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  Albert III, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert III of Austria (September 9, 1349–August 29, 1395), known as Albert with the Pigtail (German: Herzog Albrecht III "mit dem Copfe"), was a duke of Austria and a member of the House of Habsburg.
Albert III was born in Vienna, the 3rd son of Duke Albert II of Austria.
Elisabeth of Meissen was descended from the Babenberg dukes of Austria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_III_of_Austria   (329 words)

  
 Migration Information Source - Austria: A Country of Immigration?
Austria's proportion of foreign-born residents in 2001 was even higher than that of the United States, reaching a level of 12.5 percent.
With the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, the regulations on immigration, residence, employment, and emigration of both nationals and non-nationals were subsequently replaced by relevant German legislation that continued to be in force long after the destruction of the Nazi regime.
Austria's role as both a transit country and country of asylum for refugees from communist countries drew to a close by the middle of 1980s.
www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?ID=105   (4194 words)

  
 Albert Goering, the good brother
Albert was arrested by the Gestapo several times, however was released with the help of his brother.
Her parents and Albert were very close friends and only through the efforts of her godfather were the family able to flee with false papers.
Albert Goering - saviour of victims of the tyranny his brother helped create - was imprisoned for several years after the war for his name alone.
www.auschwitz.dk /Albert.htm   (2028 words)

  
 Albert II, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert II of Austria (Habsburg, December 12, 1298 – Vienna, August 16, 1358, known as the Wise or the Lame) was Duke of Austria.
Albert II was born the son of Albert I of Germany, Rex Romanorum, on December 12, 1298.
Albert's high reputation is shown by the fact that Pope Benedict XII asked him to mediate in the church's conflict with Emperor Louis the Bavarian in 1335.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_II_of_Austria   (500 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gregory of Heimburg
After the election of Albert II of Austria, he was sent, with John of Lysura to the Council of Basle to demand that the proceedings against the pope be suspended, and then to Eugene IV at Ferrara to propose that the negotiations with the Greeks be carried on in a German city.
Gregory was present as the representative of Bavaria-Landshut, Kurmainz, and the Archduke Albert of Austria.
Sigismund of Austria, on his return from the Congress of Mantua, imprisoned Nicholas of Cusa, Bishop of Brixen, with whom he was quarrelling over certain fiefs.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07010a.htm   (798 words)

  
 Heinrich Albert and the First Guitar Quartet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert was born in Warzburg in 1870, and as a teenager studied piano, violin, and horn.
In 1900, Albert was appointed guitarist of the Royal Theater, and in 1909 the ruling dynasty of Munich honored him with the title "Court Chamber Virtuoso."[15] As a brilliant performer, he achieved fame throughout Germany and Austria, displaying astonishing skill and a rich, colorful sound.
Some feel it was the technical and musical efforts of both Tarrega and Albert that initiated a twentieth-century renaissance of the guitar, and that the pioneering genius of Albert has been misunderstood, neglected, and unjustly overshadowed by the accomplishments of Tarrega.
www.orphee.com /morris/heinrich.htm   (2911 words)

  
 Austria - Uncyclopedia
Austria is known as "Ostrich" in German; the country lies just south of Germany and is covered in a layer of Swiss cheese.
Austria was first owned and operated by Australia, which had purchased the small European region in the Aussie-Kraut Land Act of 1250.
Austria had been smitten for Hungary and the two shared romantic notions of empire-building, but this was the only common interest besides shagging.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Austria   (1431 words)

  
 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Austria
After the decay of the Roman Empire, the next record of the presence of a Jew in Austria is found in the ninth century, when Bishop Arno of Salzburg (785-871) was treated by a Jewish doctor (“medicum iudaicum”).
In 1420, King Albert V ordered the arrest of all Jews, and 270 were burnt at the strake, the rest were expelled and their property confiscated.
Jewish civil servants were inaugurated to prove their loyalty to Austria (1851); they were excluded from the possession of land (1853); and they were excluded from certain professions such as soliciting or teaching (1855).
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Austria.html   (2610 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Albert
He was a son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, and brother of Henry I, Duke of Lorraine and Brabant, and was chosen Bishop of Liège in 1191 by the suffrages of both people and chapter.
His body reposed at Rheims until 1612, when it was transferred by the Archduke Albert of Austria to the church of the Carmelite convent, which he had just founded at Brussels.
The relics of this strenuous defender of ecclesiastical liberty were, by permission of the Holy See, shared with the cathedral of Liège, in 1822.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01261b.htm   (210 words)

  
 AUSTRIA - HUNGARY
Austria began as a frontier land of Charlemagne's empire and rose to be the chief German state, ruling many neighboring peoples.
Austria's rise to power began with the Babenberg dynasty, which began when Leopold I became Margrave of Austria in 976.
As far as Austria was concerned, the powers accepted the Pragmatic Sanction; and Frederick the Great ratified the election of Maria Theresa's consort, Francis I of Lorraine, as Holy Roman emperor.
horsecare.stablemade.com /_articles/austria-hungary.htm   (1194 words)

  
 The Age of Chivalry - 14th Century AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Palatine and Mainz are ravaged by Albert of Austria.
Albert of Austria is murdered: Henry VII of Luxemburg is elected German King.
Louis IV of Bavaria and Frederick, Duke of Austria, rival claimants of the Empire.
www.taoc.co.uk /content/view/92/50   (1939 words)

  
 Monaco’s Prince Albert Opens IAEA Environment Exhibit
Prince Albert II of Monaco today underscored his commitment to protecting the earth´s environment at the opening of a special exhibit at the IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
Prince Albert II´s great great grandfather, Prince Albert I, was a pioneer in oceanographic exploration, an organizer of European oceanographic research and founder of several international organizations including the Musée Océanographique.
The Albert II Foundation "will be a permanent source of dynamic and innovative actions for environmental protection and sustainable environment", the Prince said.
www.iaea.org /NewsCenter/News/2006/princealbert.html   (594 words)

  
 St. Albert of Louvain - Catholic Online
Lothair was excommunicated and exiled for his role in the denial of Albert as the true bishop of Liege.
Albert's body was taken to the cathedral of Reims, where it reposed until 1612.
Then Archduke Albert of Austria had the remains transferred to the chapel of the new Carmelite convent he had founded in Brussels.
www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=1212   (689 words)

  
 austria map and information page
On May 15th, 1955, the Austrian State Treaty proclaimed Austria to be an independent republic, and its modern history began in earnest.
Landlocked in central Europe, Austria is today one of the continent's most influential countrys in both economic and political issues.
The current biography of Austria (the home of the Viennese Waltz, the Vienna Boys Choir and dancing Lipizzaner horses), is one of progress and stability.
worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/at.htm   (1607 words)

  
 Albert Watson
Albert Watson made his mark as one of the world’s most successful fashion and commercial photographers during the last three decades, while creating his own art along the way.
Though the wide variety of his images reflects an effortless versatility, they are nevertheless identifiable as Albert Watson photographs by their sheer power and technical virtuosity – whether it’s a portrait of a Las Vegas dominatrix or a close-up of King Tutankhamen’s sock.
Born and raised in Scotland, Albert Watson studied at the Royal College of Art in London before moving to the United States in 1970.
www.kunsthauswien.com /english/austellungen/albert_watson.php   (350 words)

  
 Sardinia-Piedmont, Kingdom of, 1848-1849   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Charles Albert confided to Massimo D'Azeglio that when the opportunity arose he would commit his life, his children's life, his treasury, and his army to the Italian cause.
The revolution in Milan and the Piedmontese declaration of war against Austria unleashed a wave of enthusiasm in the peninsula, as the people in each of the Italian states pressed their princes to support Charles Albert's war against Austria.
General Radetzky soon faced the Piedmontese army, swelled by volunteers from the Duchies and Lombardy, in the west, the Neapolitans and the papal forces in the south, and the troops of the recently re-established Venetian republic, in the east.
www.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/rz/sard.htm   (1075 words)

  
 Giuseppe Montanelli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a volunteer he foug ht under Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia in the 1848 war against Austria in which Montanelli was wounded and made prisoner.
In a public speech on October 8, Montanelli blamed lack of unity among Italians for the earlier defeat of Charles Albert by Austria.
After the second defeat of Charles Albert by Austria at the battle of Novara on March 23, 1849, and that monarch's subsequent abdication, Montanelli lost support in the Tuscan parliament.
cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/ip/montanel.htm   (411 words)

  
 The New York Film Festival - Film Society of Lincoln Center
The scattered thirtysomething women in Barbara Albert’s freshly astute, femme-centric film come together for the funeral of an influential former teacher (for some, a lover as well).
Life apart has weakened their links to one another: One’s a driven businesswoman, another a glamorous actress, yet another has been battered by hard times and arrives with a sullenly forbearing teenage daughter in tow.
Working once again with a group of actors that has become a kind of personal ensemble company, Albert (Free Radicals NYFF ‘03) has emerged as one of Europe’s finest new-generation filmmakers, continuing to refine her assured, generous storytelling voice.
www.filmlinc.com /nyff/program/films/falling.html   (171 words)

  
 Adolf of Nassau - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He owed his election to the ecclesiastical electors, who, fearing the growing power and ambition of the Hapsburgs, chose him rather than Albert of Austria (later King Albert I), son of Rudolf I of Hapsburg.
He entered into an alliance with Edward I of England against Philip IV of France in an effort to halt French encroachment of German territory; the alliance produced no results, however, and led to Adolf's deposition (1298) and the election of Albert.
Soon afterward he was defeated and killed by an army commanded by Albert.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-adolfn1as.html   (263 words)

  
 Burgenland Bunch Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Province of Burgenland, in the south east of Austria, was formed from parts of the Hungarian counties (Megye) of Vas, Sopron and Moson following WWI.
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The Province (state) of Burgenland in southeastern Austria was part of Vas, Moson and Sopron Megye (counties), Hungary prior to 1921.
users.spacestar.net /hapander/burgen.html   (1578 words)

  
 Albert System Clarinet Pages
Although the albert is considered passe' by most modern clarinetists, there are a few dedicated musicians who favor the instrument.
The "albert" system clarinet is named for Eugene Albert (a pupil of Adolphe Sax), who made changes and improvements to the keywork designed by Iwan Muller in 1809.
A similar system to the albert is still is use by clarinetists in Germany and Austria today, known as the "Oehler" system.
www.geocities.com /silverleafjb/clarinet2.htm   (609 words)

  
 Christmas in Austria Contemporary Review - Find Articles
It is surprising that in such a small country the saint has so many names: he is normally Nikolaus but in the eastern part of Austria he is Nikolo, Niglo or even Miglo while in the Tirol and the Vorarlberg he answers to Santaklos or even Klos, to those who know him well.
Normally, as befits this most Catholic country, St. Nikolaus is a celibate but in the provinces of Lower Austria and Styria he is married.
Just as it was introduced here from Protestant Germany by George III's consort, Queen Charlotte and popularised by Prince Albert, in Austria it was introduced by the wife of Archduke Karl, famous throughout Europe as the first general to defeat Napoleon.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_n1535_v263/ai_14970497   (893 words)

  
 CD Baby: DONNIE RAY ALBERT: Donnie Ray Albert - In Recital
Albert has sung with the orchestras of Washington DC (National), Köln, Southwest Florida, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Jerusalem, Seattle, Minnesota, St. Paul, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Greensboro, Grant Park Music Festival, and Madison, Vienna and Linz, Austria.
Albert appeared at President Carter's Inauguration and in London's Royal Festival Hall.
Albert's voice is exquisite, this collection is a must have.
cdbaby.com /cd/dralbert1   (393 words)

  
 Austria Wins 2005 FEI World Driving Championship Pairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Austria won the 2005 FEI World Driving Championship Pairs September 11 with a final score of 248.58.
Combining penalty scores from the dressage, cones and marathon phases, Austria's home team won with a final score of 248.58 on September 11.
Albert Pointl, Austria, with Baron 4, Ambros 13 and Alegro 2, Score: 131.59
www.equisearch.com /equiwire_news/drivingpairs_091605/index.html   (495 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/alberttuning
Albert Tuning's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
Piece by piece I am Albert Tuning and will slowly but surely take a hairdryer to your sister!
I have included the phrase "I am Albert Tuning" twice in this piece.
www.myspace.com /alberttuning   (193 words)

  
 The Hindu : Is "Isabel" actually a colour?
According to the story, Isabella was the daughter of King Philip II of Spain.
In 1598, she was married off to Prince Albert of Austria, and as dowry the young couple was given the whole of the Netherlands.
One, why Isabella and Albert never had children, and two, why Hamlet kept saying that something was rotten in the state of Denmark!
www.hindu.com /thehindu/edu/2003/07/22/stories/2003072200190201.htm   (219 words)

  
 Albert Oehlen on artnet
Albert Oehlen: I Know Whom You Showed Last Summer, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL
“Albert Oehlen”, Modern Painters: International Arts and Culture December 2005/ January 2006: 125.
Albert Oehlen talks to Eric Banks, Artforum, XLI No.8, April 2003: 182, 183, 244, 245.
www.artnet.com /artist/12773/albert-oehlen.html   (546 words)

  
 Albert Watson: Frozen • A Retrospective • Pop Culture and Cinema • Travel to Vienna, Austria
Albert Watson: Frozen • A Retrospective • Pop Culture and Cinema • Travel to Vienna, Austria
(Albert Watson was the official Royal Photographer for Prince Andrew’s wedding to Sarah Ferguson.).
He has has created the photography for hundreds of advertising campaigns for major corporations, such as the Gap, Levi’s, Revlon and Chanel, and he has directed some 500 TV commercials.
www.culturekiosque.com /travel/item7789.html   (222 words)

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