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Leopoldina Railway
Leopoldina may refer to: * Colônia Leopoldina, a Brazilian municipality in the state of Alagoa * Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais * Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797-1826), consort of emperor Pedro I of Brazil * Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847-1871), an archduchess of Austria, Empress consort of Brazil and Queen consort of Portugal. * ''Leopoldina'', a steamship originally named '' Blücher'', renamed after being seized by the Brazilian government * The Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany's national scientific academy * The asteroid 893 Leopoldina * ''Leopoldina'', a former German name for the University of Breslau *''Leopoldina'' Hering, 1934, a junior synonym of the moth genus ''Amata According to Roman mythology, Amata (also called Palanto) was the wife of Latinus, king of the Latins, and the mother of their only child, Lavinia. In the Aeneid of Virgil, she commits suicide during the conflict between Aeneas and Turnus ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colônia Leopoldina
Colônia Leopoldina is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 21,818 (2020) and its area is 287 km².IBGE The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information ... - References Municipalities in Alagoas {{Alagoas-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
Leopoldina is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. , it has a population of 52,640. It is situated in the southeastern Zona da Mata mesoregion of the state. The municipality contains the Lapinha Biological Reserve, a strictly-protected area of Atlantic Forest. Leopoldina was the site of a wave of immigration of Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, in the 1920s and 1930s, as detailed in a book ''Jews of Leopoldina'', published in 2007 by the Jewish Museum of Rio de Janeiro."Dateline World Jewry", April 2007, World Jewish Congress The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina ( la, Dioecesis Leopoldinensis) is a diocese located in the city of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais, Leopoldina in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora in Brazil .... References Municipalities in Minas Gerais {{MinasGerais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Leopoldina Of Austria
Dona Maria Leopoldina of Austria (22 January 1797 – 11 December 1826) was the first Empress of Brazil as the wife of Emperor Dom Pedro I from 12 October 1822 until her death. She was also Queen of Portugal during her husband's brief reign as King Dom Pedro IV from 10 March to 2 May 1826. She was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Among her many siblings were Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. The education Maria Leopoldina had received in childhood and adolescence was eclectic and broad, with a higher cultural level and more consistent political training. Such education of the little princes and princesses of the Habsburg family was based on the educational belief initiated by their grandfather Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, who believed "that children should be inspired from an early age to have high q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Leopoldina Of Brazil
Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (Leopoldina Teresa Francisca Carolina Miguela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga; 13 July 1847 – 7 February 1871) was the daughter of Emperor Pedro II and Empress Teresa Cristina. She shared the first name of her grandmother, Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil. A Princess of Brazil from birth, Dona Leopoldina renounced her titles upon her marriage to Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, taking the title of ''Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'' and ''Duchess of Saxony''. The princess was also second in the line of succession to the Brazilian throne, even after the marriage of her older sister, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, due to the latter's difficulties in producing heirs. Her descendants would form the Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Imperial House of Brazil. Biography Family and early years Leopoldina was born at 6:45 am on July 13, 1847, in the Imperial Palace of São Cristóvão, the second daughter of Pedro II and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blücher (steamship)
Blücher may refer to: People * Blücher (surname) *Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), Prussian field marshal who led the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo Arts and entertainment * ''Blücher'' (film), a 1988 Norwegian film *Frau Blücher, a character in the 1974 film ''Young Frankenstein'' *"Blücher", a song by power metal band Kamelot from their 2007 album ''Ghost Opera'' *Blücher, a hand in the British card game Napoleon Military *Operation Blücher, one World War I and two World War II German army operations * Blücher Order, an East German decoration named after Field Marshal Blücher * Wolf pack Blücher, a German U-boat pack of World War II * List of ships named ''Blucher'', which includes warships (as well as civilian vessels) Places * Blucher, Saskatchewan, Canada, an unincorporated community * Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343, Saskatchewan *Blucher, Newcastle, a small district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England *Blucher Creek, California, United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Sciences Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on January 1, 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academia Naturae Curiosorum'' until 1687 when Emperor Leopold I raised it to an academy and named it after himself. It was since known under the German name ''Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina'' until 2007, when it was declared to be Germany's National Academy of Sciences. History ' The Leopoldina was founded in the imperial city of Schweinfurt on 1 January 1652 under the Latin name sometimes translated into English as "Academy of the Curious as to Nature." It was founded by four local physicians- Johann Laurentius Bausch, the first president of the society, Johann Michael Fehr, Georg Balthasar Metzger, and Georg Balthasar Wohlfarth; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
893 Leopoldina
893 Leopoldina ( ''prov. designation'': ''or'' ) is a large and elongated background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory on 31 May 1918. The dark carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 14.1 hours and measures approximately in diameter. It was named for Germany's national academy, the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle. Orbit and classification ''Leopoldina'' is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.6–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,950 days; semi-major axis of 3.05 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 17 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg Observatory on 31 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Breslau
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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