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St. Severin's Abbey
The Order of Port Royal (german: Orden von Port Royal) is an Old Catholic religious order in the Cistercian tradition whose motherhouse is St. Severin's Abbey in Kaufbeuren, Germany. Religious profession, Professed monks use the post-nominal letters OPR. At Kaufbeuren there are four resident monks, one hermit, one nonresident religious sister, sister, and several lay oblates. The order has no other abbeys, but has at various times claimed individual friars in Ebenweiler, Dresden and Korschenbroich in Germany; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Brownwood, Texas; Kumbo, Cameroon; and Karlskrona, Sweden. Origins The order was founded in Budapest in 1946 by (1917–1984), who had been ordained a priest (1939) and bishop (1945) by the Polish-based Mariavite Church and was head of the "Hungarian Christian Catholic Church". The order's name reflects Fehérváry's view of it as a revival of the French abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs, which was suppressed in 1709 for Jansenism and some of whose suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funkturm - Panoramio (1)
The Berliner Funkturm or Funkturm Berlin (Berlin Radio Tower) is a former broadcasting tower in Berlin. Constructed between 1924 and 1926 to designs by the architect Heinrich Straumer, it was inaugurated on 3 September 1926, on the occasion of the opening of the third Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, Große Deutsche Funkausstellung (Great German Radio Exhibition) in the grounds of the Messe Berlin trade fair in the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Nicknamed ''der lange Lulatsch'' ("the lanky lad"), the tower is one of the best-known Berlin#Tourist attractions, points of interest in the city of Berlin and, while no longer used for broadcasting purposes, it remains a protected monument. Construction method The tower is built as one large lattice tower, steel framework construction, similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The and approximately 600-metric ton radio tower was originally planned strictly as a transmitting tower, but later additions included a restaurant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
