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Sigg (other)
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Sigg may refer to: * SIGG, ''Sigg Switzerland AG'' is a Swiss manufacturing company with its headquarters in Frauenfeld Sigg is also a surname and may refer to: *Austin Sigg (born 1995), American murderer of Jessica Ridgeway * Eugen Sigg (1898–1974), Swiss rower * Ferdinand Sigg (1902–1965), European bishop * Fredy Sigg (1923–1998), Swiss designer and cartoonist * Oswald Sigg (born 1944), Swiss journalist * Uli Sigg (born 1946), Swiss businessman, diplomat, art collector See also * Sig (other) Sig used as a name may refer to: * Sig (given name) *Sig, Algeria, a city on the banks of the Sig River *Sig Alert, an alert for traffic congestion in California, named after Loyd Sigmon *Sig River, a river of Algeria also known as Mekerra sig (l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Jessica Ridgeway
Jessica Ridgeway (January 23, 2002 – October 5, 2012) was an American girl who, at the age of 10, was kidnapped in Westminster, Colorado, and murdered by Austin Sigg (born January 17, 1995) on October 5, 2012. Her dismembered body was found five days later. Sigg was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder in November 2013. Disappearance Ridgeway was reported missing on the evening of October 5, 2012 after she failed to return home from school, and an AMBER Alert was issued. Two days later, her school backpack, containing her glasses, was found on a sidewalk. On October 10, her dismembered remains were found in a park in Arvada. Confession to crime Later in October 2012, a 17-year-old youth named Austin Sigg confessed to killing Ridgeway. He told police that he kidnapped her as she walked towards where he had parked his Jeep, and then he bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties and took her to his house. There, he forced her to change out of her clothes and into a pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Sigg
Eugen Sigg-Bächthold (16 January 1898–29 December 1994), better known as Eugen Sigg, was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924, he won the gold medal with the Swiss boat in the coxed four event. He was also part of the Swiss boat which won the bronze medal in the coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ... competition. References External links Database Olympics Profile 1898 births 1994 deaths Swiss male rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic rowers for Switzerland Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Sigg
Ferdinand Sigg (22 March 1902 in Thalwil (Switzerland) – 27 October 1965 in Zürich (Switzerland)) was the first European bishop of the Central Conference of Middle and Southern Europe of the Methodist Episcopal Church He grew up in a Methodist workman family. From 1923 to 1927 he studied at the Methodist seminary in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1929 he married Alice Mumenthaler. After completing his studies, he worked in the Methodist congregation of Basel and then became secretary of bishop John Louis Nuelsen. 1936 in an economical crises he became director of the Swiss Methodist publishing house in Zurich. In this position he contributed a lot after World War II to rebuild the completely destroyed German publishing house in Frankfurt. As publisher, his concerns were the role of laity in church, the role of the church in society, socialism and church, and world mission. Long before he became bishop, Sigg was engaged in ecumenic work. From 1942 he was the representative of the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredy Sigg
Fredy Sigg (1923–1998) was a Swiss designer and cartoonist. He was known nationwide for his caricatures during the 1960s to 1980s. He was active as a free-lance graphicist and illustrator from 1947. From 1958 he worked as a caricaturist for the ''Nebelspalter'', ''Weltwoche'' and ''Der Schweizerische Beobachter, Beobachter'' newspapers, later also for ''Züri-Woche'', ''Schweizerische Handelszeitung'' and ''Annabelle''. Sigg married three times; Tatjana Kürschner (1948), Johanna Büchle (1953) and Edith Thalmann (1961). References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigg, Fredy 1923 births 1998 deaths Swiss caricaturists Swiss cartoonists Swiss designers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Sigg
Oswald Sigg (born 1944 in Zürich) is a Swiss journalist. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor of Switzerland and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council. He served as Spokesman until his retirement on 31 March 2009. Sigg studied sociology and economics in St. Gallen, Paris and Berne. After graduating, he served as deputy spokesperson for the Federal Chancellery between 1975 and 1980, then as a spokesperson for the Federal Department of Finance (1975-1980), the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (1998-2004) and the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (2004-2005), under five different Federal Councillors. He also worked as editor-in-chief for the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (1988-1990) and spokesman for the management of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation between 1991 and 1997. He was one of the figureheads behind the popular initiative for an unconditional basic income submitted to popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uli Sigg
Uli Sigg (born 1946) is a Swiss businessman, diplomat and art collector. He served as the Swiss Ambassador to China, North Korea and Mongolia from 1995 to 1998. He serves as the vice chairman of Ringier, the largest media company in Switzerland. He made a large donation of contemporary Chinese art to the Hong Kong-based M+ museum in 2012. Early life Uli Sigg was born in 1946. He received a PhD in Law from the University of Zurich. Career Sigg started his career as a business journalist. By 1977, he worked for the Schindler Group, where he was an expatriate in China. He left the company in 1990. He was a company director for the next five years, serving on the boards of Swiss corporations. Sigg served as the Swiss Ambassador to China, North Korea and Mongolia from 1995 to 1998. As of 2009, he served as the vice chairman of Ringier, a media company. He also served on the advisory board of the China Development Bank. Art collection Sigg became the largest private collector of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
