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Imperia is a statue at the entrance of the harbour of Konstanz, Germany, commemorating the Council of Constance that took place there between 1414 and 1418. The concrete statue is 9 metres (30 ft) high, weighs 18 tonnes (18 long tons; 20 short tons), and stands on a pedestal that rotates around its axis once every four minutes.
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 ...
Konstanz (/ ˈ k ɒ n s t ə n t s / KON-stənts, [3] US also / ˈ k ɔː n s t ɑː n t s / KAWN-stahnts, [4] [5] [6] German: [ˈkɔnʃtants] ⓘ or [ˈkɔnstants] ⓘ, Alemannic German: [ˈkoʃd̥əts, ˈxoʃd̥əts]), traditionally known as Constance in English, is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany.
Wilfred von Oven was born in La Paz, Bolivia to German parents, the father's side having a military tradition.His father died in Flanders in 1917: two uncles held high rank in the German Army, and of these Ernst von Oven (1859-1945) was the highest ranking German officer in the field at the Armistice and subsequently reported directly to the Minister of Defence.
The Arabic, بحيرة كونستانس buħaira Konstans and the Turkish, Konstanz gölü, probably go back to the French form of the name. Even in Romance-influenced English the name "Lake Constance" gained a foothold and was then exported into other languages such as Hebrew: ימת קונסטנץ yamat Konstanz and Swahili: Ziwa la Konstanz.
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 ...
Konstanz' districts: Paradies in the west of the Old Town. Paradies (literally: "paradise") is a former village, now a quarter of Konstanz, Germany.The district is located west of the Old Town on the southern shore of the Seerhein; with an area of about 63.2 hectare (632,034 m 2 (6,803,160 sq ft), to be exact) and 6176 inhabitants (2007 census).
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]