| Prandau-Normann castle in Valpovo | |
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| Architectural style | Baroque, Gothic |
| Location | Valpovo, Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°39′32″N18°24′54″E / 45.659°N 18.415°E Coordinates: 45°39′32″N18°24′54″E / 45.659°N 18.415°E |
Prandau-Normann Castle or Valpovo Castle is a palace or castle in Valpovo, Croatia. It was owned by the noble Prandau-Normann family from the baroque period.
Slavonia is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja, Požega-Slavonia, Virovitica-Podravina and Vukovar-Syrmia, although the territory of the counties includes Baranya, and the definition of the western extent of Slavonia as a region varies. The counties cover 12,556 square kilometres or 22.2% of Croatia, inhabited by 806,192—18.8% of Croatia's population. The largest city in the region is Osijek, followed by Slavonski Brod and Vinkovci.
Valpovo is a town in Slavonia, Croatia. It is close to the Drava river in the region of Slavonia, 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Osijek. The population of Valpovo is 7,406, with a total of 11,563 in the municipality.
Sarpsborg[ˈsɑ̀ʂ.bɔr] or [ˈsɑ̀rps.bɔrg], historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.
Osijek-Baranja County is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja. Its center is Osijek; other cities include Đakovo, Našice, Valpovo, Belišće, Beli Manastir.
Wilhelm Normann was a German chemist who introduced the hydrogenation of fats in 1901, creating what later became known as trans fats. This invention, protected by German patent 141,029 in 1902, had a profound influence on the production of margarine and vegetable shortening.
Normann Stadler is a retired professional triathlete from Germany. He is the winner of the 2004 and 2006 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii.
Beatrice Ensor (1885–1974) was an English theosophical educationist, pedagogue, co-founder of the New Education Fellowship and editor of the journal Education for the New Era.
The Valpovo work camp was a camp set up by the communist regime of Yugoslavia for Germans and Austrians in the aftermath of the Second World War. The camp operated from 1945 to 1946.
The Battle of Gorjani or Battle of Đakovo was a battle fought on 9 October 1537 at Gorjani, a place in present-day Slavonia, between the towns of Đakovo and Valpovo, as part of the Little War in Hungary as well as the Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War.
Eilert Adelsteen Normann was a Norwegian painter who worked in Berlin. He was a noted painter of landscapes of Norway. Normann was the artist who invited Edvard Munch to Berlin, where he painted The Scream. Normann's fjord paintings are credited with making the Norwegian fjords a more popular tourist destination.
D517 is a state road in Slavonia and Baranja regions of Croatia connecting Beli Manastir (D7) to the D34 state road and the cities of Belišće and Valpovo. The road is 27.4 km (17.0 mi) long.
Emil Wilhelm Normann was a Danish painter and naval officer.
Normann Palace or County Government Palace is a building of County Government of Osijek-Baranja County in Osijek, Croatia.
Richard Normann was a Swedish management consultant and researcher early in the development of theories of service management, interactive strategy, and offerings.
Karl Friedrich Leberecht Graf von Normann-Ehrenfels was a Württembergian soldier who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. As a Philhellene he sailed to Greece to assist the Greek rebels in the Greek War of Independence, and died there of wounds received in the Battle of Peta.
Robert Uno Normann was a Norwegian guitarist and considered a jazz guitar pioneer.
Operation Baranja was an aborted offensive of the Croatian Army north of the towns of Belišće and Valpovo, Croatia on 3 April 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence. The offensive quickly gained ground after the HV advanced north of the Drava River into Baranja. The defending force of the Croatian Serb Territorial Defence Force supported by the Yugoslav People's Army artillery were caught unprepared and offered light resistance.
Mathias Antonsen Normann is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder in Russia for Rostov.
Katzianer's Campaign or Katzianer's War was a failed 1537 Habsburg attempt of driving the Ottomans away from the region of Slavonia in modern-day Croatia. Despite being well resourced, Katzianer's army failed to achieve any objectives and it was ultimately completely annihilated in the Battle of Gorjani.
Kornelius Normann Hansen is a Norwegian footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Stabæk Fotball.
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