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Kempf (surname)
Kempf is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Andreas Kempf (born 1967), German curler * Franz Kempf (1926–2020), Australian artist * Freddy Kempf (born 1977), British pianist residing in Berlin * Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), Swiss skier * Julije Kempf (1864–1934), Croatian historian and writer * Martine Kempf, French scientist * Paul Kempf (1856–1920), German astronomer, astrophysicist * Roger Kempf (1927–2014), French writer * Starr Kempf (1917–1995), American sculptor and architect best known for his wind kinetic sculptures * Werner Kempf (1886–1964), German World War II Panzer General * Wilhelm Kempf (bishop) (1906–1982), German bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg * Wilhelm Kempf (psychologist) (born 1947), Austrian psychologist and researcher See also * Kempf (other) * Kempff * Kampf (surname) Kampf or Kaempf may refer to: * Arthur Kampf (1864–1950), German painter; (de) * David Kämpf (born 1995), Czech ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Kempf
Andreas "Kempfi" Kempf (born 4 June 1967) is a German curler from Munich. He currently plays lead for the German national team, skipped by Andy Kapp. Kempf originally played lead for the Roland Jentsch rink, but moved to the Kapp rink in 2005. He shared the lead duties with Holger Höhne, on this five-player team. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and a silver at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship. For the 2008-09 season, the team reverted to a four-player team. Kempf would be the odd man out for the 2008 European Curling Championships, which he went to as an alternate, but did not play any games. Third Uli Kapp did not go to the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2009 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship presented by Atlantic Lottery for sponsorship reasons) was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from April 4–12, 2009, at the Moncton Coliseum. T ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Kempf
Werner Kempf (9 March 1886 – 6 January 1964) was a general in the German Army rising to corps-level command during World War II. Kempf is best known for commanding the Army Detachment Kempf during the Battle of Kursk. Career Kempf joined the Imperial German Army in 1905; following World War I, he served in the ''Reichswehr'' and later the ''Wehrmacht''. In October 1937 Kempf took command of the newly formed 4th Panzer Brigade; in January 1939 he was promoted to ''Generalmajor''. At the beginning of World War II in Europe, he took part in the invasion of Poland as commander of Panzer Division Kempf, which was also known as the ''Panzerverband Ostpreußen'' (Panzer Group East Prussia) of the 3rd Army under Georg von Küchler. As divisional commander, he received the capitulation of Fort Zakroczym, which was followed by Massacre in Zakroczym, at the conclusion of the Battle of Modlin. The division returned to East Prussia at the end of the Poland campaign, and Kempf was named co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampf (surname)
Kampf or Kaempf may refer to: * Arthur Kampf (1864–1950), German painter; (de) * David Kämpf (born 1995), Czech ice hockey player * Dietrich Kampf (born 1953), former East German ski jumper * Edward S. Kampf (1900–1971), American federal judge * Johannes Kaempf (1842–1918, Berlin), German politician banker; (de) * Lars Kampf (born 1978), German football player; (de) * Laura Kampf (born 1983), German YouTuber, designer, and craftswoman * Max Kämpf (1912–1982), Swiss painter * Paul Kämpf (1885–1953), German publicist; (de) * Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941), German painter and lithographer * Saul Isaac Kaempf (1818–1892), Austrian rabbi and Orientalist * Serge Kampf (1934–2016), French businessman * Sieghard-Carsten Kampf (born 1942), German politician; (de) * Warren Kampf Warren Kampf (born May 19, 1967) is an American politician and attorney. He is a member of the Republican Party who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempff
Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, recording the complete sonatas of both composers. He is considered to have been one of the chief exponents of the Germanic tradition during the 20th century and one of the greatest pianists of all time. Early life Kempff was born in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, in 1895. He grew up in nearby Potsdam where his father was a royal music director and organist at St. Nicolai Church. His grandfather was also an organist and his brother Georg became director of church music at the University of Erlangen. Kempff studied music at first at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik at the age of nine after receiving lessons from his father at a younger age. Whilst there he studied composition with Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempf (other)
Kempf may refer to: * German Army Detachment Kempf, a Wehrmacht formation on World War II Eastern Front * Kempf's disease or Homosexual panic * Panzer Division Kempf * George J. Kempf House * Kempf (surname) * Kempf, a character in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 See also * Wilhelm Kempff (1895–1991), German pianist and composer * Noel Kempff Mercado National Park Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is a national park in northeast Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz Department, Province of José Miguel de Velasco, Bolivia, on the border with Brazil. Description Noel Kempff Mercado National Park cover ... * Kampf (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Kempf (psychologist)
Wilhelm Kempf (born 1 June 1947) is an Austrian born psychologist and peace researcher who has made significant contributions to theoretical psychology, psychological methodology and peace research. Alongside of Johan Galtung, Kempf is one of the founders of the concept of peace journalism, which he, in contrast to Galtung, however, does not conceive of as a form of advocacy journalism, but rather understands as a trans-disciplinary research program which has as its object the possibilities of and limits to maintaining journalistic quality norms during war and crisis situations, and to overcome the communication barriers between the conflict parties. Kempf graduated in sociology from the Institute of Advanced Studies (Vienna) (Diploma, 1970), earned a PhD in psychology, philosophy and statistics at the University of Vienna (Dr. phil, 1970) and achieved his postdoctoral qualification for a professorship in psychology (Habilitation) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Limburg
The Diocese of Limburg (Latin: ''Dioecesis Limburgensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompasses parts of the States of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. Its cathedral church is St George's Cathedral Limburg an der Lahn. The diocese's largest church is Frankfurt Cathedral, St. Bartholomew. From October 2013, the administrator of the diocese during the suspension of Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst is Wolfgang Rösch. The Bishop later resigned. The Cathedral Chapter elected and on 1 July 2016, Pope Francis appointed the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier, Germany, Georg Bätzing, to serve as the next Bishop of the Diocese of Limburg, succeeding Bishop Tebartz-van Elst. He was consecrated by the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Woelki, on 18 September 2016. At the end of 2008 the diocese had 2,386,000 inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Kempf (bishop)
Wilhelm Kempf (10 August 1906 – 9 October 1982) was a German Catholic theologian who served between 1949 and 1981 as Bishop of Limburg. After the Second World War, he introduced the reforms of the Second Vatican Council to his Diocese. Career Born in Wiesbaden on 10 August 1906, Kempf was the eldest of four sons of a middle school headmaster. He grew up in Wiesbaden. He studied theology and philosophy at the seminary for priests in Fulda, at the Gregoriana in Rome and at St. Georgen in Frankfurt, earning a PhD in Rome in 1928. He was consecrated as a priest on 8 December 1932 at Limburg Cathedral. After several positions as chaplain, Kempf became the parish priest of the Church of the Heilig Geist in Riederwald, part of Frankfurt, from 1942 to 1949. On 25 July 1949, Kempf was consecrated as Bishop of Limburg, succeeding Ferdinand Dirichs who had died in a car accident. He was ordained by Cardinal Joseph Frings, Archbishop of Cologne, assisted by Albert Stohr, Bishop of Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr Kempf
Starr Gideon Kempf (August 13, 1917 in Bluffton, Ohio – April 7, 1995 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sculptor, architect, and artist best known for his graceful steel wind kinetic sculptures. Life Starr Kempf was raised on a small farm in Ohio, near the Swiss Mennonite community of Bluffton. His family, including his father and seven uncles, were blacksmiths and carpenters, from whom he learned craftsmanship and engineering at an early age. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art on a scholarship, where he received high marks for his paintings and drawings. After graduating, he served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He married recent German immigrant Hedwig Roelen in 1942, who was a nurse at Glockner Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. In 1948, they purchased the property of their future home in Cheyenne Canyon, where Starr designed and built a house and art studio. They had three children: Madelin, Michael, and Charlotte. Starr beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kempf
Franz Moishe Kempf (20 June 1926 – 8 February 2020) was an Australian artist who worked in Australia and Europe. He was a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Adelaide. Early life and education Kempf was born in Melbourne on 20 June 1926 and studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School, then (between 1957 and 1960) in Perugia, Italy and with Oscar Kokoschka in Salzburg, Austria. In England he worked as a film designer with Richard Macdonald, and was associated with Peter Blake (artist), Peter Blake, Joe Tilson, Ceri Richards and Keith Vaughan. Vaughan had an influence on Kempf’s work of the 1960s. Career Kempf worked with and in a variety of media, styles and methods including paint, print, etching, lithograph, monotype, screenprint, textile and woodcut. Kempf moved to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1963, becoming head of printmaking at the then North Adelaide School of Arts in 1969. He was senior lecturer in printmaking at the University of South Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Kempf
Roger Kempf (6 July 1927 – 9 September 2014) was a French writer, philosopher, Germanist and ethnologist of literature, and ''emeritus'' professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich. He was awarded several literary prizes, including the Prix Alfred Née of the Académie française in 1969 for his book ''Sur le corps romanesque'', the Prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française in 2005 for ''L'indiscrétion des frères Goncourt'' and the Prix Femina essai in 2004 for the same work. Publications Fiction *''Un ami pour la vie'', Grasset *''Avec André Gide'' (tale), Grasset Essai *''Diderot et le roman'', Seuil, coll. ''Pierres Vives'' *''Sur le corps romanesque'', Seuil, coll. ''Pierres Vives'' *''How nice to see you! Americana. Mœurs : ethnologie et fiction'', Seuil, coll. ''Pierre Vives'' *''Dandies : Baudelaire et Cie'', Seuil, coll. ''Pierre Vives'' *''Sur le dandysme'' (texts presented by Roger Kempf), Union Générale des éditions *''Les États-U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kempf
Paul Friedrich Ferdinand Kempf (3 June 1856 – 16 February 1920) was a German astronomer. In 1878 was awarded a doctorate in astronomy from the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis titled ''Untersuchungen über die Ptolemäische Theorie der Mondbewegung'' (Investigations into the Ptolemaic theory of lunar movement). On 1 July the same year he became an assistant at the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. Early in his career as an astronomer he aided German solar astronomer Gustav Spörer in his work to observe sun spot activity. Kempf joined an 1882 German expedition to Chile to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun. He was then part of solar eclipse missions to Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ... in 1887 and 1914. In 1886, he was promoted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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