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Topic: Free State (German)


  
  german
Whereas most German immigrants of the 18th century came from the Palatine or Württemberg, states along the Rhine River in the southern and western regions of the German lands, those in the second wave of immigration came mainly from the north and east-Prussia, Bavaria, and Saxony.
Germans contributed substantially to its growth: By 1841, 28 percent of the total population was German; 10 years earlier the figure was only 5 percent, By 1850, when Cincinnati was known as the "Queen City of the West," the German community (including those born in America) made up half its population.
German involvement in the labor movement did not sit well with nativists, who, in the last decades of the 19th century, were again seeking support for anti-immigration laws.
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  Free state (government) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In South Africa the term free state was used in the title of the nineteenth century Orange Free State (Oranje Vrystaat in Afikaans) and is today used in the title of its successor, Free State province; both entities were established as republican in form.
In contrast, the Congo Free State came into being between 1877 and 1884 as a private kingdom or dictatorship of King Léopold II of Belgium.
The Irish Free State of 1922-1937 was a form of constitutional monarchy under the British monarch.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_State   (431 words)

  
 German
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 Head of State - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A head of state or chief of state is the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the country's constitution.
In parliamentary systems the head of state may be merely the nominal chief executive officer of the state, possessing theoretical executive power (hence the description of the United Kingdom monarch's government as Her Majesty's Government, a term indicating that the government is theoretically hers, not parliament's).
A head of state is generally the notional or literal commander-in-chief of a state's armed forces, holding the highest office in all military chains of command.
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 ORANGE FREE STATE - LoveToKnow Article on ORANGE FREE STATE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Free State established a temporary government over the diamond fields, but the administration of this body was satisfactory neither to the Free State nor to the diggers.
The Free State, in fact, from its geographical position reaped the benefits without incurring the anxieties consequent on the settlement of a large uiilandcr population on the Rand.
On the part of the Free State there was obviously a genuine desire to further the best interests of the state, together with the general prosperity of the whole of South Africa.
81.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORANGE_FREE_STATE.htm   (12421 words)

  
 Free
Free Pascal Free Pascal (or FPK Pascal) is a Amiga).
Free Speech Movement The Free Speech Movement was a radical student movement began on the campus of the free speech.
Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) is a Germany.
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 Coins from the Rupublic of the Orange Free State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Furthermore the National Bank of the Orange Free State was getting a commission for keeping Transvaal coinage in circulation, which it would lose if the coins were declared legal tender, and since the Government held such large interests in the Bank, the Volksraad was urged to avoid this step.
Thus the coins of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek never did become legal tender in the Orange Free State Republic, though this step was taken when the Orange Free State Republic became the Orange River Co lony under the British authorities during the Anglo-Boer War in 1900.
This specimen pattern penny was submitted by the German firm Otto and Co to the Free State Volksraad for consideration.
about-south-africa.com /html/free_state.html   (731 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Orange Free State
The Orange Free State, one of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa, lies between 29° 30' and 30° 40' S. lat., and between 24° 20' and 30° E. long.
Since 31 May 1910, under the title of "The Orange Free State Province of the Union of South Africa", it forms part (together with the Transvaal, Natal, and the Cape of Good Hope) of a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, the first parliament of which was opened at Cape Town on 4 November, 1910.
In that parliament the Orange Free State Province is represented by sixteen senators — one fourth of the entire number — and by seventeen members of the House of Assembly (out of a total of 121).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11267a.htm   (932 words)

  
 German Travel Phrases
The Eschweiler dialect of German is used in the area of Eschweiler, a town in the North Rhine-Westphalia Federal State in Germany.
The Hessian dialect of German is used primarily in the state of Hesse, Germany.
The Volhynian dialect of German is from the Volhynia region in western Ukraine.
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 German Cultural Forum, 01 email - German Cultural Foundation
Jürgen Zöllner Minister-President of the State of Saarland Peter Müller Minister for Education, Culture and Science of the State of Saarland Jürgen Schreier Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony Prof.
Rößler State Minister for Education and Culture of the Free State of Saxony Prof.
Jan-Hendrik Olbertz Minister-President of the State of Schleswig-Holstein Heide Simonis Minister for Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein Ute Erdsiek-Rave Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Dieter Althaus Minister for Science, Research and Art of the Free State of Thuringia Prof.
www.germanculturalforum.com /01_Email/0101_Email.htm   (993 words)

  
 Free Trade, Managed Trade and the State, Part 2
Free trade among nations and fairly unregulated free enterprise in domestic policy had made the world of the 19th century a time of individual liberty, economic prosperity and almost a century of relative peace in Europe from the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
But all such hopes of a return to the path of free trade were killed on the battlefields of World War I. Because in the pursuit of total victory, each of the belligerent governments resorted to total war; and with total war came the total state.
And once the state took on the responsibility for managing and guiding the internal economic affairs of its subjects, barriers to international trade were required to follow soon.
www.fff.org /freedom/0993b.asp   (1211 words)

  
 The Free State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The term "Free State" was coined in the 19th century by Martin Wieland, a classic of German literature.
Like the term "Republic", the term "Free State" describes a government system which is based on parliamentarism.
Being one of 16 federal states, the Free State of Saxony has legislative power in a few basic law areas only, such as in education and culture, in the fields of communal rights, police and administrative rules, and the right of legislation (cf.
www.landtag.sachsen.de /SLT_ONLINE/en/startseite/sachsen/freistaat   (154 words)

  
 Free State of Danzig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The State of Poland also claims international compliance for having taken the private Property of every Danziger by force and every means, now she is busy in vigorously defending and justifying her claims and crimes before the World.
Again the case of the Free City of Danzig for Restitution of the legal State Territory failed, it was rebuffed, was stopped at the doors of the International Court of Justice, an Organ of the UN.
The Free City of Danzig and her People are portrait as War mongers, Members of an "Aggressor - State", and as such have lost all, and every right to be called human beings, as a People and as individuals, are put down and discredited at every opportunity.
www.net2000.com.au /customers/danzig/dan.html   (6233 words)

  
 National Health Insurance and the Welfare State, Part 1
After the experiences of the totalitarian states in the 20th century, logic suggests that the world would have learned the lesson that every growth in state power-every extension of government control in social and economic affairs-threatens the liberty of the people.
The modern welfare state and the implementation of socialized health care arose in 19th-century Germany, during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the administration of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
The German monarchy and the conservative parties realized that something had to be done to deflect support away from the socialists and back to the established order.
www.fff.org /freedom/0194b.asp   (1411 words)

  
 Cazoo.org: German-American Cultural Center
Friedrich Münch, pastor, student leader, humanist, prairie farmer, state senator in Missouri, poet and wine connoisseur, one of the most sympathetic figures of the liberal emigration of 1833, was one of the group of state founders.
Their goal was to establish states within within the United States, which were to be German in every respect and only loosely tied to the federal government Washington.
Münch and Follen settled in Warren County in the 12-year-old state of Missouri.
www.cazoo.org /Germans/FriedrichMunch.html   (417 words)

  
 Live Free or Try [ Free State Project - Liberty in Our Lifetime ]
The 400-member state legislature is the fourth largest deliberative body in the world and in some districts, representatives can be elected with as few as 700 votes.
Free Staters could hold up votes, cancel out the moderate Republican votes that always seem to favor the Democrats, and generally wreak havoc with the process of the government spending people's money.
These media articles are maintained on a non-commercial basis by The Free State Project, a non-profit organization, for historical, educational, scholarship, and research purposes.
www.freestateproject.org /news/media_archive/0167.php   (757 words)

  
 Free State Brewery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Chuck Magerl (Free State Brewery): When we first opened here, we were the first brewery operating like this between Chicago and Denver.
Narrator: The proprietor of the Free State Brewery in Lawrence, Chuck Magerl played a major role in changing state laws in Kansas so it would be possible for breweries such as his to come into being.
Magerl: A lot of the brewing industry as it emerged in the state of Kansas had come out of the German and Slavic population, which had a major impact on the settlement of this state.
ktwu.wuacc.edu /journeys/scripts/1110a.html   (1181 words)

  
 Irish Free State -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The governmental and constitutional structures of the Irish Free State
Executive authority was vested in the King, and exercised by a cabinet called the (A council that shares the supreme executive power) Executive Council, presided over by a prime minister called the (Click link for more info and facts about President of the Executive Council) President of the Executive Council.
It had two elements; the first, an oath to the Free State, as by law established, the second part a promise of fidelity, to His Majesty, King George V, his heirs and successors.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/I/Ir/Irish_Free_State.htm   (1717 words)

  
 CNN.com - State voters reject Schroeder - Feb. 3, 2003
Germans voting for two state legislatures punished prime minister Gerhard Schroeder's party over the economy.
Conservative Bavarian state premier Edmund Stoiber, who was narrowly beaten by Schroeder in the September general election, said: "This is a vote of no confidence in Schroeder and his government.
In the central state of Hesse, the CDU held on to power with an increased majority, scoring an absolute majority of 50.1 percent, up from 43.4 percent in the last election in 1999.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/02/02/germany.elex   (437 words)

  
 Germany Info: Culture & Life: History: Features: German Revolution of 1848/49
Long before the post-World War II division of Europe and long before "silent revolutions" in Eastern Europe ended that division, there was another time when Germans took to the streets to demand freedom and unity and for a few months seemed to achieve their goal.
The German rulers were frightened enough to grant concessions: they promised liberal constitutions, appointed liberals to ministries, promised freedom of the press, the freedom to hold meetings and a German national parliament.
It was supposed to overcome feudal political structures, end German particularism and lead Germany to national unity, develop a free constitution focusing on basic rights for all, establish a parlimentary system and solve massive social problems, all at once.
www.germany.info /relaunch/culture/history/1848.html   (1678 words)

  
 The German Crisis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is impossible to alter the nature of the State, because it is just this nature that constitutes the State; and States cannot change their nature without ceasing to exist.
All States are bad in that sense, that they, by their nature, by their principle, by their very foundation and the highest ideal of their existence, are the opponents of human liberty, morality, and justice.
The German Social Democratic Party is forced to sacrifice the economic liberation of the proletariat, and consequently also their political liberation- or, better expressed, their liberation from politics-to the self-seeking and triumph of the bourgeois Democracy.
dwardmac.pitzer.edu /anarchist_archives/bakunin/writings/German.html   (758 words)

  
 German Flag Store - buy flags of Germany
Whatever the true explanation, these colours soon became to be regarded as the national colours of Germany during the period of the German Confederation in the first half of the 19th century.
An important step in this direction was the founding of the North German Confederation in 1867, which on June 25 of that year adopted a flag that blended the Prussian colours (fl and white) and the colours of the Hanseatic League (red and white) into a new fl-white-red (schwarz-weiß-rot) horizontal tricolour.
This flag would also be the national flag for the subsequent German Empire from 1871 to 1918, which finally replaced the German Confederation.
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 HSLDA | Home Schooling - Germany
A youth services social worker apparently has lied to a German television station about a 15-year-old homeschool student ordered into a psychiatric ward because of her "school phobia," and another employee of the same state division shut down a scheduled 1-hour weekly visit with her family when her father showed her the statement.
Five "well-educated" children have been ordered into state custody by a court that applied to a second family a ruling taking a 15-year-old homeschooler from her family and sending her to a psychiatric ward.
A German appeals court has not only affirmed a lower court's decision that ripped a 15-year-old homeschooler from her family and subjected her to a forced stay in a psychiatric hospital because she is homeschooled, but also ordered her parents to be given psychiatric evaluations, an international rights organization says.
www.hslda.org /hs/international/Germany/default.asp   (788 words)

  
 Modern Languages: German Division Undergraduate Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Students with a 3.5 GPA in German, a 3.0 overall and at least 3 courses in German above the language requirement, with an A average in each, are encouraged to apply for membership in the Delta Phi Alpha German Honor Society.
The objective is the ability to write and converse on general cultural topics at a level which demonstrates near mastery of German grammar and the beginning of a personal style in the language.
The objectives are the acquisition of correct German sound formation by comparison with English phonetics and the improvement of the student's conversational German through pronunciation exercises.
www.fsu.edu /~modlang/divisions/german/undergraduate.html   (1867 words)

  
 TPWD: Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
German immigrants settled the Hill Country in the early 1800s and their descendants still call it home.
Attached to the Visitors Center is the Behrens Cabin, a two-room dogtrot cabin built by German immigrant H. Behrens during the 1870s.
The rich heritage of German culture is evident throughout the Texas Hill Country, where Texans of German descent proudly maintain links with the past.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /park/lbj   (1556 words)

  
 Detroit Free Press - www.freep.com - Editorials
The Michigan public can legitimately wonder just how seriously their state officials are taking the budget "crisis" when the attorney general is planning to build a $60,000-plus gymnasium for some of his staff members while laying off others.
State Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop is drawing applause for ostensibly showing leadership in the state's fiscal crisis.
Cut $34 per pupil from the state contribution to local school districts to fill $57 million of the $686-million gap in the state budget.
www.freep.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION01   (1812 words)

  
 www.bavaria.de
Although with a unique appearance of its own, Bavaria is yet inseparably linked to German and European culture.
The aim of Bavarian government policy is a Bavaria with strong political institutions and healthy economy, living in social harmony and conscious of its responsibilities to Germany and its obligations to Europe.
Cornerstones of this policy are the democratic state under the rule of law, the parliamentary system, the social market economy and the federal structure of reunited Germany.
www.bayern.de /English   (175 words)

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