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Samland Peninsula
Samland may refer to: * Sambia Peninsula * Bishopric of Samland * Samland District (Landkreis Samland), East Prussia * SS ''Samland'', see SS ''Belgic'' * Corps Task Force Samland Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ... of XXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) * Andreas Samland {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sambia Peninsula
Sambia (russian: Самбийский полуостров, lit=Sambian Peninsula, translit=Sambiysky poluostrov) or Samland (russian: Земландский полуостров, lit=Zemlandic Peninsula, translit=Zemlandsky poluostrov) or Kaliningrad Peninsula (official name, russian: Калининградский полуостров, ''Kaliningradsky poluostrov'') is a peninsula in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The peninsula is bounded by the Curonian Lagoon to the north-east, the Vistula Lagoon in the southwest, the Pregolya River in the south, and the Deyma River in the east. As Sambia is surrounded on all sides by water, it is technically an island. Historically it formed an important part of the historic region of Prussia. Names Sambia is named after the Sambians, an extinct tribe of Old Prussians. ''Samland'' is the name for peninsula in the Germanic languages. Polish and Latin speakers call the area ''Sambia'', while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishopric Of Samland
The Bishopric of Samland (Sambia) (german: Bistum Samland, pl, Diecezja sambijska) was a bishopric in Samland (Sambia) in medieval Prussia. It was founded as a Roman Catholic diocese in 1243 by papal legate William of Modena. Its seat was Königsberg, until 1523 the episcopal residence was in Fischhausen. The bishopric became Lutheran in the 16th century during the Protestant Reformation and was eventually dissolved following the establishment of Ducal Prussia, a Protestant vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Poland. The territory of the defunct bishopric of Samland came nominally under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic bishopric of Warmia in the 17th century, and the title of bishop of Samland was occasionally used by Warmian bishops. From 1617 to 1773, the Bishops of Warmia were the Catholic Apostolic administrators of Sambia. In 1821 Pope Pius VII formally dissolved the Diocese, and merged its territory with the Diocese of Warmia. Most of the area of the medieval bishopric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samland District
Samland District (Landkreis Samland), was a district in Königsberg Region, East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 .... Königsberg Districts of East Prussia {{germany-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Belgic
Four ships of the White Star Line have been named SS ''Belgic'': * was a cargo steamship launched in 1873, chartered to the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company in 1875, sold and renamed ''Goefredo'' in 1883 and wrecked in 1884. * was a cargo steamship launched in 1885, sold to Atlantic Transport Line in 1899 and renamed ''Mohawk''. She was scrapped in 1903. * SS ''Belgic'' (1902) was launched as the cargo ship ''Mississippi'' in 1902 for Atlantic Transport Line and transferred in 1906 to Red Star Line as SS ''Samland''. In 1911 she was transferred to White Star Line and renamed SS ''Belgic''. In 1913 she returned to Red Star Line as SS ''Samland''. She was scrapped in 1931. * was a passenger liner launched in 1914. She was transferred to Red Star Line in 1923 and renamed . She was transferred to Atlantic Transport Line in 1935 and renamed ''Columbia''. She was scrapped in 1936. {{DEFAULTSORT:Belgic, Ss Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corps Task Force Samland
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but from two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more divisions, such as the , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or mustering) – that is a specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, a medical corps, or a force of military police) or; *in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the United States Marine Corps). These usages often overlap. Corps may also be a generic term for a non-military organization, such as the US Peace Corps and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
The XXVIII Army Corps (German designation XXVIII.'' Armeekorps'') was a corps which served in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The corps was created on May 20, 1940 in Wehrkreis III. During the war, the corps was subordinated to the German 6th, 16th, 18th, and 3rd Panzer Armies. In 1945, the corps was briefly named ''Armeeabteilung Samland'' (Corps Task Force Samland). The corps fought in Samland until annihilated in late April 1945. Order of battle Following is the organization of the corps when it was part of the Eighteenth Army of Army Group North early in 1944: January 1944 * Commander: General of the Artillery (Germany) Herbert Loch * 12th Luftwaffe Field Division under Major-General Gottfried Weber ** 23rd Field Infantry Regiment ** 24th Field Infantry Regiment ** 12th Field Artillery Regiment * 13th Luftwaffe Field Division under Lieutenant-General Helmuth Reymann ** 25th Field Infantry Regiment ** 26th Field Infantry Regiment ** 13th Field Artillery Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
