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König
König (; ) is the German word for "king". In German and other languages applying the umlaut, the transliterations ''Koenig'' and ''Kœnig'', when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of ''Koenig'' is usual, and sometimes also ''Konig''. Notable people with the name include: People A to F * Adam Koenig (born 1971), American politician * Adrianus König (1867–1944), Dutch politician * Aislinn Konig *Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), German naturalist *Alexander König (born 1966), German skater *Alfons König (1898–1944), Wehrmacht officer during World War II *Alfred König (1913-1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter *Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), American actor *Andrew Koenig (politician) (born 1982), American politician in Missouri *Andrew Koenig (programmer), American computer scientist and author *Anna Leonore König (1771–1854), Swedish singer *Arthur König (1856–1901), German physician and researcher into optics *Bronson Koenig (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz König
Franz König (3 August 1905 – 13 March 2004) was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII, he was the second-oldest and longest-serving cardinal worldwide at the time of his death. Early life and ministry König was born in Warth near Rabenstein, Lower Austria, as the oldest of the nine children of Franz and Maria König. He attended the Benedictine-run ''Stiftsgymnasium Melk'' and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he received his doctorate in philosophy on 9 July 1930 and then his doctorate in theology on 21 January 1936. He also studied at the Pontifical German-Hungarian College, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, where he specialized in old Persian languages and religion, and the Université Catholique de Lille. During his studies in Rome he was in contact with Heinrich Maier, who later became the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur König
Arthur Peter König (September 13, 1856, Krefeld – October 26, 1901, Berlin) devoted his short life to physiological optics. Born with congenital kyphosis he studied in Bonn and Heidelberg, moving to Berlin in the fall of 1879 where he studied under Hermann von Helmholtz, whose assistant he became in 1882. After obtaining a doctoral degree in 1882 he qualified for a professorial position in 1884. In 1890 he became director of the physical department of the Physiological Institute of the University of Berlin. In the same year he married Laura Köttgen with whom he had a son, Arthur, who became an astronomer. Circulatory problems caused by his kyphosis resulted in his premature death in 1901.Source of biographical information: M. Richter, Arthur König zum Gedächtnis, Die Farbe 5 (1956) No.1/2, 1–6. Originally working in physics, he began in 1883 to concentrate on physiological optics where he published over thirty papers, some of seminal importance. Among these are the 1886 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander König
Alexander König (born 23 August 1966) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. Competing in pairs with Peggy Schwarz, he became the 1988 European bronze medalist and placed seventh at three Winter Olympics. As a single skater, he is the 1982 World Junior bronze medalist. Personal life König was born on 23 August 1966 in Eilenburg, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany. In 1969, his family moved to Berlin. From 1985 to 1988, he attended school to become a specialist in gastronomy. From 1994 to 1997, he studied sport at the Trainerakademie in Cologne. Career Competitive career König began learning to skate in Berlin and would become a member of SC Dynamo Berlin. Inge Wischnewski was one of his first coaches at the club. Competing as a single skater, he won bronze at the 1982 World Junior Championships, which took place in December 1981 in Oberstdorf. In 1985, König switched to pair skating and teamed up with Peggy Schwarz. Their coach was Hedemarie Steiner-W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz König (surgeon)
Franz König (10 February 1832 – 12 December 1910) was a German surgeon. The son of a physician, he was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. In 1855 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg, and was later district wound surgeon (''Amtswundarzt'') in Hanau. Afterwards he was a professor of surgery at the universities of University of Rostock, Rostock (from 1869) and University of Göttingen, Göttingen (from 1875), and eventually at the Charité, Charité-Berlin, where in 1895 he succeeded Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben. In 1904 he was succeeded at the Charité by Otto Hildebrand. He died in Grunewald (locality), Grunewald near Berlin. König is largely remembered for his work in bone and joint surgery. He was the first surgeon to perform a successful internal fixation of proximal femur fractures. In 1887, he published a paper on the cause of loose bodies in the joint. In his paper, König concluded: # That trauma had to be very severe to break off parts of the join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred König
Alfred König, also known as Ali Ferit Gören and Alfred Göring (born 2 October 1913-1987), was an Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter. He was Austrian national champion in the 200m juniors in 1932, the 400m in 1936, the 4x100m relay in 1937, and the 4x400m relay in 1934 and 1937. At the 1935 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, he won a gold medal in the 200m, was part of the gold medal winning 4x400m relay, won a silver medal in the 400m, and won a bronze medal in the 4x100m relay. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. He moved to Turkey following the ''Anschluss'' in 1938, and running under the name Ali Ferit Gören in 1938 he broke the Turkish national record while winning the 1938 Balkan Games 400 m title. In 1939, he successfully defended his 400m Balkan Games gold medal, and won three other medals. Early life König was born in Vienna, Austria, and was Jewish. His father Jakob was a merchant who spent many years in Istanbul, Turkey, and his mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwin König
Erwin König was a German ''Wehrmacht'' sniper reportedly killed by the Soviet sniper Vasily Zaytsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. König is mentioned both in Zaytsev's memoirs ''Notes of a Sniper'' (a "Major Konings", potentially '' SS'') and William Craig's 1973 non-fiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad''. According to Zaytsev, the duel between him and König took place over a period of three days in the ruins of Stalingrad. In a post-war visit to Berlin, Zaytsev was allegedly confronted by a woman who told him that she was König's daughter, with Soviet authorities quickly evacuating Zaytsev to avoid any confrontation. In popular culture A fictionalized account of the duel in the film ''Enemy at the Gates'' portrays Erwin König—played by Ed Harris—as the head of the ''Wehrmacht'' Sniper School. He is sent to Stalingrad to take on the increasingly aggressive Soviet snipers. Initially he is successful, killing four of Zaytsev's partners, but eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dénes Kőnig
Dénes Kőnig (September 21, 1884 – October 19, 1944) was a Hungarian mathematician of Jewish heritage who worked in and wrote the first textbook on the field of graph theory. Biography Kőnig was born in Budapest, the son of mathematician Gyula Kőnig. In 1907, he received his doctorate Translated by Richard McCoart; with commentary by W.T. Tutte. at, and joined the faculty of the Royal Joseph University in Budapest (today Budapest University of Technology and Economics). His classes were visited by Paul Erdős, who, as a first year student, solved one of his problems. Kőnig became a full professor there in 1935. To honor his fathers' death in 1913, Kőnig and his brother György created the Gyula Kőnig prize in 1918. This prize was meant to be an endowment for young mathematicians, however was later devaluated. But the prize remained as a medal of high scientific recognition. In 1899, he published his first work while still attending High School in a journal ''Matematikai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrianus König
Adrianus Antonie Henri Willem König (13 February 1867, Maastricht – 6 February 1944, The Hague) was a Dutch politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a .... 1867 births 1944 deaths Ministers of Transport and Water Management of the Netherlands Roman Catholic State Party politicians 20th-century Dutch politicians Dutch Roman Catholics Politicians from Maastricht {{Netherlands-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claës König
Claës Henrik Magnus König (15 January 1885 – 25 November 1961) was a Swedish nobleman, officer, Crown Equerry (1935–1946) and horse rider, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he and his horse ''Tresor'' were part of the Swedish equestrian team, which won the gold medal in the team jumping event in Antwerp. Four years later he and his horse ''Bojar'' won the silver medal with the Swedish eventing team after finishing fifth in the individual eventing in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S .... References 1885 births 1961 deaths Swedish event riders Swedish show jumping riders Olympic equestrians of Sweden Swedish male equestrians Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Leonore König
Anna Leonore König, née ''Falck'' (29 October 1771 – 20 March 1854), was a Swedish singer and musician (keyboard). She was solo singer in the "Musikaliska inrättningen" (The Musical Institution) in Norrköping in 1797–1801. She was married to Georg Henric König. König was elected as a member (chair 153) by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music 31 December 1794. See also * Christina Fredenheim Christina Elisabet Fredenheim (née Hebbe) (1762–1841) was a Swedish artist, singer and noblewoman. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Christina Fredenheim was a well known and acknowledged non professional musician and sin ... * Margareta Alströmer References * Nyström, Pia; Kyhlberg-Boström Anna, Elmquist Anne-Marie: Kungl. Musikaliska akademien: matrikel 1771-1995, Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm 1996, Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie, 84. ISSN 0347-5158. . Libris 7749167. {{DEFAULTSORT:Konig, Anna Leonore 1771 births Member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons König
__NOTOC__ Alfons König (29 December 1898 – 8 July 1944) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was killed in action near Bobruisk on 8 July 1944 during the Soviet summer offensive, Operation Bagration. Awards * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 June 1940) & 1st Class (22 June 1940)Thomas 1997, p. 384. * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords ** Knight's Cross on 21 December 1940 as '' Oberleutnant'' and chief of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 199 "List".Scherzer 2007, p. 459. ** 194th Oak Leaves on 21 February 1943 as ''Hauptmann'' and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 217 ** 70th Swords on 9 June 1944 as ''Oberstleutnant () is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Lieutenant colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
