November 1840 – 3 September 1919), Johann Hermann Hubert Riffart was a German architect of the historism. Life and work Riffart was born in Cologne in November 1840 as the son of the carriage manufacturer Johann Hermann Riffart and his wife Catharina Riffart, née Zimmermann. He was trained as an architect by Heinrich Strack in Berlin. with admission to the in 1864. From the beginning of the 1870s, Riffart worked as a building councillor in Düsseldorf. In addition to the building of the state Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1875–1879), he planned a reconstruction of the Düsseldorf Castle, which had been destroyed by fire, but which was not realised. In 1875, he took part in the competition for the Alte Kunsthalle (Düsseldorf), Alte Kunsthalle at in Düsseldorf, which he won, but the building was not realised. On 3 July 1873, his son Carl Maria Hermann was born in Düsseldorf. The latter attended the Königliches Gymnasium (Düsseldorf), Königliches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signatur Herm
NSB Class 73 ( no, NSB-type 73) is a class of 22 electric multiple units built by Adtranz for the Norwegian State Railways. The four-car trains were modifications of GMB Class 71, Class 71, which was again based on the Swedish SJ X2, X2. The A-series consists of 16 intercity trains; they were delivered in 1999 and 2000 and are used on the Bergen Line, Bergen, Dovre Line, Dovre and Sørland Lines. The intercity service was branded as Signatur until 2003. The B-series consists of six regional trains delivered in 2002 and used on the Østfold Line. The regional trains were originally part of the NSB Agenda, Agenda concept. The trains have a power output of and a maximum speed of . They have an overall length of and have a capacity for 208 seated passengers in the A-series and 250 in the B-series. The trains have a tilting train, tilting mechanism allowing for faster travel through curves. The trains were delivered late, and were put into service after the Norwegian Railway Inspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1840 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 184 ( CLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eggius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 937 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 184 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place China * The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China. * The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends. * Zhang Jue leads the peasant revolt against Emperor Ling of Han of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Heading for the capital of Luoyang, his massive and undisciplined army (360,000 men), burns and destroys government offices and outposts. * June – Ling of Han places his brother-in-law, He Jin, in command of the imperial army and sends them to attack the Yellow Turban rebels. * Winter – Zha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century German Architects
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roter Adlerorden
The Order of the Red Eagle (german: Roter Adlerorden) was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, or other achievements. As with most German (and most other European) orders, the Order of the Red Eagle could only be awarded to commissioned officers or civilians of approximately equivalent status. However, there was a medal of the order, which could be awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted men, lower ranking civil servants and other civilians. History The predecessor to the Order of the Red Eagle was founded on 17 November 1705, by the Margrave Georg Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Bayreuth as the '' Ordre de la Sincerité''. This soon fell into disuse but was revived in 1712 in Brandenburg-Bayreuth and again in 1734 in Brandenburg-Ansbach, where it first received the name of "Order of the Brandenburg Red Eagle" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
