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Kurz
Kurz is a German-language surname surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Heinz D. Kurz (born 1946), Austrian economics professor * Hermann Kurz (1813–1873), German poet and novelist * Isolde Kurz (1853–1944), German poet and short story writer, daughter of Hermann Kurz * Marco Kurz (born 1969), German footballer and manager * Rob Kurz (born 1985), American basketball player * Robert Kurz (philosopher) (1943–2012), German philosopher and publicist *Sebastian Kurz (born 1986), former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria * Selma Kurz (1874–1933), Austrian operatic soprano * Siegfried Kurz (1930–2023), German composer, conductor and academic teacher * Toni Kurz (1913–1936), German mountaineer * Vilém Kurz (1872–1945), Czech pianist and piano teacher * Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz (1892–1938), Austrian-born Soviet official * Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878), German botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Kurz See also * * Kur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Kurz
Sebastian Kurz (; born 27 August 1986) is a former Austrian politician who twice served as chancellor of Austria, initially from December 2017 to May 2019 and then a second time from January 2020 to October 2021. Kurz was born and raised in Meidling, Vienna. He entered politics by joining the Young People's Party (JVP) in 2003 and rose through the ranks there over the following years. As a result of a cabinet reshuffle in 2011, Kurz received his first government mandate as state secretary responsible for socially integrating refugees. After the 2013 legislative election, Kurz became the country's foreign minister and remained its top diplomat until December 2017. In May 2017, Kurz succeeded ÖVP chairman Reinhold Mitterlehner and ran as chancellor candidate of his party in the 2017 legislative election. He campaigned on modernizing the Austrian political and bureaucratic apparatus as well as handling the social and immigration issues the country was facing after the European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Kurz
Marco Kurz (born 16 May 1969) is a German football manager and former player who played as a defender. He last managed Australian side Melbourne Victory. Playing career Kurz, who played as a defender, started playing football at SV Sillenbuch, a small club in his native Stuttgart, and then for VfL Sindelfingen. At age 20, he had his breakthrough into professional football, when he signed a contract for his local Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in the summer of 1989. After one year, where he—with the exception of one cap—only played for VfB's second team, he was transferred to 1. FC Nürnberg in 1990; there he was more successful, earning 108 caps in four seasons. When the team was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after the 1993–94 season, Kurz took up an offer by Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund won the title of German champion in the following season, with Kurz playing four times. At rival club Schalke 04, where Kurz subsequently played from 1995 to 1998, he earned 58 caps. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz D
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories. The company claims to have 150 number-one or number-two brands worldwide. Heinz ranked first in ketchup in the US with a market share in excess of 50%; the Ore-Ida label held 46% of the frozen potato sector in 2003. Since 1896, the company has used its " 57 Varieties" slogan; it was inspired by a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, and Henry Heinz chose the number 57 even though the company manufactured more than 60 products at the time, because "5" was his lucky number and "7" was his wife's. In February 2013, Heinz agreed to be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway and the Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital for $23billion. On March 25, 2015, Kraft announced its me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz
Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz (1892 – 10 May 1938) was an Austrian-born politician in the Soviet Union. He was a prominent member of the Volga German community and served as the head of government of the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1922 to 1924. Biography Wilhelm Adolfovich Kurz was born in 1892 in Vienna. His father emigrated to Russia with his family when Wilhelm was a child. After the outbreak of World War I, he was exiled to Kazan. Following the February Revolution, he was released from exile and began organizing for the Communist Party among the German-speaking residents of Kazan. He later moved to Moscow and led the Austrian-Hungarian Council for Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. In 1920, the Central Committee of the Communist Party sent him to the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to participate in the region's Congress of Soviets. He became the chairman of the economic committee for the Republicans in 1921. In 1922, he was tapped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurtzer
Kurtzer is a German and Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Daniel C. Kurtzer (born 1949), American ambassador * Yehuda Kurtzer (born 1977), American Jewish public intellectual * Ryan Kurtzer, English baseball player * Edda Blanck-Kurtzer, known as Molly Luft Molly Luft (19 March 1944 – 24 November 2010) was a German prostitute, noted for her obesity and lurid make-up. Life She was born as Edda Blanck in Pomerania and grew up in a middle-class family in West Berlin. In 1967 she got married f ... {{surname German-language surnames Surnames of Jewish origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurzer
Manfred Kurzer (born 10 January 1970 in West Berlin, West Germany) is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in 10 metre running target at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He placed sixth at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... Is currently training soldiers of the army and lives in Frankfurt.. References * 1970 births Living people German male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Germany-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurtz (other)
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Kurtz may refer to: Name * Kurtz (''Heart of Darkness''), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel ''Heart of Darkness'' * Colonel Kurtz, main character in the 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now'' * Kurtz (surname) Places United States * Kurtz, Indiana * Kurtz, Michigan * Kurtz Township, Minnesota * Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania See also * Kurz (other) * 6629 Kurtz, a main-belt asteroid * Cowchock Wapner Kurtz syndrome A cystic hygroma is an abnormal growth that usually appears on a baby's neck or head. It consists of one or more cysts and tends to grow larger over time. The disorder usually develops while the fetus is still in the uterus, but can also appear a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Author Citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation is the way of citing the person or group of people who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the '' International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (''ICN''). In cases where a species is no longer in its original generic placement (i.e. a new combination of genus and specific epithet), both the authority for the original genus placement and that for the new combination are given (the former in parentheses). In botany, it is customary (though not obligatory) to abbreviate author names according to a recognised list of standard abbreviations. There are differences between the botanical code and the normal practice in zoology. In zoology, the publication year is given following the author names and the authorship of a new combination is normally omitted. A small number of more specialized practices also vary between the recommendation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz
Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (5 May 1834 – 15 January 1878) was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkata. He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. This botanist is denoted by the List of botanists by author abbreviation, author abbreviation Kurz when Author citation (botany), citing a botanical name. Life He was born in Augsburg near Munich, and was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. He studied botany, mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Munich. Family misfortunes in 1854 led him to abandon studies and move to Holland where he worked as an apothecary. He then joined the Dutch Colonial Army medical service and sailed to Java in September 1856. He moved to Banka in March 1857 and in 1859 he joined an expedition to Bori, Sulawesi (Celebes). In September of the same year, he joined the Botanic Garden at Buitenzoorg where he had access to a large library and worked with botanists. In 1864 he was induced by Thomas Anderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Kurz
Toni Kurz (13 January 1913 – 22 July 1936) was a German mountain climber active in the 1930s. He died in 1936 during an attempt to climb the then-unclimbed north face of the Eiger with his partner Andreas Hinterstoisser. Biography Toni Kurz was born on 13 January 1913 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, where he was raised. He completed a brief apprenticeship as a pipefitter before joining the German ''Wehrmacht'' in 1934 as a professional soldier. Together with his childhood friend Andreas Hinterstoisser, he made numerous first ascents of peaks in the Berchtesgaden Alps, including some of the most difficult climbs of that time. The two young men climbed the southwest wall of the Berchtesgadener Hochthron in 1934, and the south wall of the straight pillar in 1936. They also made first ascents in the Reiter Alpe on the German–Austrian border, and of the direct southern route up the Watzmannkinder, part of the Watzmann, in 1935. In July 1936, Kurz and Hinterstoisser left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilém Kurz
Vilém Kurz (23 December 1872 – 25 May 1945) was a Czechs, Czech pianist and renowned piano teacher. Career Kurz was born in Havlíčkův Brod, Německý Brod, Bohemia in 1872. He became a professor at the State Conservatory in Lviv and Vienna, and Prague Conservatory. His students included his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, Rudolf Firkušný, Eduard Steuermann, Artur Rodziński, Břetislav Bakala, Pavel Štěpán, Stanislav Heller, František Maxián, Gideon Klein, Gidéon Klein, Rafael Schächter, Viktorie Švihlíková, Stefania Turkewich, Ilja Hurník, Pavel Šivic, Drahomir Toman, Zdeněk Jílek and Matusja Blum. His teaching methods were largely based on those of Theodor Leschetizky and his pupils he met during the time he taught in Lviv. Later they were further developed by his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová. He died in Prague in 1945. Antonin Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor Kurz is known for his reworking of the solo part of Antonín Dvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Kurz
Hermann Kurz (30 November 1813 – 10 October 1873) was a German poet and novelist. He was born at Reutlingen. Having studied at the theological seminary at Maulbronn and at the University of Tübingen, he became assistant pastor at Ehningen. He then entered upon a literary career and lived in Stuttgart. In 1863 he was appointed university librarian at Tübingen, where he remained till his death. Kurz's collections of poems, ''Gedichte'' (1836) and ''Dichtungen'' (1839), were less successful than his historical novels, ''Schiller's Heimatjahre'' (1843) and ''Der Sonnenwirt'' (1854), and his excellent translations from English, Italian and Spanish. He also published a successful modern German version of Gottfried von Strassburg's ''Tristan and Iseult'' (1844). His collected works were published in ten volumes (Stuttgart, 1874). His daughter, Isolde Kurz Maria Clara Isolde Kurz (21 December 1853 – 5 April 1944) was a German poet and short story writer. She was born at Stuttg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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