Regensburg is a city in eastern Bavaria,at the confluence of the Danube,Naab and Regen rivers,Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state. With more than 150,000 inhabitants,Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich,Nuremberg and Augsburg and the 8th largest of all cities on the Danube river. From its foundation as an imperial Roman river fort,the city has been the political,economic and cultural centre of the surrounding region. Later,under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire,it housed the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg.
Landshut is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar,Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria,one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the surrounding district and has a population of more than 75,000. Landshut is the largest city in Lower Bavaria,followed by Passau and Straubing,and Eastern Bavaria's second after Regensburg.
The University of Regensburg is a public research university located in the city of Regensburg,Germany. The university was founded on 18 July 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria. Following groundbreaking in 1965,the university officially opened to students during the 1967–1968 winter semester,initially housing faculties in Law and Business Sciences and Philosophy. During the summer semester of 1968 the faculty of Theology was created. Currently,the University of Regensburg houses eleven faculties.
Bad Buchau is a small town in the district of Biberach,Baden-Württemberg,Germany with about 4,000 inhabitants. It is situated near Lake Federsee,which is separated from the town by a wide reed belt.
Castrop-Rauxel,often simply referred to as Castrop by locals,is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Klaus von Dohnanyi is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as mayor of Hamburg between 1981 and 1988.
Hans-Ulrich Klose was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and a member of the German Federal parliament. Klose was the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981,serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1979–80.
Obertraubling is a municipality in Bavaria,Upper Palatinate,in the district of Regensburg.
Dragomir "Dragi" Jovanović was a Serbian politician and Axis collaborator who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 1941 to 1944,during World War II. He was captured by communist forces on December 11,1945 in Munich in Allied occupied Germany following the war and tried alongside other Serbian collaborationist leaders in 1946. He was found guilty of collaborating with Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Himmler and other German officials and executed in Belgrade.
The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung,established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens (1903–1990) and promotes contemporary music. The prize honors a composer,performer,or musicologist who has made a distinguished contribution to the world of music. In addition to the main prize,other prizes are also given. The total prize money given is currently €3.5 million,with the winner of the main prize receiving €250,000. The prize is sometimes known as "the Nobel Prize of music".
Hans Koschnick was a German politician (SPD) and elder statesman. He was the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 1967 to 1985,the President of the Bundesrat in 1970/71 and 1981/82,and afterwards served as a member of the Bundestag,the German federal parliament,from 1987 to 1998. Between 1994 and 1996,Koschnick was the EU administrator of Mostar.
Herbert Ernst Brekle was a German typographer and linguist. Brekle's main research interests were semantics,word formation theory,history of linguistics,history of Western alphabets and typography.
The Nibelungen Bridge is a dual road bridge with two sections spanning both arms of the Danube at kilometre mark 2378.39 in Regensburg,Germany. The current bridge,the third on the site,was erected in 2001–04 to replace a bridge erected in 1950 which was no longer adequate for traffic demands,and which had replaced a bridge built in 1938 and destroyed in World War II. Carrying an average of 42,000 vehicles a day,it is one of the most important bridges in the Regensburg area.
Andreas Raselius,also known as Andreas Rasel was a German composer and kapellmeister during the Renaissance. He worked for much of his career as a teacher and cantor in Regensburg,before being appointed as the court conductor of the Elector Palatine in Heidelberg. He is today best noted as the author of a cycle of motets for use throughout the year,the first such cycle to be composed in the German language,which was published in 1594.
A Lutherstadt is a city German protestant reformer Martin Luther visited or played an important role in. Two cities,Lutherstadt Eisleben and Lutherstadt Wittenberg,have "Lutherstadt" in their official names,while Mansfeld-Lutherstadt is the unofficial name of a district in Mansfeld. These three places which were important in Luther's life were awarded the "European Heritage Label".
The Bach Medal is awarded by the Lord Mayor of Leipzig during the Bachfest Leipzig in recognition of efforts to promote the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach Medal of the City of Leipzig is an annual award.
The Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau is a classical music award. Since 1964 it has been awarded by the Lord Mayor of Zwickau. Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau. Between 1964 and 2002 the prize was awarded annually,since 2003 biennially. The award is given to outstanding singers,instrumentalists and ensembles as well as musicologists and musical institutions,who have rendered special service (sic) to cherishing and presenting Schumann’s musical and literary heritage as well as to the knowledge of his life and works. The prize is endowed with a total of €10,000. The winners receive a certificate and a bronze medal with the portrait of Schumann,created by the sculptor Gerhard Lichtenfeld.
Michael Ostendorfer was a German painter,graphic artist and xylographer. Stylistically,he belongs to the Danube school and probably trained with Albrecht Altdorfer.
The Regensburg satellite camp,also known as the Colosseum subcamp in the vernacular at the time,was established in 1945 as the last subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in the Regensburg inn the Kolosseum. The Regensburg subcamp was in operation from March 19,1945,until April 23,1945. The Colosseum building is located at Stadtamhof 5,approximately 200 meters north of the Danube across the Stone Bridge from the Altstadt.
Günter Lach was a German politician who served as a member of the Bundestag,and was mayor of Vorsfelde and Wolfsburg.
