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Petersberg Packing Co.
Petersberg may refer to: * The Hotel Petersberg near Bonn, the site of the ** Petersberg Agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany. ** Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation. Also known as "Petersburg Missions" or "Petersberg Objectives". ** Petersberg Declaration * Municipalities in Germany: ** Petersberg, Hesse, in the district of Fulda, Hesse ** Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate ** Götschetal-Petersberg, collective municipality in the district Saalekreis, Saxony-Anhalt *** Petersberg, Saxony-Anhalt, in Götschetal-Petersberg ** Petersberg, Thuringia, in the district Saale-Holzland, Thuringia * German name of Sânpetru, Brașov, Romania * Petersberg, Italy, a ' in Deutschnofen, Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol, Italy * Hills and mountains in Germany: ** Petersberg in Götschetal-Petersberg ** Petersberg in Erfurt, site of the Petersberg Citadel ** Petersberg (Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Petersberg
Hotel Petersberg is a hotel and official guest house of the Federal Republic of Germany, termed the "Bundesgästehaus" (the official title being ''Gästehaus der Verfassungsorgane der Bundesrepublik Deutschland''). It is located on the Petersberg, a prominent mountain of the Siebengebirge near Bonn, Germany. With a height of , it overlooks the cities of Königswinter, on the right bank of the Rhine river, and Bonn on the opposite side. History In 1834 the area was sold to the merchant Joseph Ludwig Mertens. His wife Sibylle Mertens-Schaafhausen built a summer residence on the Petersberg, and became known as the ''Rheingräfin'' ("countess of the Rhine"). At the end of the 19th century the Nelles brothers from Cologne had bought the area and started to add buildings. In 1892 they opened up the eponymous hotel that could easily be reached via the newly built '' Petersbergbahn'', a rack railway that continued in intermittent operation until 1958. In 1912 Ferdinand Mülhens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutschnofen
Deutschnofen (; it, Nova Ponente ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southeast of the city of Bolzano. Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino. It includes the villages of Rauth (''Novale'') and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants. The Autostrada A22 (Italy), A22 motorway is located from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives. The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the ''frazione, frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg, Italy, Petersberg (Italian: ''Monte San Pietro'') and Eggen (Italian: ''San Nicolò d'Ega''). Coat-of-arms The coat of arms is division of the field, party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg (other)
Saint Petersburg is the second-largest city in Russia and its capital in the 18-20th centuries. Saint Petersburg may also refer to: Places * St. Petersburg, Florida, a city in Florida, United States * Saint Petersburg, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Colorado, United States * St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, a borough in Pennsylvania, United States * Petersburg, Alaska, sometimes referred to as St. Petersburg, a settlement in Alaska, United States * Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland, also known by its obsolete German name ''St. Petersburg'' * St. Petersburg, Missouri, the fictional hometown of Mark Twain's characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Arts * ''St. Petersburg'' (tune), a tune by composer Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825) * "St. Petersburg" (song), 2005 song by the band Supergrass * ''Saint Petersburg'' (film), a 2010 film Other uses * St. Petersburg paradox, in probability theory and decision theory * St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersburg (other)
Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to: Places Australia *Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia Canada * Petersburg, Ontario Russia *Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg United States * Peterborg, U.S. Virgin Islands *Petersburg, Alaska * Petersburg, California * Petersburg, California, former name of Greasertown, California * Petersburg, Delaware *Petersburg, Georgia *Petersburg, Illinois *Petersburg, Indiana * Petersburg, Iowa (other) *Petersburg, Kentucky (other) *Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky *Petersburg, Jefferson County, Kentucky *Petersburg, Michigan * Petersburg Township, Jackson County, Minnesota *Petersburg, Minnesota * Petersburg, Missouri *Petersburg, Nebraska * Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey * Petersburg, Morris County, New Jersey *Petersburgh, New York *Petersburg, North Carolina (other) *Petersburg, North Dakota *Petersburg, Ohio (other) *Petersburg, Pennsylvania *Petersburg, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterborough (other)
Peterborough is a city in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, formerly in Northamptonshire. Peterborough may also refer to: Australia *Peterborough, South Australia * Peterborough, Victoria Canada * Peterborough (electoral district), Ontario * Peterborough (provincial electoral district), Ontario * Peterborough, Ontario * Peterborough County, Ontario England * Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridgeshire * City of Peterborough, a district of Cambridgeshire * Peterborough Rural District, a former district of England * Soke of Peterborough, a historic area in England United States * Peterborough, New Hampshire, a New England town ** Peterborough (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town Other uses * Peterborough (HM Prison), in Peterborough, England * Peterborough railway station, the railway station in Peterborough, England * Peterborough United F.C., a football team in the English Championship * HMCS ''Peterborough'', 1944 Royal Canadian Navy corvette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heisterbach Abbey
Heisterbach Abbey (Kloster Heisterbach; also Petersthal, formerly Petersberg) was a Cistercian monastery in the ''Siebengebirge'' near Oberdollendorf in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Petersberg The tradition of its origin is that a knight named Walther lived as a hermit on the Stromberg, also known as the Petersberg, one of the mountains forming the Siebengebirge. When numerous disciples began to settle near his cell, he built a monastery in 1134, where the community lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine. After the death of Walther however his disciples left the monastery on the Petersberg and built another on the Sulz. In 1189 Philip, Archbishop of Cologne, requested Gisilbert, abbot of the Cistercian Himmerod Abbey in the Bishopric of Trier, to re-settle the deserted monastery of Petersberg with Cistercians from Himmerod. On 22 March 1189, therefore, twelve Cistercian monks with the newly appointed Abbot Hermann took possession of it. Heisterbach Three or four ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg, Halle
The Petersberg, at , is the highest point in the district of Saalekreis in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its name is derived from St. Peter's Church, which is on the hill. Until the 14th century the Petersberg was known as the Lauterberg. Geography The Petersberg is located about 10 kilometres north of the German city of Halle on the River Saale not quite halfway between Halle and Köthen. The municipality of Petersberg with its hamlets of Drehlitz and Frößnitz lie on the hill. At the foot of the hill are the villages of Ostrau and Wallwitz as well as three small nature reserves. On the southern slopes of the hill is a small lake. A stretch of the A 14 motorway runs past the Petersberg to the west and south, and the B 6 federal highway runs by to the southwest. They form a junction at ''Halle-Trotha'', from where the Petersberg may easily be reached. Geology The Petersberg is the highest point of the Halle Porphyry complex. It was formed, like the other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg (Flintsbach)
Petersberg is a mountain in the Flintsbach municipality of Bavaria, Germany. Situated in the eastern foothills of the Mangfall Mountains, some 400 meters above the Inn valley, it is noteworthy for its (short-lived) medieval monastery of Saint Peter's on the Madron, the church of which however retained its importance as a pilgrimage site. Mountains of Bavaria Mountains of the Alps {{Bavaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg Citadel
Petersberg Citadel (German:''Zitadelle Petersberg'') in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.Stadtverwaltung Erfurt (17 November 2017) ''Petersberg'' Retrieved 23 December 2017 The citadel was built on Petersberg hill, in the north-western part of the old town centre from 1665, when Erfurt was governed by the Electorate of Mainz.Kogel, Kristina (2011). ''Erfurt an einem Tag. Ein Stadtrundgang''. Leipzig: Lehmstadt Verlag It is surrounded by over two kilometres of stone walls and is 36 hectares in size.Erfurt Tourismus & MarketinPetersberg Citadel (pdf). Retrieved 2 January 2013 Erfurt has also been ruled by Sweden, Prussia, Napoleon, the German Empire, the Nazis, and post-World War II Soviet occupying forces, and it was part of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). All of these regimes used Petersberg Citadel and had an influence on its development. The baroque fortress was in military use until 1963.Steffen Raßloff ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in the middle of an almost straight line of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities forming the central metropolitan corridor of the state, the "Thuringian City Chain" ('' Thüringer Städtekette'') with more than 500,000 inhabitants, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Erfurt and the city of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony are the two cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants closest to the geographic center of Germany. Erfurt is located south-west of Leipzig, north-east of Frankfurt, south-west of Berlin and north of Munich. Erfurt's old town is one of the best preserved medieval city centres in Germany. Tourist attractions include the Merchants' Bridge (''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petersberg Agreement
The Petersberg Agreement is an international treaty that extended the rights of the government of West Germany vis-a-vis the occupying forces of the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. It is viewed as the first major step of West Germany towards sovereignty. It was signed by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Allied High Commissioners Brian Hubert Robertson (United Kingdom), André François-Poncet (France), and John J. McCloy (United States) on 22 November 1949. The Hotel Petersberg, near Bonn, was the seat of the High Commissioners and the place of signature. The agreement was the first modification of the Occupation Statute. Terms * West Germany was permitted to join the Council of Europe as an associate member. * West Germany agreed to sign a bilateral agreement with the U.S. regarding Marshall plan aid (see next section). * West Germany agreed to send delegates to the International Authority for the Ruhr, effectively accepting some international control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
