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unusual facts about Fürstenberg/Havel


Fürstenberg/Havel

In early 1959, three years before the Cuban Missile Crisis, the site was equipped with 6 of the R-5 Pobeda nuclear missiles, capable of launching from a mobile launcher from one of four tennis-court-sized sites capable of handling the larger R-12 Dvina.


Alexander von Fürstenberg

The foundation is managed by von Fürstenberg, his mother, Diane von Fürstenberg, his stepfather, Barry Diller, the former CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and his sister, Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg.

Battle of Fehrbellin

Once he returned to Brandenburg, Frederick William realized that the Swedish forces, occupying the swampy Havelland region between Havelberg and the town of Brandenburg, were dispersed and ordered Derrflinger to take the central town of Rathenow in order to split them roughly down the middle.

Bell Tower of Berlin Olympic Stadium

The tower is an important tourist destination offering a panorama of Berlin, Spandau, the Havel Valley, Potsdam, Nauen and Hennigsdorf.

Berlin-Stresow railway station

When in 1871 the parallel railway line from the Lehrter Bahnhof in Berlin to Lehrte opened with a second station west of the Havel river, Spandau received the annex Hamburger Bahnhof to distinguish it from the new station called Lehrter Bahnhof.

Betsy von Furstenberg

Betsy von Furstenberg has appeared on Broadway in Second Threshold (1951), Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1953), The Chalk Garden and Child of Fortune (1956), Nature's Way (1957), The Making of Moo (1958), Step on a Crack (1962), The Frog Pond (1965), The Paisley Convertible (1967), Avanti! (1968), The Gingerbread Lady (1970), and Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody? (1976).

Though some published sources have described Betsy von Furstenberg as a countess, she is in fact a Freiin (baroness) by birth, according to the last published issue of the Almanach de Gotha.

In 1950, Furstenberg's parents announced her engagement to Peter Stewart Howard, a stepson of socialite George Vanderbilt and a grandson of Charles S. Howard, the owner of the racehorse Seabiscuit.

Bohumil Hrabal

He met the Czech President Václav Havel, the American President Bill Clinton and the US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright at U zlatého tygra on 11 January 1994.

Charlotten Bridge

Charlotten Bridge (German Charlottenbrücke) in Spandau links the old town of Spandau on the west bank of the Havel with the east bank.

Clara Alonso

She has walked for Bottega Veneta, Luisa Beccaria, Brian Reyes, Nanette Lepore, Oscar de la Renta, Tory Burch, Cynthia Steffe, Luca Luca, Diane von Furstenberg, Lela Rose, Prabal Gurung, Abaeté, and Resort 2009 Diane von Furstenberg.

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

European Nuclear Disarmament

The Czechoslovakia group exchanged views with and visited Havel and his colleagues in Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia; the Hungary group did the same with György Konrád, Miklos Haraszti and a small group of young peace activists in Hungary; the Poland group the same with Adam Michnik, Jacek Kuron and many younger activists; the East Germany group the same with Bärbel Bohley and others who were later to be the core of Neues Forum.

Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe

Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (July 5, 1795 – November 23, 1880) was a German pharmacist, botanist and bryologist who was a native of Fürstenberg.

Havel

Several of Berlin's ferries cross these waters, carrying passengers and tourists.

Helmuth Weidling

The following is from an account of an interview with a member of the Hitler Youth who was preparing to defend a bridge over the Havel.

Hennigsdorf

In 1951-2, the Havel Canal was constructed to link Hennigsdorf with Paretz, thus avoiding a passage through the reach of the River Havel, between Spandau and Potsdam, that was under the political control of West Berlin.

Herdringen Castle

It is the seat of the Fürstenberg-Herdringen family and the present building (built from 1844 to 1853 to designs by Ernst Friedrich Zwirner) is one of the most notable Neo-Gothic secular buildings in Westphalia.

Hip, Hip, Hurrah!

It was displayed at Charlottenborg in 1888, and Fürstenberg later donated it to the Gothenburg Museum of Art, where it has hung ever since.

Hugo von Hohenlandenberg

This predella was located in the Fürstenberg collections at Donaueschingen and was sold to Reinhold Würth in 2003, with the majority of the older German pictures.

Kłopot, Lubusz Voivodeship

Plans to connect the village to the Lusatian town of Fürstenberg west of the Oder (today part of Eisenhüttenstadt) similar to Frankfurt/Oder - Słubice had existed since Charles IV of Luxembourg became the sole ruler of both territories in 1373.

Lucerna Music Bar

Previously banned plays, movies, books and records, including Havel's adaptation of The Beggar's Opera, became available.

Neuzelle

The monks were granted large estates, up to Fürstenberg in the north and Szydłów (Schiedlo) beyond the Oder River in the east.

Henry had acquired the strip of former Lubusz Land up to Fürstenberg (today's Eisenhüttenstadt) from the Silesian duke Bolesław II Rogatka in turn for his mediation in the duke's conflict with his Piast brother Henry III the White.

Otto Hammann

Otto Hammann (23 January 1852 Blankenhain – 18 June 1928 Fürstenberg/Havel) was a German journalist and a German Foreign Office official 1894-1916.

Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (1755–1810), daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen

Reich Bride Schools

The first Reich Bride School was established in 1937 on Schwanenwerder, an island in the Havel river in the Berlin locality of Nikolassee.

Rita Klímová

Havel believed that since Klímová spoke American English with a marked New York accent (a legacy of spending much of her youth in New York City), she'd play very well with American audiences.

Schönwalde-Glien

In 1951-2, the Havel Canal was constructed through the municipality to link Hennigsdorf with Paretz, thus avoiding a passage through the reach of the River Havel, between Spandau and Potsdam, that was under the political control of West Berlin.

Someone Named Eva

Once judged sufficiently trained, she is adopted by a German family from Fürstenberg near Berlin.

Ss. Peter and Paul, Wannsee

King Friedrich Wilhelm III had the church built for the residents of Klein-Glienicke and Pfaueninsel on a bluff on the Havel near the Pfaueninsel and the Nikolskoë Blockhouse.

The English College in Prague

The College opened in September 1994, and as a project was endorsed by three major political parties in the United Kingdom, and President Havel and the Prince of Wales agreed to be Joint Patrons of the English College.

The Gingerbread Lady

Directed by Robert Moore the cast featured, in addition to Maureen Stapleton, Betsy von Furstenberg (Toby Landau) Michael Lombard, (Jimmy Perry) and Charles Siebert (Lou Tanner).

The Power of the Powerless

Havel uses the example of a green grocer who displays in his shop the sign Workers of the world, unite!.

Vaněk plays

He subsequently appeared in three other Havel plays, as well as plays by his friends and colleagues, including Pavel Landovský and Tom Stoppard.

Victoria Niarchos

She is a daughter of Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931-1965) (himself half-brother of the Aga Khan IV) and his wife (and stepsister), the former Dolores Guinness, Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936-2012), herself the daughter of the socialite Gloria Guinness (1912-1980) and Count Franz-Egon von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896-1975).

White Crane Films

The film showed at numerous international film festivals, winning several awards, including the Vaclav Havel Award at the One World Film Festival in Prague.

Yfke Sturm

She has appeared on numerous runways around the world including: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Versace, Chanel, Valentino, Armani, D&G, BCBG, Bill Blass, Chloe, Diane von Furstenberg, Fendi, Jil Sander, Halston, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Verses, and Yves Saint Laurent.


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