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  The Wartburg - LoveToKnow 1911
THE WARTBURG, a castle near Eisenach in the grand-duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
Under the landgrave Hermann I., the Wartburg was the home of a boisterous court to which minstrels and "wandering folk" of all descriptions streamed; 1 and it was here that in 1207 took place the minstrels' contest (Sdngerkrieg) immortalized in Wagner's Tannhduser.
2 It was to the Wartburg, too, that on the 4th of May 1521, Luther was brought for safety at the instance of Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony, and it was during his ten months' residence here (under the incognito of Junker Jorg) that he completed his translation of the New Testament.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /The_Wartburg   (547 words)

  
 Die Geschichte der Wartburg
According to legend, the Wartburg was founded in 1067 by Ludwig der Springer (Ludwig the Jumper).
Martin Luther, who was excommunicated by the pope and outlawed by the emperor, sought refuge in the bailiff's lodge at the Wartburg.
In 1967, the "National Jubilees" of the German Democratic Republic were celebrated in conjunction with the 900th anniversary of the Wartburg Castle, the 450th anniversary of the beginning of the Lutheran Reformation and the 150th anniversary of the Wartburgfest (the meeting of the German student association).
www.wartburg-eisenach.de /english/geschich/text.htm   (753 words)

  
 Festival Benefits Obed River
The Tennessee Paddle Festival is a new American Whitewater Festival event and has been organized by the Chota Canoe Club, East Tennessee Whitewater Club, the UT Canoe and Hiking Club, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and the National Parks Conservation Association.
While the festival is in its first year, the groups behind it have been working to preserve the Obed/Emory river system for decades.
Wartburg, approximately 15 miles NW of Oak Ridge, is a short drive from the Knoxville area and most of East Tennessee, making it an easy day trip.
www.hellbenderpress.com /enter.pl?a=65   (889 words)

  
 Wartburg festival - Historic Event - German Archive: The first Wartburg festival (German: Wartburgfest) on October 18, ...
Wartburg festival - Historic Event - German Archive: The first Wartburg festival (German: Wartburgfest) on October 18, 1817 was an important event in German history that took place at the Wartburg castle at Eisenach.
The first Wartburg festival (German: Wartburgfest) on October 18, 1817 was an important event in German history that took place at the Wartburg castle at Eisenach.
On the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his theses and in memory of the fighting of the Battle of Nations at Leipzig, the student groups organized a festival at the Wartburg castle in Eisenach.
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 Wartburg Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wartburg Castle is situated to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany, on a 1230-foot (410 m) precipitous hill.
Wartburg was the seat of the Thuringian landgraves until 1440, and as a place of courtly culture it became the venue of the Sängerkrieg, the Minstrels' Contest, around 1207 with contestants such as Walther von der Vogelweide, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Albrecht von Halberstadt, and many others, taking part.
Mention should be made, however, of the Rüstkammer (the armoury) of the Wartburg, which used to contain a magnificent collection of about 800 pieces, from the splendid armour of King Henry II of France, to the items of Frederick the Wise, Pope Julius II and Bernhard von Weimar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wartburg_Castle   (805 words)

  
 Wartburg - Wikimedia Commons
Deutsch: Die Wartburg ist eine Festung bei Eisenach in Thüringen, Deutschland.
Česky: Hrad Wartburg se nachází v německé spolkové zemi Durynsko, nad městem Eisenach, v sevorozápadním cípu Durynského lesa.
English: Wartburg Castle is situated nearby the town of Eisenach in Thuringia, Germany.
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Wartburg   (149 words)

  
 Wartburg College Faculty / Staff News
Wartburg Players' production of “The Inspector General” will be showcased at the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival in Ames, Jan. 21-28.
It is one of approximately eight shows in the region invited to perform at the festival from a pool of 150.
If you know a current first-, second-, or third-year Wartburg student who would be a good mentor and would be interested in participating, please e-mail the student’s name to jeff.beck@wartburg.edu.
www.wartburg.edu /facstaffnews   (936 words)

  
 One, two, three, pick! - Wartburg Trumpet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Junker’s association with Wartburg is a long one.
He and a banjo player went to the festival in 2001, the day before the Sept. 11 attacks.
Although he has been playing in the same band for 28 years, longer than he has worked at Wartburg, Junker said he looks at it as a hobby and wouldn’t want to play music full time.
public.wartburg.edu /trumpet/2006/sep26/band.html   (518 words)

  
 Wartburg News - Page 2
This Wartburg College basketball recruit earned 17 combined letters at WACO in baseball, basketball, football, golf and track and field, and also starred in the classroom with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
All 132 members of the state legislature and their staffs have been invited to a fish fry and barbecue being underwritten by the Nashville contractor who recently received the largest contract in state history.
WARTBURG - Authorities have determined that a man convicted of murder in Gibson County and found dead in his cell at the Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex committed suicide.
www.topix.net /city/wartburg-tn/page2   (1202 words)

  
 Wartburg festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Movement of the students on the Wartburg in 1817
On the occasion of the three-hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's nailing of his theses and in memory of the fighting of the Battle of Nations at Leipzig, the student groups organized a festival at the Wartburg castle in Eisenach.
A refuge stop for Martin Luther, the castle served as a symbol of German nationalism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wartburg_festival   (364 words)

  
 Summer Camps
Counselors, support staff and volunteers are well trained, closely supervised, and selected because of their love of children.
For all sessions, Camp Wartburg staff counselors sleep in the same facility as the campers.
If a child is to leave Camp Wartburg with someone other than a parent, a signed verification slip will be requested at check-in.
www.campwartburg.com /summercamp_new.html   (696 words)

  
 CHAPTER XIII. - THE PROGRESS OF REACTION.
On the 18th of October, 1817, the students of Jena, with deputations from all the Protestant Universities of Germany, held a festival at Eisenach, to celebrate the double anniversary of the Reformation and of the battle of Leipzig.
The first result of the Wartburg scandal was that the Duke of Weimar had to curtail the liberties of his subjects.
A student from Erlangen, Carl Sand, who had accompanied the standard at the Wartburg festival, formed the silent resolve of sacrificing his own life in order to punish the enemy of his country.
www.globusz.com /ebooks/Europe/00000024.htm   (17022 words)

  
 The Wartburg Trumpet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The other hope is to use the chorus as a lab situation for Wartburg students in music education.
The Wartburg Children’s Festival Choir fits into the Wartburg Community Symphony’s 50th anniversary theme “Aged to Perfection.” The concert will include narrated stories with musical accompaniment.
Wartburg Community Symphony tickets may be ordered by calling (319) 352-8286.
public.wartburg.edu /trumpet/2002/dec9/news7.html   (192 words)

  
 Wartburg Eisenach: Guided Tour: The Festival Hall (Grand Hall)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Festival Hall extends over the entire length and width of the Palas.
The Bavarian "fairy king," Ludwig II, planned an exact imitation of the Festival Hall at the Neuschwanstein Castle.
The excellent acoustics of the Festival Hall make it one of the most favoured concert halls in Germany and a popular place for other events, including the annual presentation of the Wartburg Prize.
www.wartburg-eisenach.de /english/rundgang/f_saal1.htm   (92 words)

  
 Eisenach
I've encountered many towns in Germany where the town's identity came via a single impressive landmark that attracted all the tourists and attention, while the rest of the town was perhaps overlooked.
The Festival Hall was significant because it served as the inspiration for the Bavarian King Ludwig II's festival hall in the famous Schloss Neuschwanstein.
Wartburg Castle was located a fair distance from the downtown, but not so far that it couldn't be walked.
www.tompgalvin.com /places/de/thueringen/eisenach.htm   (781 words)

  
 Vocal Jazz Festival - Wartburg College Music Department: Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa, USA
The Wartburg College department of music will host a vocal jazz festival Saturday, March 20.
For more information about the festival, contact Dr. Jane Andrews at (319) 352-8630 or jane.andrews@wartburg.edu.
High school vocal jazz groups are invited to participate in the festival.
www.wartburg.edu /music/jazzinvite.html   (269 words)

  
 German Confederation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Wartburg Festival in 1817 celebrated Martin Luther as a proto-German nationalist, linking Lutheranism to German nationalism, helping to arouse religious sentiments for the cause of German nationhood.
The Festival culminated in the burning of several books and other things that were to symbolize reactionary attitude, one of them being a book by the German writer August von Kotzebue.
In 1819, after he was accused of being a spy for imperial Russia, another multi-national empire desperately trying to hang on to the old Order as it existed before the French Revolution, he was murdered by the theological student Karl Ludwig Sand (who was exectued for this crime).
german-confederation.iqnaut.net   (2706 words)

  
 Music Festivals - Wartburg College Music Department: Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa, USA
The Wartburg Music Department hosts an annual weekend choral festival of the state's most talented vocal musicians.
The Wartburg Music Department hosts an annual weekend band festival of the state's most talented instrumental musicians.
The Meistersinger Honor Band is conducted by Dr. Craig A. Hancock, director of bands and associate professor of music.
www.wartburg.edu /music/fest.html   (169 words)

  
 GHDI - Image
A procession of students approaches the Wartburg castle, located near Eisenach in Thuringia (October 18, 1817).
The Wartburg Festival commemorated the 300th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation and the fourth anniversary of the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig.
A place of refuge for Martin Luther in 1521-22, the Wartburg served as a symbol of German nationalism.
germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org /sub_image.cfm?image_id=426   (67 words)

  
 2006 Summer Camps
In addition to activities at Camp Wartburg, you¹ll horseback ride at a nearby riding center every day.
First Discovery Camp is just for you - a great way to spend a few days at camp and learn what it's all about.
Campers will fish at Camp Wartburg and other ponds in the area.
www.campwartburg.com /summercamp/camps.html   (1212 words)

  
 Tennessee Paddle for the Obed - WW Canoe & Kayak Festival
The linked pages are a snapshot of the information provided to the public by Tennessee Paddle as of their last festival held in 2001.
April 6-8, 2001 in Wartburg on "the Plateau".
The 2001 Festival is a combined effort of the American Whitewater, the Chota Canoe Club, the Cumberland Trail Conference, the East Tennessee Whitewater Club, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning, the University of Tennessee Canoe and Hiking Club and the Tennessee Clean Water Network.
s88032431.onlinehome.us /TriPaddle/index.php   (419 words)

  
 The Wartburg Trumpet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The festival is part of four days of events honoring Schalk.
Ramona Bouzard, director of church relations, said this festival is a chance for the Graven Award recipient to share his or her talents and gifts with the community.
The Graven Award is given to an outstanding individual whose life is being led by their Christian calling and who is making a significant contribution to community, church and society.
public.wartburg.edu /trumpet/2004/feb16/news8.html   (277 words)

  
 Thüringen.html
The main residence of the Ludovingians was the Wartburg above Eisenach, where the troubadours of the Middle Ages are said to have carried out their "war of the singers".
In 1521, Martin Luther translated the Bible into German at this spot, and in 1817 the castle was to become the symbol of the unity of Germany due to the students-associations, who here organized the Wartburg festival, calling for a German nation-state.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685, one of a ramified family of musicians.
www.fortwaynemaennerchor.us /thuringen.html   (1066 words)

  
 Wartburg, Tennessee TN, city profile (Morgan County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Wartburg was $12,252, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Wartburg, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $257.
The average commute time for Wartburg workers is 21 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=12713   (716 words)

  
 October Sky Festival
will be a very special October Sky Festival as Coalwood marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 (which was launched on October 4, 1957).
At or next to this tent, someone from the Festival Committee will be handing out numbered tickets to get your books autographed.
As soon as the speeches are over, Homer and the Rocket Boys move to the front porch of the Coalwood Community United Methodist Church and start autographing books.
www.coalwoodwestvirginia.com /october_sky_festival.htm   (884 words)

  
 Raccoon Valley Bluegrass Festival
Whitewater Bluegrass Band was formed in 2004, and although the band is relatively new on the scene, it is composed of four very talented members that have played music most of their lives.
Tim is the originator of the Raccoon Valley Bluegrass Festival which he began in 2000.
Their dual goals are to bring the best in bluegrass music to the area and to preserve rural life family heritage, giving today's generation a glimpse back into their past.
raccoonvalleyfestival.com /water.htm   (419 words)

  
 Jakob Friedrich Fries
Unwelcome in Berlin, Fries was offered the chair of philosophy at Jena, under the tolerant Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar (1775-1828), who had been the first German ruler to grant a written constitution in his domain.
Austria and Prussia then became alarmed by the Wartburg Festival of the Burschenschaften in 1817, when, with the participation of 500 students from 12 universities, various symbols of tyranny (e.g.
Already under fire from Austria and Prussia for his participation at Wartburg, Fries was finally dismissed from his philosophy chair after the assassination of Kotzebue.
www.friesian.com /fries.htm   (2247 words)

  
 Visit Eisenach: See the Wartburg Castle Where Luther Hid and Translated the New Testament, St. George's Church, ...
Towering above Eisenach is the imposing Wartburg Castle, a magnificent medieval fortress, where Luther took refuge in 1521-2.
In the Festival Hall is a mural depicting the triumph of Christianity over paganism.
The Wartburg is open daily 9 - 5 from Nov. - Mar. and 8.30 -6 from Apr. - Oct.
www.reformationtours.com /site/490868/page/180557   (758 words)

  
 Moritzburg Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In 2001 the Moritzburg Festival established the „Moritzburg Festival on Tour” project with concerts all over Europe as an important part of the Festival´s concept.
Two weeks later, on July 4, 2006, the chamber orchestra of the newly founded Moritzburg Festival Academy will be on tour at the MDR Musiksommer and present itself with its first concert ever presented.
In January and February 2006 concerts took place in Dresden and Berlin and the festival has been on tour in Italy from February 10th to February 27th with concerts in Florence, Varese, Rome and Bologna.
www.moritzburgfestival.de /pages_engl/tours_engl.html   (286 words)

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