Jena is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research; the Friedrich Schiller University was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena counts another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies.
The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Napoleon and Russian Emperor Alexander, when they met on a raft in the middle of the Neman River. The second was signed with Prussia on 9 July. The treaties were made at the expense of the Prussian king, who had already agreed to a truce on 25 June after the Grande Armée had captured Berlin and pursued him to the easternmost frontier of his realm. In Tilsit, he ceded about half of his pre-war territories.
The Sparkasse Hagen tower, often referenced as Langer Oskar by locals, was a 101 m (331 ft) skyscraper in the city centre of Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The building served as the main office tower and part of the headquarters of the resident Sparkasse, Sparkasse Hagen. Built in the early 1970s it was a regional landmark for nearly three decades until demolition in 2004. It was replaced by a lower building complex, called Sparkassen-Karree Hagen, which was inaugurated in 2006.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund is an invite-only event, with the exception that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow.
The Wunderino-Arena is an indoor arena, in Kiel, Germany. It is primarily used by THW Kiel and as a venue for rock/pop concerts. It holds up to 13,500 people.
Benrath is a quarter of Düsseldorf in the south of the city, part of Borough 9. It has been a part of Düsseldorf since 1929. Benrath has an area of 5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi), and 17,178 inhabitants (2020).
Medipolis SC Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Dominik Reinboth.
The Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, colloquially known as Verband Öffentlicher Banken is a German national association of development banks and of the regional Landesbanks, which are part of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe and thus also members of the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, plus a few additional members. Some of the latter now belong to the private sector, such as Internationales Bankenhaus Bodensee which belonged to the public sector until the 2000s.
girocard is an interbank network and debit card service connecting virtually all German ATMs and banks. It is based on standards and agreements developed by the German Banking Industry Committee.
The Jena tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Jena, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany.
The Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Leipzig is a Sparkasse, a public savings bank, based in Leipzig, Saxony. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the new German Länder.
Hamburger Sparkasse AG (Haspa) is one of 5 free public savings banks in Germany based in Hamburg. With a balance sheet total of around 41.9 billion euros and about 5,000 employees, it is the largest savings bank in Germany. It was founded in 1827 in the legal form of the old Hamburg law. In 2003 the bank was separated to a stock corporation and the original Hamburger Sparkasse changed its name to Haspa Finanzholding.
The Sparkasse Mittelholstein AG, based in Rendsburg, is one of five free public savings banks existing in Germany.
The Sparkasse zu Lübeck AG, based in Lübeck, is one of five free public savings banks that still exist in Germany.
The Berlin Hyp AG, based in Berlin, is one of the large German real estate and mortgage banks. The bank was created in 1996 from the merger of Berliner Hypotheken- und Pfandbriefbank AG and Braunschweig-Hannoversche Hypothekenbank AG.
The Tiroler Sparkasse Bankaktiengesellschaft Innsbruck was founded in 1822 and holds a leading position in its regional market with a market share of around 30 % for private customers and almost 50 % for corporate customers. It has around 153,500 customers. The focus is on private customers, freelancers and small and medium-sized enterprises. Tiroler Sparkasse is part of the Sparkassengruppe Österreich. It is also a member of the Savings Banks Liability Association, which guarantees the payment of customer deposits in excess of the legally guaranteed amount of € 100,000.
The Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen AG was founded in 1825 as Vereinssparkasse and is thus the oldest financial institution in Styria. Business operations began on 15 May 1825 at the first business premises at Landhaus, Schmiedgasse No. 9. The actual founder of the Steiermärkische Sparkasse was the Emperor's personal representative and Governor in Styria: Franz von Hartig. Since 1823 he had been the Imperial and Royal Count of Styria, Governor of Styria and thus head of the Imperial and Royal Styrian Gubernium, the country's highest political authority. In addition to his political responsibilities, he also was in a role inspired him to found a Sparkasse in Graz. Since 1823 he had been a member of the Association of the First Austrian Spar-Casse with direct insight into the beginnings of the Sparkassen system in Austria. As early as 1824 he had decided to found an institute of this kind in Styria as well.
The 2021 Münsterland Giro was the 15th edition of the Münsterland Giro road cycling one day race, held mostly in the titular region of northwest Germany on 3 October 2021. This edition was the race's first in the UCI ProSeries; the 2020 edition was expected to feature in the inaugural UCI ProSeries but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe is a network of public banks that together form the largest financial services group in Germany and in all of Europe. Its name refers to local government-controlled savings banks that are known in German as Sparkasse, plural Sparkassen. Its activity is overwhelmingly located in Germany.
The 2022 Münsterland Giro was the 16th edition of the Münsterland Giro road cycling one day race, held mostly in the titular region of northwest Germany on 3 October 2022.
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