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2 unusual facts about Heidelberg-Kirchheim


Heidelberg-Kirchheim

Perhaps because of the presence of the American Forces Network which broadcast rap music to US service members stationed in Europe, youth in Kirchheim emulated the music forming their own rap groups and taking up graffiti art.

The Stieber Twins, a rap duo consisting of brothers Martin (Marshall Mar, a.k.a. Martin Jekyll) and Christian (Luxus Chris a.k.a. Christian Hyde) are from Kirchheim; and Painter Crew Kirchheim, a graffiti troupe originating on one of the town's main streets (Schwartzwald Strasse) was known for creating vandalistic artwork on public spaces.


1619 in poetry

Martin Opitz becomes the leader of the school of young poets in Heidelberg

André Michel Lwoff

In 1932, he finished his PhD and, with the help of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, moved to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research of Heidelberg to Otto Meyerhof, where he did research on the development of flagellates.

Arnold Berliner

Asteroid 1018 Arnolda, discovered as 1924 QM on March 3, 1924, in Heidelberg Observatory by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth is named in his honor.

Arthur M. Lesk

He was a group leader in the biocomputing program at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1987 to 1990; a visiting scientist at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom, between 1977 and 1990; and a professor of chemistry at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey from 1971 to 1987.

Badnerlied

The verse beginning with "Alt-Heidelberg, Du feine" originates from the poem "The Trumpeteer of Säckingen", a poem written around 1852 by Joseph Victor von Scheffel, who was also a resident of Baden.

Benjamin Ide Wheeler

In the spring of 1885, he received on examination at Heidelberg the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, summa cum laude, presenting a thesis entitled Der griechische Nominalaccent, afterwards published at Strasburg as a separate book.

Caroline Rudolphi

Rudolphi moved her institute to Heidelberg in 1803 (in the newly formed Electorate of Baden), where she became socially involved with the circle of Romanticist intellectuals there (Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano, Sophie Mereau, Friedrich Creuzer Ludwig Tieck) and a close friend of the family of classicist Johann Heinrich Voß.

César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck

The son of Ulric Antoine de Hoensbroeck (whose family originated in the village of Hoensbroeck, now in Dutch Limburg), he studied at Heidelberg and became a canon in the cathedral chapter of Aachen Cathedral before becoming prince bishop of Liege in 1784, succeeding François-Charles de Velbrück, whose progressive reforms he tried to undo.

Dietrich Gresemund

In 1498 he received the degree of doctor legum at Ferrara, and in 1499 he matriculated at Heidelberg.

Division of Jagajaga

The area is predominantly residential and light industrial, and includes the Australian Army's Simpson Barracks, the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, the Mercy Hospital for Women and the Austin Hospital.

Dmitry Lachinov

In 1862, when the University was closed because of the students' unrest, Lachinov went to Germany and for two and a half years studied there under the guidance of Gustav Kirchhoff, Robert Bunsen and Hermann Helmholtz, attending practical lessons in their laboratories in Heidelberg and Tübingen.

DRG Class ET 85

In 1924 the Waggonfabrik Fuchs coach factory in Heidelberg converted four Bavarian MCCi steam railbuses into Class ET 85 electric railbuses with running numbers 01–04.

Duke of Teck

Adalbert I, son of Duke Conrad I of Zähringen, inherited his father's Swabian possessions around Teck Castle between Kirchheim and Owen.

Eduard Karl August Riehm

Entering the ministry in 1853, he was made vicar at Durlach soon afterwards, and became a licentiate in the theological faculty at Heidelberg.

Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán

He conquered in 1674 Bellegarde Fort, 42° 27′ 31″ N, 2° 51′ 33″ E, French since the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659 between France and Spain, but it was taken back by the mercenary Troop Commander Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, (Heidelberg, Germany, 1615 - Battle of the Boyne, near Drogheda, Ireland, 1 July 1690 1690) on behalf of king Louis XIV of France.

Gamal Abdel-Rahim

In 1950 he began university studies in musicology at the Musikhochschule of Heidelberg in West Germany, deciding on a career as a composer.

Hans-Walter Rix

He was Hubble Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton 1991-1994, then returned to the University of Arizona, and has been director of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg since 1999.

Heidelberg Project

Under Mayor Dennis Archer, a second demolition of the Heidelberg Project was ordered on February 4, 1999 that ended in the destruction of the houses Guyton termed "Your World", "Happy Feet" and "The Canfield House".

Fashion model Kate Moss visited the Heidelberg Project with photographer Bruce Webber to photograph the City of Detroit for a special edition of W magazine in June 2006.

Hermann Krukenberg

Krukenberg studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn, Strassburg and Heidelberg.

Jill Bell

She has spoken at numerous schools, universities, professional organizations and conferences such as Seybold, ATypI, TypeCon, AIGA, TypoBerlin, NY TDC (Type Directors Club), and was the keynote speaker at TypoTechnica 2002 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Jim McBride

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival: Grand Prize; for David Holzman's Diary; 1967.

Karlsberg Castle

Before French troops could arrest him, he was warned by a nearby farmer and was able to escape to Mannheim, to live in his castles of Mannheim and Rohrbach near Heidelberg.

Koumasa

After another campaign within the years 1991 and 1992 by Alexandra Karetsou and Athanasia Kanta, the site is investigated by the University of Heidelberg supervised by Prof. Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos.

Laurance

Laurance Doyle, scientist who received his PhD from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg

Lawrence Amos McLouth

He served as principal of the Danville, Illinois High School for three years, then proceeded to Europe for additional training, studying for two years at Leipzig, Heidelberg, and Munich.

Leo Allatius

In 1622, after the capture of Heidelberg by Tilly, when the Protestant Elector of Bavaria Frederick V was supplanted by a Catholic one, the victorious elector Maximilian of Bavaria presented the Palatinate library composed of 196 cases containing about 3500 manuscripts to Pope Gregory.

Lothar Ledderose

After graduating from the prestigious Apostelgymnasium of Cologne he studied East-Asian as well as European History of Art, Sinology and Japanology at the universities of Cologne, Bonn, Paris, Taipei and Heidelberg.

Louise Ebert

Louise Ebert (born 1873 in Melchiorshausen/Weyhe as Louise Rump died 1955 in Heidelberg) on May 9, 1894 in Bremen married Friedrich Ebert, who from his election in 1919 until his death on 28 February 1925 served as the first Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic.

Marc Monnier

His father was French, and his mother a Genevese; he received his early education in Naples, he then studied in Paris and Geneva, and he completed his education at Heidelberg and Berlin.

Neckar Valley Railway

The Heidelberg–Neckargemünd section of the line was built in 1862 as part of the Baden Odenwald Railway (Baden Odenwaldbahn), running from the Heidelberg via Neckargemünd, Meckenheim, Neckarbischofsheim, Aglasterhausen, Obrigheim, Neckarelz, Mosbach, Oberschefflenz, Seckach, Osterburken, Königshofen and Lauda to Würzburg.

Nicholas Brodzsky

He wrote three songs for The Student Prince: "Summertime in Heidelberg," "Beloved," and "I'll Walk with God" (with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) to supplement the Sigmund Romberg musical score for the 1954 filmed version.

Otto Brendel

While at Heidelberg, Brendel studied with the leading minds of his day: Franz Boll (1867-1924), Alfred von Domaszewski (1856-1927), Friedrich Karl von Duhn (1851-1930), Richard Carl Meister (1848-1912), and Eugen Täubler (1879-1953); the literary theorist Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), the classical art historians Karl Lehmann and Friedrich Zimmer.

Peter Vischer the Elder

He became "master" in 1489, and in 1494 was summoned by Philip, Elector Palatine to Heidelberg.

Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (Kirchheim, 7 August 1776 - Schaumburg, 19 February 1841), married firstly in Weilburg on 29 October 1793 Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and had issue, and married secondly in Schaumburg on 15 February 1813 Friedrich Freiherr von Stein-Liebenstein zu Barchfeld (14 February 1777 - 4 December 1849), and had issue

Pseudo-spectral method

Canuto C., Hussaini M. Y., Quarteroni A., and Zang T.A. (2006) Spectral Methods. Fundamentals in Single Domains. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg

Reba Hurn

While in Heidelberg, Reba Hurn met Nathan Straus, co-owner of Macy’s department store in New York City.

SAP Arena

A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B 38a highway connects it to the A 656 Autobahn, leading to the A656/A 6 interchange, connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg (A656), and north/southbound to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart (A6), as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern (westbound).

Schempp

Schempp-Hirth, glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany

Sibrandus Lubbertus

He earned his doctorate in theology on June 22, 1587 in Heidelberg under Daniel Tossanus.

Teodor Florian

His first match was a 59-3 loss to France, at the 4 May 1924, for the 1924 Olympic Tournament, and his last came at the 6-0 loss to Germany, at 19 May 1927, in Heidelberg, in a friendly match.

Theodore Erasmus Hilgard

Theodore Erasmus Hilgard (7 July 1790 Marnheim - 14 February 1873 Heidelberg) was a lawyer, viticulturalist and Latin farmer.

Thomas Carell

Carell was born in 1966 in Herford Germany, he studied chemistry from 1985 till 1990 at the University of Münster finishing with a diploma thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg.

TI Automotive

The Fuldabrück location focuses on flexible tube products, while the Heidelberg, location produces rigid tube products.

UDC Finance Limited

(Heidelberg), a German banker who came to New Zealand at the age of 50 after fleeing Nazi Germany.

Variobahn

In 1996, six trams were delivered to serve on the light rail between Mannheim, Heidelberg and Weinheim, Germany, operated by Oberrheinischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft.

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.

World Congress of Philosophy

The second International Congress took place in Geneva in 1904; the third was in Heidelberg, 1908 (with Josiah Royce, Wilhelm Windelband and Benedetto Croce).

Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum

In the 1972 Games, hosted in Heidelberg, West Germany, she won a gold medal in javelin with a new world record of 18.5 metres, and also won a silver medal in the shot put.


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