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unusual facts about EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg



30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS

In mid-August 1944, the division was moved by rail to southeastern France in the region of Belfort and Mulhouse.

Adolphe Bazaine-Vasseur

Adolphe Bazaine was then given responsibility for the construction of the railway line from Mulhouse to Thann; then, with Mr. Chaperone, he established the project of the section Strasburg Bâle.

Alexander Bryukhankov

In 2010, Bryukhankov represented Mulhouse Olympique Tri. At the opening triathlon in Dunkirk (23 May 2010), Bryukhankov placed 21st and was the second best of his club (the other two triathlètes classants l'équipe: Valentin Mesheryakov: 19th, Francesc Godoy: 47th).

Alfred Saupe

After he was freed in 1948, he completed his high school education in 1949 at the Freiburg Berthold-Gymnasium and began his study of Physics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg.

Andreas Heusler

Andreas enjoyed a stellar career as a student in Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Berlin, completing his studies in 1887 in Freiburg with the doctoral thesis "Beitrag zum Consonantismus der Mundart von Baselstadt".

Atelier Mécanique de Mulhouse

The French continued work there through 1946, when German workers and equipment began to be transferred to the Mulhouse area of Alsace.

Benjamin Herder

When its appearance was made possible and its issue was begun in 1847 under the direction of Benedict Welte, exegete of Tübingen, and Heinrich Joseph Wetzer, Orientalist of Freiburg.

Charles Martin Loeffler

Throughout his career Loeffler claimed to have been born in Mulhouse, Alsace and almost all music encyclopedias give this fabricated information.

Crossair Europe

Crossair Europe (European Continental Airways) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut Rhin, France, near Basel, Switzerland.

Dennis Aogo

In 2002, aged 15, he joined SC Freiburg and attended their youth academy while graduating with Mittlere Reife at Max-Weber-Schule in Freiburg.

Fred Uhlman

He studied at the Universities of Freiburg, Munich and Tübingen from where, in 1923, he graduated with a degree in Law followed by a Doctorate in Canon and Civil Law.

Freiburg–Colmar railway

At Volgelsheim the railway recommences, with a link to the nearby Rhine port and the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Rhin heritage railway.

The Freiburg–Colmar railway was an international railway that formerly connected Freiburg im Breisgau, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, with Colmar, in the French department of Alsace.

Gerhard Ritter

Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888 in Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 1 July 1967 in Freiburg) was a nationalist-conservative German historian, who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956.

Hanns Ludin

Born in Freiburg to Friedrich and Johanna Ludin, Ludin began his Nazi affiliation in 1930 by joining the party, and was arrested for his political activities the same year.

Hanns Martin Schleyer

After Schleyer's kidnappers received the news of the death of their imprisoned comrades, Schleyer was taken from Brussels on October 18, 1977, and shot dead en route to Mulhouse, France, where his body was left in the trunk of a green Audi 100 on the rue Charles Péguy.

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Enzensberger studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Freiburg and Hamburg, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis about Clemens Brentano's poetry.

Hermann of Baden-Baden

After they lost battles at Mulhouse on 29 December 1674 and at Türkheim on 5 January 1675, they had to retreat across the Rhine.

Hermann Rolfus

After he had served for brief periods at various places, he was appointed curate at Thiengen in 1851, curate-in-charge at Reiselfingen in 1855, parish priest at the last named place in 1861, parish priest at Reuthe near Freiburg in 1867 at Sasbach in 1875, and at Buhl in 1892.

Hubert Schardin

He also was the director of the German-French Research Institute (ISL) in Saint-Louis (France) and founder and director of the Fraunhofer Society for High-Speed Dynamics - Ernst-Mach-Institut (EMI) - in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Invicta International Airlines Flight 435

On 10 April 1973 Invicta International Airways Flight 435 was a Vickers Vanguard 952, flying from Bristol Lulsgate to Basel-Mulhouse that ploughed into a snowy, forested hillside near Hochwald, Switzerland.

Jan Karnowski

In Freiburg, he enroled in theological studies, then he transferred for law.

Janusz Kochanowski

During his academic career, Kochanowski was several times Visiting Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute für Ausländisches und Internationales Strafrecht in Freiburg, the University of Augsburg, Jesus College at the University of Oxford, numerous colleges at the University of Cambridge, including Wolfson College, Robinson College, where he became elected senior member, Clare Hall, where he became a life member, and Peterhouse College.

Jean-Guihen Queyras

In September 2005, he premiered Bruno Mantovani's concerto with the Saarbrücken Radio Sinfonie Orchestra and Phillippe Schoeller's Wind's Eyes with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden and Freiburg.

John Hailstone

He went to Germany, and studied geology under Werner at Freiburg for about twelve months.

Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics

The institute has one solar telescope on the Schauinsland Mountain near Freiburg and, in collaboration with other institutions, uses solar telescopes of the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain.

Klaus Simon

He studied piano with Michael Leuschner at the Freiburg Musikhochschule, and later studied in master classes with Aloys Kontarsky, for piano, and Hans Zender und Johannes Kalitzke for conducting.

Lars Kristian Brynildsen

He studied clarinet at the music conservatories in Oslo, Norway and Freiburg, Germany in addition to taking private lessons in Paris.

Luc Tardif

Tardif has played in the top level league of France, the Ligue Magnus, for Mulhouse in 2003-04, Villard-de-Lans in 2004-07, Morzine-Avoriaz in 2007-09, and Rouen in 2009-11, winning the Coupe Magnus twice (2010 and 2011).

Marvin Schindler

Schindler's leadership of Wayne State's Junior Year in Freiburg and Junior Year in Munich study-abroad programs (he served as director of both from 1975 to 1993) earned him the Bundesverdienstkreuz, erster Klasse, Germany's highest civilian honor.

Merzling

The variety was initially known under its breeding code FR 993-60, and was later named after Merzhausen, a location on the southern edge of Freiburg where some of the vineyards of the institute are located.

Mission of Full Gospel – Christian Open Door

The Mission of Full Gospel – Christian Open Door COD (Mission du Plein Évangile - Porte Ouverte Chrétienne POC) is a French Evangelical church whose main place of worship is located in Mulhouse.

In 1965, despite the pastor's opposition, he decided, with the help of his cousin, Jean Widemer, a pastor in Valentigney, to open a small meeting room in Thann, then in Mulhouse in 1966.

November 1918 in Alsace-Lorraine

In the wake of the German Revolution, Marxist councils of workers and soldiers (Soldaten und Arbeiterräte) formed in Mulhouse on November 9 and in Colmar and Strasbourg on November 10, in parallel to other such bodies set up in the general revolutionary atmosphere of the expiring Reich and in imitation of the Russian equivalent soviets.

Paul Morawitz

In 1907 he completed a disseration on blood circulation (for his Habilitation), and he was appointed in the same year as chief clinician of the University clinic at Freiburg im Breisgau.

Paule Marrot

In 1973, Marrot exhibited 82 fabrics and tablecloths at the Exposition au Musée d’impression sur Etoffe de Mulhouse (Museum of Printed Textiles at Mulhouse), working with Fauve painter Raoul Dufy.

Pierrick Lilliu

Pierrick Lilliu, born 13 July 1986, is a French rock-singer living in Brittany and was born in Mulhouse, Alsace from a Sardinian father.

Queen of Heaven

The movement to officially recognise the Queenship of Mary was initially promoted by several Catholic Mariological congresses in Lyon, France; Freiburg, Germany; and Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

Raymond Geuss

He taught at Princeton University, Columbia University, and University of Chicago in the United States and at Heidelberg and Freiburg in Germany before taking up a lecturing post at Cambridge in 1993.

Risteard De Hindeberg

He pursued further studies in Germany at the universities of Greifswald and Freiburg, where he was awarded a Doctorate in Philosophy.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg

The 14th Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, followed his predecessor Oskar Saier, who served from 1978 to 2002.

Tanja Becker-Bender

She received her instrumental education by Helmut Zehetmair at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Wolfgang Marschner in Freiburg, Wilhelm Melcher in Stuttgart, by David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and Günter Pichler at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Thérèse de Dillmont

In 1884 she started working for the Alsatian-French textile firm Dollfus-Mieg et Cie (DMC) at Mulhouse.

Tourism TriRhena

For instance the rich cultural heritage and the important museums (Technical museums in Mulhouse and Art museum in Basel), customs and traditions (Christmas Markets and carnivals), old towns full of charm (Colmar), incredible landscapes (Baselland), a mild and sunny climate, excellent gastronomy and wines, sport and wellness offer (Freiburg).

Trudpert Neugart

On Gerbert's death in 1793, Neugart declined the title of abbot but accepted the provostship of Bad Krozingen, near Freiburg, so as to be able to devote himself entirely to historical studies.

Volker Ignaz Schmidt

Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

Wiesloch-Walldorf station

The Karlsruhe—Heidelberg section of the Rhine Valley Railway was opened on 15 April 1843 as part of the construction of the Baden Mainline from Mannheim via Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden and Freiburg to Basel, which was initially built to 1600 mm broad gauge.

Wilhelm Reublin

In 1521, after studying theology in Freiburg and Tübingen, Reublin became the pastor at St. Alban in Basel and began to advocate reform.

Younghi Pagh-Paan

In 1974 she received a DAAD scholarship to study in Germany and entered the Freiburg Musikhochschule, where she studied composition with Klaus Huber, analysis with Brian Ferneyhough, music theory with Peter Förtig and piano with Edith Picht-Axenfeld.


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Tourism TriRhena

Tourism TriRhena is a tourist project which involves Basel and Baselland (Switzerland), Colmar and Mulhouse (France), Freiburg (Germany) and the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.