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Irmgard
Irmgard is a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: * Irmgard of Berg (fl. 12th century), German noble, daughter of Adolf VI, Count of Berg * Irmgard of Chiemsee (c. 831/833 – 16 July 866) * Irmgard of Cleves (c. 1307–1362), German noble, wife of John IV, Lord of Arkel * Saint Irmgardis or Irmgard (1000–1065 or 1082/1089) * Irmgard Bartenieff (1900–1981), German dance theorist, dancer, choreographer and physical therapist * Irmgard Bensusan (born 1991), South African paralympic sprinter * Irmgard Brendenal-Böhmer, German rower * Irmgard Enderle (1895–1985), German politician, trade unionist and journalist * Irmgard Farden Aluli (1911–2001), Hawaiian composer * Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903–1974), German-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and control theorist * Irmgard Fuest (1903–1980), German lawyer and politician * Irmgard Griss (born 1946), Austrian lawyer and judge, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice * Irmgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Sames
Irmgard is a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: * Irmgard of Berg (fl. 12th century), German noble, daughter of Adolf VI, Count of Berg * Irmgard of Chiemsee (c. 831/833 – 16 July 866) * Irmgard of Cleves (c. 1307–1362), German noble, wife of John IV, Lord of Arkel * Saint Irmgardis or Irmgard (1000–1065 or 1082/1089) * Irmgard Bartenieff (1900–1981), German dance theorist, dancer, choreographer and physical therapist * Irmgard Bensusan (born 1991), South African paralympic sprinter * Irmgard Brendenal-Böhmer, German rower * Irmgard Enderle (1895–1985), German politician, trade unionist and journalist * Irmgard Farden Aluli (1911–2001), Hawaiian composer * Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903–1974), German-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and control theorist * Irmgard Fuest (1903–1980), German lawyer and politician * Irmgard Griss (born 1946), Austrian lawyer and judge, former President of the Supreme Court of Justice * Irmg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Irmgardis
Saint Irmgardis, Saint Irmgard of Süchteln (1000 - † 1065 or 1082/1089, Cologne, Germany) was a medieval saint and sovereign Countess Irmgardis of Aspel (Germany) in 1013–1085. Her relics are preserved in sarcophagus in the altar of Cologne Cathedral. Also known as Saint Irmgardis of Köln, the sources show her as Reigning Countess, and after her parents died, she distributed her wealth among hospitals, churches and social institutions. She lived a simple life in solitude and went on three pilgrimages to Rome. She spent her last years in Köln, where she supported Chapters and Convents. Her feast day is 4 September. Institutions named after St. Irmgardis * Church in Süchteln, near Viersen (Irmgardis-Kapelle) * Hospital in Cologne (St. Irmgardis-Krankenhaus) * School in Cologne (Irmgardis-Gymnasium in Köln) * Kindergarten in Viersen (Kindergarten St. Irmgardis) * Brotherhood in Kevelaer Kevelaer ( Low Rhenish: ''Käwela'') is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Keun
Irmgard Keun (; 6 February 1905 – 5 May 1982) was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, eta significant author of the late Weimar period and ''die Neue Sachlichkeit."'' She was born into an affluent family and was given the autonomy to explore her passions. After her attempts at acting ended at the age of 16, Keun began working as a writer after years of working in Hamburg and Greifswald. Her books were banned by Nazi authorities but gained recognition during the final years of her life. Biography Irmgard Keun was born on 6 February 1905 in Charlottenburg (at the time an independent town, now part of Berlin) to Eduard and Elsa Keun. Her father was an agent for a company that imported petrol, her mother a housewife. Keun later recalled her mother as "stark hausfraulich eingestellt, auf eine sehr schauerliche Weise" (quite domestically inclined, in a very horrible way). She and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Enderle
Irmgard Enderle (born Irmgard Rasch: 28 April 1895 – 20 September 1985) was a German politician, trade unionist and journalist. Life Early years Irmgard Rasch was born in Frankfurt am Main. Her father was a secondary school teacher, and she too undertook a training to become a teacher. As a young person she was a member of the Wandervogel hiking organisation and of the Free German Youth Association. In 1917 she passed a teaching exam and embarked on several terms at Berlin University, studying Pedagogy and Social Economics. She set up a socialist student group at the university and joined, in November 1918, the Spartacus League, staying with it when it relaunched itself as the German Communist Party. In the middle of 1919 she became a full-time party official, initially in the agriculture sector and then, till 1924, in the trades union department. Communist politics By the mid 1920s Irmgard Rasch had become a member of the (relatively) right-wing grouping in the party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Bartenieff
Irmgard Bartenieff (1900 Berlin – 1981 New York City) was a dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban, she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human movement and movement training. From her experiences applying Laban’s concepts of dynamism, three-dimensional movement and mobilization to the rehabilitation of people affected by polio in the 1940s, she went on to develop her own set of movement methods and exercises, known as Bartenieff Fundamentals.From an article by Hackney, P. published in Fitt, S. S. ''Dance Kinesiology'' (1996). Hackney, P. Schirmer/Thomson Learning. Bartenieff incorporated Laban's spatial concepts into the mechanical anatomical activity of physical therapy, in order to enhance maximal functioning. In physical therapy, that meant thinking in terms of movement in space, rather than by strengthening muscle groups alone. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Kärner
Irmgard Kärner (20 February 1927 – 23 August 2014), also Irmgard Karner, was a German chess player. She was a winner the West Germany Women's Chess Championship (1964). Biography From the 1960s to the early 1970s, Irmgard Kärner was one of the leading chess players in the West Germany. She won four medals in West Germany Women's Chess Championships: gold (1964), two silver (1965, 1970) and bronze (1962). Irmgard Kärner played for West Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+0, =1, -5), * In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+3, =2, -4), * In 1972, at second board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Farden Aluli
"Auntie" Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli (October 7, 1911 – October 4, 2001) was a Hawaiian composer who wrote over 200 songs. In Hawaii, she was considered a ''haku mele'', or maker of songs. Aluli is considered the most prolific woman composer of Hawaii since Queen Lili'uokalani. She is the fourth person to be honored twice for a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). She has also been inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame. Biography Aluli was born in Pu‘unoa, Lahaina, Maui T. Hawai‘i, on October 7, 1911. She was born into a large family of 13 children (Margaret, Annie, Carl, Bernard, Emma Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * Emma (1996 TV film), '' ..., Maude, Aurora, Diana, Irmgard, Rudolph, Lurina, Edna & Llewellyn " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Seefried
Irmgard Seefried (9 October 191924 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder. Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born in , near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of educated Austrian-born parents. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen as the priestess in Verdi's ''Aida'' in 1940. She began to sing leading parts in 1942 (Agathe in Weber's ''Der Freischütz'' in 1942, and the next year she made her debut at Vienna State Opera with Eva in Wagner's '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' conducted by Karl Böhm). From then on, she remained with the State Opera until her retirement in 1976. She sang at the Salzburg Festival every year from 1946 to 1964 (except 1955, 1961 and 1962) in operas (Susanna in '' The Marriage of Figaro'', Fiordiligi in '' Così fan tutte'', Zerlina in '' Don Giovanni'', Pamina in ''The Magic Flute'', Marzelline in ''Fidelio'' and the Composer in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, née Lotz (16 July 1903 – 22 May 1974) was a German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer. She was a pioneer in the development of the theory of discontinuous automatic control, which has found wide application in hysteresis control systems; such applications include guidance systems, electronics, fire-control systems, and temperature regulation. She became the first female engineering professor at Stanford University in 1961 and the first female engineer elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Early life and education Lotz was born in Hamelin, Germany on 16 July 1903. She was encouraged at an early age to pursue technical subjects by her mother, whose family had been involved in construction for several generations. She often visited construction sites with her uncle and attended half-price matinee shows for technical films. After her father, Osark, a travelling journalist, was drafted for military servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Oepen
Irmgard Oepen (February 25, 1929 – July 9, 2018) was a German physician and medical journalist. She was known for her steadfast criticism of alternative medicine, especially of homeopathy.Harder (2018) Education and Career Irmgard Oepen studied medicine at the University of Freiburg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), earning her doctorate at LMU in 1958. In 1973 she got her habilitation at the Philipps University of Marburg with a study of blood group serology. Oepen worked from 1965 to 1994 at the Institute for Legal Medicine of Philipps-University Marburg. She was known for her commitment to scientific medicine. She published numerous articles critical of homeopathy and other alternative medical practices such as astrological health counseling.Skeptiker Magazine (2007) Her work has been mentioned in Die Zeit. She published several works with Forensic serologist Otto Prokop. Oepen was one of the founding members of the Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Schwaetzer
Irmgard Schwaetzer (born 5 April 1942) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and a Protestant church official. Since 2013, she has been chairing the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). She is the central founding figure, as well as honorary chairwoman of the Liberal Women. Early life and education In 1971, Schwaetzer received a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Bonn. Career From 1980 to 2002, Irmgard Schwaetzer served as a member of the Bundestag. Under the leadership of chairman Hans-Dietrich Genscher, she was the Secretary General of the FDP between 1982 and 1984. Following the 1987 West German federal election, Schwaetzer was appointed as Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office in the government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In that capacity, she oversaw the ministry's activities on European policy and cultural affairs. At a party convention in 1988, she narrowly lost against Otto Graf Lambsdorff in a vote on the FDP l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmgard Griss
Irmgard Griss, also known as Irmgard Griss-Reiterer (born 13 October 1946), is an Austrian politician, lawyer and judge who served as President of the Supreme Court of Justice from 2007 to 2011. She registered as an independent candidate at the 2016 presidential election and came in third position. Education and career Irmgard Griss graduated in 1965 from the trade academy in Graz, and obtained in 1970 the title of ''dr. juris'' at the University of Graz. From 1971 to 1975 she was research assistant at the university, while she completed a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School. Griss was in 1978 lawyer in Vienna and from 1979 to 1980 a judge at the county court for commercial matters in Vienna, and from 1981 to 1987 a judge at the trade court in Vienna. From 1987 to 1992 she was a judge at the Court of Appeal (''Oberlandesgericht'') in Vienna and from 1993 a judge at the Austrian Supreme Court. She was in the period from 2007 to 2011 the Supreme Court president. Irmgard Griss ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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