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  • Thumbnail for Wengen
    Wengen Wengen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛŋən] ) is a mountain village in the Bernese Oberland of central Switzerland. Located in the canton of Bern at...
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  • Events in the year 2012 in Germany. President: Christian Wulff (until 17 February 2012) Horst Seehofer (Acting; 17 February – 18 March 2012) Joachim Gauck...
    18 KB (1,878 words) - 16:50, 23 June 2023
  • The 150th Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army that saw active service in the Second World War. A 1st Line Territorial Army brigade...
    16 KB (1,873 words) - 13:23, 17 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Max Streibl
    Max Streibl (6 January 1932 – 11 December 1998) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party and the eighth Minister President of...
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  • Canson is a French manufacturer of fine art paper and related products. The company, established in 1557 by the Montgolfier family, produces papers for...
    11 KB (1,347 words) - 04:48, 21 March 2024
  • Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen (30 December 1878 in Hamburg – 10 September 1962 in Wentorf bei Hamburg) was a German businessman, politician (CDU) and First...
    3 KB (215 words) - 09:49, 14 May 2023
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    Dirk Bikkembergs (born 2 January 1959) is a Belgian fashion designer. Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany, as his father was in the Belgian Army...
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  • Thumbnail for Oswald von Nell-Breuning
    Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (8 March 1890 – 21 August 1991) was a Roman Catholic theologian and sociologist. Born in Trier, Germany into an aristocratic...
    2 KB (179 words) - 04:58, 28 September 2022
  • Nambatingue Tokomon Dieudonné, often shortened to Nambatingue Toko (born 21 August 1952) is a Chadian former professional footballer who played as a striker...
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  • Alix Marrier d'Unienville, MBE (8 May 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a French-British agent in the Free French (RF) Section of the Special Operations Executive...
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  • Thumbnail for Wilhelm von Grumbach
    Wilhelm von Grumbach (1 June 1503 – 18 April 1567) was a German adventurer, chiefly known through his connection with the so-called "Grumbach Feud" (German:...
    8 KB (1,040 words) - 15:37, 26 May 2023
  • Erich Vermehren, also known as Erich Vermeeren de Saventhem or Eric Maria de Saventhem, (23 December 1919 – 28 April 2005) was an ardent anti-Nazi, an...
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    Carl Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Flügge (12 September 1847 – 10 December 1923) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist. His finding that pathogens were present...
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  • The Battle of Ptolemaida refers to two distinct engagements, the first around the village of Sotir north of Ptolemaida and the second around the village...
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  • Thumbnail for Gabriel Yacoub
    Gabriel Yacoub is a French musician, songwriter and visual artist. Yacoub was born in 1952, in Paris, of a Lebanese father and a French mother. He was...
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  • Maurice Rabinowicz (born 23 August 1947) is a Belgian film director and writer. He studied theatre at the Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle...
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  • Thumbnail for Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
    The Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. The street was built on a land that consisted of gardens named...
    6 KB (412 words) - 10:42, 11 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for Johann von Türckheim
    Johann von Türckheim (French: Jean de Turckheim) (10 November 1749 – 28 January 1824) was a French politician and a German diplomat. Jean de Turckheim...
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  • Thumbnail for Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart
    The Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart (formerly Stadtbücherei Stuttgart) is the public library of the city of Stuttgart. It is organized as a department of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Walter Krämer
    Walter Krämer (born 21 November 1948) is a German economist. He is a professor for economic and social statistics at the Technical University of Dortmund...
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