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74 unusual facts about Karl


Barbara Schlick

She has since appeared at major concert halls, performance venues, and music festivals throughout Europe, Israel, Japan, Canada, the United States and Russia, singing under the batons of people like Frans Brüggen, William Christie, Michel Corboz, Reinhard Goebel, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Karl-Friedrich Beringer.

BD +17° 3248

The University of Mainz and University of Basel groups of Karl-Ludwig Kratz and Friedrich-Karl Thielemann performed a comparison between the observed abundances for the stable element europium (Z=63) and the radioactive elements thorium (Z=90) and uranium (Z=92) to the calculated abundances of an r-process in a Type II supernova explosion.

Benkert

Karl-Maria Benkert, aka Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824 – 1882) Austrian-born Hungarian journalist, memoirist and human rights campaigner, coiner of "homosexual"

Beringer

Karl-Friedrich Beringer (born 1948), German choral and orchestral conductor

Blackoutsabbath

He stated the night prior to June 21 involved mostly planning, including food arrangements, how to get his guitar to the apartment ("one of the old Communist towers on Karl Marx Allee"), and how he would be "going down and up five flights of stairs on the hour" to bring guests up to their room.

Churl

While the word churl went down in the social scale, the first name derived from the same etymological source ("Karl" in German, "Charles" in French and English, "Carlos" in Spanish etc.

Feldkamp

Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (born 1934),German football coach and former player

Florenz

Karl-Heinz Florenz (born 1947), German Member of the European Parliament

Groddeck

Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck (1894–1944), German Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II

Henriette Gaertner

She supplemented her artistic training with master courses taught by renowned maestros like Rudolf Buchbinder, Viktor Merzhanov, Christian Zacharias, Peter Feuchtwanger and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling.

Herman de Lynden

This allowed him to control the river access to the city, which helped secure the rendition of Karl von Waldburg (brother of Gebhard), on January 28, 1584.

Jakob Graf zu Eltz

Jakob von und zu Eltz is the maternal grandfather of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, a former German Minister of Defence.

Johannes Plendl

It may be noted that Plendl helped Karl-Otto Kiepenheuer establish a Europe-wide network of stations observing the solar activity in order to predict disturbances of the Ionosphere that interrupted the military radio connections.

Kämmerling

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, (1930–2012), German pianist and academic teacher

Karl Koch

Karl-Otto Koch (1897–1945), commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald

Karl-August Fagerholm

In January 1959, after Kekkonen had traveled to Leningrad to personally assure Nikita Khrushchev that Finland would be a "good neighbor" and a Prime Minister from Kekkonen's Agrarian Center Party was appointed, all economic intercourse resumed.

Karl-August Stolze

Karl-August Stolze (born 28 August 1920) is a German former sailor who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Karl-August von Reisach

His zeal on behalf of the Church having rendered him unpleasing to the Government, he was, at the request of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, summoned to Rome by Pope Pius IX as Cardinal-Priest, with the title of St. Anastasia.

Karl-Birger Blomdahl

Karl-Birger Blomdahl (19 October 1916 – 14 June 1968) was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö.

Karl-Erivan Haub

Karl-Erivan Haub (born March 5, 1960) is CEO of Tengelmann Group.

Karl-Gottfried Nordmann

Oberstleutnant Karl-Gottfried Nordmann (born 22 November 1915 in Gießen – died 22 July 1982 in Greenwich, Connecticut(USA)) was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace.

Karl-Hans Riehm

This ranks him tenth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner, Klaus Ploghaus, Markus Esser and Matthias Moder.

Karl-Heinrich Riewe

Riewe received a sentence of 25 years in the Soviet GULAG and disappeared.

Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck

Back in 1958, von Groddeck moved from Wiesbaden to Hamburg to work for Axel Springer AG as a journalist in the sports section of a newspaper.

Karl-Heinz Boska

He attended the elementary school in Kiel-Hassee and then in 1932 changed to upper II at the Royal University in Kiel.

Karl-Heinz Euling

Karl Heinz Euling was born on the 16 August 1919 in Dorndorf, in the region of Eisenach.

Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

These would-be stars included, but are not limited to: Hakan Şükür, Bülent Korkmaz, Hamza Hamzaoğlu, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Mustafa Kocabey.

Karl-Heinz Florenz

Karl-Heinz Florenz (born 22 October 1947 in Neukirchen-Vluyn) is a German Member of the European Parliament.

Karl-Heinz Granitza

Karl-Heinz Granitza (born 1 November 1951 in Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a German football player.

Karl-Heinz Hoffmann

Heinz Hoffmann or Karl-Heinz Hoffmann (1910–1985), German general

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling

Kämmerling was born in Dessau and studied at the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig with Anton Rohden and Hugo Steurer.

He has served on the jury of international piano competitions such as The Leeds, the Arthur Rubinstein Competitions in Tel Aviv and in Dresden, and the International Chopin Piano Competition.

Karl-Heinz Kunde

The French reporters named him Le petit Kunde, and his concurrent Jacques Anquetil named him Mikrobe.

Karl-Heinz Kurras

Karl-Heinz Kurras (born December 1, 1927 in Barten, East Prussia) is a former German police officer who served in the police force of West Berlin, and a former agent of the East German secret service Stasi.

Karl-Heinz Lambertz

On 17 July 2008, he was one of three senior Belgian politicians commissioned by King Albert II to investigate ways of enabling constitutional reform talks in the light of the long-running Belgian constitutional crisis.

Karl-Heinz Ohlig

He is the co-editor with Gerd Rudiger Puin of the book Die dunklen Anfänge. Neue Forschungen zur Entstehung und frühen Geschichte des Islam "The Hidden Origins of Islam: New Research Into Its Early History" (Hans Schiller Verlag, 2005/Prometheus Books 2008), which argues that Islam was not originally conceived as a distinct religion.

Karl-Heinz Prinz

During the Battle of France in the fighting near Armentières on the 29 May 1940, Prinz, especially distinguished himself when he and his platoon forced a breakthrough of the English positions and established a link-up with the formations located in Bailleul.

Karl-Heinz Riedle

In late September 1999, 34-year-old Riedle moved to Fulham where, along with his old Reds manager Roy Evans, he would serve as caretaker manager until the end of the 1999–2000 season after Paul Bracewell's dismissal; he scored his last goal in a 2–0 win over Queens Park Rangers in a Division One match.

Karl-Heinz Scheffer

He won a four medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (1969, 1973), a silver (1971) and a bronze (1967).

Karl-Heinz Schönfelder

Karl-Heinz Schönfelder (born 1929) is a German historian of modern literature and the founder of American studies at the University of Leipzig.

Karl-Heinz Wiesemann

He later served as a priest in Bösperde, a suburb of Menden and provost of St. Petrus and Andreas in Brilon.

Karl-Henning Rehren

He became notable outside his field, especially among string theorists, in 1999 when he discovered the Algebraic holography (also called Rehren duality), a relation between quantum field theories AdSd+1 and conformal quantum field theories on d-dimensional Minkowski spacetime, which is similar in scope to the Holographic principle.

Karl-Hermann Geib

Program early works were ripped off, the relevant department at the Institute disbanded, the German specialists transferred (1948) to Liskhimstroy (Ukraine, after 1950 Sievierodonetsk).

Karl-Joachim Hürter

Karl-Joachim Hürter (born 21 October 1960 in Mayen) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Karl-Lothar Schulz

During the campaign in the West, Schulz and his men dropped into Holland to seize the airport at Waalhaven near Rotterdam, in order to allow the rapid landing of more German air-landing troops.

On the third day of the invasion the 9th Panzerdivision crossed the bridges at Moerdijk linking up with the airborne regiment holding these crossings.

Karl-Ludwig Barths

In 1963, Barths moved to Toronto in Canada where he was president of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.

Karl-Ludwig Kratz

radioactive ones (thorium and uranium) the age of these stars can be determined to about 13 billion years (see Sneden's Star, Cayrel's Star, Kratz's Star, Frebel's Star (HE 1523-0901)).

Elemental abundances from Supernova explosions are calculated in close collaboration with Friedrich-Karl Thielemann of the University of Basel.

Karl-Markus Gauß

In 2006, Karl-Markus Gauß was accepted as member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry.

Karl-Otto Alberty

With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations on the role of German officers in a series of films, notably The Battle of the Bulge (1965), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and as a tank commander in Kelly's Heroes (1970).

He made his first appearance in English-language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963).

Karl-Otto Kiepenheuer

After an unsuccessful attempt at Jungfraujoch, he realized that the elevation of 3,454 meters was insufficient for this measurement.

Karl-Rudolf Koch

In 1983, 1985 he lectured in Curitiba in the fields of adjustment and statistics and in 1985, 1986, 1987 he conducted various lectures in Wuhan, Haifa, and Calgary in adjustment and statistics.

Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben

However, just 3 days later von Schlieben and over 800 other troops surrendered to Major General Manton S. Eddy the Commander of the U.S. 9th Infantry Division.

De Wervelwind 3(22) June–July 1944 - Dutch war time propaganda newspaper

Karl, 12th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau

He is second cousin of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein both being descendants of Count Ferdinand Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, son of Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and third cousin of Willem-Alexander, King of The Netherlands both being descendants of Baron Julius von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen.

Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau

Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

He also advocated for the first horsecar in Prague and the steamboat trip on Elbe river, and for the expansion of Prague's sewage system and street lighting.

As early as 1800, Archduke John had the idea of this epochal project - as a "collection of all provincial products, which should serve as a model for the rest of the hereditary states.", as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, but it was not established until 1823, a decade after the Universalmuseum Joanneum was opened in Styria.

Kent Nielsen

Nielsen played four of Denmark's five games, including the Euro 1992 final against Germany, where he most famously cleared the ball off the goalline with a bicycle kick, avoiding a goal from Karl-Heinz Riedle.

Laura Bechtolsheimer

A granddaughter of the German billionaire property magnate Karl-Heinz Kipp who founded the Massa chain of department stores, Bechtolsheimer was born in Mainz, Germany in 1985 to German parents Wilfried, an entrepreneur and horse trainer, and Ursula.

Manstein Plan

In the latter hypothesis, promoted by Robert Allan Doughty and Karl-Heinz Frieser, the Manstein Plan is instead a return to the classic principles of the 19th century Bewegungskrieg but now radically adapted to the full potential of modern technology by a sudden and unexpected departure from established German doctrine through the Blitzkrieg elements provided and executed by Guderian.

Necati Ateş

However, on 25 July 2007, club manager Karl-Heinz Feldkamp officially reported to the board he was not planning to use the player in the upcoming season, which resulted in a transfer list; he split (always on loan) the campaign between Ankaraspor and Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, netting 11 goals in total.

Prudential, Warsaw

The Prudential was heavily damaged during World War II, particularly during the Warsaw Uprising when it was hit by approximately 1,000 artillery shells, including a single hit by 2-tonne Karl-Gerät mortar shell, leaving only the steel framework.

Ratimir Martinović

He has had advanced studies with well-known pedagogues and pianists such as Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Hiroko Nakamura, Jacques Rouvier, Arie Vardi, Sergio Perticaroli, Arbo Valdma, Alexei Nasedkin, Jelena Richter, Victor Liadov and Marian Ribicky.

Sneden's Star

Comparing the observed abundances for a stable element such as Europium (Z=63) and the radioactive element Thorium (Z=90) to calculated abundances of an r-process in a type II supernova explosion (as from the universities at Mainz and Basel groups of Karl-Ludwig Kratz and Friedrich-Karl Thielemann) allowed observers to determine the age of this star to about 13 billion years.

Strategic sustainable investing

The theoretical foundation of SSI is strongly linked to strategic sustainable development, made popular by The Natural Step and its founder Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt.

Sustainability metrics and indices

Following the Brundtland Commission's report, one of the first initiatives to bring scientific principles to the assessment of sustainability was by Swedish cancer scientist Karl-Henrik Robèrt.

The Passions of C.P.E. Bach

Karl-Friedrich Beringer, conductor, Matthäus-Passion (1781), by C. P. E. Bach, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Rondeau 8377701 (2010).

Wachbataillon

In the Großer Zapfenstreich for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in March 2011, the first female soldier was performing the role of torchbearer.

Wilhelm Keitel

His eldest son, Karl-Heinz Keitel went on to serve as a divisional commander in the Waffen-SS.

William George McCloskey

He was rector until his promotion to the See of Louisville in May 1868, being consecrated bishop in the chapel of the college on May 24 of that year by Cardinal von Reisach, Archbishop of Munich, Bavaria, assisted by Mons.

Yuri Baskakov

Baskakov, according to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, was too inexperienced to manage the pressure-cooker environment of San Siro.


1986–87 F.C. Internazionale Milano season

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge departed the squad after the season's end, being replaced by Aldo Serena.

Albert Eichhorn

Albert Eichhorn (Karl Albert August Ludwig Eichhorn, 1 October 1856-3 August 1926), the author of Das Abendmahl im Neuen Testament, was one of the founders of the history of religions school, an approach that sought to understand all religions, including Christianity and Judaism, as socio-cultural phenomena that developed in comparable ways.

Anton Thraen

Anton Karl Thraen (17 January 1843 in Holungen – 18 February 1902 in Dingelstädt) was a German astronomer and named two minor planets, 442 Eichsfeldia and 443 Photographica.

Arena Homme +

Regular longtime contributors include Simon Foxton, Bruce Weber, Karl Templer, Alasdair McLellan, Joe McKenna, Panos Yiapanis, Nicola Formichetti, Olivier Rizzo, Tim Blanks, Murray Healy, Paul Morley & Shamadean Reid.

Campbell Fighting Camels

Karl Herrmann played for the Camels in the 1982-83 season then later went on to a New York Mets farm club.

Carl Otto Reventlow

Carl Otto Reventlow (actually Karl Carl Christian Otto; born 1817 in Store Heddinge (Denmark), died in 1873) became notable as the developer of a mnemonic system.

Carl Wernicke

His first name has long appeared in print in both the Karl and Carl spelling variants (see Charles).

ChemXSeer

ChemXSeer was conceived by Dr. Prasenjit Mitra, Dr. Lee Giles and Dr. Karl Mueller as a way to integrate the chemical scientific literature with experimental, analytical, and simulation data from different types of experimental systems.

Christian Karl Reisig

Christian Karl Reisig (name sometimes given as Karl Christian Reisig; 17 November 1792 – 17 January 1829) was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.

Colm Gilcreest

In the 2000 World Snooker Championship Gilcreest won six games against Philip Seaton, Simon Bedford, Robin Hull, Karl Burrows, Jimmy Michie and Stefan Mazrocis to reach the final qualifying round, losing 10-6 to Billy Snaddon.

Deep Chills

The album's cover art was designed by Karl Kotas and is a spoof of Cheap Thrills by Big Brother and the Holding Company.

Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

In 1790 Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne, the French ambassador to Great Britain, reported that Therese's husband was being considered for the new throne of the Austrian Netherlands and that Therese's aunt Queen Charlotte would support this; these turned out to be unfounded rumors, as Charlotte and her husband George III believed Karl Alexander of insufficient rank for kingship.

Edwin Black

Götz Aly and Karl Heinz Roth, The Nazi Census: Identification and Control in the Third Reich. Introduction and translation by Edwin Black.

Eifert

Johann Christophe Eifert, a free Jäger working for the famous German theologian Herr Carl Melchoir von Böse, introduced his son Karl Traugott Eifert into the clergy when he married Margarethe Eliz.

G.I. Orange

G.I. Orange was a British New Wave and pop band, formed in the mid 1980s by the brothers Karl Whitworth (lead vocals and guitar), Simon Whitworth (bass guitar and vocals), and Mark Whitworth (keyboard and vocals), plus Gary Holt (drum and vocals).

Ivo Kahánek

A graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Ivan Klánský, Ivo Kahánek also studied for one semester on the Advanced Instrumental Studies course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under Ronan O´Hora and participated in master classes with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Christian Zacharias, Alicia de Larocha, Imogen Cooper, Peter Frankl and many others

Jenny von Westphalen

Jenny von Westphalen's brother Edgar Gerhard Julius Oscar Ludwig von Westphalen (1819–1890), was a schoolmate and friend of Karl Marx.

John W. N. Watkins

The Unity of Popper's Thought. In Paul A. Schilpp (ed.): The Philosophy of Karl Popper, Book I. La Salle, Illinois 1974 (Open Court), ISBN 0-87548-141-8, pp.

Joseph Frederick Ernest, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince Joseph Ernst Friedrich Karl Anton Meinrad of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (24 May 1702 in Sigmaringen – 8 December 1769 at Haag Castle, Haigerloch), was the fifth Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen, 27 August 1789 – Altenburg, 25 November 1868), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Karl Addicks

Karl Addicks (born 31 December 1950 in Amberg, Bavaria) is a German politician and member of the FDP.

Karl Beckson

Karl E. Beckson (February 4, 1926 – April 29, 2008) was an American educator, scholar, and author of numerous articles and sixteen books on British literature, culture, and authors including Oscar Wilde, Arthur Symons, and Henry Harland.

Karl E. Brinkmann GmbH

Karl E. Brinkmann GmbH (also known as KEB) is a family-owned business from Barntrup, Germany.

Karl Otfried Müller

J. W. Donaldson, “On the Life and Writings of Karl Otfried Müller” in History of the Literature of Ancient Greece, vol.

Karl Schiller

Karl Schiller joined the paramilitary Stormtroopers (Sturmabteilung) of the NSDAP in 1933 and the party itself in 1937.

Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein

Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr vom Stein zum Altenstein (1 October 1770, Schalkhausen near Ansbach - 14 May 1840, Berlin) was a Prussian politician and the first Prussian culture minister.

Karol D. Witkowski

In 1879 he enlisted in the Austrian Army (in 19th century southern Poland was occupied by Austria and named Galicia), where he gained popularity by making portraits of his fellow soldiers and commanding officers, including a portrait of General Duke William of Württemberg and portrait of Lieutenant Field Marshal Emanuel Salomon of Friedberg - Mírohorsky (this army officer also was a genre painter, it is possible, why later in USA Karl Witkowski became genre painter).

Königsberger Paukenhund

The tradition dates from the 1866 Battle of Königgrätz, where troops of the Prussian 43rd Infantry Regiment ("Duke Karl of Mecklenburg-Strelitz") overran the drum wagon of the Austrian 77th Infantry Regiment ("Karl Salvator of Tuscany"), whose dog, a Saint Bernard named "Sultan", had been shot.

Laurance

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

Max Montgelas

The previous year he and Professor Walther Schucking had edited The Outbreak of the World War - German Documents collected by Karl Kautsky (commonly known as the Kautsky Documents) which were published by the Oxford University Press.

Meaghan Davies

She has also appeared in guest roles on a variety of television shows including All Saints, Medivac, and Cushion Kids, and worked with directors including Neil Armfield, Spike Jonze, Nadia Tass, Michael Kantor, Craig Handley, Karl Zwicky, Scott Feeney and Ian Munro.

Mike Ratledge

In 1995, Adiemus (Karl Jenkins, Mike Ratledge, Miriam Stockley), released Songs of Sanctuary, which Ratledge co-produced with Karl Jenkins and for which he also programmed the electronic percussion.

Nikolaiviertel

One of the few preserved historic original buildings, it was the residence of the notable Knoblauch family with members like the architect Eduard Knoblauch or the physicist Karl-Hermann Knoblauch.

Princess Stephanie of Windisch-Graetz

In 1933 Stéphanie married Count Pierre d'Alcantara de Querrieu (1907–1944), and in 1945 she married Karl-Axel Björklund (1906–1986).

Rudolf Koppitz

While working in Vienna early in his career, Koppitz photographed many of the picturesque aspects of the city - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Karl's Church - and traveled to photograph Hungarian villages, fishing boats near Delft, views of Dresden and alpine landscapes.

Splash, Too

They are welcomed back by Freddie, and Allen manages to attract a potential new customer for Bauer Produce, the wealthy Karl Hooten (Noble Willingham).

St. Trudpert's Abbey

The unparalleled stucco work on the high altar was created by Johann Joseph Christian when his son Karl Anton Christian (1731–1810) became abbot here.

Stuttgarter Zeitung

With northern and central Württemberg being part of the American occupation zone from 1945 to 1949, it was the U.S. Information Control Division that issued the first publishing licence to the editors Josef Eberle, Karl Ackermann and Henry Bernhard during the first years of the paper's existence.

TimeSplitters

In February 1999, several members of the GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark development team — including David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate — left Rare Ltd. to form their own company based in Nottingham, England called Free Radical Design.

U80701

It was manufactured by VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (MME) in NMOS technology and encased in a CQFP-68 package.

Wilhelm Arwe

Karl Wilhelm Konrad Arwe (28 January 1898 in Ölserud, Sweden – 8 April 1980) was a Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.