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Dresden and Arnhold and S. Arno Neumann 7 February - 7 March was a German international footballer. Arnulf Baring born 8 May in Dresden is a German lawyer, journalist, political scientist, contemporary historian and author. The term Arraiolos meeting refers to the multinational informal convention of, both executive and non-executive, presidents of European Union member states, held roughly once in a year. Artaserse is an opera dramma per musica in three acts composed by Johann Adolph Hasse to an Italian libretto adapted from that by Metastasio by Giovanni Boldini.
Dresden and Arthur H. Arthur Schopenhauer 22 February — 21 September was a German philosopher. Artisten aka Harry Piel's Artur Hofmann born Plauen 24 June Asa Gray November 18, — January 30, is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. On 7 October , Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya born was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment block in central Moscow. In the geologic timescale, the Asselian is the earliest geochronologic age or lowermost chronostratigraphic stage of the Permian.
The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 4. Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of xcompatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices AMD. Augsburg Airport is a regional airport in Affing, 7 km northeast of the city of Augsburg, the third largest city in the German state of Bavaria. Ferdinand August Bebel 22 February — 13 August was a German socialist politician, writer, and orator. August Buchner 2 November — 12 February was a German philologist, poet and literary scholar, an influential professor of poetry and rhetoric at the University of Wittenberg.
August Kopisch 26 May — 6 February was a German poet and painter. August Michael Tauscher — was a philosopher, botanist and entomologist. August Joseph Ignaz Toepler 7 September — 6 March was a German physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics. Augustus 31 July February was Elector of Saxony from to Australian rules football is played in Europe at an amateur level in a large number of countries. Austropotamobius torrentium, also called the stone crayfish, is a European species of freshwater crayfish in the family Astacidae.
The automotive industry in Germany is one of the largest employers in the world, with a labor force of over , working in the industry. Axel Rauschenbach born 14 July is a German pair skater who competed for Germany and, before its reunification, East Germany. The diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Germany established in after Germany recognized the independence of Azerbaijan.
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Czech Railways , is the main railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. Green Hill Funicular is a funicular railway in Kaunas, Lithuania. Most of Johann Sebastian Bach's extant church music in Latin —settings of parts of the Mass ordinary and the Magnificat— dates from his Leipzig period — The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld Bad is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was Herolfisfeld is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel.
Adalbert Goldscheider, 5 September — 22 March better known by his pseudonym Balduin Groller, was an Austrian journalist and author as well as the founder of the Austrian Olympic Committee. The Bamberg—Hof railway is a kilometre-long main line that runs through Bavaria in southern Germany. The section from Hof to Neuenmarkt now forms part of the Saxon-Franconian trunk line. Barbara Thalheim born Leipzig 5 September is a Berlin-based German popular singer and songwriter. The Barbarine is the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
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The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century. Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church.
The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque or Second Empire architecture in France , was an architectural style of the late 19th century. Bartolomeo Campagnoli September 10, — November 6, was an Italian violinist and composer. Bartolomeo or Baccio di Zanobi Ghetti died was a Florentine Renaissance painter who has only recently emerged from obscurity as a result of art historical research. Bartolomeo Veneto active — was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto the mainland , and Lombardy.
Baruch Elron — was an Israeli painter best known for his unique Fantastic Realist style rich in symbols and allegories. A baton is a stick that is used by conductors primarily to enlarge and enhance the manual and bodily movements associated with directing an ensemble of musicians. A battery storage power plant is a form of storage power plant, which uses batteries on an electrochemical basis for energy storage. The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May ,This article uses the Gregorian calendar unless otherwise stated. The Battle of Hohenfriedberg or Hohenfriedeberg, now Dobromierz, also known as the Battle of Striegau, now Strzegom, was one of Frederick the Great's most admired victories.
The "Battle of the Palaces" occurred in the Russian Empire in the last decade of the reign of Catherine II — and the reign of Paul I — , with ripple effects extending into the beginning of the reign of Alexander I. A bitter standoff between Catherine and Paul, her only legitimate son and heir, manifested itself in transient political and ideological conflicts, but also had a lasting, tangible impact on Russian architecture.
Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from to that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. Bauska is a town in Bauska Municipality, in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia.
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The Bayreuth—Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg line is a single-track main line railway in the German state of Bavaria. Bebra is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. The belloneon or bellonion was a mechanical musical instrument consisting of twenty-four trumpets and two kettle drums. The Benin Bronzes are a group of more than a thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in what is now modern-day Nigeria.
Benjamin Sadler born February 12, is a German actor who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of a German graphic designer and a British teacher. Bentley Crewe, located on the outskirts of Crewe, Cheshire, England, is the headquarters and design and manufacturing centre of Bentley Motors Limited. Berkin Elvan January 5, — March 11, was a year-old Turkish boy who was hit on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by a police officer in Istanbul after going out to buy bread during the June anti-government protests in Turkey. The Berlengas archipelago is a group of small islands off the Portuguese coast, west of the town of Peniche in Oeste region.
The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, approximately metres 0. The Dresdner Bahnhof was a short-lived passenger railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, operating from to and handling train services to and from Dresden over the Berlin—Dresden railway. The Berlin Stadtbahn "city railway" is a major railway thoroughfare in the German capital Berlin, which runs through Berlin from east to west.
Bernd Eisenfeld 9 January — 12 June , also known by the pseudonym Fred Werner, was an opponent of the East German dictatorship who became a writer and an historian. Bernhard Adolph Hantzsch 12 January — June was a German ornithologist, Arctic researcher, and writer, notable for his discovery of two Icelandic bird subspecies. Bernhard Hirschel 15 January - 15 January was a German physician, writer and liberal activist who lived and worked in Dresden.
Bernhard Plockhorst March 2, — May 18, was a German painter and graphic artist. Bernhard Karl Thalheim born is a German computer scientist and Professor of Information Systems Engineering at the University of Kiel who is known for conceptual modeling and its theoretical foundational contributions. Bernhard von Reesen born ca. Bert Van Bork — October 29, was a German Born multi-award-winning producer, director, cinematographer, still photographer, painter, and printer. Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann — appears to have been Germany's first professional female photographer.
Bertrand Auerbach 2 September — 25 August was a French explorer, anthropologist and geographer. Bessie Schonberg December 27, — May 14, was a highly influential dancer, choreographer and teacher of the 20th century. The Best Play ESPY Award has been conferred annually since on the play in a single regular season or playoff game contested professionally under the auspices of one of the four major North American leagues or collegiately under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association adjudged to be the most outstanding or best.
Bewegung Nurr is an artists' collective that operates in the fields of sculpture, installation art, graffiti, video art, photography, and painting. A bi-articulated bus or double-articulated bus is a type of high-capacity articulated bus with an extra axle and a second articulation joint that allows it to carry three passenger compartments instead of two. The Czech literature of the Middle Ages is very rich in translations of Biblical books, made from the Vulgate.
The tenth season of Big Brother Germany began on 11 January and ended on 9 August , having lasted days. Bill Huck born 9 March in Dresden is a German racing cyclist who won the world championships in sprint , Billy Pilgrim is a fictional character and protagonist of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, who has appeared in adaptations of the novel for film and the stage.
The II Tour was a month-long concert tour by punk rock band Billy Talent, taking place in through to in support of their third studio album Billy Talent II. The Bishop's Road German: From onwards, Bismarck monuments were erected in many parts of the German Empire in honour of the long-serving Prussian minister-president and first German Reichskanzler, Prince Otto von Bismarck. Bitis schneideri is a venomous viper species found in a small coastal region that straddles the border between Namibia and South Africa.
Blackamoor is a European art style from the Early Modern period depicting highly stylized figures, usually African males but sometimes other non-European races, in subservient or exoticized form. Blaise Pascal 19 June — 19 August was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.
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Blasewitz is a larger borough Ortsamtsbereich of Dresden, Germany in the city's eastern centre on the Elbe river. The Blaues Kartell is a circle of four German Student Corps, or Corps Studentenverbindung for short, who understand the union as "one fraternity spanning four cities". A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane. Bobritzsch is a former municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
The Bologna Process is a series of ministerial meetings and agreements between European countries to ensure comparability in the standards and quality of higher-education qualifications. Dresden and Bonding-studenteninitiative e. The Book of Concord or Concordia often, Lutheran Confessions is appended to or substituted for the title is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century.
The bordered white Bupalus piniaria , also known as the pine looper, is a moth of the geometer moth family Geometridae. A bra, short for brassiere UK or , is a form-fitting undergarment suspender designed to support or cover the wearer's breasts. Bram van der Stok, 13 October — 8 February , also known as Bob van der Stok, was a World War II fighter pilot and flying ace, and is the most decorated aviator in Dutch history. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his fifth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV , for harpsichord, flute and violin as soloists, and an orchestral accompaniment consisting of strings and continuo.
Dresden and Brandenburg Concerto No. Brazzaville is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo and is on the north side of the Congo River, opposite Kinshasa. Letter center is a district center for the processing of letters for Deutsche Post. British war crimes are acts by the armed forces of the United Kingdom which have allegedly violated the laws and customs of war since the Hague Conventions of and The brown sicklebill Epimachus meyeri , also known as Bee's sicklebill, is a species of bird-of-paradise.
Bruno Geisler 5 October , Mittelwalde, Kr. Glatz, Silesia — 7 October Dresden was a German ornithologist. Bruno Paul 19 January — 17 August was a German architect, illustrator, interior designer, and furniture designer. Brunolf Baade 15 March — 5 November was an important German aeronautical engineer.
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Buchenwald concentration camp German: Konzentrationslager KZ Buchenwald,; literally, in English: The Bundesfinanzdirektionen was the German federal funding agencies with responsibility to the Federal Ministry of Finance that operated between The Bunte Republik Neustadt German: This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty e.
In addition, it contains the still-existing principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. Porchow is a municipality in the east of Saxony, in the district of Bautzen in Germany. BuroHappold Engineering is a British professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure and the environment.
A bus archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers. Bushwick is a working-class neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bydgoszcz Canal Bromberger Kanal is a canal, Cabinet is a German brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Reemtsma, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco.
Cabinets of curiosities also known in German loanwords as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer or Wunderkammer; also Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. A corps of cadets, or cadet corps, was originally a kind of military school for boys.
Calandro is an opera buffa in three acts composed by Giovanni Alberto Ristori to a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino. Camellia japonica, known as common camellia or Japanese camellia, is one of the best known species of the genus Camellia. Camilla Cobb — was the founder of the first kindergarten in Utah. Camillo Karl Schneider 7 April — 5 January was an Austrian botanist and landscape architect.
James extends from different countries of Europe, and even North Africa, on its way to Santiago de Compostela and Finisterre. A capital city or simply capital is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government. The Capitulation of Wittenberg Wittenberger Kapitulation was a treaty in by which John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, was compelled to resign the electoral dignity. Carina Nicolette Wiese born 26 February is a German actress who was born in Dresden, East Germany, and did her classical training as an actress at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig.
Bechstein pianos and the founder of C. Petersburg was a German-born botanist and physician. Carl David Stegmann — 27 May was a German tenor, harpsichordist, conductor, and composer. Carl Friedrich Wenzel February 26, was a German chemist and metallurgist who determined the reaction rates of various chemicals, establishing, for example, that the amount of metal that dissolves in an acid is proportional to the concentration of acid in the solution. Carl Gustav Carus 3 January — 28 July was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era.
Carl Ludwig Matthes born was a German oboist and composer of the classical era. Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber 18 or 19 November 5 June was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Carl Reinhard Raswan 7 March — 14 October , born Carl Reinhard Schmidt, was one of the greatest connoisseurs and patrons of the asil Arabian horse.
Carl August Reinhardt also referred to as Karl Reinhardt; born April in Leipzig, Germany; died August in Radebeul, Germany was a German author, painter, graphic artist, and caricaturist. Carl Sattler 6 November - 13 January was a German architect and university lecturer. Carl or Karl Tausig 4 November July was a Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer.
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Carl von und zu Mansbach 26 March — 17 July was a Hessian-Norwegian military officer and diplomat. Carl Walther Meyer was a German film actor who appeared in more than fifty productions during the silent and early sound eras. Johann Freiderich Carl Wilhelmi — was a Dresden born seedsman who made large collections of botanical specimens in southern Australia. Carlo Pallavicino Pallavicini; c. Carlos Rafael Uribazo Garrido born April 16, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba is a Cuban artist specializing with painting, engraving, drawing, graphic design, photography, and ceramics.
Carmen Kass born 14 September is an Estonian model and former political candidate. Carnival Carnaval; also called "vastenavond" — eve of the fasting or "vastelaovend" is a festival held throughout the Netherlands, mainly in the Southern regions, with an emphasis on role-reversal and suspension of social norms.
Beck was an American historical painter, critic and writer. Dresden and Carol H. Carola Paul born in the s is a former competitive figure skater who represented East Germany. Caroline Friederike Friedrich, a flower painter, was born at Friedrichsstadt in , and died at Dresden in Carstian Luyckx, also known as the Monogrammist KL — c. Cascade Microtech is a semiconductor test equipment manufacturer based in Beaverton in the Portland metropolitan area of the United States. Caspar David Friedrich 5 September — 7 May was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.
Dresden and Catan Geographies: Cathleen Tschirch born 23 July , in Dresden is a German sprinter who specialises in the metres. Cay von Brockdorff 9 February - 17 January was a German sculptor and art historian who after became an anti-Nazi resistance activist. Celidonius is the traditional name ascribed to the man born blind whom Jesus healed in the Gospel of John.
The Central German football championship German: The Central German metropolitan region is the only one located entirely within the former East Germany. V whose membership is composed of towns, cities, municipalities, and companies, colleges and chambers of commerce in these centers and whose representatives vote upon new members. The registered association owns the management company Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland Management GmbH.
As such it forms a planning and marketing framework for the region while retaining the legal independence of its members. Central Germany Mitteldeutschland is an economic and cultural region in Germany. Dresden and Cercle Brugge K. Charles Anderson Dana August 8, — October 17, was an American journalist, author, and senior government official.
Charles Frederick Beyer an anglicised form of his original German name Carl Friedrich Beyer 14 May — 2 June was a celebrated German-British locomotive designer and builder, and co-founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Charles Lang Freer February 25, — September 25, was an American industrialist, art collector, and patron. Charles Morse 20 August — 25 March was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club, the All-England team and other amateur teams between and Dresden and Charles R.
Sir Charles Reed Peers 22 September — 16 November was an English architect, archaeologist and preservationist. Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer 23 June in Stuttgart25 August in Berlin was a German actress, writer, director of the Stadttheater in Zurich for six years, and author of over plays and libretto. Charlotte Hohmann born Charlotte Scheffel: Charlotte Lehmann born 3 October , date of death unknown was a German freestyle swimmer, born in Dresden, who competed in the Summer Olympics.
Charlotte White Hawes 7 February - 5 Sep was an American composer, lecturer, music educator, poet and critic from Massachusetts. Dresden and Charlotte W. A chemogram from "chemistry", "optic" and gramma, Greek for "things written" is an experimental art where a photographic image is partly or fully enlarged and processed onto photographic paper in the darkroom and afterwards selectively painted over in full light with chemicals used in photographic processing. Chess has been played in Armenia since the early Middle Ages; however, it was institutionalized during the early Soviet period.
China is a major chess power, with the women's team winning silver medals at the Olympiad in , , and ; the men's team winning gold at the Olympiad, and the average rating for the country's top ten players second in the FIDE rankings at the end of The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete. A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers learn railway professions.
China painting, or porcelain painting, is the decoration of glazed porcelain objects such as plates, bowls, vases or statues. Christel and Eckhard Wehage were a married East German couple who committed suicide jointly after a hijacking attempt to flee the GDR on March 10, failed. Christian August Hausen — was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity. Christian Gottlieb Teichelmann 15 December — 31 May was a Lutheran missionary, who worked among the Australian aborigines, and was a pioneer in describing Australian languages.
Christian Gottlob Fechhelm — was a portrait and historical painter, born in Dresden. Christian Ritter born probably —, died probably after was a composer and organist of the North German organ school. Christiane Reppe born August 21, is a German disability swimmer, and cyclist who has competed at three Summer Paralympics. A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmastime. A Christmas market, also known as Christkindlmarkt literally: Baby Jesus Market , Christkindlesmarkt, Christkindlmarket, Christkindlimarkt, and Weihnachtsmarkt, is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent.
Christmas ornaments, baubles or "christmas balls" are decorations usually made of glass, metal, wood, or ceramics that are used to festoon a Christmas tree. Christoff Schissler c -. Christoph Friedrich von Ammon January 16, — May 21, was a German theological writer and preacher. Christoph Ludwig Agricola November 5, — August 8, was a German landscape painter and etcher. Dresden and Christoph M. Christoph Schaffrath in Hohnstein 7 February in Berlin - a German musician and composer of the late Baroque to Classical transition era. What follows is an illustrative list of a selection of Gustav Klimt's paintings and represents a chronological look at some of his main pictorial production.
Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano c. Cities in Flight is a four-volume series of science fiction stories by American writer James Blish, originally published between and , which were first known collectively as the "Okie" novels.
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The City Council of Dresden is the elected representative body of the citizens of Dresden that administers the affairs of Dresden a self-governing city kreisfreie Stadt in the Free State of Saxony. A civil defense siren also known as an air-raid siren or tornado siren is a siren used to provide emergency population warning of approaching danger and sometimes to indicate when the danger has passed.
Strategic bombing is the use of airpower to destroy industrial and economic infrastructure—such as factories, oil refineries, railroads, or nuclear power plants—rather than just directly targeting military bases, supply depots, or enemy combatants. Claudia Mahnke is a German operatic mezzo-soprano, a member of the Frankfurt Opera, with guest appearances at leading opera houses and the Bayreuth Festival.
Claudia Schreiber born in Grebenstein, Hesse is a German journalist and author. The claviorgan also known as the claviorganum,claviorgano, clavecin organisee is a combination of a stringed instrument usually a keyboard instrument and an organ. Clemens Braun — was a German musician, teacher, composer and organist from Dresden.
Closing Time is a novel by Joseph Heller, written as a sequel to the popular Catch Cog railway Tanvald—Harrachov is a standard gauge cog railway in Europe. A colonial exhibition was a type of international exhibition intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonial empires during the New Imperialism period, which started in the s with the scramble for Africa. Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order.
The Competizione dell'Opera is an international singing competition based Germany for singers specializing in Italian opera. Compressed air energy storage CAES is a way to store energy generated at one time for use at another time using compressed air. Connally Edozien born 26 June in Lagos is a Nigerian soccer player who currently without a club.
Conrad Wilhelm Eger, often referred to as C. Eger 12 December — 2 December was a Norwegian businessperson. This is a list of Training programs for Conservation and Restoration of cultural heritage. Conservative Judaism known as Masorti Judaism outside North America is a major Jewish denomination, which views Jewish Law, or Halakha, as both binding and subject to historical development. Constantin Christian Dedekind 2 April — was a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era.
Constantin Gheorghe Costa-Foru October 26, - August 15, was a Romanian journalist, lawyer and human rights activist. Hering January 1, — July 23, was an early pioneer of homeopathy in the United States. Contax began as a camera model in the Zeiss Ikon line in , and later became a brand name. Coromandel lacquer is a type of Chinese lacquerware, latterly mainly made for export, so called only in the West because it was shipped to European markets via the Coromandel coast of south-east India, where the Dutch East Indies Company VOC and its rivals from a number of European powers had bases in the 18th century.
Cotta Sandstone Cottaer Sandstein, also called Mittelquader , is found in the Elbe Valley and in its numerous tributary valleys. The Cottaer Spitzberg is a Elisabeth of the Palatinate German: They were written with love and of course also in the hope that they will find a positive echo in the minds of some readers.
Thus writes author Nikolaus Tullius in his message of thanks read at the presentation of his book "Gschichte vun drhem" "Stories from back home" on October 22 in Temeswar. It gathers dialect texts, some of which appeared in the "Banater Post" and in the "Pipatsch"-supplement of the "Banater Zeitung". The stories are mostly steeped in nostalgia, and bring to mind the vanished world of a Banat Village, in a sensitive but also cheerful way, form his memory, which parallels the memories of many readers.
The text collection is, of course, marked by autobiographical experiences: But a further stroke of fate - the death of his grandmother - prompted Nikolaus Tullius to try reuniting with his father in Canada, which succeeded The initial difficulties of integration in his new homeland were followed by a series of professional achievements during his 40 years with the Research and Development Group of a Canadian telecommunications corporation. At this time he also founded a family that gave him comfort and safety.
After his retirement he started getting involved in literary pursuits. In his introduction to the new book by Tullius, Hans Gehl underlines inter alia: It is the high point of his literary work and a congenial gesture towa rd his readers in Germany, Romania and elsewhere. It is also a literary landmark for his home village". Here he draws on some passed-down stories. Having learned to play the violin, the author is dealing in several texts with music in the village — in the past and present: And as amusing incidents have taken place in every village, Tullius does not avoid them, but treats them in texts such as "Slingshots and Cops", "On the Mulberry Tree", "On the Manure Heap" or when he describes with much humor the boyish pranks from his childhood: Being a graduated engineer, the author describes "Threshing machine, steam engines and tractors" and based on his experiences during school holidays, the threshing process: Some texts deal with fruit and its diverse uses: Tullius also mentions family events and customs: In other stories, such as "Exams in Temeswar" or "The Golden Cerb" the author brings to life his own memories.
He does not avoid sad stories: