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Weigand
Weigand is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Weigand (born 1977), Canadian lawn bowler * Andreas Weigand (born 1945), American sprint canoeist *Bill Weigand (1928–2021), Canadian politician * Geoff Weigand (born 1964), Australian rock climber *Günter Weigand (1924–2003), German economist *Gustav Weigand (1860–1930), German linguist * Peter Weigand (1941–2011), American sprint canoeist *Wilhelm Weigand (1862–1949), German poet and writer *William Weigand (born 1937), American Roman Catholic bishop See also *Wiegand * Wigand * Weygand *Weigand of Redwitz Weigand of Redwitz (1476 in Tüschnitz, now part of Küps – 20 May 1556 in Kronach) was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1522 until his death. Background Weigand of Redwitz was a member of the Franconian Redwitz family. The Redwitzes were ... {{surname Surnames from given names Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Weigand
William Keith Weigand (born May 23, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California from 1993 to 2008. Weigand previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City in Utah and as a priest in the Diocese of Boise in Idaho. Biography Early life Weigand was born on May 23, 1937, in Bend, Oregon, one of four sons of Harold and Alice Weigand. When Weigand was age 12, the family moved to St. Maries, Idaho. He attended St. Maries Academy in Cottonwood, Idaho, a school run by the Benedictine Sisters. In 1951, Weigand entered Mt. Angel Minor Seminary in Saint Benedict, Oregon, for secondary school and two years of college. In 1959, Weigand graduated from St. Edward Seminary in Kenmore, Washington, with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He then attended St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, finishing in 1963 with a Master of Divinity degree. Priesthood On May 25, 1963, Weigand was ordained to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weigand Of Redwitz
Weigand of Redwitz (1476 in Tüschnitz, now part of Küps – 20 May 1556 in Kronach) was Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1522 until his death. Background Weigand of Redwitz was a member of the Franconian Redwitz family. The Redwitzes were Imperial Knights; the family was named after Redwitz an der Rodach, a village in Lichtenfels district in Upper Franconia. Weigand was a son of Henry of Redwitz at Theisenort and Tüschnitz and his wife, Agatha of Bibra. His relative Catherine II of Redwitz (d. 1560) was Abbess of Obermünster Abbey in Regensburg from 1533 to 1536. Life Weigand of Redwitz became a canon in Bamberg in 1490. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. In 1520, he was the senior pastor of Kronach. Among his congregation was the reformer Johannes Grau, who had to flee to Wittenberg after he married the daughter of a citizen of Kronach. During his time as bishop, Weigand acted against Luther's followers and removed Lutheran clergy from office. However, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Weigand
Geoff Weigand (born 1964 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian rock climber Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling. Rock climbing is a physically and ... and road cyclist. Career By the age of 16 (1981), he was one of the leading climbers in Australia with the onsight ascent of Toyland, 25, considered by most to be the hardest climb in New South Wales (NSW) at the time, He added numerous of 1st ascents (F.A.). Some are at Bombo Quarry, NSW, he redpointed Hangman (27)., Krondorf Theft (25), and Abstractions (25). At Cosmic County, with Aesthetic Images (25), Crosswords (24), Highlights (24), Fading Light (24), Blackboard (24) and Letters to the Editor (25) - all developed in December 1981. He also repeated the best and hardest of his contemporaries' routes (at the time) including ascent of Hollow Men (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Weigand
William John Weigand (October 14, 1928 – June 27, 2021) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon from 1991 to 1994. Weigand was originally from Edmonton, Alberta and came to Whitehorse in 1946, finding work as a civilian firefighter with the Canadian Army. He later owned and managed the Murdoch's Gem Shop franchise in Whitehorse along with Mike Scott, and worked as a real estate agent after earning a real estate certification at the University of British Columbia. He also served as chair of the Yukon Liquor Board and Yukon Utilities Board, as well as the Whitehorse Downtown Business Association and Kiwanis Club. On November 14, 1991, Weigand was elected to a three-year term as the Mayor of Whitehorse, defeating rival candidates, councilmen Gerry Thick and Art Deer. He received 1605 votes of the 4065 total votes cast, and 711 more than second-place finisher Art Deer. In 2005, Weigand and his wife Jerrine "Jeri" received the Yukon Commissioner's Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Weigand
Gustav Weigand (1 February 1860 – 8 July 1930), was a German linguist and specialist in Balkan languages, especially Romanian and Aromanian. He is known for his seminal contributions to the dialectology of the Romance languages of the Balkans and to the study of the relationships between the languages of the Balkan sprachbund. He has also provided substantial contribution to Aromanian studies. Weigand was born in Duisburg, in the Prussian Rhine Province. He studied Romance languages in Leipzig and wrote a doctoral thesis about the language of the Aromanians in Livadi in the region of Mount Olympus in 1888, followed by a habilitation thesis on the Megleno-Romanian language in 1892. In 1893 he founded the Romanian Institute at the University of Leipzig, the first such institution outside Romania. During the following years he continued to conduct extensive personal field studies in the Balkans. In 1908 he published a ''Linguistic Atlas of the Daco-Romanian speech area'', the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Weigand
Günter Weigand (born 1924) is a self-proclaimed “social lawyer” (''Sozialanwalt''), economist and amateur prosecutor who became victim of a judicial and psychiatric scandal. He was born in Olsztyn. Heinrich BöllGerhard Mauz''Ist das der mit der Grastrommel? Über die Bedeutung der BVG-Entscheidung zugunsten Günter Weigands.''In: ''Der Spiegel'', n. 52, 1978, p. 60. and the German expert in criminal law Karl Peters (jurist), Karl Peters (among others) made it possible, that the Weigand case is known as a miscarriage of justice. Publications (selection) * ''Die Berechtigung sittlicher Werturteile in den Sozialwissenschaften.'' Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1960. * ''Der Rechtsstaat wird uns nicht geschenkt! Lehren aus der Münsterschen Mordaffäre um den Gewalttod des Rechtsanwalts Blomert vom 25.August 1961.'' Selbstverlag, 1979, 132 Seiten, Secondary literature * Jürgen Kehrer: ''Schande von Münster: Die Affäre Weigand''. Waxmann 1996. * Dietmar Klenke: „1.4. Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Weigand
Peter Michael Weigand (July 26, 1941 – March 18, 2011) was an American sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. He was eliminated in the repechage round of K-2 1000 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o .... ReferencesPeter Weigand's profile at Sports Reference.com 1941 births 2011 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Weigand
Andrea Weigand (born 1977) is a Canadian international lawn bowler. She won a silver medal in the fours with Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong, Melissa Ranger and Anita Nivala at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur , anthem = '' Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , su .... Weigand is also a former Canadian National fours champion. References Living people 1977 births Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Canadian female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Weigand
Andreas Weigand (born September 29, 1945) is an American sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me .... ReferencesSports-reference.com profile 1945 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States {{US-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Weigand
Wilhelm Weigand (13 March 1862, in Gissigheim, Baden-Württemberg – 20 December 1949, in Munich) was a German Neoromanticism and Realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ... period poet and writer. He was born Wilhelm Schnarrenberger, but on 2 May 1888 he took the maiden name of his grandmother. Distinctions * Johann-Peter-Hebel Prize (1942) * Honorary Citizen of the Community of Gissigheim Selected works * ''Der Frankenthaler'', novel (Leipzig, 1889) * ''Sommer'', poems (1894) * ''Der zwiefache Eros'', short stories (1896) * ''Die Löffelstelze'', novel (Tübingen, 1919) * ''Der Hof Ludwigs XIV. Nach den Denkwürdigkeiten des Herzogs von Saint-Simon'', history (c. 1922) * ''Der graue Bote'', short stories (Prague 1924) * ''Die Fahrt zur Liebesinsel'', novel (1928 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiegand
Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the past participle form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''. The word comes from ''wîg'' (''battle''/''war''). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name. People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand: * Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), American journalist and abstract artist * Clyde Wiegand (1915–1996), American physicist * Dave Wiegand (1974-), American Scrabble player * David Wiegand (1947–2018), American journalist and critic * Ernest H. Wiegand (1886–1973), American scientist * Frank Wiegand (born 1943), German Olympic medallist in swimming * Haike Beruriah Wiegand (born 1965), Oxford Lector in Hebrew and Jewish Studies * Heinrich Wiegand (1855–1909), head of Norddeutscher Lloyd * Joe Wiegand (born 1965), portrayer of Theodore Roosevelt * John R. Wiegand ** Wiegand effect ** Wiegand wire ** Wiegand protocol, used in many kinds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wigand (other)
Wigand may refer to: Given name *Saint Wigand, three people: ** Venantius of Berri, 5th century ** Venantius of Camerino, 3rd century ** Venantius of Salona, 3rd century *Wigand of Herford, author of a biography of Saint Waltger *Wigand Siebel, German sociologist *Wigand Wirt, German theologian *Wigand of Marburg, German herald of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia Surname *Johann Wigand (ca. 1523-1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania *Albert Julius Wilhelm Wigand (1821–1886), German botanist and opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution *Jeffrey Wigand, former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson *Justus Heinrich Wigand, German obstetrician Other * ''Wigand'' (album), album by the German band Adorned Brood See also *Weigand *Wiegand Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb ''wîgan'', meaning ''to fight'', through the past participle form ''wîgant'', meaning ''the fighter''. The word comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
