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Zella-Mehlis Station
Zella-Mehlis is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 5 km north of Suhl, and 20 km east of Meiningen. The town of Zella-Mehlis is the site of the original Walther Arms and J.G. Anschütz weapons factories. They remained there until the Soviets occupied eastern Germany at the end of World War II. The former municipality Benshausen was merged into Zella-Mehlis in January 2019. Historical Population Twin towns Zella-Mehlis is town twinning, twinned with: * Andernach, Germany * Gemünden am Main, Germany * Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France Personalities Honorary citizen * Helmut Recknagel (* 1937), the first German Olympic ski jumping champion and world champion, started for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis Sons and daughters of the city * Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso (1759-1826), teacher, historian and philologist * Johann Heinrich Ehrhardt (1805-1883), locomotive builder, engineer of the Saxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a ''Landkreis'' in the southwest of Thuringia, Germany. Its neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts Wartburgkreis, Gotha, Ilm-Kreis, the district-free city Suhl, the district Hildburghausen, the Bavarian district Rhön-Grabfeld, and the district Fulda in Hesse. History The district is located mainly on the territory of the former duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (part Meiningen district) and the former dominion of Schmalkalden. The district as a unit originated in 1994 with the merging of the previous districts Meiningen, Schmalkalden and (partially) Suhl-Land, which were formed during the time in the GDR. The municipality Kaltennordheim passed from the Wartburgkreis to Schmalkalden-Meiningen on 1 January 2019. Geography The main river in Schmalkalden-Meiningen is the Werra. The landscape of the district consists of the Rhön Mountains in the west and the Thuringian Forest Mountains in the east, separated by the valley of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso
Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso (May 26, 1760 – June 9, 1826) was a German historian and philologist. Manso was born in Zella-Mehlis, and studied in Jena. He taught at the Illustrious Gymnasium in Gotha from 1785, and in 1790 moved to the Magdaleneum in Breslau, where he was first prorector and then from 1793 rector. He died in Breslau in 1826. He is also remembered today for a dispute with Friedrich Schiller. Writing in the journal '' Neue Bibliothek der schönen Wissenschaften und der freyen Künste'', Manso criticized Schiller's writing for obscurantism, for the way he adopted Kantian terminology for his arguments, and for his idealization of Ancient Greece. Manso's own writing was in turn mocked by Schiller, writing together with Goethe, in their ''Xenien''. Works Historical: * ''Sparta, ein Versuch zur Aufklärung der Geschichte und Verfassung dieses Staats'' (Leipzig, 1800–1805, 3 vols.) * ''Leben Konstantins des Großen'' (Breslau, 1817) * ''Geschichte des preußisch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski jumping events held at Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, in this order. The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events. Unlike the World Cup ranking, however, the actual points scored during the competitions are the ones that are used to determine the winner. In 2005–06, Janne Ahonen and Jakub Janda shared the overall victory after finishing with exactly the same points total after the four competitions. In 2001–02, the anniversary 50th edition, Sven Hannawald was the first to achieve the ''grand slam'' of ski jumping, winning all four events in the same edition. In 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Schmidt (ski Jumper)
Rainer Schmidt (born 1 August 1948 in Langewiesen, Thuringia) is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1972 to 1976. He won the bronze medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Schmidt won the Four Hills Tournament in 1973 and earned a silver medal at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships in 1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. .... References * 1948 births Living people People from Langewiesen German male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of East Germany Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping Sportspeople from Thuringia Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Universiade medalists in ski jumping Universiade bronze me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus-Peter Göpfert
Klaus-Peter Göpfert (born 22 October 1948 in Coburg) is a German former Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References External links * 1948 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of East Germany Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers People from Coburg Sportspeople from Upper Franconia {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredi Albrecht
Fredi Albrecht (born 23 June 1947 in Albrechts) is a German former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... He has since retired and become a referee. References External links * 1947 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of East Germany Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers People from Suhl Sportspeople from Thuringia {{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Heß
Reinhard Heß (13 June 1945 – 24 December 2007) was a German ski jumping coach. He was the national team's coach from 1993 until 2003, helping the sport in becoming popular in Germany. Heß was born in Lauscha, Thuringia. The jumpers he trained included Martin Schmitt, who won the world cup two times and Sven Hannawald, who won the Four Hills Tournament in 2002. With 21 medals won in world championships and Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ... combined, Heß was Germany's most successful ski jumping coach. He died of pancreatic cancer in Bad Berka. References 1945 births 2007 deaths People from Sonneberg (district) German ski jumping coaches German sports coaches German Olympic coaches Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from canc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Queck
Horst Queck (born 5 October 1943 in Steinach, Thuringia) is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1966 to 1971. Queck's best individual finish was second in the individual normal hill event in Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... in 1970. He is unrelated to the Olympic ski jumper Manfred Queck. References * 1943 births Living people People from Sonneberg (district) German male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Thuringia {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Callo
Marcel Callo (6 December 1921 – 19 March 1945) was a French Roman Catholic from Rennes who served in Catholic organizations – in particular the Young Christian Workers (Jocists) – devoted to charitable works to the poor and to communities in general. Callo served as an apprentice at a print store from the age of thirteen before joining Catholic associations in France. He was conscripted to serve during World War II and the Gestapo arrested him in 1944 for his Christian activities. He died in the camps after being forced to do long hours of labour. On account of the fact that he died in harsh camp conditions in hatred of his faith Pope John Paul II presided over his beatification on 4 October 1987. Life Marcel Callo was born in Rennes on 6 December 1921 as the second of nine children to Marcel Callo and Felicita Maria Giuseppina; one brother was Giovanni (who became a priest) and a sister was Maria Maddalena. Callo was known as a child for being a leader-like figure and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Walther
Carl Wilhelm Freund Walther (22 November 1858 – 9 July 1915) was a German gunsmith from Zella-Mehlis, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, links=no ), was an Ernestine, Thuringian duchy ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present- .... In 1886, Walther founded the firm of Carl Walther GmbH. Carl Walther's father, August Theodor Albert Walther, was a brass and iron caster. His mother, Rosalie Wilhelmine Amalie Pistor, came from the gunsmith family of Pistor, William Pistor's daughter. Carl Walther studied under gunsmith Willibald Barthelmes and later under Albin Schneider. Walther worked for the Jopp company in Zella-Mehlis, making Mauser rifles. In the fall of 1886, Walther opened his gunshop in Zella-Mehlis. Walther soon hired additional workers to meet the demand for the sporting rifles he made. In 1888, Walther married Minna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Kampe
Anja Kampe (born 1968) is a German-Italian operatic soprano. She is notable for her performances in major opera houses of the works of Richard Wagner and other German and Austrian composers. Career Kampe was born in Zella-Mehlis, Thuringia, then GDR, and first studied in Dresden. She moved to Italy, where she studied further in Turin, with Elio Battaglia, and where she made her professional debut in 1991 in a production of '' Hänsel und Gretel''. She sang the roles of Freia in Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' and Gerhilde in ''Die Walküre'' at the Bayreuth Festival in 2002, Leonore in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'' with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2006) and at the Los Angeles Opera (2007), the title role of ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Strauss at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 2006, and Sieglinde in ''Die Walküre'' alongside Plácido Domingo at the Washington National Opera in 2003 and 2007. In 2009 she returned to Glyndebourne as Isolde in Wagner's ''Tristan und Isolde'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Schumann
Michael Schumann (24 September 1946 – 2 December 2000) was a German philosophy professor who became an East German advocate for reform and a politician during the build-up to German reunification. He is widely seen as a pioneer of the Party of Democratic Socialism which superseded the Socialist Unity Party in the German Democratic Republic in 1989/90. Life Schumann was born in the Soviet occupation zone of what remained of Germany, slightly more than a year after the Second World War had ended in defeat and regime change. His birthplace was Zella-Mehlis, a small industrial town some 65 km (40 miles) south-west of Erfurt. His father, Erwin Schumann, worked as a foreman. Long before he was old enough for school, the Soviet occupation zone had reinvented itself, formally in October 1949, as the Soviet sponsored German Democratic Republic, which involved a return to one-party dictatorship, this time with constitutional arrangements modeled on those of the Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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