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Marktredwitz
Marktredwitz () is a town in the Wunsiedel (district), district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Czech Republic, Czech border. It is situated 22 km west of Cheb, 50 km east of Bayreuth and 50 km south of Hof/Saale. Marktredwitz station is at the junction of the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Weiden–Oberkotzau railway, Munich–Hof railway. The town celebrated the Horticultural Show 2006 in cooperation with Cheb. People * Ronny Krippner, organist * Birgit Lodes, musicologist * Oscar Loew, agricultural chemist * Ersen Martin, former footballer * Erkan Martin, former footballer * Reinhard Pöllath (born 1948), German businessman * Karl Ritter (diplomat), Karl Ritter, Nazi politician * Reinhard Scheer, admiral Clubs Volleyballgemeinschaft Fichtelgebirge Marktredwitz References Wunsiedel (district) {{Wunsiedeldistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marktredwitz Station
Marktredwitz station is the station of the major district town of Marktredwitz in the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia. Two main lines, the Nuremberg–Cheb railway and the Weiden–Oberkotzau railway, cross at the station. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 3 station and has five platform tracks. Marktredwitz station—still called Markt Redwitz at the opening of the station—is an important railway hub in Northern Bavaria. It is located in the northwest of the town and is about a five-minute walk from the town centre. In the station forecourt (german: Bahnhofplatz) is the central bus station, where buses connect Marktredwitz with the surrounding area. The bus station is also the stopping point of the Bavaria–Berlin Express (BEX). At the station there is a hotel, a major site of Deutsche Post, a medical centre and the headquarters of the Scherdel Group, a leading manufacturer of machinery parts. History The stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuremberg–Cheb Railway
The Nuremberg–Cheb railway is a 151 km long, non-electrified main line, mainly in the German state of Bavaria. It runs from Nuremberg via Lauf an der Pegnitz, Hersbruck, Pegnitz (city), Pegnitz, Speichersdorf, Kirchenlaibach, Marktredwitz and Schirnding to Cheb in the Czech Republic. The route is also known as the ''Right'' (bank of the) ''Pegnitz (river), Pegnitz line'' (german: rechte Pegnitzstrecke or the ''Pegnitz Valley Railway'' (''Pegnitztalbahn''). It was built as the ''Fichtelgebirge, Fichtel Range Railway'' (''Fichtelgebirgsbahn''). The Nuremberg–Schnabelwaid section of it is part of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line (''Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale''). History The line was originally intended to provide a direct link between Nuremberg and Bayreuth, adding to the Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg railway, Bayreuth–Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg branch line opened in 1853 from the Bamberg–Hof railway, Bamberg–Hof section of the Ludwig South-North Railway. Since the route via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weiden–Oberkotzau Railway
The Weiden–Oberkotzau railway is a two-track main line railway in Bavaria, Germany. It connects with the Regensburg–Weiden railway in Weiden in der Oberpfalz and runs via Marktredwitz station, Marktredwitz to Oberkotzau station, Oberkotzau, where it joins the Bamberg–Hof railway. The line forms part of a long-distance route from Munich to Hof, Bavaria, Hof, continuing to Leipzig and Dresden. History The line was opened in several sections. The section from Weiden to Wiesau was built by the Bavarian Eastern Railway Company (''Bayerischen Ostbahnen'') as part of a connection from Regensburg to Cheb (German: Eger) and operated by it until it was nationalised in 1876. The section from Weiden via Wiesau and continuing Wiesau–Cheb railway, to Mitterteich was opened to traffic on 15 August 1864. After the opening of the link from Mitterteich to Cheb on 15 October 1865 and the opening of the Cheb–Oberkotzau railway, link from Hof to Cheb on 1 November 1865, it was possible to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Krippner
Ronny Krippner is a Germany, German-born United Kingdom, British organist, conductor (music), conductor, teacher and composer who currently serves as Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral. Early career and education Krippner was born and educated in Marktredwitz, Germany, and studied organ with Alois Fischer (Waldsassen) and composition, harmony and counterpoint with :de:Eberhard Kraus, Eberhard Kraus (Regensburg) and :de:Wolfram Graf, Wolfram Graf (Bayreuth). He graduated in ''Kirchenmusik'' (church music studies) from the ''Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikpädagogik'' in Regensburg, where he studied organ and organ improvisation with :de:Franz Josef Stoiber, Franz Josef Stoiber, piano with Norbert Brandstetter and orchestral conducting with Graham Buckland. During his time in Germany, Krippner held a number of organist and director of music positions. From 1995 to 1999, he was ''Chorregent'' at the Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Marktredwitz, then ''Kantor'' at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Loew
Oscar Loew (2 April 1844 – 26 January 1941) was a German agricultural chemist, active in Germany, the United States, and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Biography Loew was born in Marktredwitz, Bavaria, where his father was a pharmacist. He studied at the University of Munich under the noted chemist Justus von Liebig; he was Liebig's last student. Loew was an assistant in plant physiology at the City College of New York and participated in four expeditions to the southwestern United States in 1882 before returning to Munich, Germany, where he collaborated with Carl Nägeli. Loew became associate professor at Munich University in 1886. In 1893, he was recruited by the Meiji government of Japan as a foreign advisor, and travelled to Tokyo, where he remained until 1898. Loew served as instructor at Tokyo Imperial University between 1893 and 1907, succeeding Oskar Kellner as professor of agricultural chemistry there. He trained many notable Japanese chemists, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunsiedel (district)
Wunsiedel (german: Landkreis Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northeastern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from the south clockwise) Tirschenreuth, Bayreuth, Hof, and to the east the Czech Karlovy Vary Region. Geography The district is located in the mountains of the ''Fichtelgebirge'', with the highest elevation the 1051 m high Schneeberg. The river Ohře (german: Eger) originates in the district. History In the Bavarian communal reforms of 1972 the district was merged with the previously district-free cities Marktredwitz and Selb Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof. Selb is well known fo ..., as well as parts of the dissolved district of Rehau. Coat of arms The coat of arms shows an eagle in the bottom left as the symbol of the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Scheer
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine''). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet and progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as senior staff positions on land. At the outbreak of World War I, Scheer was the commander of the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. He then took command of the III Battle Squadron, which consisted of the newest and most powerful battleships in the navy. In January 1916, he was promoted to Admiral and given control of the High Seas Fleet. Scheer led the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, one of the largest naval battles in history. Following the battle, Scheer joined those calling for unrestricted submarine warfare against the Allies, a move the Kaiser eventually permitted. In August 1918, Scheer was promoted to the Chief of Naval Staff; Admiral Franz von Hipper rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ersen Martin
Ersen Martin (born 23 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He amassed Süper Lig totals of 256 games and 73 goals over the course of 12 seasons, in representation of ten clubs. Club career Born in Marktredwitz, West Germany, Ersen started playing for 1. FC Nürnberg, his Bundesliga input consisting in 20 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against SC Freiburg in 1998–99. After that sole season he switched to Turkey, going on to represent Beşiktaş JK, Siirtspor, Göztepe AS, Denizlispor and Ankaraspor. In the 2006–07 campaign, Ersen represented Trabzonspor, finishing the season as the league's eighth best-scorer and helping his team finish fourth, good enough for qualification to the UEFA Cup. Subsequently, he had everything arranged with La Liga club Recreativo de Huelva in August 2007, but the deal eventually collapsed and he stayed at Trabzonspor; in October, FIFA stepped in and declared Ersen a player of the Spanish side– he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ritter (diplomat)
Karl Ritter (5 June 1883, Dörflas, Marktredwitz – 31 July 1968, Murnau am Staffelsee) was a German diplomat during the Third Reich and was convicted as a war criminal in the Ministries Trial. A member of the Nazi Party, he was ambassador to Brazil for two years, Special Envoy to the Munich Agreement, and a senior official in the Foreign Office during World War II. Career Ritter graduated with a degree in law in 1905. In 1907 he was appointed to the Bavarian Civil Service. In 1911 he transferred to the colonial office, and in 1918 to the economics office before settling in 1922 in the Foreign Office, where he headed the sections for economics and reparations and finally the section for trading politics, where he played a significant role in the 1930–31 project to establish a German-Austrian Customs Union, which however came to nothing because of French opposition. After the Nazis came to power, in 1937–38, he was first envoy and then ambassador to Rio de Janei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkan Martin
Erkan Martin (born 13 April 1984) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He had a short stint as a professional with Altay in the Süper Lig, but spent most of his career as an amateur in Turkey and Germany. Martin Martin made his professional debut with Altay in a 1-0 Süper Lig loss to Orduspor on 29 October 2006. Personal life Martin is the younger brother of the Turkish international footballer Ersen Martin Ersen Martin (born 23 May 1979) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He amassed Süper Lig totals of 256 games and 73 goals over the course of 12 seasons, in representation of ten clubs. Club career Born in Mark .... After his footballing career, Martin got his license to become a professional football scout and manager. References External links * * Anpfiff Profile 1984 births Living people People from Marktredwitz Sportspeople from Upper Franconia German footballers German people of Turkish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgit Lodes
Birgit Lodes (born 30 April 1967) is a German musicologist and lecturer at the University of Vienna. Career Born in Marktredwitz, Lodes grew up in Bayreuth. In 1986 she was accepted into the Maximilianeum Foundation (Wittelsbacher Jubiläumsstiftung). From 1986 to 1991 she studied music for the teaching profession at grammar schools (with piano and violoncello) as well as musicology with the subsidiary subjects and at the Hochschule für Musik and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. In 1988/89 she studied at the University of California. In 1991 she passed her first state examination in school music. 1992/93 she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University. In 1995, she received her doctorate with the distinction ''summa cum laude'' from the University of Munich. Her dissertation ''Das Gloria in Beethoven's Missa solemnis'' was awarded the doctorate prize of the university. From 1994 to 2004, Lodes was a research assistant, assistant and senior assistant at the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Pöllath
Reinhard Pöllath (born January 15, 1948) is a German businessman and lawyer. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beiersdorf. Early life and education Reinhard Pöllath was born in 1948. He grew up in Upper Franconia, where his family has run a joinery since the 17th century. He graduated from high school in Marktredwitz in 1967. After completing his military service, he studied law from 1969 to 1973 at the University of Regensburg and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subsequently, he held a scholarship from the Studienstiftung, with whose support he graduated with a master's degree from the Harvard Law School in 1974. In 2006, he obtained a doctorate degree. Career In 1977, he was admitted as a lawyer and worked first as a lawyer in Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. Until 1993, he was a partner at a law firm in Munich and until 1997, managing director of a real estate and hotel company. In 1997, together with six partners, he started the law firm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
