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Schmitz Foundation
Schmitz is a common German surname (''smith''), which may refer to: * Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980), German musicologist, Beethoven researcher * Bob Schmitz (1939–2004), American football player * Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), German architect * Danny Schmitz (born 1955), American college baseball coach * Elisabeth Schmitz (1893–1977), German Lutheran theologian and teacher * Eugene Schmitz (1864–1928), mayor of San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake * Greg Dean Schmitz (born 1970), American online film journalist * Hector Aron Schmitz or Ettore Schmitz (1861–1928), birthname of the Italian author Italo Svevo * James H. Schmitz (1911–1981), American science fiction writer * Jim Schmitz, American college baseball coach * Johannes Andreas Schmitz (1621–1652), Dutch physician * John G. Schmitz (1930–2001), American presidential candidate * Johnny Schmitz (1920–2011), American baseball player * Joseph E. Schmitz (born 1958), former US Department of Defense o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western order" of "given name, surname", unless it occurs in an alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. " Bach, Johann Sebastian". In this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English, Dutch, Italian, and French. There are some vestiges of a patronymic system as they survive in parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, but these do not form part of the official name. Women traditionally adopted their husband's name upon marriage and would occasionally retain their maiden name by hyphenation, in a so-called '' Doppelname'', e.g. "Else Lasker-Schüler". Recent legislation motivated by gender equality now allows a married couple to choose the surname they want to use, including an option ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonhard Schmitz
Leonhard Schmitz FRSE (1807 – May 1890) was a Prussian-born classical scholar and educational author, mainly active in the United Kingdom. He is sometimes referred to in the Anglicised version of his name Leonard Schmitz. Biography Schmitz was born in Eupen in what was then Prussia (now in Belgium) close to the Belgium/Germany border. He attended gymnasium in Aix-la-Chappelle to the east (now called Aachen and within modern day Germany). He lost his right arm in an accident at the age of 10, but nonetheless excelled academically. He studied at the University of Bonn, where he earned a PhD, and was in particular influenced by Barthold Georg Niebuhr; Schmitz later published in England a collection of notes taken from Niebuhr's lectures as ''Lectures on Roman History'' (1844). He became associated with a number of scholars there, writing many of the mythological entries for classicist William Smith's '' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', and serving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmitz Park Creek
Schmitz Park Creek is a stream in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ..., United States. It is located entirely within Schmitz Park. {{authority control Landforms of Seattle Rivers of Washington (state) Rivers of King County, Washington West Seattle, Seattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmitz Park (Seattle)
Schmitz Park, also known as Schmitz Preserve Park, is a park around 15 blocks east of Alki Point in West Seattle, Washington. It features Schmitz Park Creek and one of the last stands of old-growth forest in the city. Ferdinand and Emma Schmitz donated of the park to the city in 1908. They wanted their land to be used as a park. (Ferdinand was a German immigrant who moved to Seattle in 1887 and was the city's Parks Commissioner from 1908 to 1914). Additions to the park were purchased in 1909, 1930, 1947, and 1958, making the park grow over 20 more acres (8 ha). In 1949, a "preservation policy" was applied to Schmitz Park. It stated that only foot trails were allowed and all signs were to be removed from inside the park's borders. This policy still remains today. In 1953, Schmitz Park Elementary School opened to the public. The school sits adjacent to Schmitz Park. In January 2018 Seattle City Council Bill No. CB 119169 authorized the purchase of a 5,000-sq. ft. lot at the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmitz Lake
Schmitz Lake is a natural lake in South Dakota, in the United States. Schmitz Lake has the name of August Schmitz, a pioneer settler. See also *List of lakes in South Dakota This is a list of lakes in South Dakota. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota Sources Lake Surveys, Maps, and Fishing ForecastsNortheast South Dakota fish surveysSoutheast South Dakota fish surveysWestern South Dakota fish surveys References Lakes of South Dakota Lakes of Aurora County, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Schmitz
Todd Schmitz (born 1978) is an American swimming coach. He lives in Aurora, Colorado. He is the head coach of the Denver-area club team, the Colorado Stars, which is the training program of 17-year-old swimming phenomenon Missy Franklin, a 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member. Following the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Schmitz was named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic women's swimming team as an assistant coach.Associated Press, Missy Franklin's coach Todd Schmitz named U.S. Olympic assistant" ''The Denver Post'' (July 2, 2012). Retrieved July 12, 2012. Schmitz is a native of North Dakota and a graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver, where he swam for the now-defunct Metro State Roadrunners swim team.Matthew Futterman, How Not to Ruin a Swimming Prodigy" ''The Wall Street Journal'' (May 29, 2012). Retrieved July 12, 2012. After graduation from Metro State, he worked as a junior executive with a national restaurant chain; he quit to accept a full-time job as the under-8 coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybille Schmitz
Sybille Maria Christina Schmitz (2 December 1909 – 13 April 1955) was a German actress. Biography Schmitz attended an acting school in Cologne and got her first engagement at Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1927. Only one year later, she made her film debut with ''Freie Fahrt'' (1928), which attracted her first attention from the critics. Her other early movies include Pabst's ''Diary of a Lost Girl'' (1929), Dreyer's ''Vampyr'' (1932), and eventually ''F.P.1'' (1932), where she played her first leading role. Schmitz established herself as a prominent actress in the German cinema with the films which followed including '' Der Herr der Welt'' (1934), ''Abschiedswalzer'' (1934), '' Ein idealer Gatte'' (1935), and '' Fährmann Maria'' (1936). She also had roles in ''Die Umwege des schönen Karl'' (1937), ' (1938), ''Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit'' (1939), ''Trenck, der Pandur'' (1940) and ''Titanic'' (1943). Schmitz's career remained strong even though she was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Schmitz
Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961, Aachen, Germany) is a visiting professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and was formerly the chair of gender studies and scientific head of the Gender Research Office eferat Genderforschungat the University of Vienna. Schmitz is also a member of The NeuroGenderings Network. Education Schmitz gained her PhD in behavioral physiology from the Department of Biology, University of Marburg in 1992. Research Schmitz main areas of research are gender and science technology studies with a particular focus in brain sciences and contemporary neurocultures. Books * See also * Cognitive neuroscience * Gender essentialism * Neuroscience of sex differences The neuroscience of sex differences is the study of characteristics that separate the male and female brain. Psychological sex differences are thought by some to reflect the interaction of genes, hormones, and social learning on brain development ... References External links Official w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sascha Schmitz
Sascha Röntgen (' Schmitz; born 5 January 1972), better known by his stage name Sasha, is a German singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is also known by his alter ego Dick Brave, and part of the group Dick Brave & the Backbeats. Due to a legal dispute with the Welsh DJ also named Sasha, he is known as Sasha Alexander in the United States. Early life Sasha is the elder of two children born to Fritz Schmitz, a former Bundeswehr soldier, and his wife Ramona, a nursery nurse. Raised in a Christian home alongside his younger brother Norman (born 1976), Sasha spent his childhood in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, following his parents' divorce. His early musical interest grew when he started his first school band, called Bad to the Bone, which "was exactly as bad as the name suggests", he later stated. Sasha's first professional band was called Junk Food and modelled on bands such as Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although the band was never offered a recording cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabine Schmitz
Sabine Schmitz (; 14 May 1969 – 16 March 2021) was a German professional motor racing driver and television personality. Born in Adenau to a family in the hotel and catering business, and raised in one of the villages nestled within the Nürburgring race track, she initially trained to join the same profession as her parents, before choosing to begin a career in racing, working as a driver for BMW and Porsche. She became known for being an expert on the Nürburgring circuit, winning two victories in endurance races during the course of her driving career on the circuit, and became a cult icon on television following her appearance on BBC's ''Top Gear'', making recurring appearances alongside several of the programme's presenters. Schmitz died of cancer, in March 2021, at the age of 51, following a diagnosis in late 2017. Career Nürburgring Following occasional drives with the family car on the Nordschleife, all three Schmitz sisters started racing, but only Sabine continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Schmitz
Richard Schmitz (14 December 1885 in Mohelnice, Moravia – 27 April 1954 in Vienna) was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria. Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna. He was a member of the pro-Habsburg Christian Social Party. After an active role in the Heimwehr- Austrofascist clash with the Clericals, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed him Mayor of Vienna in 1934. He succeeded elected Mayor Karl Seitz. Ardently anti-Nazi, Schmitz was Mayor four years later when Austria was absorbed into the Third Reich in the Anschluss. Until that point, Schmitz spoke out publicly against Nazism and its tactics. Along with thousands of other prominent Austrians, Richard Schmitz was arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria where he remained for the length of the war. In late April 1945 Schmitz was, together with other prominent concentration camp inmates, tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralf Schmitz
Ralf Schmitz (born 3 November 1974 in Leverkusen) is a German comedian and actor. Life Schmitz works as an actor in German television. Filmography * since 2003: Genial daneben – Die Comedy Arena * 2004–2006: Schillerstraße * 2002–2005: Die Dreisten Drei (bis Ende der 3. Staffel) * 2005: Sag die Wahrheit * 2005: Sarah Kuttner – Die Show * 2006: Schmitz komm raus (2006) * 2006–2008: Frag doch mal die Maus * 2006: Zimmer frei! * 2007: Eine große Nachtmusik * 2007: Löwenzahn * 2007: Die Sendung mit der Maus * 2007/2008: Ein Herz für Kinder * 2008: Kicken für Kinder * 2008: Inas Nacht * 2008: Happy Otto! * 2008: Lachen mit Otto Waalkes – Der Ostfriesische Götterbote wird 60 * 2008: Jukebox Helden * 2009: Schmitz in the City * 2010: Bei Kerner * 2010: Ralf Schmitz live! Schmitzophren * 2011: Ralf Schmitz Live (RTL) * since 2013: Take Me Out * 2014: Hotel Zuhause Films * 2004: 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (as ''Sunny'') * 2005: Der kleine Eisbä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
