Nissen Huts, Cultybraggan Camp
Nissen may refer to: * Nissen (surname) * Saint Nissen, a 5th century Irish abbot * a creature in Norse mythology, see Tomte * a Nissen hut, a building shaped like a tube cut in half along the middle and made from corrugated iron sheets * the Nissen Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina * Nissen fundoplication A Nissen fundoplication, or laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication when performed via laparoscopic surgery, is a surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia. In GERD, it is usually performed when medical thera ...

Nissen (surname)
Nissen is a surname. As a Danish surname it is a patronymic surname, patronymic meaning "son of Nis" (Danish short form of Nicholas). Notable people with the surname include: *Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826), Danish diplomat and writer, and author of one of the first biographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *Johanna Nissen (1789–1865), mother of Johannes Brahms *Fernanda Nissen (born 1995), Norwegian literary critic and politician *Peter Norman Nissen (1871–1930), Canadian mining engineer *Hans-Hermann Nissen (1893–1980), German bass-baritone *Rudolph Nissen (1896–1981), German surgeon and inventor of the Nissen fundoplication *Greta Nissen (born 1906-1988), Norwegian-American ballerina and actress *George Nissen (1914–2010) inventor of the modern trampoline *Henry Nissen (born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s *Steven Nissen (born 1949), heart specialist and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic *Ulli Nissen (born ...
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Saint Nissen
Saint Nissen was an early Christian convert who was abbot of a monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. Life Saint Nissen was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. He became abbot of Montgarth ( Mountgarret) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland. His feast day is 25 July. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer. Biography Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ... ( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under April 9, Notes Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nissen, Saint Disciples of Saint Patrick 5th-century deaths ...
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Tomte
A (, ), tomte (), , or () is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. They are generally described as being short, having a long white beard, and wearing a conical or knit cap in gray, red or some other bright colour. They often have an appearance somewhat similar to that of a garden gnome. The nisse is one of the most familiar creatures of Scandinavian folklore, and he has appeared in many works of Scandinavian literature. With the romanticisation and collection of folklore during the 19th century, the nisse gained popularity. Terminology The word ''nisse'' is a pan-Scandinavian term. Its current use in Norway into the 19th century is evidenced in Asbjørnsen's collection. The Norwegian is also equated to ''nisse'' or ''tomte''. English translations While the term ''nisse'' in the native Norwegian is retained in Pat Shaw Iversen's English translation (1960), appended with the parenthetical ...
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Nissen Hut
A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure for military use, especially as barracks, made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. Designed during the First World War by the American-born, Canadian-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen, it was used also extensively during the Second World War, being adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States. Description A Nissen hut is made from a sheet of metal bent into half a cylinder and planted in the ground with its axis horizontal. The cross-section is not precisely semi-circular, because the bottom of the hut curves out slightly. The exterior is formed from curved corrugated steel sheets 10 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 2 inches (3.2 × 0.7 m), laid with a two-corrugation lap at the side and a 6-inch (15 cm) overlap at the ends. Three sheets cover the arc of the hut. They are attached to five 3 × 2 inch (7.5 × 5 cm) wooden purlins and 3 × 2 inch wooden spiking ...
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Nissen Building
The Nissen Building is a 283 ft (86 m) 18-story skyscraper in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, built in 1927. It was the largest building in the city, succeeding the Hotel Robert E. Lee, and the tallest building in North Carolina from 1927 to 1929, when it was succeeded by the Reynolds Building; all three buildings were in Winston-Salem. The Nissen Building was named to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 1983, with a boundary increase in 2004 to include a one-story addition built in 1969. With the spire on top, its height is 102.1m. It has a steel frame, with buff brick and pre-cast concrete for the exterior, along with details in granite, marble and limestone. History W.M. Nissen and new leasee Coach Kolstad, the owner of Nissen Wagon Works, built the Nissen Building on the site of a former YMCA between 1926 and 1927. William Lee Stoddart of New York City, known for the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, was the architect. The bu ...
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in North Carolina, the third-largest urban area in North Carolina, and the 90th most populous city in the United States. With a metropolitan population of 679,948 it is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly known as the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. In 2003, the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point metropolitan statistical area was redefined by the OMB and separated into the two major metropolitan areas of Winston-Salem and Greensboro-High Point. The population of the Winston-Salem metropolitan area in 2020 was 679,948. The metro area covers over 2,000 square miles and spans the five cou ...
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