Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Jaron Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89773-002-2. Mit beiden Augen – Bd. 1 Von Dresden nach Tennessee. 1999. Mit beiden Augen – Bd. 2 Mein Leben zwischen den Zeilen. Transit-Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88747-124-5. Das Lächeln der Wochenpost. Jaron Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89773-050-2. Schriftwechsel 1997–2003 Heinz Knobloch – Rolf ...
The Prince-Bishopric of Constance (German: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its secularisation in 1802–1803.
Conrad was a member of the powerful Welf family, son of Count Heinrich of Altdorf.After an education at the cathedral school in Constance, he became provost of Constance Cathedral and in 934 was made Bishop of Constance.
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.
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 Council of Constance (Latin: Concilium Constantiense; [1] German: Konzil von Konstanz) was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany.
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.