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Battle of Sankt Michael

In the Battle of Sankt Michael (or Sankt Michael-Leoben) on 25 May 1809, Paul Grenier's French corps crushed Franz Jellacic's Austrian division at Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark, Austria.

E641

European route E641, a European route class B road connecting the Austrian cities of Wörgland and Salzburg via Sankt Johann in Tirol and Bad Reichenhall in Germany

Ingeborg Tott

The Princess in the group of sculptures "Sankt Göran och Draken" (Saint George and the Dragon) in the Storkyrkan in Stockholm, which were made in 1471-1475, are considered to bear the features of Ingeborg.

Kolchak army offensive

The purpose of northern advancing was to connect with North Russia Front and to strike on Petrograd; the purpose of southern advancing was to crush the front of Reds on the middle Volga river and to strike on Moscow.

Leon Tuhan-Baranowski

Born in Sankt Petersburg into a Roman Catholic family with noble roots (Tartar and Belarusian descent).

Matila Ghyka

In 1918, at the Brompton Oratory, he married Eileen O'Conor (b. 1897, Sankt Petersburg), daughter of the late Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor (d. 1908), the former British Ambassador to Istanbul and Saint Petersburg, and Minna Margaret Hope-Scott.

Nütschau Priory

Nütschau Priory (in German Kloster Nütschau or Priorat Sankt Ansgar) is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.

Order of St Philip of the Lion of Limburg

The Order of St Philip of the Lion of Limburg (German: "Orden Sankt Phillipps zum Löwen"), is an old order of knighthood established in 1700 by the Counts of Limburg Stirum, sovereign rulers of the counties of the same name in Westfalia.

Saint Bernhard Nunnery

In 1277, the Cistercian nunnery previously located in Neumelon was relocated onto land in Chrueg im Pewreich am Teffenbach (the modern Sankt Bernhard) which Stephan von Maissau had donated for this purpose.

Saint Petersburg International Film Festival

Saint Petersburg International Film Festival (Russian: Са́нкт-Петербу́ргский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. Sánkt-Peterbúrgskiy mezhdunaródniy kinofestivál; abbreviated as SPIFF) will take place as part of the Saint Petersburg international film forum.

Samuel Polyakov

Samuel Polyakov's Saint Peterburg home was the former Countess Laval palace at 4, English Embankment, a four-storey neoclassical landmark designed by Thomas de Thomon; in 1820s-1830s the building housed literary salons attended by Vasily Zhukovsky, Alexander Pushkin and Adam Mickiewicz.

Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia

Sankt Bernhard is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Sankt Blasen

Sankt Blasen is a municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Georgen am Walde

Sankt Georgen am Walde is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg

Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Gerold

Sankt Gerold is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Sankt Goar

Sankt Goar is linked to the Autobahn A 61 (Ludwigshafen-Mönchengladbach) by Landesstraße (State Road) 213, which leads to the Emmelshausen interchange (no. 42) 14 km away.

Sankt Goar is the seat of a Wasserschutzpolizei station, which is responsible for the stretch of river between Bacharach and Osterspai (river kilometres 544–575).

Sankt Jakob im Walde

Sankt Jakob im Walde is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Jakob in Haus

Sankt Jakob in Haus is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.60 km northeast of Kitzbühel as well as 2.50 km above Fieberbrunn.

Sankt Johann im Saggautal

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Johann in der Haide

Sankt Johann in der Haide is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld

Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Marein bei Graz

Sankt Marein bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Margarethen, Germany

Sankt Margarethen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Sankt Nikola an der Donau

Sankt Nikola an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

Sankt Peter-Freienstein is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Radegund bei Graz

Sankt Radegund bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein

Sankt Thomas am Blasenstein is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Urban

Sankt Urban lies in the Gurktal Alps in north-central Carinthia, about 10 km northeast of Feldkirchen on St. Urban Lake.

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Skachki, Primorskaya railroad

It was constructed in 1889 by the Joint-stock company of the Prinorskaya St.-Peterburg-Sestroretsk railway on the existing Ozerki line to serve the Hippodrome in Kolomyagi.

Trams in Basel

In 1900, the Basel tramway network acquired an international dimension, when a new cross-border line was opened to Sankt-Ludwig (now Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin), in the then German Empire.

Ulyanovka, Leningrad Oblast

Ulyanovka (Sablino railway station) is an important railway node, a crossing of the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway and the railroad between Mga and Gatchina, encircling Saint Peterburg from the south.


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