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Knesebeck
Knesebeck is a village in Gifhorn (district) (Lower-Saxony). It is home to an important industry (Butting Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG) in the region. Associations and Cultural Life For events of the various local clubs, see thcalendar of events Music ClubsSpielmannszug Jägercorps Knesebeck *Musikzug der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Knesebeck Knesebecker Bläserkreis Sports Clubs VFL Knesebeck ...
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Knesebeck Amtshaus Merian
Knesebeck is a village in Gifhorn (district) (Lower-Saxony). It is home to an important industry (Butting Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG) in the region. Associations and Cultural Life For events of the various local clubs, see thcalendar of events Music ClubsSpielmannszug Jägercorps Knesebeck *Musikzug der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Knesebeck Knesebecker Bläserkreis Sports Clubs VFL Knesebeck ...
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Lars Nieberg
Lars Nieberg (born 24 July 1963 in Wittingen, Lower Saxony) is a German equestrian. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in show jumping competition. Olympic record Nigberg participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a gold medal in Team Jumping, together with Franke Sloothaak, Ulrich Kirchhoff and Ludger Beerbaum."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Equestrian" ''databaseOlympics.com'', retrieved 5 September 2008 Nieberg again won a gold medal in Team Jumping at the in |
Bernd Fix
Bernd Fix (born 19 March 1962 in Wittingen, Lower Saxony) is a German hacker and computer security expert. Biography After final secondary-school examination from Gymnasium Hankensbüttel in 1981, Bernd Fix studied Astrophysics and Philosophy at the universities of Göttingen and Heidelberg. He received his diplom for a work in the field of theoretical astrophysics in 1989. From 1987 to 1989 Fix was one of the spokespersons for the Chaos Computer Club and author for the " Hacker Bible 2". After the death of his friend Wau Holland (co-founder of the Chaos Computer Club) in 2001 Fix helped to establish the Wau Holland Foundation and serves as a founding member of the Board of Directors ever since. From 1998 Fix was living and working in Switzerland; he moved to Berlin in 2014. According to Fix, when the Wau Holland Foundation started official operations in 2003, he and other founding members were in contact with Julian Assange and in 2009 they decided to support WikiLeaks. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzwedel
Salzwedel (, officially known as Hansestadt Salzwedel; Low German: ''Soltwedel'') is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of approximately 21,500. Salzwedel is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Geography Salzwedel is situated at the river Jeetze in the northwestern part of the Altmark. It is located between Hamburg and Magdeburg. Distances from Uelzen are E, S of Lüchow, N of Gardelegen and W of Arendsee. In 1968 test drillings revealed a significant reservoir of natural gas near the city. Divisions The town Salzwedel consists of Salzwedel proper and the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Hansestadt Salzwedel § 12, 24 October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüneburg
Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called Lunenburg ( ) in English, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg, and belongs to that city's wider metropolitan region. The capital of the district which bears its name, it is home to roughly 77,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities of Adendorf, Bardowick, Barendorf and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title " Hansestadt" (''Hanseatic Town'') in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also home to Leuphana University. History ImageSize = width:1050 height:100 PlotArea = width:1000 height:50 left:50 bottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle ('' Schloss Celle'') built in the Renaissance and Baroque style and a picturesque old town centre (the ''Altstadt'') with over 400 timber-framed houses, making Celle one of the most remarkable members of the German Timber-Frame Road. From 1378 to 1705, Celle was the official residence of the Lüneburg branch of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( House of Welf) who had been banished from their original ducal seat by its townsfolk. Geography The town of Celle lies in the glacial valley of the Aller, about northeast of Hanover, northwest of Brunswick and south of Hamburg. With 71,000 inhabitants it is, next to Lüneburg, the largest Lower Saxon town between Hanover and Hamburg. Expansion The town covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autostadt
The Autostadt (German for ''Automobile City'') is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. The complex was designed by Henn GmbH. It features a museum, feature pavilions for the principal automobile brands in the Volkswagen Group, a customer centre where customers can pick up new cars, and take a tour through the enormous factory, a guide to the evolution of roads, and cinema in a large sphere. History The idea for Autostadt was started in 1994 when the concept of documenting the stages of production of Volkswagen vehicles and how the company's operations were showcased at Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany. In 1998, Autostadt, which is German for "Automobile City", broke ground on the former site of a fuel company bordering Volkswagen's Wolfsburg production plant. Like the adjacent car plant, the site of Autostadt is on the north bank of the Mittelland Canal. The resulting complex is the work of more than 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaeno
The Phæno Science Center is an interactive science center in Wolfsburg, Germany, completed in 2005. The Phæno Science Center Phæno arose from urban planning by the City of Wolfsburg. In 1998 City officials were developing a plot of vacant, public land immediately adjacent to Wolfsburg's railway station and just south of VW's huge, then-unfinished attraction Autostadt. An art museum was planned for the site, but Dr. Wolfgang Guthardt, then the City's Director for Culture, Sports and Education, knew that such an institution would compete with Wolfsburg's successful Kunst Museum (Art Museum) and needed other options. Guthardt visited Technorama, a science center in Switzerland and became convinced that a science center in Wolfsburg would complement both Autostadt and the Kunst Museum. Preliminary planning began in November 1998, and one year later Joe Ansel, an American consultant and designer, was approached to handle the exhibitions and other operational aspects of the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hankensbüttel
Hankensbüttel is a municipality in the Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km south of Uelzen, and 30 km north of Gifhorn. The Municipality Hankensbüttel includes the villages of Alt Isenhagen, Emmen and Hankensbüttel, Kirche Hankensbüttel.jpg, Lutheran church Der Garten des Kloster Isenhagen (Hankensbüttel) IMG 9176.jpg, Old monastery Otterzentrum Hauptgebäude.jpg, Main building of the Otter Centre Hankensbüttel - Gasthaus Döring.jpg, Inn History The first documentary mentioning of Hankensbüttel was in the year 1051 by the name Honengesbuthele. The document is from Henry III. In this time the Saxon dynasty of Billung owned the region Politics Administration Hankensbüttel is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde Hankensbüttel'' ("collective municipality"), which consists of the following municipalities: *Dedelstorf *Hankensbüttel *Obernholz *Sprakensehl *Steinhorst Community counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
