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Wilder (Dungeons
Wilder may refer to: People * Wilder (name), including a list of people with the name Places Austria * Kaisergebirge, also called Wilder Kaiser, a ski area in Austria United States * Wilder, Idaho * Wilder, Kansas * Wilder, Kentucky * Wilder, Minnesota * Wilder, Tennessee * Wilder, Vermont Wilder is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is the location of the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River. The population of the CDP was 1,690 at ... Arts and entertainment * ''Wilder'' (album), a 1981 album by The Teardrop Explodes * Wilder (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a character class in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' * Wilder (''The Wheel of Time''), a collective term for an untrained female magic-user in ''The Wheel of Time'' series by Robert Jordan * ''Wilder'' (TV series), a 2017 Swiss crime drama featuring police detective Rosa Wilder See also * * Wilders (other) {{d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder (name)
Wilder is an English and German surname, sometimes used as a given name, meaning "untamed" or "wild", a wild, free, or natural state or existence, also passionately eager or enthusiastic. People with the given name * Wilder D. Baker (1890–1975), United States Navy admiral * Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American chemist * Wilder Calderón (born 1947), Peruvian politician * Wilder Cartagena (born 1994), Peruvian footballer * Wilder W. Crane Jr. (1928–1985), American politician * Wilder D. Foster (1819–1873), American politician * Wilder Guisao (born 1991), Colombian footballer * Wilder W. Hartley (1901–1970), American politician * Wilder Hobson (1906–1964), American writer and musician * Wilder Medina (born 1981), Colombian footballer * Wilder Metcalf (1855–1935), United States Army general and politician * Wilder Penfield (1891–1976), American-Canadian neurosurgeon * Wilder Smith (1835–1891), American minister and writer * Wilder Weir (born 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaisergebirge
The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austrian province of Tyrol between the towns of Kufstein and St. Johann in Tirol. The Kaiser Mountains offer some of the loveliest scenery in all the Northern Limestone Alps. Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, p. 430, . Divisions The Kaiser Mountains are divided into the Wilder Kaiser or Wild Kaiser chain of mountains, formed predominantly of bare limestone rock, and the Zahmer Kaiser ("Tame Kaiser"), whose southern side is mainly covered by mountain pine. These two mountain ridges are linked by the 1,580-metre-high Stripsenjoch pass, but are separated in the west by the valley of Kaisertal and in the east by the Kaiserbach valley. In total the Kaiser extends for about in an east-west direction and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Idaho
Wilder is a city in Canyon County, Idaho, Canyon County, Idaho, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Wilder is part of the Boise, Idaho, Boise City–Nampa, Idaho, Nampa, Idaho Boise metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Wilder was established in 1919, and was named for Marshall P. Wilder, a magazine editor. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census there were 1,533 people, 453 households, and 353 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 501 housing units at an average density of . The Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census, racial makup of the city was 44.6% White, 0.2% African American, 1.8% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 51.1% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Kansas
Wilder is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t .... It is located at . History Wilder was named for E. Wilder, a railroad employee. A post office was opened in Wilder in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1952. References Further reading External links * Johnson County mapsCurrent KDOT Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Kansas [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Kentucky
Wilder is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,176 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (2.89%) is water. History Wilder was once known as Leitch's Station. It was the first settlement in Campbell County. The name Wilder dates back to a railroad station built in the mid-19th century for the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railway named Wilder station. St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church was built in 1858 by German immigrants. "Wilder Station" is now located on property owned by Newport Steel. It is the home of supposed ghostly hauntings at the country music nightclub and honky tonk, Bobby Mackey's Music World, which has been called "the most haunted nightclub in America". Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,624 people, 1,162 households ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Minnesota
Wilder is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota, Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Wilder was founded in 1885. It was named for Amherst Holcomb Wilder, a railroad official. Wilder was incorporated as a city in 1899. A post office was established in Wilder in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1991. The Breck School was established in Wilder in 1886. It was the first of many Breck campuses subsequently built throughout Minnesota. The school was named after the James Lloyd Breck, Reverend James Lloyd Breck, known as "The Apostle of the Wilderness" for his work in establishing mission schools for indigenous peoples in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Wilder Campus was built to serve children of local farmers whose one-room school education left them unprepared to attend regular high schools. Room, board, and tuition for a year cost $110. Classes began in late September and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Tennessee
Wilder is an unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. The community is in the Cumberland Mountains near Cookeville, Tennessee. History Early development Wilder was a planned company town, intended to provide housing for employees of the Fentress Coal and Coke Company. Town planning began in 1901, and the first coal mine opened in 1902. The town was named for the company owner, John T. Wilder. It was well established by 1903, including the first school in the area. The town church, Boyer's Chapel, was built in 1922. In 1923, the school began adding high school classes, and the first high school graduates were the class of 1932. Killing of union leader Barney Graham Wilder was the site of a violent coal-miners strike from July 1932 to April 1933, after wages had been cut by twenty percent. The strike ended shortly after the killing of United Mine Workers union leader Barney Graham in front of the company store on April 30, 1933. His funeral was atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder, Vermont
Wilder is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is the location of the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River. The population of the CDP was 1,690 at the 2010 census. The village center is an early example of a planned mill community, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wilder Village Historic District in 1999. History The village, originally known as Olcott Falls, is unique as an early planned community developed in part by Charles Wilder, owner of a local paper mill in the 1880s.The Gateway of Vermont: Hartford and its Villages c. 1904, reproduced by the Hartford Historical Society, 2004 One feature of Wilder's plan was an orderly street plan in which streets were laid out at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder (album)
''Wilder'' is the second album by neo-psychedelic Liverpool band the Teardrop Explodes, and the final completed album released by the group. In 2000 former Teardrop Explodes leader Julian Cope gave his blessings to re-release ''Wilder'' with a selection of bonus tracks, mainly single b-sides, plus original artwork, a remastered sound, and full lyrics and essays. Background ''Wilder'' was recorded following a turbulent period in the band's career involving the success of their debut album ''Kilimanjaro'', several line-up changes and a fraught, drug-fuelled American tour. For ''Wilder'', the group's leader and principal songwriter Julian Cope developed his songwriting by using many experimental approaches. ''Wilder'' featured a far greater use of synthesizer arrangements and loop experiments than ''Kilimanjaro'', predominantly at the instigation of keyboard player David Balfe (who acted as Cope's principal creative collaborator in the studio). By now Cope had mostly abandoned h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder (Dungeons & Dragons)
A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by their class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes to create a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' player character. A character's class affects a character's available skills and abilities. A well-rounded party of characters requires a variety of abilities offered by the classes found within the game. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' was the first game to introduce the usage of character classes to role-playing. Many other traditional role-playing games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games have since adopted the concept as well. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' classes have generally been defined in the ''Player's Handbook'', one of the three core rulebooks; a variety of alternate classes have also been defined in supplemental sourcebooks. Classes by type Principal base c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder (Wheel Of Time)
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a New Spring, prequel novel and #Companion books, three companion books. Jordan died in 2007 while working on what was planned to be the twelfth and final volume in the series. He prepared extensive notes, enabling Sanderson to complete the final book, which grew into three volumes: ''The Gathering Storm (novel), The Gathering Storm'' (2009), ''Towers of Midnight'' (2010), and ''A Memory of Light'' (2013). The series draws on numerous elements of both European mythology, European and Asian mythology, Asian mythologies, most notably the Wheel of time, cyclical nature of time found in Buddhism and Hinduism; the metaphysical concepts of Balance (metaphysics), balance, Dualistic cosmology, duality and a respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilder (TV Series)
''Wilder'' is a Swiss television crime drama and thriller series, which was broadcast from 7 November 2017. It spans four seasons of six episodes each. It was created by Béla Batthyany and Alexander Szombath and directed by Pierre Monnard (2017, 2020), Jan-Eric Mack (2020–2021), Claudio Fäh and Mauro Mueller (both 2022). The two lead protagonists are Rosa Wilder, who is portrayed by , as a Bern-based cantonal police detective and Manfred Kägi (), a federal police investigator. Premise In November 2017 Rosa travels to her home town of Oberweis to attend the 30th annual memorial for an avalanche, which killed 12 primary school children including her brother. A visiting Egyptian investor, Karim meets local community leaders at Martin's hotel. Among the community are mayor Robert, his son Daniel and hotelier Martin. Karim's daughter Amina has had a clandestine relationship with former resident and renowned artist Armon. Manfred suspects Amina's bodyguard Rashad is a terroris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
