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Sankt Veit (other)
Sankt Veit is the German name for Saint Vitus in place names (cf. wiktionary:Sankt). Places named Sankt Veit in Austria include: * Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia ** Sankt Veit an der Glan (district), Carinthia * Sankt Veit an der Gölsen, Lower Austria * Sankt Veit im Pongau, Salzburg * Sankt Veit am Vogau, Styria * Sankt Veit in Defereggen, Tyrol * Sankt Veit im Innkreis, Upper Austria * Sankt Veit im Mühlkreis, Upper Austria * Sankt Veit in der Gegend, Styria * The Ober Sankt Veit and Unter Sankt Veit (now part of Hietzing) neighborhoods in Vienna, formerly known as ''Sankt Veit an der Wien''. Other places named Sankt Veit include: * Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria, Germany * St. Vith (''Sankt Veit'' in German), Liège, Belgium * Canton of Sankt-Vith (''Sankt Veit'' in German), Belgium; part of Eupen Sankt Vith The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit Im Innkreis
St. Veit im Innkreis, also Sankt Veit im Innkreis is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Sankt Veit lies in the Innviertel The Innviertel (literally German for "Inn Quarter"; officially called the ''Innkreis''; ) is a traditional Austrian region southeast of the Inn river. It forms the western part of the state of Upper Austria and borders the German state of Bavari .... About 9 percent of the municipality is forest and 85 farmland. References Cities and towns in Braunau am Inn District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eupen Sankt Vith
The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is one of the three federal communities of Belgium. Covering an area of within the Liège Province in Wallonia, it includes nine of the eleven municipalities of Eupen-Malmedy. Traditionally speakers of Low Dietsch, Ripuarian, and Moselle Franconian varieties, the local population numbers 77,949about 7.0% of Liège Province and about 0.7% of the national total. Bordering the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg, the area has its own parliament and government at Eupen. The German-speaking Community of Belgium is composed of the German-speaking parts of the lands that were annexed in 1920 from Germany. In addition, in contemporary Belgium there are also some other areas where German is or has been spoken (the difference line between German, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit
Neumarkt-Sankt Veit (until 1934 Neumarkt an der Rott) is a town in the district of Mühldorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the river Rott, 10 kilometers north of Mühldorf, and 33 kilometers southeast of Landshut. Mayor Since 2002 Erwin Baumgartner (UWG) is the mayor, he was reelected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. Twin towns Neumarkt-Sankt Veit is twinned with: * Caneva, Italy, since 2002 Sons and daughters of the town * August Hauner (1811-1884), pediatrician and university lecturer, founder of the Hauner Children Hospital in Munich * Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstraction. Life He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984 to 1988 and the Ho ... (born 1963), artist References External links * Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Neumarkt-Sankt Veit Mühldorf (district) {{Mühldorfdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hietzing
Hietzing () is the 13th municipal District of Vienna (german: 13. Bezirk, Hietzing). It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling. Hietzing is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings, but also contains large areas of the Vienna Woods, along with Schönbrunn Palace.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpage statistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The thirteenth district is located at the western end of the city where it borders the Wienerwald. Liesing is to the south, Meidling to the east and Penzing, which was part of Hietzing until 1954, and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, to the north. Most of the northern border is formed by the River Wien. Traditionally, it is subdivided into six parts: ''Hietzing'' (northeast), ''Unter Sankt Veit'' (northwest), ''Ober Sankt Veit'' (west of Unter Sankt Veit), ''Hacking'' (northwest of Ober Sankt Veit), ''Lainz'' (geographic centre) and ''Speising'' (south). Furthermore, the Lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unter Sankt Veit
Hietzing () is the 13th municipal District of Vienna (german: 13. Bezirk, Hietzing). It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling. Hietzing is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings, but also contains large areas of the Vienna Woods, along with Schönbrunn Palace.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpage statistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The thirteenth district is located at the western end of the city where it borders the Wienerwald. Liesing is to the south, Meidling to the east and Penzing, which was part of Hietzing until 1954, and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, to the north. Most of the northern border is formed by the River Wien. Traditionally, it is subdivided into six parts: ''Hietzing'' (northeast), ''Unter Sankt Veit'' (northwest), ''Ober Sankt Veit'' (west of Unter Sankt Veit), ''Hacking'' (northwest of Ober Sankt Veit), ''Lainz'' (geographic centre) and ''Speising'' (south). Furthermore, the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ober Sankt Veit
Hietzing () is the 13th municipal District of Vienna (german: 13. Bezirk, Hietzing). It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling. Hietzing is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings, but also contains large areas of the Vienna Woods, along with Schönbrunn Palace.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpage statistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). Geography The thirteenth district is located at the western end of the city where it borders the Wienerwald. Liesing is to the south, Meidling to the east and Penzing, which was part of Hietzing until 1954, and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, to the north. Most of the northern border is formed by the River Wien. Traditionally, it is subdivided into six parts: ''Hietzing'' (northeast), ''Unter Sankt Veit'' (northwest), ''Ober Sankt Veit'' (west of Unter Sankt Veit), ''Hacking'' (northwest of Ober Sankt Veit), ''Lainz'' (geographic centre) and ''Speising'' (south). Furthermore, the Lai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit Im Mühlkreis
Sankt Veit im Mühlkreis is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Sankt Veit im Mühlkreis lies in the far east of the district of Rohrbach in the upper Mühlviertel The Mühlviertel () is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. It is named after the three rivers ', ', and '. .... About 27 percent of the municipality is forest, and 67 percent is farmland. References Cities and towns in Rohrbach District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit In Defereggen
Sankt Veit in Defereggen is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp .... Geography Sankt Veit lies in the central Defereggen valley and is the municipality in Eastern Tyrol with the highest elevation. It lies on the sunny side of the valley, and in the past grain and potatoes were raised there. However, there can be snowfall even in the summer months. References External links Homepage der Gemeinde- town website Villgraten Mountains Cities and towns in Lienz District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Vitus
Vitus (), whose name is sometimes rendered Guy or Guido, was a Christian martyr from Sicily. His surviving hagiography is pure legend. The dates of his actual life are unknown.Basil Watkins, ''The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary'', 8th rev. ed. (Bloomsbury, 2016), p. 758.Donald Attwater, ''The Avenel Dictionary of Saints'' (Avenel Books, 1981), p. 338. He has for long been tied to the Sicilian martyrs Modestus and Crescentia but in the earliest sources it is clear that these were originally different traditions that later became combined.David Hugh Farmer, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Saints'', 5th rev. ed. (Oxford University Press, 2011), s.v. "Vitus (Guy), Modestus, and Crescentia". The figures of Modestus and Crescentia are probably fictitious. According to his legend, he died during the Diocletianic Persecution in AD 303. In the Middle Ages, he was counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. In Germany, his feast was celebrated with dancing before his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit Am Vogau
Sankt Veit am Vogau is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous .... Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Sankt Veit in der Südsteiermark. Homophobia and Islamophobia In March 2013 the small town created a large nationwide publicity, when the town's mayor, Manfred Tatzl from ÖVP told falter.at in an interview, "Wir sind hier auf dem Land, Homosexualität verurteilt ein jeder." ("We are living in a rural area, everybody here condemns homosexuality.") and added, "[es gebe] "Gott sei Dank" keine Muslime im Ort" (there were, "Thank God, [...] no muslims in town.") in order to defend the town's reverend Karl Tropper, who had been preaching against homosexuality and I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Veit Im Pongau
Sankt Veit im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau (district), St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. St.Veit is the first healthy climate spa town in Salzburg. Submontane to the "Hochglocker" there is the 1912 founded sanatorium. Author Thomas Bernhard was treated in there and he also wrote a book about his residence at the clinic. Geography The municipality lies in the Pongau on the Salzach. Until Sankt Veit, the Salzach flows from west to east; after Sankt Veit, it flow north. The municipality lies on a high plateau. The climate is tempered by winds that come from the valleys to the south. References Cities and towns in St. Johann im Pongau District {{Salzburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
