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12 unusual facts about Witten


Anthroposophical medicine

In the 1990s the Witten/Herdecke University in Germany established a chair in anthroposophical medicine.

Christoph Meineke

He is currently also working toward a doctorate degree in economics under Prof. Birger Priddat at Witten/Herdecke University.

Dietrich Grönemeyer

He is the director of the "Grönemeyer Institute for MicroTherapy" in Bochum, and he teaches radiology and microtherapy at the privately financed Witten/Herdecke University.

In 1982 he received a Ph.D., and at the Witten/Herdecke University in 1990 he finished his habilitation, a work that is usually needed in Germany to become a university professor.

Jedd Garet

Robert Pincus-Witten, Jedd Garet, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Twelvetrees Press, 1984.

Klaus Welle

Born in Beelen, Germany in July 1964, Welle studied economics at the Witten/Herdecke University and worked in banking, before becoming Head of Foreign and European Affairs for the CDU party in Bonn (1991–94).

Marek Kopelent

In the 1960s, Kopelent became well known in contemporary European music circles, with his compositions being performed at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Witten music festival and the annual festival in Darmstadt.

Martin Robra

Before he joined the WCC in 1994, he was a pastor of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia based in Bochum and Witten, Germany.

Otto Scharmer

Scharmer holds a Ph.D. in economics and management from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany.

Spiros Latsis

In 2006 Mr. Latsis received an honorary doctorate from Witten/Herdecke University in Witten, Germany.

Witten/Herdecke University

Rankings by major German Newspapers such as Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well as the CHE University Ranking, the only comprehensive ranking for German Universities, acknowledge the excellent study conditions as well as very good career prospects for students from Witten/Herdecke University.

Students and professors of the university protest outside the state parliament in Düsseldorf.


Ardey Hills

The following cities and towns are located in the Ardey Hills along the Ruhr − from east-northeast to west-southwest −: Fröndenberg, Unna, Holzwickede, Schwerte, Dortmund, Hagen, Herdecke, Wetter and Witten.

Bea Fiedler

Bea Fiedler "the bee" (born 28 June 1957 in Witten, Germany) is a German topless model who entered a paternity suit against Prince Albert of Monaco in 1987.

Hörde

The count wanted to surround Dortmund by separate towns (including the towns of Herdecke, Witten, Bochum, Castrop, Lünen, Unna und Schwerte).

Jason Witten

In 2004, Witten had 87 catches, eleventh most in history by a tight end and a Cowboys team record for the position, and was selected to his first Pro Bowl, becoming a part of the Cowboys franchise's legacy of great tight ends that includes: Jim Doran, Lee Folkins, Pettis Norman, Mike Ditka, Billy Joe DuPree, Jackie Smith, Doug Cosbie and Jay Novacek.

Jesse Witten

Upon graduating from Lely High School, Witten was given a wildcard to the USTA Pro Circuit event in Seminole, Florida where he reached the semifinal.

Jim Radakovich

Written by critic Robert Pincus-Witten and photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for Arts Magazine, "The New Irascibles" an essay and portfolio of photographs was based on the celebrated photograph "The Irascibles" of the Abstract-Expressionist Group taken by Nina Leen in 1951.

Robert and Marjorie Rawlins

Many of these donations were in the form of stocks in which Bob had invested, the most notable being the transfer of shares worth $3 million to buy the Witten collection of early stringed instruments in 1984.

Tomasz Mrowka

The first paper in 1995 deals with Donaldson's polynomial invariants and introduced Kronheimer–Mrowka basic class, which have been used to prove a variety of results about the topology and geometry of 4-manifolds, and partly motivated Witten's introduction of the Seiberg–Witten invariants.

Witten–Schwelm railway

During the construction of the line, the house in which Henriette Davidis worked for a long time had to be demolished.