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Klaus Felix Von Amsberg
Klaus Felix von Amsberg (; 1 September 1890 – 19 December 1953) was a member of the German Niederer Adel (lower nobility) and father of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. Early life He was born at Rehna, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany), the first child of Wilhelm von Amsberg (1856–1929), by his marriage to Elise von :de:Vieregg (Adelsgeschlecht), Vieregg (1866–1951), member of an old aristocratic family. In World War I he fought as a German officer in the Imperial German Army at the side of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa. Claus was from 1917 the stewardship, steward of an estate after a failed venture in Africa as a planter. In 1928 he moved with his family to the Tanganyika Territory (now Tanzania), where he remained during the outbreak of World War II as the manager of an United Kingdom, Anglo-Germany, German tea and sisal plantation. He returned to Germany in 1947. Marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroness Gösta Von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (; 26 January 1902 – 13 June 1996) was a German noblewoman and the mother of Prince Claus of the Netherlands. Life in Germany Gösta was born at Döbeln, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire (now Saxony, Germany), the second child and daughter of Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1869–1923), and his wife, Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1877–1973). Her father belonged to the Bussche-Haddenhausen branch of the Bussche family, and her mother belonged to the Bussche-Ippenburg branch. Both of Gösta's parents were descended from Clamor von dem Bussche (1532–1573). Gösta's mother was the heir of Dötzingen Estate near Hitzacker, which her maternal grandfather had inherited from the Counts von Oeynhausen after 1918. Gösta's father was an officer in the Royal Saxon Army. Dötzingen Estate later passed on to Gösta's brother Baron Julius von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1906–1977). After Gösta's return from Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewardship
Stewardship is a practice committed to ethical value that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. The concepts of stewardship can be applied to the environment and nature, economics, health, places, property, information, theology, and cultural resources. Etymology Stewardship was originally made up of the tasks of a domestic steward, from stiġ (''house'', ''hall'') and weard, (''ward'', ''guard'', ''guardian'', ''keeper''). In the beginning, it referred to the household servant's duties for bringing food and drink to the castle's dining hall. Stewardship responsibilities were eventually expanded to include the domestic, service and management needs of the entire household. Notable councils * Forest Stewardship Council, since 1993 * Marine Stewardship Council, since 1996 * Aquaculture Stewardship Council, since 2010 See also * Antimicrobial stewardship * Data steward * Environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanga, Tanzania
Tanga (''Jiji la Tanga'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is a historic city and the capital of Tanga Region. The city is located in the northern port city of Tanzania to the west of the Indian Ocean on Tanga Bay. The city had a population of 393,429 in 2022 and is governed by the Tanga City Council, Tanga, Tanga City Council. The city is also a home to the Port of Tanga. The name ''Tanga'' means "sail" in Swahili language, Swahili. The city is also the capital of Tanga District. Geography Climate Due to close proximity to the equator and the warm Indian Ocean, the city experiences tropical climatic conditions similar to all Tanzanian coastal cities. The city experiences hot and humid weather throughout much of the year and has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: ''Aw''). Annual rainfall is approximately 1,290 mm (51 in), and in a normal year there are two rainy seasons: "the long rains" in April and May and "the short rains" in November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumbuli District
Bumbuli is one of the 11 districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. The district is bordered to the north the Lushoto District Lushoto is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region, west by Korogwe District and to the south by the Bumbu ... and is surrounded on three sides in the south by Korogwe District. It was split from Lushoto District in 2013. Administrative subdivisions As of 2016, Bumbuli District was administratively divided into 18 wards. Wards References Sources Districts of Tanga Region {{TangaTZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem-Alexander Of The Netherlands
Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest child of Princess Beatrix (later Queen) and Prince Claus. He became Prince of Orange as heir apparent upon his mother's accession on 30 April 1980. He went to public primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands, and an international sixth-form college in Wales. He served in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and studied history at Leiden University. He married Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in 2002, and they have three daughters: Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Alexia, and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Ariane. Willem-Alexander succeeded his mother as monarch upon her abdication on 30 April 2013. He is the first man to hold this position since the death of his great-great-grandfather William III of the Netherlands, Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrix Of The Netherlands
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as List of monarchs of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother, Queen Wilhelmina, and became heiress presumptive upon the accession of her mother, Queen Juliana, in 1948. Beatrix attended a public primary school in Canada during World War II, and then finished her primary and secondary education in the Netherlands in the post-war period. In 1961, she received her law degree from Leiden University. In 1966, Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg, a Germans, German diplomat, with whom she had three children. When her mother abdicated on 30 April 1980, Beatrix succeeded her as queen. Beatrix's reign saw the country's Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean possessions reshaped with Aruba's Status aparte, secession and becoming its own Countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its canals of Amsterdam, large number of canals, now a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bussche Family
The von dem Bussche is the name of an old East- East-Westphalian German noble family. The Lords ''von dem Bussche'' belonged to the nobility in the County of Ravensberg. Various branches of the family exist today. History Origin The first official mention of the Bussche line was in 1225 with the Lord Everhardus de Busche. His brother Albert is known from 1230 deeds.Westfälisches Urkundenbuch 3 (1868), Nr 1712 The Lords ''von dem Bussche'' were originally from the County of Ravensberg on the border area of Ravensberg and the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, where the family moved in the late Middle Ages. In 1390 the family acquired the estates of Ippenburg and in 1447 of Hünnefeld, both located east of Osnabrück near the town of Bad Essen. In the early 16th century they acquired the nearby estate at Lohe, in the early 17th century Haddenhausen and in 1656 Streithorst in the same region. With the exception of Lohe these are still today owned by the family. The Lohe branch acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitzacker
Hitzacker is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, approx. 8 km north of Dannenberg, and 45 km east of Lüneburg. The 2007 population of Hitzacker was 4,982, and its postal code is 29456. The mayor is Holger Mertins. The town is located on the German Timber-Frame Road and is part of the '' Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") of Elbtalaue. The famous library now in Wolfenbüttel was founded here by Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (who died in 1666) and was moved to its present location in 1643. Geography Location Hitzacker is situated at the confluence of the River Jeetzel with the Elbe. While the so-called Elbe Heights (''Elbhöhen'', also ''Klötzie''), at the southeastern foot of which Hitzacker lies, belong to the natural region of the Lüneburg Heath (cf. the Drawehn), the lowland areas of the old town belong to the Elbe valley water meadows (''Elbtalaue''). It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
