German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
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It may also refer to:
Places
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Kloster, Styria
Kloster is a former municipality in the district of Deutschlandsberg in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Deutschlandsberg
Deutschlandsberg (; ) is a town in Deutschla ...
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Kloster, Denmark
Kloster is a small town in the western part of Central Denmark Region with a population of 634 (1 January 2024).Kloster, Sweden
* Klošter, settlement in Slovenia
People
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Asbjørn Kloster
Asbjørn Kloster (21 December 1823 – 18 January 1876) was an educator, social reformer and leader of the Norwegian temperance movement in the 19th century.
Background
Asbjørn Olsen Kloster was born in Vestre Bokn in Bokn, Rogaland, Norwa ...
(1823–1876), Norwegian educator and social reformer
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Knut Kloster
Knut Utstein Kloster (2 April 1929 – 20 September 2020) was a Norwegian shipping magnate. His grandfather, Lauritz Kloster, founded Kloster Rederi in 1924. In 1959, Kloster joined the family business and transformed it into a leading cruise lin ...
(1929–2020), Norwegian shipping magnate; grandson of Lauritz
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Kristin Kloster Aasen
Kristin Kloster Aasen (born 4 January 1961) is the former first vice president of Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports from 2015 to 2019. She was the president of the Norwegian Equestrian Federation from 2003 to ...
(born 1961), Norwegian Olympics official, horse breeder, and lawyer
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Lauritz Kloster Lauritz is a typically masculine given name, a Scandinavian form of the English Laurence or Lawrence. Another Danish and Estonian form is Laurits.
Popularity in Scandinavia
The name has been decreasing in popularity in all Scandinavian countr ...
(1870–1952), Norwegian shipping magnate; grandfather of
Knut
Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur ( Icelandic) is a Scandinavian and German first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which ...
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Line Kloster
Line Kloster (born 27 February 1990) is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. She reached the semifinal of the 2013 European Indoor Championships where she set a new national indoor record of 52.78 narrowly ...
(born 1990), Norwegian track and field athlete
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Martin Alexander Kloster-Jensen
Martin Alexander Kloster-Jensen (23 February 1917 – 17 March 2011) was a Norwegian linguist.
Kloster-Jensen was born in Ringerike. He graduated as dr.philos. in 1961. From 1963 to 1966 he was appointed professor at the University of Bonn ...
(1917–2011), Norwegian linguist
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Robert Kloster
Robert Kloster (8 March 1905 – 7 February 1979) was a Norwegian museum director and art historian.
Family
He was born in Bergen as a son of physician Robert Emil Kloster (1873–1947) and Alette "Ada" Falsen Wiesener (1873–1948).
In April 193 ...
(1905–1979), Norwegian museum director and art historian
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Uriel Ramírez Kloster
Uriel , Auriel ( ''ʾŪrīʾēl'', " El/God is my Flame"; ''Oúriḗl''; ''Ouriēl''; ; Geʽez and Amharic: or ) or Oriel ( ''ʾÓrīʾēl'', "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is mentioned in Rabbinic tradition ...
(born 1999), Argentine footballer
Other
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Das Kloster
''Das Kloster'' ("The Cloister"; full title ''Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur'' "The Cloister. Profane and sacred. Mostly from older German P ...
'', a collection of magical and occult texts compiled by Johann Scheible
See also
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Klosters
Klosters is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos Region, Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons o ...