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Since 2006, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, which was previously managed by the City of Constance, has been run as an independent enterprise in accordance with the Eigenbetriebsgesetz; the purpose according to the statutes is: "The orchestra has the task of promoting interest in and understanding of symphonic music, of participating in cultural life, especially in Constance and the ...
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It lies almost due west of the city of Konstanz, between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, two parts of Lake Constance. With a total land surface of 4.3 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) and a circumference of 11 km (6.8 mi), the island is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long and 1.5 km (0.93 mi) wide at its greatest extent. The highest point, the Hochwart, stands some 43 m (141 ...
A gaff deck is a deck that contains cards used in conjunction with a normal deck. For the most part gaffed cards have the same back pattern as a standard deck of cards, but the faces are changed in various unique ways; for example, there may be two "3½ of clubs" cards, which might be used to split a 7 of clubs into two cards if called for.
The BSR forces – led by, of all people, Ernst Toller – was victorious in the first battle at Dachau, but Hoffmann made a deal which gave him the services of 20,000 men of the Freikorps under Lt. General Burghard von Oven. Oven and the Freikorps then took Dachau and surrounded Munich. [22]
A new pipe organ was built by Daniel Hayl the elder in 1591-1592. [2] Also Of note is the replacement of the painted Romanesque wooden ceiling by brick vaulting in 1637. In 1821, Konstanz's bishopric, the largest in Germany, was dissolved and, in 1827, moved to Freiburg in the Breisgau.
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium has an annual exchange of pupils with its twin towns Richmond (Great Britain) and Fontainebleau (France). Pupils of several secondary schools in Konstanz visit every two years the Czech twin town of Tábor. Every year a three-week stay in Orange County, California in The United States of America is offered.
Karl von Oven (29 November 1888 – 20 January 1974) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany .