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  Augsburg (district)
It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Augsburg and the districts of Aichach-Friedberg, Landsberg, Ostallgäu, Unterallgäu, Günzburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries.
The district of Augsburg was established in 1972 by merging the former districts of Augsburg and Schwabmünchen and parts of other adjoining districts.
The district comprises a large area west of the city of Augsburg.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Augsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Jahrhundert setzte in Augsburg ein starkes Bevölkerungswachstum ein.
Augsburg is also committed to opportunity, opening doors to the life-changing power of a liberal arts education grounded in the Christian faith and enriched by a vibrant urban location.
The Mission of Augsburg College is to nurture future leaders in service to the world by providing high quality educational opportunities, which are based in the liberal arts and shaped by the faith and values of the Christian Church, by the context of a vital metropolitan area, and by an intentionally diverse campus community.
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 Augsburg
The See of Augsburg reached the period of its greatest splendor under St. Ulrich (923-973); he raised the standard of training and discipline among the clergy by the reformation of existing schools and the establishment of new ones, and by canonical visitations and synods; he provided for the poor, and rebuilt decayed churches and monasteries.
At the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, at which the so-called Augsburg Confession was delivered to Emperor V in the chapel of the episcopal palace, the emperor issued an edict according to which all innovations were to be abolished, and Catholics reinstated in their rights and property.
In the city of Augsburg the Catholic churches were seized by Lutheran and Zwinglian preachers; at the command of the council pictures were removed, and at the instigation of Bucer and others a disgraceful storm of popular iconoclasm followed, resulting in the destruction of many splendid monuments of art and antiquity.
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 Augsburg: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Augsburg is a city in south central Germany.
In 1530 the Augsburg confession was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor at the Diet of Augsburg[?].
The patron saint of Augsburg is Saint Afra, who was killed by the Romans at Augsburg in 304.
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 augsburg
Germany's Augsburg District Office is responsible for the fulfillment of the district Parliament's governmental decisions, as well as those of its committees.
The district office employs 600 people, including around 500 at town councils who perform a variety of tasks and responsibilities related to the maintenance of the district as an attractive and sustainable location for business.
Augsburg District Office needed a flexible solution to fit the responsibilities of the staff, some of whom needed to view Web sites that were completely off-limits for other employees.
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 loan Augsburg_ district - loan-reports.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In Alberta, the district (known as municipal districts) acts like a county or a city but not like the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, all districts and counties are part of census subdivisions of their respective census divisions.
The current Ontario districts such as Algoma and Nipissing were first created by the Province of Canada in 1858 prior to Confederation for the delivery of judicial and provincial government services to sparsely populated areas from the district seat (e.g.
A district ("amphoe") is a subdivision of a Province ("changwat") in Thailand.
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 Augsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Following the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, after which the rights of religious minorities in imperial cities were to be protected, a mixed Catholic-Protestant city council presided over a majority Protestant population.
Augsburg College A private Lutheran College in the United States that takes its name from the City of Augsburg.
Augsburg Academy A private Lutheran elementary school in Beltsville, Maryland, that takes its name from the City of Augsburg.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was a treaty signed between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League on September 25, 1555 at the city of Augsburg in Germany.
Although the Peace of Augsburg was moderately successful in relieving tension in the empire and increasing tolerance, it left important things undone.
By aligning religious divisions with political divisions, the Peace of Augsburg fixed the patchwork of states that characterized Germany into the 19th century.
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 World Mayor: Paul Wengert - Mayor of Augsburg 2006
It was from among the citizens in the “Augsburg Alliance” that aid for the victims of the tsunami emanated, with an Augsburg-based action group consisting of some 35 organisations, bodies and initiatives.
Instead, it demonstrates great sympathy on the part of Augsburg’s citizens for the well-being of the residents of Indonesia, and it is being implemented in close cooperation with the City Council in Banda Aceh“, stresses the Mayor.
Augsburg is the German city with the most natural gas-fuelled vehicles, and the first city in Bavaria to have prepared an “Air Purity Plan”.
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 Augsburg Name Change
Augsburg is non-geographic, that is, it is bounded by a common reading of Scripture and Confession rather than by lines on a map.
For instance, some may have understood Augsburg as a district of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) in the sense of being under LCMC's governance and supervision.
Thus, Augsburg makes no claim to be the Church with a capital "C." We know and confess that the true Church, the Body of Christ, hidden and oppressed by false belief, hypocrisy, sin, and division until Christ comes again, is unequivocally revealed in this evil age solely by its signs¾Word and Sacrament.
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 wfn.org | Aamodt, Augsburg Fortress Sue
Augsburg Fortress hired Aamodt in 1992 as president and CEO and asked him to resign at a board meeting in Toronto in April 1995.
Specifically the Augsburg Fortress counterclaim alleges that Aamodt improperly received ownership of a deferred annuity to supplement his retirement benefits and, without approval of the board, arranged to have the resulting personal tax obligations paid by Augsburg Fortress.
In an interview Aamodt said, "I had a contract with Augsburg Fortress and I guess this is about promises made and promises not kept, an awful lot of bumbling on the part of the board, a secret process about which I knew nothing and an ambush in Toronto.
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 Augsburg
Augsburg was a wonderful mix of old and new.
Surprisingly, Augsburg's downtown pedestrian area was about as large as Munich's, though not quite as populated (Lord, no. Munich can be elbow-to-elbow, especially during Oktoberfest or Weihnachtsmarkt).
Interestingly, it constituted a separate independent district within Augsburg, and only those with a demonstrated need were permitted in by the residents.
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 LCMC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
MLC is a member of four districts within LCMC, including the Evangelical Renewal District (ERD), the Heartland District, the Epiphany District, and the Augsburg District
Heartland District - The Heartland District is a geographical district in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa.
Augsburg District - The Augsburg District provides a resource for Lutheran theological and heritage materials, research, and ideas.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bishopric of Augsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Bishop of Augsburg is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg in the Archdiocese of München und Freising / Munich.
Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg; confirmed 6 April 1818; died in office
Priest of Augsburg; confirmed 9 June 1902; ordained 20 July 1902; died in office
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 Augsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Apology of the Augsburg Confession - The reformer's response to the Roman...
Melanchthon's Alterations of the Augsburg Confession - Portion of the Bente preface to the...
The Peace of Augsburg was unravelling throughout the second half of the...
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 Würzburg (district) - Definition, explanation
Neighboring districts are (from the north, clockwise) Main-Spessart, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen, Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, and the district Main-Tauber in Baden-Württemberg.
In 1972 the previous district Würzburg was merged with the former district Ochsenfurt, and several municipalities from the districts Marktheidenfeld, Karlstadt, Kitzingen and Gerolzhofen were added to form the district with today's borders.
The fleur-de-lis in the bottom-right is the symbol of the St.Burkhard monastery in Würzburg, while the lion in the bottom-left derive from the coat of arms of the former Ochsenfurt district.
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 ipedia.com: Haßberge Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Coburg, Bamberg, Schweinfurt and Rhön-Grabfeld, and by the state of Thuringia (district of Hildburghausen).
The district was established in 1972 by merging the districts of Haßfurt, Ebern and Hofheim.
South of the hills the Main river crosses the district from east to west.
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 Augsburg Lutheran Home - History
In order to meet this need, it was recommended that Augsburg prepare for the future by planning a continuing care community which would be able to care for the retired and well elderly.
By the Fall of 1987, Augsburg was ready to begin to implement the second phase of the expansion plan.
The Women’s Auxiliary of Augsburg is the rock upon which Augsburg was built.
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 Mitfahrzentrale & Mitfahrgelegenheit • Allmannshofen • Fahrt fuer Cents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On August 13, 1704, the Battle of Blenheim was fought in the vicinity of the village, having decisive importance on the War of Spanish Succession.
Wertingen - Wertingen is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany.
Baar, Swabia - Baar is a municipality in Aichach-Friedberg district, in Bavaria, southern Germany.
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 Bazi options for multiple electoral districts
In Zurich, the number of votes to which a voter is entitled depends on the district.
That is, district party votes are subdivided solely by the divisor associated with that district.
That is, district party votes are subdivided by both, the corresponding district divisor as well as the corresponding party divisor, and the resulting quotient is rounded as is peculiar to the selected divisor method.
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 Augsburg hotels
Located on historic ground, amidst Augsburg's diverse cultural and business attractions, the Steigenberger Drei Mohren is a sublime mix of the traditional and the contemporary.
The Ibis Augsburg Hauptbahnhof hotel is ideally located in the city centre, 200 m from the central railway station and other public transport, 500 m from the Rathaus tourist area and 1.5 km from the Kongresshalle Convention Centre.
The Ibis Augsburg Koenigsplatz hotel is located in the city centre, close to the Kongresszentrum Convention Centre and the theatre district, 300 m from the principal railway station and public transport.
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 Aichach-Friedberg at AllExperts
It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Augsburg, Donau-Ries, Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Pfaffenhofen, Dachau, Fürstenfeldbruck and Landsberg, as well as by the city of Augsburg.
In 1862 the two districts of Aichach and Friedberg were founded.
The district is located to the east of the city of Augsburg and comprises a rural area with few major towns.
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 Details of the Region
Further municipal statistics and updated business trends (updated economic and social data) concerning the region of Augsburg are to be found on the homepage of the city of Augsburg www.augsburg.de.
Along with Munich and Nurnberg the economic region of Augsburg is the third largest congested urban area in Bavaria comprising the city of Augsburg and the administrative districts of Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg.
Further schools and educational institutions are to be found on the internet homepage of the city of Augsburg.
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 Augsburg Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
The other main church in Augsburg is directly south of the Dom along the broad Maximillianstrasse, a long avenue of fine buildings and fountains.
Construction of the larger structure begun in 1474 with the abbey church of the Benedictine monks.
In 1985, on the occasion of Augsburg's 2000-year jubilee, the Golden Hall, with its imposing portals, gold-leaf coffered ceilings and murals, was extensively restored.
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 Outpatient dialysis center and diabetes center in the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
All of the named doctors of the Joint Practice for Outpatient Dialysis in Augsburg are members of the Bavarian State Medical Board of Registration (Bayerische Landesärztekammer).
The district court of Hamburg passed a judgment on May 12 1998, according to which website owners may be responsible for the content of links posted on their website.
According to the district court, such responsibility can only be avoided by expressly dissociating oneself from the content of such links.
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 Augsburg-The Mozart House — the house in which Leopold Mozart was born- Historic Highlights of Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Augsburg-The Mozart House — the house in which Leopold Mozart was born- Historic Highlights of Germany
Surpassed only by Vienna and Salzburg, Augsburg is the next most significant city in the life of W. Mozart.
The first ancestors of the composer came from today's administrative district of Augsburg.
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 Augsburg (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The colours are derived from the arms which are parted per pale red and white with a Zirbelnuss [pine-cone] in the center.
The shield is taken from the arms of the Bishops of Augsburg.
On a VintagePostcard is an image of the 1925 gymnastics festival in Göggingen (Augsburg): gymnast with flag repeating the red and green colours found in the arms:
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