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96 unusual facts about Nuremberg


1938 in Germany

10 September — Hermann Göring, in a speech at Nuremberg, calls the Czechs a "miserable pygmy race" who are "harassing the human race."

2008–09 Champions Hockey League

Three teams played a qualifying tournament on 12–14 September in Nuremberg, Germany.

A Matter of Honour

Göring wanted Scott's father (one of his jailers at Nuremberg) to have it in token of his kind treatment and because Göring realized Scott's father would be unfairly blamed for his pre-execution suicide.

Alexander Awdijan

In hindsight the right decision, because the Franconian metropolis was in need of a "Lokalmatador", a role into which Awdijan fits perfectly.

André Watts

Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Watts is the son of a Hungarian mother, Maria Alexandra Gusmits, a pianist, and an African American father, Herman Watts, a U.S. Army non-commissioned officer.

Andreas Blass

Andreas Raphael Blass (born October 27, 1947 in Nuremberg) is a mathematician, currently a professor at the University of Michigan.

Anna Sprengel

According to William Wynn Westcott, with whom he claimed she entered into voluminous correspondence, Anna Sprengel was born in Nuremberg and was responsible for the foundation of the Golden Dawn around 1886.

Bahnbetriebswerk

It looked after locomotives on the first railway line in Germany, the Bavarian Ludwigsbahn from Nuremberg to Fürth.

Bavarian Ludwig Railway

The Königlich privilegirte Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ("Royal Privileged Ludwig Railway Company", later called the Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) received a concession to build a railway from Nuremberg to Fürth in the state of Bavaria on 19 February 1834.

Benjamin Le Fevre

He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1865, was nominated a Democrat for Secretary of State of Ohio in 1866 and was United States consul in Nuremberg, Bavaria from 1867 to 1869.

Berlin–Halle railway

On the new long-distance tracks of the Anhalt railway, which were put into service on 28 May 2006, ICE trains travel to Leipzig, Nuremberg, and Munich, and several Regional-Express trains also use the line.

Bernhard Walther

Bernhard Walther (1430 – June 19, 1504) was a German merchant, humanist and astronomer based in Nuremberg, Germany.

Braxton Olita

On 12 August 2011 he also performed as a Mars crew vocalist, the band which was supporting Thirty Seconds to Mars during their concert in Nuremberg.

Bugatti EB110

Dauer Sportwagen in Nuremberg, Germany, bought the remaining stock of EB110 parts from the Bugatti factory.

Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg

Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (7 September 1633, Viehdorf — 10 April 1694, Nuremberg) was an Austrian poet of the Baroque era.

Cesare Vecellio

The crude woodcuts for book assembling contemporary fashion from across the world, De gli Habiti Antichi e Modérni di Diversi Parti di Mondo published in Venice in 1590 by Cesare as if they were his works, may in fact belong to Christopher Krieger from Nuremberg.

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Lauf (Wenzelsburg) - built on the way connecting Prague and Nuremberg in Bohemian Palatinate, inside survived 112 coats of arms of the Czech Kingdom

Charles also had strong ties to Nuremberg, staying within its city walls 52 times and thereby strengthening its reputation amongst German cities.

Chess handicap

K. Eckart–Tarrasch, Nuremberg Chess Club Championship 1887–88 (remove Black's f-pawn)
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Claude-Étienne Michel

At the battle of Nuremberg, 27 Frimaire year IX, he led at the head of his battalion of 400 men, against a column of 4,000 Austrians, taking a large number of prisoners.

Clemens Krauss

Krauss made the rounds of regional centers, conducting in Riga (1913-1914), Nuremberg (1915) and Stettin (1916-1921) (formerly part of Pomerania in Germany; now part of Poland).

Codex Aureus of Echternach

The Codex Aureus of Echternach (Codex aureus Epternacensis) (Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 156142) is an 11th-century illuminated Gospel Book, created in the approximate period 1030 and 1050.

Dart Group

In 1985 a third Dart Herald aircraft was bought, which flew an overnight parcels service from Birmingham International Airport to Nuremberg and Hanover.

Diogo Cão

That Cão, on his second voyage of 1484-1486, was accompanied by Martin Behaim (as alleged on the latter's Nuremberg globe of 1492) is very doubtful.

Eberhard Faber

Eberhard Faber GmbH was founded in 1922 in Neumarkt, near Nuremberg, Germany, as a pencil factory.

Edward Y. Hartshorne

On this assignment he was shot in the evening of August 28 while driving north on the Autobahn to Nuremberg.

Eleanor Bontecou

In 1947, Bontecou visited Nuremberg to investigate and report on war crimes that took place in Germany.

Elector Bible

The Elector Bible is a German language folio-sized, Martin Luther translation of the new and old testament of the Bible that was authorized by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and printed by Wolfgang Endterin in Nuremberg, Germany from 1641 to 1758.

Fondaco dei Tedeschi

Like the Fondaco dei Turchi, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi combined the functions of a palace, warehouse, market and restricted living quarters for its population, in this case mainly Germanic merchants from cities such as Nuremberg, Judenburg and Augsburg.

Francis Steinmetz

At Leisnig Steinmetz and Larive took a train to Nuremberg where they waited for their next train in a nearby park.

Frank Leder

Frank Leder ( born September 25, 1974 in Nuremberg, Germany ) is a German fashion designer.

Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg

Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (Burggraf) of Nuremberg, of the House of Hohenzollern.

# Margaret (d. 1406, Gudensberg), married in Kulmbach 1383 Landgrave Hermann II of Hesse.

Friedemann Riehle

After violin lessons at a young age he studied classical guitar in Stuttgart as well as orchestra conducting at the Meistersinger Academy in Nuremberg and in Vienna at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (now Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien).

Galéas de Saint-Séverin

He then went to Innsbruck to the court of emperor Maximilian I, following the court to Nuremberg in 1499, where he befriends Albrecht Dürer.

Gestad

There is also a ”dopfat” made in Nuremberg, Germany at the end of the 15th century, donated to the church by General Roos´ family.

Haller Madonna

The coat of arms in the left lower conrer allowed to identify the commission of the work from the rich Haller family of Nuremberg.

Heinrich Stuhlfauth

From 1916 to 1933 he played in 606 games for 1. FC Nuremberg, then a dominating team in German football, winning five national championships (1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927).

Heinrich ("Heiner") Stuhlfauth (born 11 January 1896 in Nuremberg, died 12 September 1966 in Nuremberg) was a German goalkeeper.

Henrike Lähnemann

Lähnemann is the daughter of the theologian Johannes Lähnemann, and the granddaughter of the German medievalist Eleonore Dörner (née Benary) and the archeologist Friedrich Karl Dörner; she grew up in Lüneburg and Nuremberg, Germany.

Herbert Backe

Backe was held in American custody and was due to be tried for war crimes at Nuremberg in the Ministries Trial.

Historical coat of arms of Transylvania

He published it in his work "Chronologia", issued in Nuremberg the same year.

Imperial Treasury, Vienna

The Imperial Regalia arrived in the last days of the Holy Roman Empire around 1800 from Nuremberg, where they had been kept since 1424, in order to save them from the advancing French troops under Napoleon.

International court

Early examples of international courts include the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals established in the aftermath of World War II.

Johann F. C. Hessel

He was a student at the Realschule in Nuremberg and subsequently studied science and medicine at Erlangen and Würzburg.

Johann Philipp von Wurzelbauer

A native of Nuremberg, Wurzelbauer was a merchant who became an astronomer.

Julie K. Smith

Julie Kristen Smith (born August 18, 1967 in Nuremberg, Germany) is an American actress.

Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider

Karl Albrecht Schachtschneider (born 11 July 1940, in Hütten bei Gellin, Province of Pomerania, Germany (now Sitno, Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) is a Professor Emeritus in public-, and civil law at University of Erlangen" in Nuremberg, Germany.

Kasha Terry

Kasha NiCarra Terry, born October 21, 1983 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.

Kevin Hanus

Kevin Hanus (born 6 September 1993 in Nuremberg) is a German Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

Kofi Amoah Prah

The sample was delivered on 5 July 2008 in an in-competition test in Nuremberg.

Leif Kobbelt

After receiving his diploma in 1992 and his PhD in 1994 in Computer Science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology he worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Max Planck Institute of Computer Science before he switched to the RWTH Aachen in 2001.

Life is Pain

At the Tinitus Studio in Nuremberg the recorder their last EP up until now, Harvest What You Sow in 2004.

Lotte Strauss

Lotte Strauss, born 15 April 1913 in Nuremberg, Germany, died 4 July 1985, was an American pathologist.

LOVE Park

The Christmas Village is modeled after 16th-century German Christmas Markets, the most famous one being in Nuremberg.

Madeleine Giske

Giske is the daughter of Anders Giske, a former professional footballer who captained the Norwegian National Football Team, as well as playing for clubs such as SK Brann, FC Nuremberg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln.

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle

Marcel-André Casasola Merkle (10 August 1977, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany) is a game designer.

Marcus Manilius

The editio princeps of Astronomicon was prepared by the astronomer Regiomontanus, using very corrupted manuscripts, and published in Nuremberg about 1473.

Marie Anne Lenormand

The 36 card Lenormand deck is modelled on a deck of cards published c1799 as part of Das Spiel der Hoffnung (The Game of Hope), a game of chance designed by Johann Kaspar Hechtel of Nuremberg.

Maritza Sáenz Ryan

Sáenz Ryan was assigned to the 1st Armored Division Artillery in Nuremberg, West Germany.

Matthäus Seutter

Apparently uninspired by the beer business, Seutter left his apprenticeship and moved to Nuremberg where he apprenticed as an engraver under the tutelage of the prominent J. B. Homann.

Matthew McCaslin

Most recently, the artist has had solo exhibitions in Paris, Cologne, Madrid and Nuremberg.

Nürnberger Versicherungscup

The Nürnberger Versicheringscup is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Nuremberg, Germany.

Obsessed by Cruelty

The second version was recorded in Nuremberg, and was released by Steamhammer Records in their home country of Germany in the same year.

Otto Brendel

Otto J. Brendel (born 1901 Nuremberg, Germany; died New York City September 1973) was an art historian and scholar of Etruscan art and archaeology.

Paumgartner altarpiece

The Paumgartner altarpiece (c. 1500) is an early tryptich painting by Albrecht Dürer, commissioned by the Paumgartner family of Nuremberg.

Pentacon Six

The Exakta 66 is based on the Pentacon Six but was made in West Germany by Exakta GmbH, Nuremberg.

Peter Petrovich Saburov

At the beginning of the 20th century, he played in several tournaments in St Petersburg, as well as in the preliminary stage of Ostend 1906 and Nuremberg 1906 (the 15th DSB Congress, Hauptturnier C).

Philip Burke King

He was attending the International Geological Congress meeting in Prague in August, 1968, when the Soviets invaded; he was evacuated to Nuremberg.

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

As late as 1931, in "L'Europe contre les patries" ("Europe Against the Nations"), Drieu was writing as an anti-Hitlerian, but by 1934, especially after the 6 February 1934 riots organized by far right leagues before the Palais Bourbon, and then a visit to Nazi Germany in September 1935 (where he witnessed the Reichsparteitag rally in Nuremberg), he embraced Nazism as an antidote to the "mediocrity" of liberal democracy.

Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents

Their son was around 18 and had just completed his apprenticeship with Michael Wolgemut, and would soon leave for Nuremberg to travel as a journeyman painter.

Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I

In the Spring of 1512, the newly elected emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg sojourned in Nuremberg, where he got acquainted with Dürer.

Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher

The work was executed in Nuremberg, the same year in which the German artist portrayed Johann Kleberger and Jakob Muffel.

Regional-Express

Since late 2006, Regional-Express services between Munich and Nuremberg that operate on the Nuremberg–Ingolstadt high-speed railway reach top speeds of 200 km/h.

Robert Falco

During the year he spent in Nuremberg, Falco kept notes which he later used in his memoirs of the trials.

Robert Rafn

He later worked as a chemist at a works in Berlin before running his own company named Irradiar in Nuremberg until 1915.

Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel

It was during the 45-year-long ministry of Thomas Sadler (1822-1891), who arrived at the Chapel in 1846 aged 24, just two years after being awarded his doctorate from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Bavaria, that the current Chapel building was constructed.

Sally Falk Moore

Moore was trained as a lawyer at Columbia Law school and, after working on Wall Street, became a staff attorney at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg during the investigation of Nazi war criminals.

Savielly Tartakower

His first achievement was first place in a tournament in Nuremberg in 1906.

Seven Sorrows Polyptych

The work was commissioned by Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, not a long time after his meeting with Dürer at Nuremberg in April 1496.

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Also, Sigismund granted control of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (which he had received back after Jobst's death) to Frederick I of Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg (1415).

Slov-Air

The aircraft diverted to Nuremberg, where (according to the then West German procedure) all persons who wished to do so could claim political asylum.

Terrie Moffitt

Terrie Edith Moffitt (born March 9, 1955, Nuremberg, Germany) is an American clinical psychologist who is best known for her pioneering research on the development of antisocial behavior and for her collaboration with colleague and partner Avshalom Caspi in research on gene-environment interactions in mental disorders.

That Justice Be Done

That Justice Be Done was a one-reel propaganda film made in 1946 by the Office of War Information for the US Chief of Counsel at Nuremberg and the War Crimes Office of the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

The Christmas Village in Philadelphia

For children there is a Santa's house and more special themed events including a lantern parade; for adults there are daily live performances from local artists such as string and brass bands, soloists and school choirs at a central stage, and an opening ceremony with the original Christkind from Christkindlesmarkt Nuremberg, the City of Philadelphia's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and a German American weekend.

Christmas Market events such as the famous Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, which dates back to the 16th century, are part of a long tradition of farmers' markets in Germany's inner cities.

The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola

Written in German, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola was published in 1689 in Nuremberg in 15 volumes.

Thomas Mor Timotheos

In 1986 he left for Germany for higher studies and joined the Erlangen-Nuremberg University.

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

The Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg are a professional ice hockey club located in Nuremberg, Germany.

Tim Schleicher

Tim Schleicher (born 30 December 1988 in Nuremberg) is a German freestyle wrestler.

Ulman Stromer

Ulman Stromer (6 January 1329 – 3 April 1407) was a German long-distance trader, factory owner and councillor of Nuremberg, then a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.

Viktor Lutze

At the Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg in September 1934, William L. Shirer observed Hitler speaking to the SA for the first time since the purge (Hitler absolved the SA from crimes committed by Röhm).

Werner projection

Stab-Werner refers to two originators: Johannes Werner (1466–1528), a parish priest in Nuremberg, refined and promoted this projection that had been developed earlier by Johannes Stabius (Stab) of Vienna around 1500.

Wes Gallagher

In 1946 Gallagher covered the Nazi war crime trials at Nuremberg.

Wilhering Abbey

The abbey almost came to an end during the Protestant Reformation, when Abbot Erasmus Mayer absconded with its funds to Nuremberg, where he married.

Yablonovka, Saratov Oblast

The first forty-seven settler families came from Bavaria (Nuremberg), Baden, Hesse (Darmstadt and Neu-Isenburg), the Palatinate, the Rhineland, Saxony, and Brandenburg.


1543

May – Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) in Nuremberg, offering mathematical arguments for the existence of the heliocentric universe, denying the geocentric model.

3rd Royal Bavarian Division

The division was headquartered in Nuremberg from 1815 to 1843, in Ansbach from 1843 to 1848, and then again in Nuremberg until 1901, when after the renumbering of divisions, it became the 3rd Division in Landau and the division in Nuremberg became the 5th Division.

Algimantas Liubinskas

Famous results during his second tenure include a 1-1 draw against Germany in Nuremberg, a 1-0 victory over Scotland in Kaunas, and a 1-1 draw in Naples against Italy.

Annus mirabilis

Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) in Nuremberg, Germany, which eventually alters the science of astronomy forever.

Baselard

One early attestations of the German form pasler altogether (1341) is from a court document of Nuremberg recording a case against a man who had injured a woman by striking her on the head with this weapon.

Brandenburg

Franconian Nuremberg and Ansbach, Swabian Hohenzollern, the eastern European connections of Berlin, and the status of Brandenburg's ruler as prince-elector together were instrumental in the rise of that state.

Christmas market

Famous Christmas markets are held in the cities of Augsburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Stuttgart, making them popular tourist attractions during Christmas holiday season.

DRG Class E 19

The locomotives were stationed at the Nuremberg depot and mainly used between Nuremberg on Frankenwald and Probstzella in the DDR, as well as between Nuremberg and Regensburg.

E51

European route E51, a road connecting Berlin and Nuremberg in Germany

Erhard Etzlaub

The earliest map of Bohemia, created by Mikuláš Klaudyán (Nikolaus Klaudian or Claudianus) and printed in Nuremberg in 1518, is likely to be somehow "connected" to Etzlaub: Klaudyán stayed at Nuremberg several times during the years before, and one of Etzlaub's Almanachs appeared in Czech language in 1517 although Etzlaub is very unlikely to have spoken it.

Ernest Medina

Medina is mentioned by name in the first stanza of Pete Seeger's Vietnam protest song "Last Train to Nuremberg" (1970).

Fancy pigeon

The largest pigeon show is held in Nuremberg: the German National Pigeon Show, which had over 33,500 pigeons at the 2006 show.

Flying wedge

At the Battle of Pillenreuth in 1450, both the armies of Albrecht Achilles and Nuremberg fought in wedge formation.

Franz Ludwig Güssefeld

He is noted for his highly accurate maps which were mostly published by Homannsche Erben ("Homann Heirs") in Nuremberg.

Godesberg Memorandum

10 September 1938 — In a speech at Nuremberg, Hermann Göring calls the Czechs a "miserable pygmy race" who are "harassing the human race".

Helius Eobanus Hessus

Through the influence of Camerarius and Melanchthon, he obtained a post at Nuremberg (1526), but, finding a regular life distasteful, he again went back to Erfurt (1533).

International Business School, Germany

The International Business School (IBS) is a private institution of higher education with campuses in Nuremberg and Lippstadt (Germany).

Jacob Regnart

It was in the 1570s that his volumes of three-voice Teutsche Lieder (German songs) appeared, printed by the Gerlachs of Nuremberg; they sold very well, were reprinted several times, and were arranged in tablature by several composers.

Jenny Scheinman

She is the niece of robotics pioneer Victor Scheinman, and the granddaughter of Telford Taylor, Chief Prosecutor at the United States war crimes trials at Nuremberg.

Józef Kos

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Kos was one of many Polish men that were rounded up and sent to Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg-Langwasser, which was a prisoner-of-war camp used by Germany and located in Nuremberg.

Käte Strobel

She also served 27 February 1958 to 26 January 1967 in the European Parliament, where she became the leader of the Socialist Group from 1964 to 1967 (to this day, the only female leader other than Pauline Green) and from 1972 to 1978 in the city council of Nuremberg.

Konrad Henlein

From 12 September 1938, forward, he helped organise hundreds of terrorist attacks and two coup attempts by the Sudetendeutsches Freikorps paramilitary organisation affiliated with the SS-Totenkopfverbände, immediately after Hitler's threatening speech in Nuremberg at the Nazi Party's annual rally.

Nicolas Stemann

The first time he received national attention was through the production of his Trilogy of Terror in 1997 at Kampnagel in Hamburg and Hoftheater Gostner in Nuremberg (Antigone by Sophocles, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, Leonce and Lena by Georg Büchner).

Nuremberg–Cheb railway

Since the timetable change on 10 December 2006, the Franken-Sachsen-Express Interregio-Express service operates on the line, using class 612 diesel multiple units (DMUs), from Nuremberg via Bayreuth or Marktredwitz to Hof, continuing via Chemnitz to Dresden, replacing an InterCity service.

Vogtlandbahn operates regionalbahn services from Marktredwitz to Cheb using Siemens Desiro DMUs.

Peter Šťastný

Peter is the father of Yan Stastny, who made his NHL debut in 2005–06 with the Edmonton Oilers and is currently playing in Nuremberg, Germany, and Paul Stastny, who began his career with the Colorado Avalanche (the same franchise as the Quebec Nordiques, Peter's first NHL team) in 2006–07 and wears the same number (#26).

Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg|Albrecht Dürer the Elder with a Rosary, 1490.

Portrait of Jakob Muffel

The work was executed in Nuremberg, the same year in which the German artist portrayed Johann Kleberger and Hieronymus Holzschuher.

Princess Léa of Belgium

Born the daughter of Sigismund Wolman and wife Lisa Bornstein (Nuremberg, 1916 - Brussels, 29 October 1996), in 1975 she married Serge Victorovich Spetschinsky (born in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo, on 25 April 1951), from whom she was divorced in 1980.

Rainer Hertrich

He was born December 6, 1949 and studied business administration at the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Nuremberg after an apprenticeship at Siemens.

Rudolf Charousek

He was one of a few players who had a plus record against Emanuel Lasker, having defeated the world champion at Nuremberg 1896.

Sellbytel Group

In 1988 Michael Raum founded the SELLBYTEL Group GmbH with headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany.

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

His attempts at the diet of Nuremberg in 1422 to raise a mercenary army were foiled by the resistance of the towns; and in 1424 the electors, among whom was Sigismund's former ally, Frederick I of Hohenzollern, sought to strengthen their own authority at the expense of the king.

Sulzbach-Rosenberg

It is situated approximately 14 km northwest of Amberg, and 50 km east of Nuremberg.

Upper Jagst Railway

However, these plans were rejected for the much shorter route via Crailsheim and Ansbach (the Nuremberg–Crailsheim railway).