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unusual facts about Bergen, Neuburg



2009–10 flu pandemic in Norway

On July 2, a Norwegian woman from Bergen was confirmed with the swine influenza, this person had recently been traveling to the United States.

2nd Medical Regiment

The Regiment is based at the Bergen-Hohne garrison situated in north west Germany as part of the British Forces Germany (BFG).

Albert Eide Parr

He was born in Bergen, was married to painter Ella Hage Hanssen, and the couple emigrated to the United States in 1926.

Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk

First established in Øystese during the Second World War, the business relocated to the village of Florvåg on the island Askøy, just north of Bergen, in 1948.

Battle of Wevelinghoven

As Hessian troops marched towards Grevenbroich, which belonged to Jülich, Duke Wolfgang William feared that an occupation of Grevenbroich by the Hessians would be seen by the Imperial side as an opportunity to declare the neutrality of Jülich-Berg as null and void.

Benjamin Blackledge

He was the first teacher of English language in Closter, New Jersey, and rose to become "the most prominent man in the northern part of Bergen County".

Bergen op Zoom

SABIC Innovative Plastics operates a major manufacturing facility in Bergen op Zoom.

Bergen Steamship Company

The Hurtigruten opened in 1893 to convey passengers and cargo along the Norwegian coast, initially from Trondheim to Hammerfest, later from Bergen to Kirkenes.

BIT20 Ensemble

BIT20 Ensemble is a contemporary music ensemble from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1989 for the purpose of performing and advancing Norwegian and international art music.

Castlemartin Training Area

In 1962 there was a shortage of suitable tank training areas in Northern part of Germany for the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), an agreement was made whereby armoured training for German recruits was undertaken in the UK so the Bergen-Hohne Training Area could be freed for use by the British Army.

Christian Olsson

2004: Turin (Grand Prix) - 17.61 m; Bergen (Golden League) - 17.58 m; Bydgoszcz (European Cup super league) - 17.30 m; Gateshead (Grand Prix) - 17.43 m; Rome (Golden League) - 17.50 m; Paris Saint-Denis (Golden League) - 17.41 m; Zürich (Golden League) - 17.46 m; Brussels (Golden League) - 17.44 m; Berlin (Golden League) - 17.45 m; Monaco (World Athletics Final) - 17.66 m

Christina Bauer

She was born in Bergen, Norway during a Christmas holiday to a French father, Jean-Luc Bauer, a professional volleyball player, and a Norwegian mother, Tone Bauer, a handball player who played several years in France.

Church of Avaldsnes

– Style: Gothic, related to a type common in Bergen

Colorado State Highway 74

From 1923 through the early 1930s, the SH 74 designation was from Echo Lake at what is now an intersection between SH 103 and SH 5 east along Squaw Pass Road to Bergen Park.

Commando Order

On 30 July 1943, the captured seven-man crew of the Royal Norwegian Navy motor torpedo boat MTB 345 were executed by the Germans in Bergen, Norway on the basis of the Commando Order.

County routes in New Jersey

US 202 runs through Bergen County, thus the planners skipped this number.

Duwenbeek

It flows through the Rügen municipalities of Bergen auf Rügen, Parchtitz and Kluis and forms parts of the boundaries of the municipalities of Bergen, Trent and Gingst.

Eva Bendien

However her family was forced to go underground and Eva spent time at diverse underground addresses in Amsterdam, Bergen, Haarlem, Sneek, Boekelo, and Bornebroek, with the last few months spent in the "Verscholen dorp" a colony of earthen huts housing 86 people in the woods between Nunspeet and Vierhouten.

Fana Upper Secondary School

Fana Gymnas is a public high school (Norwegian: Videregående) located in the district of Fana in the city of Bergen, Norway.

Helge Jordal

Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946 in Bergen, Norway) is an Norwegian actor, appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav in 2006 for his long career as an actor on both screen and stage, and his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian actors.

Jan Dahm

He was among the first group of people to be subject to court-martial during the German occupation of Norway, and later initiated and headed the Secret Intelligence Service group Theta, which operated in Bergen from December 1941 to June 1942.

Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland

In Bergen he drew several well-known buildings like Bergen Railway Station, Gamlehaugen and Bergen Handelsgymnasium.

Josef Kramer

Josef Kramer (November 10, 1906 – December 13, 1945) was the Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Kaare Langlo

Kaare Langlo (born Oct 7, 1913 in Bergen, Norway – Oct 7, 1985 in Oslo) was a Norwegian meteorologist.

Kitty Hart-Moxon

From there, the two were eventually sent to Bergen-Belsen, at which point they were abandoned in a locked train car and left to die.

Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus

The Lancaster-Oslo/Bergen Corpus (often abbreviated as LOB Corpus) is a million-word collection of British English texts which was compiled in the 1970s in collaboration between the University of Lancaster, the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Bergen, to provide a British counterpart to the Brown Corpus compiled by Kucera and Francis for American English in the 1960s.

Lars Stubhaug

Before the 2013-season Stubhaug decide to retire form football to study economy in Bergen.

Legoland Billund

In addition there are famous landmarks from Sweden, Bergen in Norway, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, Kennedy Space Center, Mount Rushmore, Abu Simbel in Egypt, Statue of Liberty, Acropolis of Athens, and Star Wars.

Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton

He was given in 1698 the imperial title of count of Neuburg.

Morris Pashman

In a 1964 decision, Pashman upheld Bergen County prosecutor Guy W. Calissi's decision to ban the sale of the John Cleland book Fanny Hill in New Jersey, calling the book "sufficiently obscene to forfeit the protection of the First Amendment of the Constitution."

Nesttun–Os Line

After the project was marketed in the Bergen press, shipowners Fredrik Georg Gade and Johan A. Mowinckel supported it, as did major Wollert Konow (SB).

Nordvik, Hordaland

Nordvik is a settlement in the municipalities of Bergen and Os in the county of Hordaland, Norway.

Palatinate-Neuburg

After the so-called Kölner Spruch (Verdict of Cologne) the Duchy was created from the territories north of the Danube for Otto Henry and Philipp, the sons of Ruprecht of the Palatinate.

Patrick Gordon Walker

He broadcast about the liberation of the German concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, and wrote a book on the subject called "The Lid Lifts".

Per Jørgensen

Jørgensen was a major voice in Bergen Jazz Community in the 1970s, with marked musical performances with bands such as Danmarksplass Rock og Jazz (trumpet and voice) with the young saxophoneplayer Olav Dale from Voss and the profound Bergen guitarist Ole Thomsen, now central member of the Bergen Big Band.

Peter Andreas Heiberg

One and a half years later, his family bought him out of his military service, and after a short stay in Uppsala, he went to Bergen, where he stayed with his uncle for three years.

Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

To mask her feelings, a devastated Mary (Sarah Bolger) declares that she could never have married a Lutheran anyway.

Philip, Count Palatine is portrayed as Duke Philip of Bavaria by Colin O'Donoghue in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors.

St. Andreas, Düsseldorf

It was originally a Jesuit church and also served as the court church for the Counts palatine of Neuburg.

Stalag XI-C

Stalg XI-C Bergen-Belsen, initially called Stalag 311, was a German Army prisoner-of-war camp located near the town of Bergen in Lower Saxony.

Sverre Petterssen

He studied in Bergen where he met Tor Bergeron during a lecture, and was so impressed by his analysis of a 1922 storm that he joined the Bergen School of Meteorology in 1923.

Tallman House

Tallman-Vanderbeck House, Closter, New Jersey, listed on the NRHP in Bergen County, New Jersey

The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

However, Anne, Margot and Mrs van Daan were sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which was not a death camp, and Otto has high hopes for them.

Thomas Teddeman

In August 1665 Teddeman was sent on the Revenge to Bergen to capture a Dutch treasure fleet with a flotilla of frigates but was defeated in the Battle of Vågen by Commandeur Pieter de Bitter.

Todd Bergen

There was speculation that Bergen was holding out because he was trying to get away from Keenan, to which general manager Bobby Clarke responded, "Who am I gonna trade him for, Lee Trevino?"

Transiteatret-Bergen

Transiteatret-Bergen is a theatre ensemble based in Bergen, Norway.

Transiteatret-Bergen works under the artistic direction of Tore Vagn Lid with the development of a contemporary theatre working in the intersection between theatre and music.

Ulriken Tunnel

Before the tunnel was opened in 1964, the Bergen Line ran via Nesttun.

Upper Palatinate

Cadet branches of the Wittelsbach also ruled over smaller territories in Neuburg and Sulzbach.

Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

On 1 November 1944 the Jewish members of the women's orchestra were evacuated by cattle car to Bergen-Belsen where there was neither orchestra nor special privileges.


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