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Bezirk Gmünd is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It is located in northwestern Waldviertel. Municipalities. Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. Amaliendorf-Aalfang
- Gmünd District - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gmünd District is a district in the state of Lower...
- Gmünd District - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gmünd es un distrito administrativo austríaco del estado de Baja Austria. Cuenta con una superficie de 786,24 km². En 2001, tenía unos 40.050 habitantes y una densidad de 51 habitantes/km².
Gmünd (Czech: Cmunt) is a town in the northwestern Waldviertel region of Lower Austria and the capital of the Gmünd district. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Böhmzeil, Breitensee, Eibenstein, Gmünd and Grillenstein.
Gmund, Gmünd or Gmuend (cf. German: Mündung, "(river) mouth") may refer to the following places: Schwäbisch Gmünd, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Gmund am Tegernsee, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany; Gmünd, Carinthia, Austria; Gmünd, Lower Austria, Austria, capital city of Gmünd District, Lower Austria, Austria; See ...
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Schwäbisch Gmünd is situated within the northern foothills of the Swabian Jura Mountains on the Rems river, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of the state capital Stuttgart. It marks the place where the Josefsbach (Waldstetter-bach) meets the River Rems. The municipal area comprises the localities (Ortschaften) of Bargau, Bettringen, Degenfeld, G...
From about AD 85, the Neckar-Odenwald line was part of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. The Romans built the Limes Germanicus to secure this border; i.e., a line of fortifications at regular distances, which included a small castrum on the site of the present-day Schirenhof field in Schwäbisch Gmünd. A first major settlement in this area ...
Schwäbisch Gmünd is home to many historically important structures and buildings. These include fortifications and civic and religious buildings.
The University of Maryland University Collegeopened a four-year German campus on the Bismarck Kaserne in 1992, which closed in 2002 due to financial difficulties and a lack of students. In 2004, the state of Baden-Württemberg opened the Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte(State Grammar School for the Highly Gifted) in some of the renovated buildings of...
The annual Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik was established in 1989.The International Shadow Theater Festivalwas also established in 1989 and takes place every three years. It enchants the audience with artists from all over the world and offers open workshops and a visit to the interactive museum.
Since the 17th century, Schwäbisch Gmünd has been home to producers of gold and silver handicrafts. An almost forgotten craft was the so-called "Silberporzellan", "Metallporzellan" or "Silberbelagwaren". Today it is known as Silver overlay and Schwäbisch Gmünd was home of inventor Friedrich Deusch who began to decorate not only porcelain but also g...
Schwäbisch Gmünd is twinnedwith: 1. Barnsley, United Kingdom (1971) 2. Antibes, France (1976) 3. Bethlehem, United States (1991) 4. Székesfehérvár, Hungary (1991) 5. Faenza, Italy (2001)
Public service
1. Heinrich Parler (c.1310–c.1370), architect and sculptor, worked and died locally 2. Peter Parler (1332/33–1399), architect and sculptor, son of Heinrich 3. Veit Warbeck (c.1490–1534), scientist and diplomat 4. August Franz Josef Karl Mayer(1787–1865), physician, anatomist and physiologist 5. Robert von Ostertag(1864–1940), veterinarian 6. Emil Molt (1876–1936), businessman, social reformer and anthroposophist 7. Hermann Weller (1878–1956), indiologistand neo-Latin poet 8. Alfred Haag(1904–...
The Arts
1. Hans Judenkönig (c.1450–1526), lutenist 2. Jerg Ratgeb (c.1480–1526), painter 3. Hans Baldung(1484/85–1545), painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist. 4. Emanuel Leutze(1816–1868), history painter. 5. Johannes Scherr(1817–1886), cultural historian, writer, literary critic and politician. 6. Hermann Pleuer (1863–1911), impressionistand landscape artist 7. Aron Strobel (born 1958), lead guitarist for Münchener Freiheit
Sport
1. Uwe Messerschmidt(born 1962), track cyclist and road bicycle racer 2. Simon Tischer(born 1982), volleyball player 3. Andreas Hofmann(born 1986), footballer, played over 290 games 4. Daniel Hägele(born 1989), footballer, played over 390 games 5. Julian Grupp(born 1991), footballer, played over 250 games 6. Carina Vogt (born 1992), former ski jumper, gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Districts of Lower Austria. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
