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Schanzeln
Schanzeln or Schanz'ln is a variation of the European skittles game of Kegeln, at which very high wagers were often placed, which is why it ended up on the list of games prohibited in Austria-Hungary in 1904. One enthusiastic fan of this game was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Meaning ''Schanze'' described the skittles game whereby all the money wagered was won by the player who knocked over the most skittles. ''Schanze'' derives from the French word, ''chance''. ''Schanzel'' is the diminutive form and ''schanzeln'' the verb that derives from it. Sources * Matthias Lexer: ''Kärntisches Wörterbuch. Weihnacht-Spiele und Lieder aus Kärntea'' ic 1862digitalised * Hugo Mareta: ''Proben eines Wörterbuchs der österreichischen Volkssprache. Zweyter Versuch''. In: ''Jahresbericht des k.k. Ober-Gymnasiums zu den Schotten in Wien am Schlusse des Schuljahres 1865''. Vienna, 1865, pp. I–XII und 1–67. * Leopold Ziller: ''Was nicht im Duden steht. Ein Salzburger Mundart-Wörterbuch''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kegeln
Nine-pin bowling (also known as ninepin bowling, nine-pin, kegel, or kegeln) is a bowling game played primarily in Europe. European championships are held each year. In Europe overall, there are some 130,000 players. Nine-pin bowling lanes are mostly found in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Estonia, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, North Macedonia, Hungary, Brazil and Liechtenstein. In English-speaking countries, where ten-pin bowling (which originated in the United States) is dominant, facilities for nine-pin bowling are uncommon, though it remains popular in areas the state of South Australia such as the Barossa Valley in which many German people settled in the 19th century. A modified version is played in the US state of Texas. European version Equipment This game is played by rolling a ball down an alley towards nine pins. There are three variations of lane shape: *''Classic'' lanes are long and wide f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Games Prohibited In Austria-Hungary
In 1904, the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Justice ('' k. u. k. Justizministerium'') published the following list of games prohibited in Austria-Hungary. It was expanded by the state of Austria in 1933, was exemplary in Austria for many years and now represents a culturally and historically interesting list of the sort of gambling that was popular at that time. It is particularly noteworthy that there are also some bowling and billiard games on this list, which today are regarded more as games of skill. List of prohibited games (1904) On 30 June 1904 a law was passed by the Ministry of Justice of the Empire of Austria-Hungary which designated the following games as "prohibited games": # Pharao # Paschen (dice game) # Einundzwanzig (Twenty-One) and the similar Halbzwölf # Zwicken (also Labet, Tippen, Pochen) and its variant, Kleinpréférence # Angehen (also called Frische Vier) # Bakkarat (Makao) # Tartel with open Terzen # Kartentombola (also Grüne Wiese) # Stoß ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Skittles
Table skittles is a game in which a ball or spinning top is used to knock over skittles on a small board, usually placed on a table. Table skittles are almost always made of wood. Overview Table skittles are often a small scale imitation of normal skittles (e.g. in terms of the size of lanes, skittles, balls), and like minigolf, some are considered a children's version of it. There are different forms of tables skittles: * Devil Among the Tailors. A traditional English pub game dating from the 18th century. A simple table skittles games has a string with a small skittle ball attached to a gallows-like post. When the ball is struck it swings in a circle or back and forth. A player's score is based on the skittles knocked over in each turn. In some games, the fallen skittles are returned to their original position by hand; in others, the skittles are attached to strings and returned to their positions by a mechanism that pulls them. * Hood Skittles. A throwing version of table s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War * ''Friedrich'' (novel), a novel about anti-semitism written by Hans Peter Richter *Friedrich Air Conditioning, a company manufacturing air conditioning and purifying products *, a German cargo ship in service 1941-45 See also *Friedrichs (other) *Frederick (other) *Nikolaus Friedreich Nikolaus Friedreich (1 July 1825 in Würzburg – 6 July 1882 in Heidelberg) was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family. His father was psychiatrist Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–1862) ... {{disambig ja:フリードリヒ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". Born in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. His father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg court b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skittles (sport)
Skittles is a historical lawn game and target sport of European origin, from which the modern sport of nine-pin bowling is descended. In regions of the United Kingdom and Ireland the game remains as a popular indoor pub game. Playing Skittles is usually played indoors on a bowling alley, with one or more heavy balls, usually spherical but sometimes oblate, and several (most commonly nine) , or small bowling pins. The general object of the game is to use the ball(s) to knock over the skittles, either specific ones or all of them, depending upon game variant. Exact rules vary widely on a regional basis. Rules variations (Note: See Glossary below for explanation of named pins) Front pin first In this variant of the game, pins are counted only if the front pin is knocked over first. If the front pin is missed, any pins that are knocked over are not reset. In Devon Summer League, this rule is played frequently. In Bristol, this is the form of the game played and "all in" skittl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Lexer
Matthias Lexer (18 October 1830 – 16 April 1892), later Matthias von Lexer (from 1885), was a German lexicographer, author of the principal dictionary of the Middle High German language, ''Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch von Matthias Lexer'', completed in 1878 in three volumes. This dictionary was founded upon the base of the ''Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch'' by Benecke, Müller and Zarncke, completed in 1866 in three volumes. Matthias Lexer received a PhD in a lexicological subject at age 30 in 1860 at the University of Erlangen, where one of his teachers was the historian Karl von Hegel Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, Ritter von Hegel (7 June 1813 – 5 December 1901) was a German historian and son of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. During his lifetime he was a well-known and well-reputed historian who received many awards .... From then onward he held teaching positions at German universities. "The Middle High German dictionary f Matthias Lexeris noted for it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schottengymnasium
Schottengymnasium (officially the Öffentliches Schottengymnasium der Benediktiner in Wien) is an independent Catholic gymnasium with public status in the First District of Vienna. The school was founded in 1807 by imperial decree, and is considered one of the most prestigious schools in Austria. Alumni of the school include three Nobel laureates, several notable politicians, monarchs, artists and scientists. Notable alumni Politicians * Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872), Austrian Minister-President * Lajos Batthyány (1807–1849), the first Prime Minister of Hungary * (1810–1880), Abbot of the Schottenstift, of Lower Austria * Josef von Bauer (1817–1886), member of the Lower Austrian Landtag * Eduard Herbst (1820–1892), Justice Minister of Cisleithania * Franz Coronini-Cronberg (1830–1901), President of the Austrian Chamber of Deputies * Heinrich von Wittek (1844–1930), Minister-President of Cisleithania * Aloys von Liechtenstein (1846–1920), of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Games
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambling Games
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three elements to be present: consideration (an amount wagered), risk In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environme ... (chance), and a prize. The outcome of the wager is often immediate, such as a single roll of dice, a spin of a roulette wheel, or a horse crossing the finish line, but longer time frames are also common, allowing wagers on the outcome of a future sports contest or even an entire sports season. The term "gaming" in this context typically refers to instances in which the activity has been specifically permitted by law. The two words a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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