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Altdorf (Landkreis Böblingen)
Altdorf (), a compound word in German consisting of ''old'' and ''village'', may refer to: France *Altdorf, Bas-Rhin Germany *Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a city in Bavaria *Altdorf, Lower Bavaria, a municipality in Landshut, Bavaria *Altdorf, Böblingen *Altdorf, Esslingen *Altdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße *Weingarten (Württemberg), formerly ''Altdorf'' Switzerland *Altdorf, Jura or Bassecourt *Altdorf, Schaffhausen *Altdorf, Uri Poland (German name) *Stara Wieś, Pszczyna *Stara Wieś, Silesian Voivodeship United States * Altdorf, Wisconsin Other uses * Altdorf (''Warhammer''), the capital of the Empire (a polity analogous to the Holy Roman Empire) in the universe of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' *University of Altdorf The University of Altdorf () was a university in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, a small town outside the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. It was founded in 1578 and received university privileges in 1622 and was closed in 1809 by Maximilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Bas-Rhin
Altorf (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. The commune has been awarded one flower by the ''National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom'' in the ''Competition of cities and villages in Bloom''. Geography A part of the Canton of Molsheim and also its Arrondissement of Molsheim, arrondissement, Altorf is located about 15 kilometres west of Strasbourg. The A352 National Highway runs from east to west across the southern portion of the commune but has no exit. Access to the commune is by road D392 which runs parallel but north of the highway and connects with Highway exit 8 to the east of the commune and west to Dorlisheim. Another access road is the D127 which comes from Jaegerhof just over the northern border (and where there is a railway station) south to the village then continuing south to Griesheim-pres-Molsheim. There are also a number of small country roads covering th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf Bei Nürnberg
Altdorf bei Nürnberg ( , ; ) is a town in south-eastern Germany. It is situated east of Nuremberg, in the district Nürnberger Land. Its name literally means “Altdorf near Nuremberg”, to distinguish it from other Altdorfs. History Altdorf is first mentioned in 1129. In 1504 the town was conquered by the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg. In the 16th century, the city government of Nuremberg founded an academy in Altdorf, which became a university in 1622. The university lasted until 1809. Among the alumni of the University of Altdorf were the soldier Albrecht von Wallenstein and the philosopher and scientist Gottfried Leibniz. Discovery of teleosaur fossils Teleosaur remains have been known from Altdorf bei Nürnberg since 1832,Meyer, H. von, (1832), ''Paleologica zur Geschichte der Erde'', Frankfurt am Main, 560 p but none have been placed in a specific genus yet. Economy Even though the times of its once famous university have long passed, Altdorf is the seat of severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Lower Bavaria
Altdorf () is a market town and municipality in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 4 km northwest of Landshut Landshut (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, on the banks of the Isar, River Isar. Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free state (government), Free State of Bavaria, and the seat of the surrou .... References Landshut (district) {{Landshutdistrict-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Böblingen
Altdorf () is a municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Geography Natural Space Altdorf is located on the northern edge of the Schönbuch. The northern part has fields and meadows and it spreads on fertile clay soil. The southern part has a community forest and a state forest. The Rhätsandstein plateau of the Bromberg at the Schönbuch is in the middle. On that there is the highest point of the Schönbuch, which is 581 meters high. A small raised moor has formed at Birkensee from the Schönbuch. History Name Origin The origin of the name could be easily explained that it comes from ''altes Dorf'' ((in German), 'old village') but it would be unclear what the ''neues Dorf'' would be ((in German), 'new village'). But at the first mention from the Papal certificate from the year 1204 there it is called ''Alcdorf''. From that the initial form ''Alachdorf'' was reconstructed. Due to that the community name could be translated to ''the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Esslingen
Altdorf () is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is away from the town of Nürtingen. Geography Altdorf lies two kilometres south of the river Neckar in the foothills of the Swabian Jura. Neighbouring communities Adjacent communities are Neckartailfingen to the north, Nürtingen to the Northeast, Großbettlingen to the east, Bempflingen to the south and Neckartenzlingen in the West. All located in the district of Esslingen. History Altdorf was first mentioned in 1291. The name Altdorf probably derives from the Alemannic ''Allachdorf'', what a settlement was then called. From various findings it can be concluded that people have resided in Altdorf for four thousand years. Population statistics The population figures are census results (¹) or official extensions of the State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg, only including Hauptwohnsitze (main domicile). With around 1,500 inhabitants, Altdorf is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate
Altdorf () is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Südliche Weinstraße {{SüdlicheWeinstraße-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weingarten (Württemberg)
Weingarten may refer to: Places * Weingarten, Württemberg Weingarten (; ; ) is a town with a population of 25,000 () in Württemberg, in the Ravensburg (district), District of Ravensburg, in the valley of the Schussen River. Together with the southern neighbour cities of Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen o ..., Germany, a town ** Weingarten Abbey * Weingarten (Baden), Germany, a municipality * Weingarten, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a municipality * Weingarten, Thuringia, Germany, a village and former municipality * Weingarten, Switzerland, a village in the municipality of Lommis * Weingarten, Missouri, United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Other uses * Weingarten (surname) * Weingarten Realty, a former real estate investment trust * Weingarten's, a defunct Texas-based grocer See also * Weingarten equations in differential geometry * Weingarten Rights, in American law the right to union representation at investigatory interviews * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Jura
Bassecourt () is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier, Soulce and Undervelier merged to form the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der Schweiz published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 2 January 2013 History Bassecourt is first mentioned in 1160 as ''Baressicort''. In 1184 it was first mentioned by its German name, ''Altdorf''. The of Berlincourt was first mentioned in 1303 as ''Burlincort''. Geo ...
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Altdorf, Schaffhausen to form the municipality of Thayngen.Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis der SchweizAltdorf () was a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf merged with Bibern, Hofen, Opfertshofen and Thayngen Thayngen () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The neighboring village Barzheim merged with Thayngen on 1 January 2004. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen and Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.< ... published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office accessed 23 September 2009 References External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altdorf, Uri
Altdorf () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Canton of Uri, Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head. Altdorf is situated on the right (eastern) bank of the Reuss (river), Reuss, about south of where the river discharges into the Urnersee, an arm of Lake Lucerne. It is at the junction of two major Alps, Alpine passes—Saint Gotthard Pass, Saint Gotthard to the south and the Klausen Pass to the east—and is the last station on the Gotthard railway before the line enters the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel. The official language of Altdorf is Swiss Standard German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic German, Alemannic dialect. Geography The municipality covers an area of . The town properOfficially, Altdorf does not refer to itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Wieś, Pszczyna
Stara Wieś (; both literally ''Old Village'') is a dzielnica (district) of Pszczyna, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. History The name meaning ''old village'' and arrangement of buildings indicates that it is the site of probable small gord and wooden church, around which the original settlement of Pszczyna evolved before the modern Pszczyna was founded in the second half of the 13th century. In the late 13th century a large settlement campaign took place on the territory of what would later be known as Upper Silesia. At that time new buildings were erected in a different arrangement than of the old settlement around the Saint Hedwig church. This church could have existed already about the year 1200. It was later a filial church of Pszczyna parish. After the fragmentation of Poland, the village belonged initially to the Seniorate Province of Poland and was part of the land of the Diocese of Kraków (thus of Lesser Poland) that was ceded by Duke Casimir II the Just to Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stara Wieś, Silesian Voivodeship
Stara Wieś (, , ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilamowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wilamowice, north of Bielsko-Biała, and south of the regional capital Katowice. History According to the tradition Stara Wieś (lit. Old Village) was established after First Mongol invasion of Poland by settlers from Flanders, Friesland, Holland and Scotland. Soon after they moved on to found another sister settlement, contemporary Wilamowice, which was first mentioned in 1326 in the register of Peter's Pence payment among Catholic parishes of Oświęcim deanery of the Diocese of Kraków as ''Novovillamowicz'', whereas Stara Wieś was mentioned as ''Antiquo Willamowicz''. In 1444 it came to be known under current name ''Stara Wieś'' (German: Altdorf, Wymysorys: Vilmesdur). Politically both villages belonged to the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz and the Castellany of Oświęcim, which was in 1315 forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
