The Austrian Netherlands was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The period began with the acquisition by the Austrian Habsburg monarchy of the former Spanish Netherlands under the Treaty of Rastatt in 1714. It lasted until Revolutionary France annexed the territory after the Battle of Sprimont in 1794 and the Peace of Basel in 1795. Austria relinquished its claim on the province in 1797 through the Treaty of Campo Formio.
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, and Maria Theresa of Austria, later successively Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Croatia and Archduchess of Austria. Its members form the legitimate surviving line of both the House of Habsburg and the House of Lorraine, and they inherited their patrimonial possessions from the female line of the House of Habsburg and from the male line of the House of Lorraine.
Sulz im Weinviertel is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is known for its open air museum in Niedersulz, the largest in Lower Austria.
Moritz Benedikt also spelt Moriz was a neurologist who worked in Austria-Hungary.
Benedikt Höwedes is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his playing career for Schalke 04, which he captained for six seasons, and represented the Germany national football team from 2011 to 2017. At international level, Höwedes won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, and was one of only three players to play every single minute of the tournament. Höwedes described himself as a 'multi-functional player' in the defence, who can play in the centre or as both a left or right-sided full back.
Solonchak is a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is a pale or grey soil type found in arid to subhumid poorly-drained conditions. The word is Russian for "salt marsh", which is in turn from the Russian sol (соль) "salt". The Ukrainian folk word "солончак", which in turn from Ukrainian "salty" (солоний) + "чак"—suffix; designation of an object that has the property. A village with the name Solonchaky exists in Ukraine.
Lixisols are a Reference Soil Group of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). They are soils with subsurface accumulation of low activity clays and high base saturation. They develop under intensive tropical weathering conditions and subhumid to semi-arid climate.
Archduke Joseph Árpád Benedikt Ferdinand Franz Maria Gabriel was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and as such an Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia with the style His Imperial and Royal Highness.
Benedikt Röcker is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". Etymologically, it is derived from the Latin words bene ('good') and dicere ('speak'), i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547), often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.
Luvisols are a group of soils, comprising one of the 32 Reference Soil Groups in the international system of soil classification, the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). They are widespread, especially in temperate climates, and are generally fertile. Luvisols are widely used for agriculture.
Baron Solomon Benedict de Worms was an Austrian aristocrat, plantation owner in Ceylon, and stockbroker in London.
Zech is both a given name and a German surname. The surname comes from Middle High German zæhe, zæh, zæch, zāch meaning "tough". Notable people with the name include:
Tobias Josef Zech is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from 2013 until 2017 and from 2020 until 2021.
The Pope Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University, colloquially referred to as Hochschule Heiligenkreuz, is a private, Roman Catholic pontifical university located in Heiligenkreuz, Austria. Founded in 1802 by the Cistercian monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey as a seminary, for much of the 19th century, the college remained very small, with less than 20 seminarians and several Cistercian instructors. During the late 19th century and 20th century, the college's profile grew, and more students arrived, made up of Cistercians, as well as diocesan and religious seminarians. In 1976 it earned university status, and Pope Benedict XVI named it a pontifical university upon his visit in 2007.
Benedikt Danek is an Austrian professional basketball player for the Klosterneuburg Dukes of the Austrian Basketball Superliga.
Zechariah Joshua Henry Medley is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League Two club Fleetwood Town.
Benedikt Pichler is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.
Zechariah McPhearson is an American professional football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas Tech.
