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13 unusual facts about Wels


Colm Gilcreest

He recently reached the final of the 2008 World Amateur Snooker Championship in Wels, Austria where he lost to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.

Detlev Eisinger

In 2008 he was hired for a period of several years to provide musical introductions in the same vein at the Richard Wagner Festival at Wels in Austria.

François Gall

Liberated by the Allies in Wels in Austria, where it is then medical director and caregiver (a moving letter many Jews with typhus demonstrates), it is finally repatriated to Paris, returning to his attic of 16 Dauphine.

Franz Welser-Möst

In 1985, Möst assumed the stage name Welser-Möst on suggestion of his mentor, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen of Liechtenstein, thus paying homage to the city of Wels where he grew up.

Hans Sotin

His retirement from the stage was celebrated on 1 June 2012 at the Richard Wagner Festival in Wels.

Herwig van Staa

Van Staa attended primary school in Bad Leonfelden (Mühlviertel) and completed his secondary school studies in Wels, where he passed his 'A' levels in 1960.

James Wattana

He continued to play however and in 2008 he entered the World Amateur Championships in Wels, Austria where he lost to eventual champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in last 16.

Josef Pröll

On 28 November 2008 he was elected as new federal party chairman by 89.6% of delegates at a party conference in Wels.

Reynard 98A

The Reynard 98A is currently owned by Leitgeb Motorsport Projects in Wels, Austria.

Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss

Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss (born April 10, 1961 in Wels) is an internationally active communication scholar, art and media educator from Austria.

Susanne Niederhauser

Susanne Niederhauser (born 13 August 1970) is a professional IFBB female bodybuilder from Wels, Austria.

Wels

During the early migration period (3rd, 4th and 5th century), the area around Ovilava was often invaded by the Alamanni, Vandals and other Germanic tribes as well as by Attila's army.

Zerstörergeschwader 1

Both units were based around Wels in Austria and flew against the US 15th Air Force heavy bombers and fighter escorts.


Doug Menuez

David Elliot Cohen, Susan Wels and Lee Lieberman Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

KkStB Class 99

In the inter-war years, these locomotives were mainly employed on the secondary lines of Wels, Bad Radkersburg and Pöchlarn, but also on many other branch lines.

Pichl

Pichl bei Wels, a municipality in the district of Wels-Land, Upper Austria

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

The WELS maintains four schools of ministerial education: two college preparatory schools Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Luther Preparatory School; a pre-seminary and teacher training college, Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota; and a seminary for training pastors, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, located in Mequon, Wisconsin.