|
Schelfstadt
Schelfstadt is a central quarter of the city of Schwerin, capital of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state of Germany. Notable people * Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei, 19th-century naturalist and botanist, namesake of fungus and insect species. * Carl Wüstnei, 19-century ornithologist: author of ''Die Vögel der Grossherzogthümer Mecklenburg'' he Birds of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg(1900), often considered the "Mecklenburg bird bible" Gallery File:13-06-22-schwerin-50mm-by-RalfR-100.jpg, Overview of the Schelfstadt quarter File:Schwerin Schelfkirche 2011-11-13 048.JPG, Baroque Schelf Church The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas (german: Schelfkirche St. Nikolai) is an Evangelical Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the Schelfstadt quarter of Schwerin in Germany. The church is owned and used by a congregation within the Evangel ... File:Kunstverein-schwerin-20150616 172533.jpg, Former Electricity Powerstation (''E-Werk'') at Pfaffenteich, today a cultural centre for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch dialect, Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germany, second-largest city of the northeastern States of Germany, German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It has around 96,000 inhabitants, and is thus the least populous of all German state capitals. Schwerin is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Schwerin (''Schweriner See''), the second-largest lake of the Mecklenburg Lake Plateau after the Müritz, and there are eleven other lakes within Schwerin's city limits. The city is surrounded by the district of Nordwestmecklenburg, Northwestern Mecklenburg to the north, and the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim to the south. Schwerin and the two surrounding districts form the eastern outskirts of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is of Polabian Slavs, Slavic origin, deriving from the root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wüstnei
Carl Wüstnei (19 September 1843 – 21 December 1902) was a German ornithologist, engineer, and artist. In 1900, he published ''Die Vögel der Grossherzogthümer Mecklenburg'' ( "The Birds of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg"), a book on the birds of the Mecklenburg region, in collaboration with Gustav Clodius. Life and work Wüstnei was born in Schelfstadt, Schwerin where his father Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (1810-1858, a fungus '' Wuestneia'' is named after him) was a teacher, theologian and naturalist. He went to the Gymnasium Fridericianum Schwerin. His father died when he was young and he then went to the Brockelmanns iron foundry as an apprentice. Subsequently, his education was supported by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II in 1867 and he went to study in Berlin at the Royal Trades Academy (predecessor of TU Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schelf Church
The Schelf Church of St. Nicholas (german: Schelfkirche St. Nikolai) is an Evangelical Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the Schelfstadt quarter of Schwerin in Germany. The church is owned and used by a congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. It was originally built in 1238, but was rebuilt in 1713 in the Baroque style after destruction by a storm. It is the family burial place of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Sofie Luise; 6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735) was Queen consort in Prussia by marriage to King Frederick I of Prussia. She was famed for her beauty. Life Sophia Louise was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke .... Image:Schelfkirche Grundriss.png, Plan by Schlie Image:Schelfkirche Schwerin 1653.jpg, Schelfe and the medieval Schelf Church before 1651 File:Schwerin_Schelfkirche_Inschrift.jpg, Inscription Bibliography * Leonhard Christop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an area of , making it the sixth largest German state in area; and it is 16th in population density. Schwerin is the state capital and Rostock is the largest city. Other major cities include Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wismar, and Güstrow. It was named after the 2 regions of Mecklenburg and Vorpommern (which means West Pomerania). The state was established in 1945 after World War II through the merger of the historic regions of Mecklenburg and the Prussian Western Pomerania by the Soviet military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. It became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory divided into the districts of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei
Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (18 February 1810 – 12 October 1858) was a German theologian, naturalist and school teacher. He collected numerous specimens of fungi, plants and insects from the Mecklenburg region. He is commemorated in the fungus genus '' Wuestneia''. Wüstnei was born in Malchin where his father was a physician. He studied theology at Rostock from 1830 but went on to study mathematics and botany under Hermann Karsten and Heinrich Gustav Flörke. He became a teacher of mathematics and natural science at Schwerin from 1835. He collected plants from the Mecklenburg region and also exchanged specimens from other parts of the world with collectors. He took a special interest in the moss and lichens. He took a minor interest in birds but his son Carl Wüstnei Carl Wüstnei (19 September 1843 – 21 December 1902) was a German ornithologist, engineer, and artist. In 1900, he published ''Die Vögel der Grossherzogthümer Mecklenburg'' ( "The Birds of the Grand Duchy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfaffenteich
Pfaffenteich is a pond in Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee .... At an elevation of 39.2 m, its surface area is . Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ponds of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Schwerin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
