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4 unusual facts about Kempten


Chris Karrer

Christoph Chris Karrer (born 20 January 1947, Kempten, Germany) is a German guitarist and composer.

Christopher Völk

Christopher Völk (born September 15, 1988 in Kempten) is a German judoka.

Gerd Gradwohl

Gerd Gradwohl (born January 16, 1960 in Kempten) is a visually impaired alpine skier from Germany.

Wetzikon railway station

The WMB originally ran beyond Meilen station, to terminate at Kempten, but this section closed in 1939 leaving the station as the line's terminus.


Augsburg Confession

During the diet, the cities of Weißenburg in Bayern, Heilbronn, Kempten, and Windesheim also expressed their concurrence with the confession.

Daniel Bonifacius von Haneberg

He began his classical course at Kempten, where he pursued the studies prescribed by the curriculum, and mastered several Oriental languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Persian, and Ethiopic).

DB Class 210

Since the DB V 169-001 (DB 219 001) had already proven sufficiently that a locomotive of this type would work the Class 210 went into normal operations fairly quickly - between the end of 1970 and the beginning of 1971 the locomotives began operations, by the end of 1971 all eight locomotives had been introduced to the railway centre (Bahnbetriebswerk or Bw.) at Kempten and were in scheduled operation.

Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Bernhard Gustav (born: 24 December 1631; died: 26 December 1677), Major General in the Swedish army; later converted to Catholicism in 1665; from 1668 he was prince-abbot at Kempten; from 1671 also abbot of the Fulda monastery; from 1672 Cardinal of Santa Susanna

George Krauss

After completing his education he worked temporarily in the Maffei Locomotive Works in Munich, then for the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn) in Hof, Germany, Kempten and Lindau.


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