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14 unusual facts about Olpe


August Macke Prize

The August Macke Prize, named after the painter August Macke, was given the first time in 1959 by the districts Arnsberg, Brilon, Meschede and Olpe in the region of the Hochsauerland, Germany.

Bundesstraße 55

The Bundesstraße 55 (abbr. B 55) is a Bundesstraße road in Germany, connecting Jülich with Rheda-Wiedenbrück via Cologne, Gummersbach, Olpe and Meschede.

Deutsche Bracke

In 1896 the Deutschen Bracken Club, encompassing all of the local types of Bracke in northwest Germany, was formed in Olpe.

Finnentrop station

The Bigge Valley Railway to Olpe branches off here and it was also the start of the Finnentrop–Wennemen railway, which was closed in 1996.

Franciscan Alliance, Inc.

Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in 1863 in Olpe, Germany.

Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception

The Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception (FCIC), a privately owned college maintained and developed by the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration based in Olpe, Germany through the cooperation of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.

Freudenberg, Westphalia

Until the 1980s, there was also a railway connection through the Biggetalbahn to Olpe in the north and through the Asdorftalbahn to Betzdorf in the south.

Marienheide

Up to connector Wiehl/Gummersbach of the federal motorway A4 Cologne - Olpe) are to be put back 17 kilometers in about 20-minute running time.

Morgantina treasure

Olpe with an ovoid body (diameter: 8cm, weight: 178g, height: 9.1cm);

Olpe High School

Olpe Junior-Senior High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Olpe, Kansas, in the Southern Lyon County USD 252 school district, serving students in grades 9-12.

Open-Xchange

Development of Open-Xchange Server is mainly sponsored by Open-Xchange, Inc. in Olpe, Nürnberg, and New York together with implementation partners and the Open Source community around Open-Xchange Server.

Sandro Porchia

Sandro Antonio Porchia (born 14 June 1977 in Olpe, Germany) is an Italian footballer who plays for Cosenza.

Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration

The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration is a papal congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, founded on July 20, 1863 by Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel in Olpe, Germany.

Wiehltal bridge

The Wiehltal Bridge is a highway bridge on the A 4 motorway between Cologne and Olpe over the Wiehltal valley at Engelskirchen (Oberbergischer Kreis), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Biggesee

The Biggesee lies on the single-line Bigge Valley Railway (KBS 442), on which the Biggesee-Express (RB 92) travels hourly from Olpe, stopping a few times close to the lakeshore, and on to Finnentrop with a connection to the Ruhr-Sieg-Express (RE 16).