Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
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Mount Oldenburg
Mount Oldenburg () is a partly snow-covered peak 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Mount Helms in the east part of Martin Hills. The peak was sketched by J. Campbell Craddock in January 1963. It was named by the Advisory Committee on An ...
, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
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Oldenburg (city)
Oldenburg () is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is officially named Oldenburg (Oldb) (''Oldenburg in Oldenburg'') to distinguish from Oldenburg in Holstein.
During the French annexation (1811–1813) in th ...
, an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Oldenburg (district)
The district of Oldenburg (German: ''Landkreis Oldenburg'', not to be confused with the cities of Oldenburg and Oldenburg in Holstein) is a district in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district ...
, a district historically in
Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
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Oldenburg in Holstein
Oldenburg in Holstein () is a town at the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea. The nearest city is Lübeck. The town belongs to the (historical) region of Holstein, today in the state Schleswig-Holstein of Germany.
Oldenburg was the chief tow ...
, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Oldenburg-Land
Oldenburg-Land is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Baltic Sea coast, around Oldenburg in Holstein. Oldenburg is the seat of the ''Amt'', but not part of ...
, an association of municipalities near Oldenburg in Holstein
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Oldenburg, Indiana
Oldenburg is a town in Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, Franklin County, Indiana, United States. The population was 674 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Oldenburg is located at (39.339474, -85.204640).
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, a town in the United States
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Oldenburg, Texas Oldenburg is an unincorporated community in unincorporated northeastern Fayette County, Texas, United States.
The community was named after the Oldenburg state in Germany.
External links
OLDENBURG, TX''Handbook of Texas Online
The ''Handbook ...
, a settlement in the United States
Historical
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Bishopric of Oldenburg
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
(970–1160), a bishopric that became the Prince-bishopric of Lübeck, now in Schleswig--Holstein
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County of Oldenburg
The County of Oldenburg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1448 Christian I of Denmark (of the House of Oldenburg), Count of Oldenburg became King of Denmark, and later King of Norway and King of Sweden. One of his grandsons, Adolf, D ...
(1091–1774), a state of the Holy Roman Empire, now in Lower Saxony
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Duchy of Oldenburg
The Duchy of Oldenburg (german: Herzogtum Oldenburg)—named after its capital, the town of Oldenburg—was a state in the north-west of present-day Germany. The counts of Oldenburg died out in 1667, after which it became a duchy until 1810, wh ...
(1774–1810), a state of the Holy Roman Empire
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Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (, also known as Holstein-Oldenburg) was a grand duchy within the German Confederation, North German Confederation and German Empire that consisted of three widely separated territories: Oldenburg, Eutin and Birke ...
(1814–1918), a state of the German Confederation and Empire
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Free State of Oldenburg
The Free State of Oldenburg (german: Freistaat Oldenburg) was a federated state of the Weimar Republic. It was established in 1918 following the abdication of the Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II following the German Revolution.
In 1937, it l ...
(1918–1946), a state of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany
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Oldenburg Land
Oldenburg Land (german: Oldenburger Land) is a region and regional association in the German state of Lower Saxony in the area of the former Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (1815–1918), the later Free State of Oldenburg (1918–1946) and administrativ ...
, a historical region in Lower Saxony, covering the former free state
Ships
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German corvette ''Oldernburg'' (F263), a ''Braunschweig''-class (Type 130) corvette commissioned in 2013
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MS ''Oldenburg'', a British passenger ferry
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SMS ''Oldenburg'', a World War I battleship
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SMS ''Oldenburg'' (1884), an armored coastal defense ship of the German Imperial Navy
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SS ''Möwe'' (1914) or ''Oldenburg'', a freighter and former auxiliary cruiser
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Suomen Joutsen
''SuomenJoutsen'' is a steel-hulled full-rigged ship with three square rigged masts. Built in 1902 by Chantiers de Penhoët in St. Nazaire, France, as ''Laënnec'', the ship served two French owners before she was sold to German interest in 1922 ...
'' or ''Oldenburg'', a full-rigged ship
People
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Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions ...
(1929–2022), Swedish-born American sculptor
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Oldenburg (surname) Oldenburg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Swedish-American sculptor
* Henry Oldenburg (c. 1619–1677), German diplomat and the first Secretary of the Royal Society
* Jen Flynn Oldenburg (bor ...
Other uses
*the Oldenburg or
Oldenburger
The Oldenburg or Oldenburger is a warmblood horse from the north-western corner of Lower Saxony, what was formerly the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. The breed was built on a mare base of all-purpose farm and carriage horses, today called the Alt-O ...
, a horse breed from Lower Saxony
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House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a Germans, German dynasty with links to Denmark since the 15th century. It has branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig, Duchy ...
, North German noble family, kings of Denmark
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University of Oldenburg
The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (german: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university located in Oldenburg, Germany. It is one of the most important and highly regarded educational facilities in northwestern Germany ...
, Oldenburg, Germany
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Duchess of Oldenburg (apple)
'Duchess of Oldenburg' is an old Russian cultivar (1750 - 1799) of cultivated apple which has attractive streaks of yellow and red. It was commonly but not universally known in America simply as 'Oldenburg' after the American Pomological Society ...
, a Russian apple cultivar also known as Oldenburg
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Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg, a German apple cultivar also known as Oldenburg
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Oldenberg Oldenberg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Claes Oldenberg (1929–2022), American sculptor
*Henry Oldenburg (c. 1619–1677) German theologian, diplomat, natural philosopher, First Secretary of the Royal Society.
*He ...
, a surname
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Oldenburg Baby
The Oldenburg Baby is the name given by the German media to Tim, an infant born in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, on 6 July 1997. Tim was born prematurely in the twenty-fifth week of pregnancy as the result of a failed late-term abortion. Docto ...
, an aborted child that survived
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