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Traun is a city in Austria. Traun may also refer to: * Traun (river), a tributary to the Danube in Austria * Traun (Alz), a tributary to the Alz river in Bavaria * Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677–1748), Austrian field marshal * Friedrich Traun (1876–1908), German runner and tennis player * Baron Hugo Traun, a character in the film '' The Angel with the Trumpet'' See also * Abensberg-Traun, Austrian noble family * Rote Traun and Weiße Traun Weiße Traun is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is formed at the confluence of the Fischbach and the Seetraun south of Ruhpolding. At its confluence with the Rote Traun near Siegsdorf, the Traun is formed. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria ...
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Traun
Traun () is an Austrian city located on the north bank of the river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name ''Traun'' is derived from the Celtic word for river (''dru''). Traun is the fifth largest city in Upper Austria, located in the district of Linz-Land. History Neolithic: Excavation findings suggest that the first settlements date to when the Roman road led from Wels to Lorch ( Enns). 6th century: Bavarii settle in the area of Traun. about 790: The name ''dru'' appears on a document for the first time. about 813 to 824: First mentioning as a place in a document. 1113: First evidence of the former moated castle. 1560: Reconstruction of the castle into a Renaissance building. 1725: Reconstruction of the castle into a Baroque building. 1784: First school in Traun opens. 1785: Fusion with the villages of St. Dionysen and Oedt. about 1850: First industries: Enderlin, Berl and Graumann brothers (textiles), Dr. Feurstein (paper), Gabler (fla ...
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Traun (river)
Traun () is a river in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Its source is in the Totes Gebirge mountain range in Styria. It flows through the Salzkammergut area and the lakes Hallstätter See and Traunsee. The Traun is a right tributary of the Danube, which it meets near the city of Linz. Other towns along the river are Bad Aussee, Bad Ischl, Gmunden, Wels and Traun. The Traun is long, and has a basin area of . Its average discharge at the mouth is . Until the late 19th century, it was only possible to reach Hallstatt (at the Hallstätter See) by boat or via narrow trails. However, this secluded and inhospitable landscape nevertheless counts as one of the first places of human settlement due to the rich sources of natural salt, which was mined for thousands of years, originally in the shape of hearts. Some of Hallstatt's oldest archaeological finds, such as a shoe-last celt – a long thin stone tool used to fell trees and to work wood – date back to around 5000 B.C. One o ...
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Traun (Alz)
The Traun () is a river in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is formed by the confluence of the Weiße Traun (also considered its upper course) and the Rote Traun near Siegsdorf. It passes through Traunstein and Traunreut, and flows into the Alz near Altenmarkt an der Alz. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach *Alpbach * Alster * Altmühl * Alz *Amper * Anlauter * Arbach *Arbachgraben *Aschaff * Aschbach *Attel * Aubach, tributary of ... References Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub ...
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Otto Ferdinand Von Abensperg Und Traun
Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun (or sometimes Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun), (27 August 167718 February 1748) was an Habsburg monarchy, Austrian ''Generalfeldmarschall''. The current spelling of the name, and the spelling used in his time, is mostly Abensperg. Life He came of a Abensberg-Traun noble family and was born at Sopron, Ödenburg as the son of Imperial Count Otto Laurenz von Abensperg und Traun (1638–1695) and his second wife, Eva Susanna Rüber von Pixendorf (1645–1695). He was sent to university of Halle, Halle to complete his education, but in 1693 left the university to serve with the Prussian contingent of the allied army in the Low Countries. He saw much service in the War of the Grand Alliance, and at its close entered the imperial army. The War of the Spanish Succession soon followed, and Traun served with distinction in Italy and on the Rhine till 1709, when he became lieutenant-colonel and ''aide-de-camp'' to Guido Starhemberg, Field Ma ...
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Friedrich Traun
Friedrich Adolf "Fritz" Traun (29 March 1876 – 11 July 1908) was a German athlete and tennis player. Born into a wealthy family, he participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in men's doubles. He committed suicide after being accused of fathering a child out of wedlock. Biography Traun was born the son of a wealthy family from Hamburg in 1876. His father, Heinrich Traun (1838–1909), owned a natural rubber manufacturing company and later became senator at Hamburg from 1901 to 1908. In 1885, Fritz began studying chemistry at Dresden University of Technology. In autumn of the same year, he participated in a track and field competition between athletes from Berlin and Hamburg and won the race over a distance of half a mile. In 1896 Traun competed at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. Traun placed third in his preliminary heat of the 800 metres and did not advance to the final. He also participated in the tennis tournament. In the singles competi ...
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The Angel With The Trumpet (1950 Film)
''The Angel with the Trumpet'' is a 1950 British drama film directed by Anthony Bushell and starring Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, and Norman Wooland. It was based on a novel by Ernst Lothar. The film follows the rise and fall of an Austrian aristocrat, and her eventual death following the Anschluss. The film was a remake of a 1948 Austrian film '' Der Engel mit der Posaune''. Plot Henrietta Stein, daughter of a Jewish academic, is the mistress of the Habsburg Crown Prince who cannot marry her. She chooses instead a loveless marriage with Francis Alt, the head of the Alt Viennese piano manufacturing firm. Only their mutual friend Baron Hugo Tran knows of their feelings. On the day of her marriage, the Prince kills himself in despair. Francis and Henrietta raise their three children in the family home, uninterrupted until twelve years later, the Baron visits her in Vienna and they have an affair. Henrietta plans to leave her husband. The affair is interrupted when her brother-in-l ...
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Abensberg-Traun
The House of Abensberg und Traun (now usually written Abensperg-Traun) is the name of an ancient Austrian noble family, originally from the Upper Austrian ''Traungau''. It is considered one of the oldest extant aristocratic families in Central Europe. History The Abensberg und Traun family was first mentioned with ''Pernhart de Trune'' in 1114. Traun Castle is still today owned by the family. The Trauns are one of the 12 so-called "Apostle Houses", i.e. the families which had already played a historical role during the period of Babenberg rule of Austria (976 to 1246). They were elevated to Imperial Counts in 1653, receiving the name ''Counts of Abensperg and Traun'', after a Bavarian family, the counts of Abensperg, who had a similar coat of arms, and had ruled the county of Abensberg (Bavaria) from the 12th century until they extinguished with Niclas, Graf von Abensberg in 1485. Only count Ernst von Abensperg und Traun (1608–1668) was very shortly granted the fief of Aben ...
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Rote Traun
Rote Traun is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is formed at the confluence of the Falkenseebach and the Großwaldbach in Inzell. At its confluence with the Weiße Traun near Siegsdorf, the Traun is formed. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach *Alpbach * Alster * Altmühl * Alz *Amper * Anlauter * Arbach *Arbachgraben *Aschaff * Aschbach *Attel * Aubach, tributary of ... References Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub ...
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