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Kestner
Kestner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (Georg Christian) August Kestner (1777, Hanover - 1853), German antiquarian and diplomat ** Kestner-Museum, Hanover, Germany, founded in 1889 ** kestnergesellschaft, an art gallery in Hanover, Germany, founded in 1916 * Boyd Kestner (born 1964), American actor * Charles Kestner (1803 - 1870), German-French chemist and politician * Charlotte Kestner, née Buff (1753 - 1828), wife of Johann Christian Kestner * Hermann Kestner (1810 - 1890), German composer * Jens Kestner (born 1971), German politician * Johann Christian Kestner (1741 - 1800), German jurist and archivist :de:Johann Christian Kestner * Lars Kestner, American author of financial texts * Paul Kestner, founded the Kestner company in 1902, now part of the GEA Group See also * Kastner Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner ("bursary officer"). It may refer to: * Bruno Kastner (1890–1932), Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestner-Museum
Museum August Kestner, previously ''Kestner-Museum'', is a museum in Hanover, Germany. It was founded in 1889. The museum was renamed ''Museum August Kestner'' in December 2007 to avoid confusion with the Kestnergesellschaft, a local art gallery. Museum August Kestner is centered on the collections of August Kestner and his nephew Hermann Kestner, later followed by the collections of Friedrich Culemann and Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing. It contains four different categories of antiquities: Ancient Egypt, Classical Antiquity, Numismatics and Handicraft. Further reading * Ulrich Gehrig (editor.): ''100 Jahre Kestner-Museum Hannover. 1889–1989''. Kestner-Museum, Hannover 1989, * ''Handschriften des Kestner-Museums zu Hannover'' (= ''Mittelalterliche Handschriften in Niedersachsen''. 11) / Beschrieben von Helmar Härtel, Wiesbaden 1999, * ''Das geheimnisvolle Grab 63 : die neueste Entdeckung im Tal der Könige ; Archäologie und Kunst von Susan Osgood''; [anlässlich der Ausst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestnergesellschaft
Kestner Gesellschaft (Kestner Society) is an art institution in Hanover, Germany, founded in 1916 to promote the arts. Its founders included the painter Wilhelm von Debschitz (1871–1948). The association blossomed under the management of and , pioneering modern art. After World War II, took over the management in 1947, followed by . In 1997 the Kestner Gesellschaft moved into new premises at Goseriede 11, the former site of the Goseriede Aquatic Center. The new gallery is next to the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover's newspaper. The institution hit the headlines in 2005 when it exhibited a mud house created by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra featuring a room with mud floor reminiscent of Hanover's Maschsee, an artificial lake. From 2015 to 2019, institution’s first female director was Christina Végh. The current director is Adam Budak, who took on the position in November 2020. History In 1916, with World War I raging, the Kestner Gesellschaft was founded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Christian Kestner
Johann Georg Christian Kestner (28 August 174124 May 1800) was a German lawyer and archivist. He is also notable as the model for Lotte's husband Albert in ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe, with Kestner's fiancée Charlotte Buff used as the model for Lotte herself. Life In the 18th and 19th centuries the Kestner family was one of the hübsche families, families at court (german: hübsche Familien). As a young Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Brunswick-Lüneburg legation secretary in the Reichskammergericht, imperial chamber court () in Wetzlar from 1767 to 1773, he met and became engaged to Charlotte Buff, a daughter of the bailiff of the local . Goethe also worked at the same court during 1772 and got to know both Kestner and Buff. Goethe fell in love with Buff, nicknaming her "Lotte", even though she was already engaged. This love and Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem's suicide using Kestner's borrowed pistols were both used by Goethe in ''The Sorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Kestner
Georg Christian August Kestner (28 November 1777, in Hanover – 5 March 1853, in Rome) was a German diplomat and art collector. Life Kestner was the son of civil servant Johann Christian Kestner and his wife Charlotte Buff. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met and fell in love with Charlotte while she was engaged to Johann. Repeated rejections by Buff partially provided the youthful suffering that Goethe lets the hero of his work (''The Sorrows of Young Werther'') experience.Mandelkow, Karl Robert (1962). ''Goethes Briefe''. Vol. 1: ''Briefe der Jahre 1764-1786''. Christian Wegner Verlag. p. 590-592 From 1796 to 1799 Kestner studied law at the University of Göttingen and was immediately afterwards called up as a ''Vernehmungsrichter'' (interrogation judge) at the court in Hanover. In 1803 Kestner was appointed 'secret office-secretary in the civil service'. As such, he made his living from 1818 to 1849, among other things, as an official envoy and Minister-resident in Rome and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Kestner
Jens Kestner (born 25 December 1971) is a German politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and since 2017 member of the Bundestag. Life and politics Kestner was born 1971 in the West German town of Northeim and became a funeral director. In 2014 Kestner entered the newly founded populist AfD and became after the 2017 German federal election member of the Bundestag. Since 2020 Kestner is chairman of the federal state party organisation of the AfD in Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 .... References 1971 births People from Northeim Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Living people Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Alternative for Germany {{Germany-AFD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Kestner
Charlotte Buff (11 January 1753, Wetzlar – 16 January 1828, Hanover) was a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe, who fell in love with her. She rejected him and instead married Johann Christian Kestner, vice-archivist and privy councillor to the Hanoverian court. The character of Charlotte, in Goethe's novel ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'', is partly based on her.Mandelkow, Karl Robert (1962). ''Goethes Briefe''. Vol. 1: ''Briefe der Jahre 1764-1786''. Christian Wegner Verlag. pp. 590–592 Their relationship was characterized by heartiness and lack of constraint. Goethe bought the wedding rings for her and Kestner, in Frankfurt am Main. Charlotte and Kestner had four daughters and eight sons, among them August Kestner. Appearances in modern culture *Within the 2010 German film ''Young Goethe in Love'', the character of Charlotte Buff is portrayed by Miriam Stein Miriam Stein (born 10 May 1988) is an Austrian-Swiss television and film actress. She is best known internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Kestner
Boyd Kestner (born November 23, 1964) is an American actor. Kestner starred in '' The Outsiders'' television series, and later became well known for his role as Alex Barth in the television drama '' Knots Landing''. He also appeared in the 1997 Demi Moore film ''G. I. Jane ''G.I. Jane'' is a 1997 American war drama film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, and Anne Bancroft. The film tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo special operations training similar to the ...'' and ''The Art of Murder'', a 1999 Lifetime movie. As of October 2017, Kestner released his own brand of alcoholic cider promptly named, Dixon Cider. Filmography Film Television External links * 1964 births American male television actors Living people Male actors from Virginia {{US-tv-actor-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kästner
Kästner (transliterated Kaestner) is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, (1719-1800), German mathematician ** Kästner (crater), a lunar crater * Detlef Kästner (born 1958), German boxer * Erich Kästner (1899–1974), German author ** (12318) Kästner asteroid named after Erich Kästner * Erich Kästner (camera designer) (1911–2005), German movie camera designer * Erich Kästner (World War I veteran) (1900–2008), the last known German veteran of the First World War * Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado (born 1992), American professional wrestler known as Sasha Banks * Peter Kaestner (born 1953), American foreign service officer and ornithologist Other * Louis Kaestner, fictional character in the period political crime drama Boardwalk Empire, one of the main protagonists in the first season and one of the two main antagonists in the second season See also * Kastner * Kestner Kestner is a German surname. Notable people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastner
Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner ("bursary officer"). It may refer to: * Bruno Kastner (1890–1932), German actor * Daniel Kastner (born 1981), Austrian footballer * Daniel L. Kastner (fl. 2020), American researcher and physician * Elliott Kastner (1930–2010), American film producer * Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867), French composer and musicologist * John Kastner (born 1969), Canadian musician and composer * Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (1783–1857), chemist, natural scientist * Karl Kastner (died 1921) ** Kastner & Öhler, Austrian department store chain * Kas Kastner, racing driver, racing car builder, racing team manager * Marc A. Kastner (born 1945), American physicist * Peter Kastner (1943 – 2008), Canadian born actor * Rudolf Kastner (1906–1957), Jewish-Hungarian lawyer, head of the Hungarian Aid and Rescue Committee during the Holocaust ** Kastner train, after Rudolf Kastner * Sabine Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestner (company)
GEA Group AG (Gesellschaft für Entstaubungsanlagen) is a German corporation, mostly active in the food and beverages sector, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company is listed on the German MDAX. History The ancestor of today's GEA AG was Metallgesellschaft AG (MG), established as a metal trading company in 1881 in Frankfurt am Main in 1881 by Wilhelm Merton together with Leo Ellinger (born November 21, 1852, in Frankfurt am Main; died July 16, 1916, there). Between 1881 and 1914, MG was already represented on all continents and invested in mines and metallurgical plants. Due to World War I, it lost a large proportion of foreign investments and started chemical trading. In 1920, Gesellschaft für Entstaubungsanlagen (GEA) was founded by Otto Happel, to produce de-dusting equipment. Nazi era When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Alfred and Richard Merton were expelled from all public offices by the National Socialists because of their Jewish origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kestner
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Kestner
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown. People *Lars (bishop), 13th-century Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden *Lars Kristian Abrahamsen (1855–1921), Norwegian politician *Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), Finnish Fields Medal recipient *Lars Amble (1939–2015), Swedish actor and director *Lars Herminius Aquilinus, ancient Roman consul *Lars Bak (born 1980), Danish road bicycle racer *Lars Bak (computer programmer) (born 1965), Danish computer programmer *Lars Bender (born 1989), German footballer *Lars Christensen (1884–1965), Norwegian shipowner, whaling magnate and philanthropist *Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), Swedish inventor * Lars Eriksson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
