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Rabanus Maurus Magnentius
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , c.780-856, German scholar and theologian. His name appears also as Hrabanus and Rhabanus. A student under Alcuin , he was later abbot of Fulda (822-42); his zeal for learning and his excellent administration made the school and library at Fulda an outstanding source of i... Read more
abbey
abbey monastic house, especially among Benedictines and Cistercians, consisting of not less than 12 monks or nuns ruled by an abbot or abbess. Many abbeys were originally self-supporting. In the Benedictine expansion after the 8th cent., abbeys were often important centers of learning and peaceful ... Read more
Einhard
Einhard or Eginhard , c.770-840, Frankish historian. Educated in the monastery of Fulda, he continued his studies at Charlemagne's palace school in Aachen and rose to high favor with the emperor. Emperor Louis I made Einhard tutor or adviser to his son Lothair. Later he became the abbot of sever... Read more
Gottschalk
Gottschalk or Gottschalck , d. c.868, German theologian; son of the count of Saxony. He was placed as a boy in the monastery of Fulda (c.822). He did not wish to be a monk but was forced by Rabanus Maurus Magnentius , his superior, to remain. In 829 a synod freed him of his vows, but he went to... Read more
Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface , c.675-754?, English missionary monk and martyr, called the Apostle of Germany, b. Devonshire, England. His English name was Winfrid. He was educated in the monastery of Nursling, near Winchester. In 716 he made his first trip to Friesland to aid the mission of St. Willibrord, but un... Read more
Kassel
Kassel , city (1994 pop. 202,160), Hesse, central Germany, on the Fulda River. It is an industrial, rail, and cultural center. Manufactures include textiles, optical and precision instruments, locomotives, and motor vehicles. Kassel was mentioned in 913 and was chartered in 1198. It became (1567) th... Read more
Ottonian art
Ottonian art , art produced (c.900-1050) in the East Frankish kingdom of Germany known, after the emperors Otto (936-1002), as the Ottonian kingdom. Influenced by Byzantine and Carolingian forms, Ottonian basilicas, such as St. Michael at Hildesheim (1001-36), are simple, blocklike, symmetrical stru... Read more
Carolingian architecture and art
Carolingian architecture and art art forms and structures created by the Carolingians . Toward the beginning of the Carolingian Period, in the 8th cent., a gradual change appeared in Western culture and art, a change that later reached its apex under Charlemagne . Carolingian Architecture ... Read more
Hesse
Hesse , Ger. Hessen, state (1994 pop. 5,800,000), 8,150 sq mi (24,604 sq km), central Germany. Wiesbaden is the capital. It is bounded by Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in the south, Rhineland-Palatinate in the west, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony in the north, and Thuringia in the ... Read more
German art and architecture
German art and architecture artistic works produced within the region that became politically unified as Germany in 1871 generally followed the stylistic currents of Western Europe. The Carolingian and Ottonian Periods Carolingian architecture and art are commonly considered to have bee... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Fulda"

Fulda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fulda , city (1994 pop. 58,710), Hesse, central Germany, on the Fulda River. It is a banking and financial center. Manufactures include textiles and clothing. Fulda grew around a Benedictine abbey founded in 744 by...
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...student under Alcuin , he was later abbot of Fulda (822-42); his zeal for learning and...administration made the school and library at Fulda an outstanding source of intellectual light. He retired from Fulda but in 847 was made bishop of Mainz. His...
Weser
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Münden, central Germany, by the junction of the Fulda and Werra rivers. It flows generally N past Minden, where...are among its chief tributaries. Navigable to Kassel on the Fulda River, the Weser is connected by the Midland canal system with...
Franconia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Frankfurt, Würzburg, and Fulda. The name of the duchy survives in three administrative districts...bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg and to the abbot of Fulda. Two nominal duchies—that of Western or Rhenish Franconia...
St. Boniface
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...assure their allegiance to the pope. He founded the monastery of Fulda, now the yearly meeting place of Germany's Roman Catholic...savage locals and put to death. His remains were later taken to Fulda, where he was revered as a martyr to the Christian faith...
Boniface, Saint
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...pagan Germans. For his success, Boniface received the Archbishopric of Mainz in 751. In 754 he was martyred by pagans in Friesland. He is buried in Fulda, Bavaria, and is venerated as the Apostle of Germany. His feast day is June 5.
Behrman, S(amuel) N(athaniel)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...talent for light comedy. He then embarked on a series of adaptations, two of which, The Pirate (1942) from a play by Ludwig Fulda and I Know My Love (1949) based on Marcel Achard's Auprès de ma blonde , again provided excellent vehicles for...
Pirate, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...actor hypnotizes Manuela into publicly revealing the truth about her husband, who is carted off to jail. Suggested by Ludwig Fulda's German play, The Sea Robber , the comedy was, as Brooks Atkinson suggested, “not out of Mr. Behrman's usual...
Kircher, Athanasius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...after the saint whose feast day marked Kircher's birthday, was born on May 2, 1601 or 1602, in the village of Geisa, near Fulda in what is now central Germany. His father was a teacher and lecturer who had studied religion and philosophy. Kircher experienced...
Ferdinand Braun
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Braun (1850-1918) received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on wireless telegraphy. Karl Ferdinand Braun was born in Fulda, Germany, on June 6, 1850, the son of Konrad and Franziska (Gohring) Braun. Upon graduation from his local gymnasium...

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Fulda
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Fulda. The abbey of Fulda in Hesse was founded in 744 by a disciple of St Boniface , whose tomb made it a place of pilgrimage. Under Rabanus Maurus it was one of the foremost centres of Christian culture. The abbey was finally secularized in 1803.
Kircher, Athanasius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...three daughters) of Johannes Kircher of Mainz, D.D. and bailiff of the abbey of Fulda, and Anna Gansek of Fulda. He was educated at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Fulda (1614-1618), where he learned Greek and Hebrew, and entered the Society of...
Ibrāhīm Ibn Ya‘qūb Al-Isrā’īlī Al-Turṭushi
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Rouen, Utrecht, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Mainz, Fulda, Soest, Paderborn, Schleswig, Magdeburg (where he met Bulgarian...arabischer Berichterstatter aus dem 10 . Jahrhundert ü ber Fulda, Schleswig, Soest, Paderborn und andere St ä dte...
Ketteler, Wilhelm Emmanuel von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...77), Bp. of Mainz from 1850 and a pioneer in modern Catholic social thought. Preaching at the episcopal conference at Fulda in 1869, he drew attention to the contradictions between economic liberalism and Christian principles. At the First Vatican...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Eastern Europe. West Germany became a focal point of NATO defense against possible, highly mechanized attacks through the Fulda Gap and other traditional east-west invasion routes. After Charles de Gaulle was reelected as president in 1966, France...
Faulhaber, Johann
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...mathematics . The Faulhaber family lived in Ulm from the middle of the fifteenth century and had been vassals of the abbot of Fulda from 1354 to 1461. Like his father, who died in 1593, Faulhaber first learned weaving. Ursula Esslinger of Ravensburg...
Carolingian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...324–37), and included the first building of the Abbey Churches of St-Denis ( c. 754–75) and Fulda (790/2–819), the latter based on the Constantinian basilica of San Pietro in Rome (begun c. 333). At Aachen...
Hutten, Ulrich von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Hutten, Ulrich von (1488–1523), German humanist and controversialist. He left the monastery of Fulda in 1505, visited various universities, and engaged in military service. About 1515 he became a contributor to the Epistolae...
Braun, Ferdinand
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Braun, Ferdinand ( b . Fulda Germany, 6 June 1850; d . Brooklyn, New York, 20 June 1918) physics . Braun studied at the University of Marburg and received...
Dientzenhofer Family
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...design by any Dientzenhofer. Johann's first great church was the Stiftskirche (Monastery Church now Dom (Cathedral)) at Fulda (1704–12), with echoes of St Peter's, Il Gesù , Sant'Ignazio, and (especially) Borromini's...

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Fulda opens with victory.
News Wire article from: Worthington Daily Globe (Worthington, MN); 12/1/2008; 700+ words ; Byline: Lucas Knutson Dec. 1--FULDA -- Sparked by the offensive rebounding...junior Mari Holinka Saturday night, the Fulda Raiders held off Lakeview with a late 10...who can put the ball in the basket, said Fulda head coach Gregg Slaathaug. We had a lot...
Fulda shares a summer with future Hall of Famer.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/4/2001; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Patrick Reusse; Staff Writer Fulda, Minn. -- RSEC: + The Big War was over...of money." What a small town such as Fulda was missing in 1949 was entertainment...and to envision a grandstand full of Fulda boosters watching the best baseball team...
Ardent Fulda fan gratified.(Patrick Reusse)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/14/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Included are both of my alma maters: Fulda (grades K through 11) in Class 1A and...the greatest pride will be in seeing the Fulda girls on the Barn's raised floor, since...grand potential for girls basketball. Fulda's appearance in the state tournament...
TBC aims to exploit Fulda's exclusivity.
Magazine article from: Tire Business; 7/2/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Even though TBC Corp. doesn't offer a Fulda brand, sport-utility vehicle tire in North America, the company thinks its Fulda high-performance passenger line may benefit...a bigger issue,'' said Ken Fischer, Fulda sales manager for TBC Corp. in a not...
Carp smoking elevated to an art form in Fulda.(SPECIAL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/11/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Reusse remaining in the family homestead of Fulda, Minn. While other Reusses of this generation...colonel in the Marine Corps. The return to Fulda has given Cousin Eddie the opportunity...his current standing as secretary of the Fulda Game & Fish Club. The Game &...
Rushford-Peterson shoots 21 percent in quarterfinal loss to Fulda.
Newspaper article from: Post-Bulletin (Rochester, MN); 3/15/2007; 700+ words ; ...major undoing in a 65-36 loss to favored Fulda in the quarterfinal round of the Class...the last 131/2 minutes of the half. Fulda, the defending state champion, outscored...combined 5-of-38 (13 percent) shooting. Fulda, meanwhile, displayed the three-point...
Fulda craft event right around the corner.
News Wire article from: Worthington Daily Globe (Worthington, MN); 11/19/2008; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Justine Wettschreck Nov. 19--FULDA -- The air is crisp, the temperature...With the holidays comes the 35th annual Fulda Women of Today (WoT) Holiday Craft Bazaar...promising no commercial competition, said Fulda WoT advertising chairman Brenda Wehking...
Grief a harsh intruder on Fulda team; Teammates lost a sister and cousin in a car accident, testing the resilience of a family, a tight-woven town and a scrappy group of girls in the state tournament.(SPORTS)(Patrick Reusse)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/16/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...teams as important as ever. My hometown is Fulda, and the girls basketball team is here...tragedy. Stacy Gunderman, 17, a senior at Fulda High, was killed in a car accident on...Stephanie Gunderman said: "The people in Fulda have been so supportive to us. Everyone...
FULDA LAKE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/16/2008; 577 words ; ...Resources issued the following news release: Fulda Lake in Murray County is headed toward...the spring and fall of 2009. Replacing Fulda Lake's fixed crest dam with a variable...fish species from re-entering the lake. Fulda Lake's decline has been gradual but persistent...
FULDA SOLVES SEWER PROBLEMS
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 10/26/2005; ; 660 words ; ...trudging through the proverbial sludge, Fulda, Ind., can finally put its sewage problems to rest. The Fulda Regional Sewer District will host a dedication...Eco-Treatment site, located behind the Fulda Sportsman Club on Jackson Street in the...