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Sigrid Fronius
Sigrid Fronius (born 23 January 1942) is a German author, journalist and feminist. She was 1968 the first female chairwoman of the Allgemeinen Studierendenausschuss (AStA) at Free University of Berlin and was involved in South America during the political upheavals of the 1970s. Life Childhood and youth Sigrid Fronius was born in 1942 in Brașov (''Kronstadt''), Romania, the youngest of four sisters. Her father was the owner of a factory. After World War II, Romania got a Communist regime and, as a result of nationalization, the former owner became the salaried director of the same factory. Her mother was a housewife. In 1955 – despite the Iron Curtain – the family was allowed to leave Romania legally. They moved in with relatives in Austria. From 1957, Fronius lived near Stuttgart and graduated from high school in the spring of 1962. Studies and student movement From fall 1962, Fronius studied history and French at the Free University of Berlin. From 1963, she too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a population of 253,200 making it the 7th most populous city in Romania. The metropolitan area is home to 382,896 residents. Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about north of Bucharest and from the Black Sea. It is surrounded by the Southern Carpathians and is part of the historical region of Transylvania. Historically, the city was the center of the Burzenland, once dominated by the Transylvanian Saxons, and a significant commercial hub on the trade roads between Austria (then Archduchy of Austria, within the Habsburg monarchy, and subsequently Austrian Empire) and Turkey (then Ottoman Empire). It is also where the national anthem of Romania was first sung. Names Brassovia, Brassó, Brașov, etc. According to Dragoș Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
