Strasbourg - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Strasbourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Strasbourg - History
At the site of Strasbourg, the Romans established a military outpost and named it Argentoratum. It belonged to the Germania Superior Roma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1953: Encyclopedia - 1953
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1953 - Events. January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Calvin: Encyclopedia - John Calvin
Background Christianity St. Augustine The Reformation Distinctives Calvin's Institutes Five Solas Five Points (TULIP) Regulative principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama: Encyclopedia - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ Wylie: Bstan 'dzin Rgya mtsho) (b. July 6, 1935) is the fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colmar: Encyclopedia Ii - Colmar - History
The town of Colmar was founded in the 9th century. This was the place where Charles the Fat held a diet in 884. Colmar was granted the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Council Of Europe - Membership
Today, there are 46 member states, including nearly every European state. Upon foundation on May 5, 1949 there were ten members:  B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamannia: Encyclopedia - Alamannia
Alamannia was the territory inhabited by the Alamanni after their break through of the Roman Limes in 213. Originally a loose confederati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Épernay: Encyclopedia - Épernay
Épernay is a town and commune of northern France. Population (1999): 25,844. Épernay - Administration. Épernay is a sous-préfecture ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albertus Magnus: Encyclopedia - Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus (1193? – November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Schweitzer: Encyclopedia - Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965) was a German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Hugenberg: Encyclopedia - Alfred Hugenberg
Alfred Hugenberg (June 19, 1865 - March 12, 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician. Born as the son of Karl Hugenberg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace: Encyclopedia - Alsace
Alsace (French: Alsace; Alsatian/German: Elsass) is one of the 26 régions of France. Originally part of the Holy Roman Empire and inhabi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Weil: Encyclopedia - André Weil
André Weil (May 6, 1906 - August 6, 1998) was one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century. He is known for his foundational work...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beatrix Of The Netherlands: Encyclopedia - Beatrix Of The Netherlands
Beatrix of the Netherlands (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard van Oranje-Nassau) (born January 31, 1938), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Chénier: Encyclopedia - André Chénier
André Marie Chénier (October 30, 1762 - July 25, 1794) was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution. André ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ambrosius Blarer: Encyclopedia - Ambrosius Blarer
Ambrosius Blarer (sometimes Ambrosius Blaurer), (April 4, 1492 – December 6, 1564) was an influential reformer in southern Germany and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alsace-moselle: Encyclopedia - Alsace-moselle
The Alsace-Moselle is the current legal name of the Alsace-Lorraine territory, the part of France that was part of Germany from 1871 to 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia - Alamanni
The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were an alliance of warbands formed from Germanic tribes, first mentioned by Dio Cassius when they f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al-qaeda: Encyclopedia - Al-qaeda
Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, al-Qā‘idah; "the foundation" or "the base") is the name given to an international Islamic fundamenta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernhard Rothmann: Encyclopedia - Bernhard Rothmann
Bernhard Rothmann, or Bernard Rothmann, (ca. 1495 - ca. 1535) was a 16th century Reformer and an Anabaptist leader in the city of Münste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism: Encyclopedia - Anti-semitism
Anti-Semitism (alternatively spelled antisemitism) is hostility toward or prejudice against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq
This article describes the positions of world governments prior to the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Newspaper: Encyclopedia - Newspaper
A newspaper is a publication containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voltaire: Encyclopedia - Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire (also called The Dictator of Letters),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Encyclopedia - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ▶ (help·info) (IPA: /ˈgøːtə/) (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, poet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 In Sports: Encyclopedia - 2005 In Sports
See also: 2004 in sports, 2005 in baseball, other events of 2005, 2006 in sports, list of 'years in sports'. 2005 in sports - Athletics. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France: Encyclopedia - 2005 Civil Unrest In France
The 2005 civil unrest in France and neighboring countries was a series of riots and other forms of violent clashes between gangs of youth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - France: Encyclopedia - France
1 See Languages section for regional languages 2 Whole territory of the French Republic, including all the overseas departments and terri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama: Encyclopedia - Tenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ Wylie: Bstan 'dzin Rgya mtsho) (b. July 6, 1935) is the fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanhedrin: Encyclopedia - Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin (Hebrew: סנהדרין; probably from the Greek συνέδριον, synedrion, meaning "sitting together", hence "assembly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De Foucauld: Encyclopedia - Charles De Foucauld
Blessed Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916). Born in Strasbourg on September 15, 1858, he grew up in an aristocratic family and entered the S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commune In France: Encyclopedia - Commune In France
The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a gathering of people sharing a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conference Of European Churches: Encyclopedia - Conference Of European Churches
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) was founded in 1959 to promote reconciliation, dialogue and friendship between the churches of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cologne Cathedral: Encyclopedia - Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom) is one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany and has been Cologne's most famous la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colmar: Encyclopedia - Colmar
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko: Encyclopedia - Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vauban: Encyclopedia - Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban (May 15, 1633 - March 30, 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convention On The Unification Of Certain Points Of Substantive Law On Patents For Invention: Encyclopedia - Convention On The Unification Of Certain Points Of Substantive Law On Patents For Invention
The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, also called Strasbourg Convention or Str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Décapole: Encyclopedia - Décapole
The Décapole (Zehnstädtebund in German) was an alliance of ten towns in Alsace, France in a league founded in 1354, and discontinued in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ugarit: Encyclopedia - Ugarit
Ugarit (modern site Ras Shamra رأس شمرة; in Arabic) 35°35´ N; 35°45´E) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Strasbourg: Encyclopedia - University Of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, is divided into three separate institutions. They are (with approximate speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Europe: Encyclopedia - Council Of Europe
The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. Membership is open to all European sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War Of The Austrian Succession: Encyclopedia - War Of The Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). Maria Theresa of Austria succeeded her father Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor in his Habsb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chymical Wedding Of Christian Rosenkreutz: Encyclopedia - Chymical Wedding Of Christian Rosenkreutz
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz anno 1459), ISBN 0933999356, was edited in 1616 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woodrow Wilson: Encyclopedia - Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). Initially an ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brussels: Encyclopedia - Brussels
Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgundians: Encyclopedia - Burgundians
The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Politics Of The United Kingdom
United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics of the United Kingdom Parliament The Crown: Queen Elizabeth II House of Lor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boston Massachusetts: Encyclopedia - Boston Massachusetts
Location in Massachusetts Boston is the capital and largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. It is the un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bordeaux: Encyclopedia - Bordeaux
Bordeaux (pronunciation ▶ (help·info); Bordèu in Gascon) is a port city in the south-west of France, with 925,253 inhabitants in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Château D'if: Encyclopedia - Château D'if
The Château d'If is located on the small island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago, situated in the Mediterranean Sea,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zacharias Ursinus: Encyclopedia - Zacharias Ursinus
Zacharias Ursinus (1534-1583), a sixteenth century German theologian, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Like all you...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christmas Tree: Encyclopedia - Christmas Tree
A Christmas tree is one of the most popular traditions associated with the celebration of Christmas. It is normally an evergreen conifero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Nostrum: Encyclopedia - Air Nostrum
Air Nostrum is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain, operating as an Iberia Regional partner. It operates a very extensive domesti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yelena Davydova: Encyclopedia - Yelena Davydova
Yelena Victorovna Davydova (Russian:Еле́на Ви́кторовна Давы́дова) (born August 7, 1961 in Voronezh, 400 miles s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles De Gaulle: Encyclopedia - Charles De Gaulle
General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle (listen ▶ (help·info)) (November 22, 1890-November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bombardment: Encyclopedia - Bombardment
A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings. In its strict sense the term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcatel: Encyclopedia - Alcatel
Alcatel SA (Euronext: CGE, NYSE: ALA) is a global company, headquartered in France that provides hardware, software and services to telec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A4: Encyclopedia - A4
A4 may mean: A4 paper size, an international standard paper size (210×297 mm) defined by ISO 216 Audi A4, a brand of car HMS A4, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 357: Encyclopedia - 357
Events Battle of Strasbourg (357): Julian leads the Roman forces to victory against the Alamanni at Strasbourg Births Deaths Category:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 17: Encyclopedia - 17
17 - Events. Tiberius deposes Antiochus III of Kommagene and appoints Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso governor of Syria. Legio II Augusta is as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1349: Encyclopedia - 1349
1349 is a Norwegian black metal band; see 1349 (band). 1349 - Births. September 9 - Duke Albert III of Austria (died 1395) 1349 - De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antoine De Saint-exupéry: Encyclopedia - Antoine De Saint-exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944) was a French writer and aviator. One of his most famous works is Le Petit Pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archbishop: Encyclopedia - Archbishop
In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance within an ecclesiastical province due to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sausage: Encyclopedia - Sausage
A sausage consists of ground meat (and sometimes other animal parts), herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Rosenkreuz: Encyclopedia - Christian Rosenkreuz
Christian Rosenkreuz (1378 - 1484) is the possibly legendary founder of the Rosicrucian Order. The first anonymous public document on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burgh: Encyclopedia - Burgh
Burgh (pronounced burruh) is a Scots language word denoting the highly autonomous units of local government in Scotland, with rights to r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1272: Encyclopedia - 1272
For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. 1272 - Events. Mamluk sultan Baibars of Egypt invades the weakening kingdo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1681: Encyclopedia - 1681
1681 - Events. March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1262: Encyclopedia - 1262
For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. 1262 - Events. King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returnin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cathedrals: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cathedrals - China People's Republic Of
List of cathedrals - Hong Kong. St John's Cathedral (聖約翰座堂) (The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港聖公會) (Hong Kong Angli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lille: Encyclopedia Ii - Lille - History
In the 19th century Lille became the centre of French industry due to the large nearby coal deposits. It thus became a central part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Semper: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Semper - Life
Gottfried Semper - Early Life to 1834. Semper was born into a well-to-do industrialist family in Altona. The fifth of eight children, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Pasteur: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Pasteur - Immunology
Pasteur's later work on diseases included work on chicken cholera. During this work, a culture of the responsible bacteria had spoiled an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fc Baník Ostrava: Encyclopedia Ii - Fc Baník Ostrava - Current Squad
Goalkeepers: Raška Martin - Michal Daněk Defenders: Besta Pavel - Lesák Michal - Cigánek Petr - Josef Hoffman - Daněk Jan - Klimpl M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of German Wwii Pow Camps: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of German Wwii Pow Camps - List Of Camps By Military District
List of German WWII POW camps - Military District I. Stalag I-A Stablack Stalag I-B Hohenstein (Poland) Stalag I F Sudauen (Poland) St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fc Basel: Encyclopedia Ii - Fc Basel - History
The FCB which is called "Eff Tsay Bay" (in Swiss German) was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. They were Swiss champion seven times...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goldberg Variations: Encyclopedia Ii - Goldberg Variations - The Variations
Below is a list of the variations with brief descriptions and some comments by writers and performers. It should be noted that the piece ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav Landauer: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav Landauer - Biography
The son of Jewish parents, Landauer studied Philosophy, German studies, and the history of art at Heldelberg, Strasbourg, and Berlin. Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gustav Von Schmoller: Encyclopedia Ii - Gustav Von Schmoller - Work
As an outspoken leader of the "younger" historical school, Schmoller was against what he saw as the axiomatic-deductive approach of the A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Legion: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Legion - Organization
In the Republic, legions had an ephemeral existence. Except for Legio I to IV, which were the consular army (two per consul), other units...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Baden: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Baden - Revolution Of 1848/49
The news of the revolution of February 1848 in Paris brought the agitation to a head. Numerous public meetings occurred and adopted the O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hoechst Ag: Encyclopedia Ii - Hoechst Ag - History
Hoechst had been a part of the German industrial conglomerate IG Farben, which had a slave labour chemical complex beside the death camp ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Xiv Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Xiv Of France - Early Years
On his birth at Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638 his parents Louis XIII and Anne of Austria, who had been childless for twenty-three years, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermann Von François: Encyclopedia Ii - Hermann Von François - Early Life - Military Career
Born 31 January 1856 in Luxembourg to a noble family of Huguenenot extraction, von François was exposed to a military life from an early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Vii Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Vii Of Germany - Biography
Henry, the first son of Frederick II and Constance of Aragon, was born in 1211 in Sicily. When Frederick sought the crown of Germany, he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hms Ark Royal 91: Encyclopedia Ii - Hms Ark Royal 91 - Service History
On 25 September 1939, just weeks after World War II broke out, Ark Royal participated in the rescue of the submarine HMS Spearfish, which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henning Brand: Encyclopedia Ii - Henning Brand - Alchemy
Brand was, like alchemists of the time, searching for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which would turn base metals (like lead) int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leicester: Encyclopedia Ii - Leicester - General Information
The city is next to the M1 motorway, and is on the Midland Main Line between London and Sheffield. High-speed trains operated by Midland ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of City Name Changes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of City Name Changes - Canada
List of city name changes - British Columbia. Fort Camosun → Fort Victoria → Victoria Wu'muthkweyum → Vancouver List of city n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Communities In Saskatchewan: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Communities In Saskatchewan - Key
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... See also:List of communities in Saskatchewan, List of co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Museums: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Museums - China People's Republic Of
Mainland China and Hong Kong Palace Museum, Beijing National Museum of China, Beijing Natural Museum, Beijing Luoyang Museum, Luoyang Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gare De L'est: Encyclopedia Ii - Gare De L'est - History
The Gare de l'Est was opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg (in English: The Paris-Strasbourg Railway C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geoff Hoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Geoff Hoon - Role As The Secretary Of State For Defence
Hoon was in charge of the MoD during a period of massive deployments of British troops, including; 2000 - Operation Palliser - Sierra Le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Light-rail Transit Systems: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Light-rail Transit Systems - Asia
List of light-rail transit systems - People's Republic of China. Anshan Changchun Dalian Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tramways, KCR Light...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Barents Sea And White Sea Arctic Ocean
The rivers in this section are sorted east (Novaya Zemlya) to west (North Cape, Norway). In Russia: Pechora (north-east of Naryan-Mar) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guam: Encyclopedia Ii - Guam - History
Cooperation between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova started with the GUAM consultative forum, established on October 10, 1997, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Twin Towns In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Twin Towns In The United Kingdom - England
List of twin towns in the United Kingdom - Bedfordshire. Luton - Bergisch Gladbach, Germany; Bourgoin Jallieu, France; Eskilstuna, Swe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provinces Of France: Encyclopedia Ii - Provinces Of France - List Of Former Provinces Of France
Provinces of France - Provinces. Île-de-France (Paris) Berry (Bourges) Orléanais (Orléans) Normandy (Rouen) Languedoc (Toulouse) Ly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futura International Airways: Encyclopedia Ii - Futura International Airways - Destinations
Futura International Airways - Domestic. Alicante Almería Barcelona Bilbao Fuerteventura Girona Granada Gran Canaria Ibiza Jerez La P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Indoor Arenas: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Indoor Arenas - North America
List of indoor arenas - Canada. Air Canada Centre - Toronto, Ontario Bell Centre - Montreal, Quebec (formerly Molson Centre) (the big...   » Read the article