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  Sigmaringen (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sigmaringen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodenseekreis, Constance and Zollernalbkreis.
The deer in the coat of arms is the symbol of the duchy of Sigmaringen as well as of the city of Sigmaringen.
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 Tuttlingen (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tuttlingen is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rottweil, Zollernalbkreis, Sigmaringen, Constance and Schwarzwald-Baar.
The landscape of the district are the hills of the Swabian Alb, with the Danube as the main river.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tuttlingen_(district)   (207 words)

  
 Sigmaringen Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sigmaringen is a city in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, formerly Hohenzollern, capital of the Sigmaringen district.
It was first mentioned in 1077 and is particularly renowned for its wonderfully preserved castle.
Sigmaringen was the birthplace of Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927), king of Romania (1914-1927).
www.search-mesothelioma.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sigmaringen.html   (87 words)

  
 Emmendingen (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Emmendingen is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and the district-free city Freiburg.
In the communal reform of 1973 the district wasn't changed - at first it was planned to merge it with the district Lahr, but that was merged into the Ortenaukreis instead.
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 HOHENZOLLERN - LoveToKnow Article on HOHENZOLLERN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Conrad became burgrave of Nuremberg, and, receiving the lands which had come into the family through his mother, founded the Franconian branch of the family, which became the more important of the two; while Frederick, receiving the county of Zollern and the older possessions of the family, was the ancestor of the Swabian branch.
Early in the 12th century Burkhard, a younger son of Frederick I~, secured the county of Hohenberg, and this district remained in the possession of the Hohenzollerns until the death of Count Sigismund 10 1486.
These principalities were ruled by the sons and descendants of the elector Albert Achilles from 1486 to 1603; and, after reverting to the elector of Brandenburg, by the descendants of the elector John George from 1603 to 1791.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOHENZOLLERN.htm   (2016 words)

  
 Ortenaukreis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Ortenaukreis is a district (Kreis) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The highest elevation of the district, the 1164 meter high Hornisgrinde, is located in the north-east of the district.
The coat of arms are identical with the one of the previous district Offenburg, and are based on the coat of arms of the canton Ortenau of the League of Imperial Knights, which was the largest ruler of the area.
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 Constance (district) Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Constance (german Konstanz) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Schwarzwald-Baar, Tuttlingen, Sigmaringen and the Bodenseekreis.
The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Konstanz, which was created in 1806 when the area became part of Württemberg (since 1810 Baden).
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 SIGMARINGEN - LoveToKnow Article on SIGMARINGEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On the opposite bank of the Danube there is a war monument to the Hohenzollern men who fell in i866 and 1870-1871.
The division of Sigmaringen is composed of the two formerly sovereign principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen (see HOHENZOLLERN), and has an area of 440 sq.
m.) and lay mainly to the south of Hechingen, though the district of Haigerloch on.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIGMARINGEN.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin.
Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally christian democratic-conservative, with higher levels of conservative votes the farer one gets from Freiburg (which has a red-green majority).
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 Sigmaringen (district) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sigmaringen is a district (Kreis) in the south of (Click link for more info and facts about Baden-Württemberg) Baden-Württemberg, (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany.
The duchy Sigmaringen became part of (Click link for more info and facts about Kingdom of Prussia) Kingdom of Prussia in 1849, at that time it had the Oberamt Sigmaringen and the Oberamt Gammertingen.
The district is located in the mountains of the (Click link for more info and facts about Swabian Alb) Swabian Alb.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sigmaringen_(district).htm   (331 words)

  
 Handel und Gewerbeverein Sigmaringen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The only foreign investors, that might come to the district of Sigmaringen, could be from Switzerland, because they can produce more cheaper here in Germany than their country.
A first step is already done, a special employee in the administration of the district should arrange the cooperation between economy, tourism and environmental protection in the future.
The main reason for this is the historical meaning of the city, for example the role at the beginning of the German & French war in 1870/71 or the stay of the Vichy regime in 1944/45.
www.liebfrauenschule-sigmaringen.de /et3/tourism3.htm   (623 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Bodenseekreis Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Bodenseekreis is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The district was created in 1973, when the previous district Tettnang was merged with most of the district Überlingen.
The district is located at the northern shore of the Lake Constance (german: Bodensee), which also gave the district its name.
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 ALBA DISTRICT [AB]
Lying on the mid-course of the Mures River, the district is guarded to the North by the Western Carpathian Mountains (Apuseni Mountains) and to the South by the Parâng Mountains (mountain range in the Transylvanian Alps).
The district is crossed by the rivers Cugir, Sebes, Aries and Ampoi.
In the north-eastern part of the district is the rich wineregion of Târnave, renowned for its wine and champagne.
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 Queen Marie of Romania / The Graphic, January 21, 1893
But the town had woke itself to the fact that for the time it was the centre of Europe, and no weather-considerations checked the enthusiasm of its inhabitants or damped their energies.
The morning of Tuesday was mainly devoted by Prince Ferdinand and his bride to receiving deputations from the surrounding district, who came to tender congratulations, to present bouquets, addresses, and wedding-gifts.
The Town Church, where the grand ceremonial took place, is situated at the foot of the Castle rock, and is connected with the Castle by a covered corridor.
www.tkinter.smig.net /QueenMarie/TheGraphic   (624 words)

  
 Information on Emmendingen (district)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Emmendingen, which was created in 1803 when the area became part of Baden, Germany.
The western part of the district is located in the upper Rhine valley, including the small volcanic mountain Kaiserstuhl.
The six-topped mountain in the top right is the symbol of the Lords of Schwarzenberg, who ruled over the land around Elzach and Waldkirch; the wing in the bottom right is the symbol of the Lords of Üsenberg, who owned the land around Endingen, Herbolzheim and Kenzingen.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Born in 1577, at Sigmaringen, Prussia, of which town his father Johannes Rey was burgomaster; died at Sevis, 24 April, 1622.
From the novitiate he was sent to Constance to finish his studies in theology under Father John Baptist, a Polish friar of great repute for learning and holiness.
Fidelis was still guardian of the community at Feldkirch when in 1621 he was appointed to undertake a mission in the country of the Grisons with the purpose of bringing back that district to the Catholic Faith.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06069a.htm   (1088 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - HOHENZOLLERN:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nathanael Weil, rabbi of the Schwarzwald district; resided in Mühringen from 1745 to 1751, when he was called to Baden-Durlach.
Löb Aach, stationed at Hechingen, and later rabbi over the Sigmaringen communities of Haigerloch and Dettensee, as well as director of the bet ha-midrash founded by the Kaulla family in 1803; he occupied the rabbinate until 1817.
To-day (1903) the Prussian governmental district of Sigmaringen has only the following three communities: Dettensee (19 Jews, 2 ḥebra ḳaddishas, 1 school-fund), Haigerloch (274 Jews, 2 ḥebra.
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 Does hiking and climbing in the Danube-valley harm the animals and plants?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The natural park has a expansion of 85.710 hectars and there are 46 towns and communities, also 4 districts.
The district of Sigmaringen has 45% of the area, the district of Tuttlingen 40%, the district of Zollern-Alb 12% and the district of Biberach 1%.
In the SE the SW-German-Alps foreland borders on the natural park, in the west the Baar and the area of the Neckar are the boundary.
www.liebfrauenschule-sigmaringen.de /et3/tourism10.htm   (597 words)

  
 the German BSE cases
In a bovine born in Brandenburg, raised in the regional district Lüneburg and
The German Simmental cow having been born in the local district of Ansbach and brought only 4 years ago into its present herd (which was now culled without scientifically sound reason) [5] had been euthanatized on the 06/02/2001 because of central nervous symptoms not necessarily typical for BSE (Twitches and teeth grinding).
German Simmental cow had been regularly slaughtered on the 8th of January 2001 in the regional district Reutlingen and was tested for BSE with a positive result in the State Veterinary Laboratory in Aulendorf.
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 Read about Konstanz (district) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Konstanz (district) and learn about Konstanz ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Konstanz, which was created in 1806 when the area became part of
After some changes in its outline it was changed into the district in
1939 the city Constance became district-free, but was reintegrated into the district in 1953.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Constance_(district)   (286 words)

  
 Chronicle of the German Scrapie Cases
According to information forwarded by the BMVEL the sheep was more than 1 year old, had died and originated from a wandering flock kept on its winter pasture in the regional district Karlsruhe.
The identity and origin of the scrapie sheep could not be established, therefore prophylactically all 12 flocks had been put under quarantine and tested.
On the 19.02.2002 all 109 Suffolk sheep of a hobby farmer in Bocholt had to be culled by order of the local district Borken following confirmation of scrapie in 3 animals of the flock.
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 Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - German Civic Heraldry-SIGMARINGEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The deer as the symbol for Sigmaringen appears already on the oldest known seal of the city, known since 1316.
The deer itself is most likely derived from the arms of the Counts of Peutengau-Hirschberg (Hirsch=deer), Lords of Sigmaringen until 1253.
The colours are generally gold in red, but until the 19th century also gold in blue appears.
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 HOHENZOLLERN - Encyclopedia Britannica - HOHENZOLLERN - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
18o6), who had inherited both districts, sold his lands to Prussia.
1576) was granted the counties of Sigmaringen and Vohringen by the emperor Charles V. In 1576 the sons of Charles divided their lands, and founded three branches of the family, one of which is still flourishing.
The castle of Hohenzollern was destroyed in 1423, but it has been restored several times.
www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/HIG_HOR/HOHENZOLLERN.html   (1721 words)

  
 History of BW - The German Southwest 1933-1945
The state of Baden, the state of Württemberg and the Hohenzollern states (the government district of Sigmaringen) continued to exist, albeit with much less autonomy with regard to the empire.
This was basically a small step toward the unification of the German southwest.
The Gauleiters (district leaders) (Robert Wagner in Baden and Wilhelm Murr in Württemberg) were at the same time regents of the Reich, or plenipotentiaries of the Reich government.
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 Krumbach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A part of Bad Saulgau, in the Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg
A part of Hohenpolding, in the Erding district, Bavaria
A part of Seßlach, in the Coburg district, Bavaria
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 German Police Unit Marks, 1920-1937
The base forms of the unit marks for this police force are contained in regulations issued in 1922, and are shown in the following table.
Identification of individual units or independent centuria within an administrative district
S.B.S.I 1.7 - item 7 in the 1st Centuria within command I of the South Berlin police group.
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 Krumbach -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A part of Bad Saulgau, in the (Click link for more info and facts about Sigmaringen) Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg
A part of Illmensee, in the Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg
A part of Sauldorf, in the Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Kr/Krumbach.htm   (323 words)

  
 World Statesmen Data Needed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Anguilla: Presidents of hte Island Council to 1827, chairmen of the Vestry 1827-1883, District Magistrates 1883-30 May 1967.
Marshall Islands: 1885-1899 Spanish governors; Japanese district administrators 1922-1944.
Palau: Spanish 1885-1899, and Japanese district administrators 1914-1944; Governors of federal states since 1981.
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 Scholarships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trustees include District of Sigmaringen, Town of Sigmaringen and Hohenzollerische State Bank Sigmaringen.
Main objective is to support outstanding students and the next generation of scientists at the Sigmaringen campus of the University of Applied Sciences Albstadt-Sigmaringen.
So far, funding has been provided for student stays abroad, industrial placement semesters and for dissertations.
www.fh-albsig.de /Stiftungen/foerderung_e.htm   (1484 words)

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