|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
National Socialist Party (Germany)
... Read more |
|
Germany. Air Force
... Read more |
|
Federal Republic of Germany
... Read more |
|
Lechfeld
Lechfeld , plain near Augsburg, S Germany, drained by the Lech River. There in 955, King (later Emperor) Otto I defeated the Magyars and stopped their expansion into central Europe.... Read more |
|
Adriaen de Vries
Adriaen de Vries , c.1560-c.1626, Dutch sculptor. Having studied in Florence under Giovanni Bologna, he carried into Bohemia and Germany the influence of the Italian Renaissance. In Prague he worked under the patronage of Emperor Rudolf II, of whom he made busts and reliefs, which are now in Vienna.... Read more |
|
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von (b. Augsburg, Germany, 15 February 1873; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 6 November 1964) biochemistry. Hans von Euler-Chelpin was the son of Rigas von Euler-Chelpin, a captain in the Royal Bavarian Regiment, and Gabrielle Furtner and was of the same family lineage... Read more |
|
Lech
Lech , river, c.175 mi (280 km) long, rising in Vorarlberg, W Austria, and flowing NE into S Germany past Augsburg to the Danube River. The Wertach River is its chief tributary. There are about 20 hydroelectric stations on the river, of which Rain (105,000 kW capacity) is the largest. In 1632,... Read more |
|
Christian Friedrich Schonbein
SCHöNBEIN, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH(b. Metzingen, Swabia [now West Germany], 18 October 1799; d. Sauersberg, near Baden-Baden, Germany, 29 August 1868)physical chemistry.His family’ financial condition would not permit any advanced schooling, and at the age of fourteen Schoönbein became an apprentice in... Read more |
|
Augsburg
Augsburg , city (1994 pop. 264,764), capital of Swabia, Bavaria, S central Germany, a major industrial center on the Lech River. The major industries include the manufacture of textiles, clothing, machinery, computers, electronic equipment, motor vehicles, and airplanes. The city is an important... Read more |
|
Alexander Alesius
Alesius, Alexander (1500–65), also ‘Aless’ or ‘Alane’, Scottish Lutheran divine. As a canon of St Andrews, he was selected to confute Patrick Hamilton, but was won over by his arguments and steadfastness at the stake (1528). Soon afterwards he preached a sermon... Read more |
No reference documents or articles match the search term Augsburg collectors cabinetsAugsburg Germany
Suggestions: