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`Library of Congress Germany`	Heinrich Boell	Elvis Fever	Biographies
`Quia - German - top 20 activities`	`Famous People`	Women scientists
`Bundespraesident`	Women Nobelists

Good Pas Auf Site! This is the coolest site!!! From: Hyde

http://www.wasistwas.de/root/index.aspAlso:http://www.wasistwas.de/

`Famous Germans`

On the list of dead Germans and dead German-Americans-- I used as a primary source Hyde's list at http://www.german-way.com/german/famous.html , not neglecting the Hollywood connection page, and the list at http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/1alphabetical.html

I'm looking for more women-- maybe Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, Alexandra of Russia. I think my kids liked it, but I think others have been more successful than I in their presentations-- I just hung the reports on the wall, instead of actually having 3D stones, and I still have to give better directions and clearer examples of the proper German. Man lernt nie aus.

Biographisches Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon

Eine Fundgrube http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/

`Famous Germans`

This list was originally compiled from Paul Schons' excellent site featuring over 900 biographies of famous Germans (in German). Start at http://www.serve.com/shea/work.html

and find Famous Lives towards the bottom of the left fram

`"4000 YEARS WOMEN IN SCIENCE"`

Noted "German" women scientists (30+ Will-kueren?)

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/summary.shtml

German names are given here without attempts to decide nationality or ethnicity or other "qualifications" in a bureaucratic manner, so never mind the Austrians, German-Americans; nor the occasional "less scientific" one -- each can be usefully employed in a variety of courses. Since this is naturally a personal choice I might as well admit that my favorite is Sibylla Merian. Some of her work was recently seen on American stamps.)

CUNITZ, MARIE - Astronomer (1610-1664) http://www.astr.95ua.edu/4000WS/CUNITZ.html

HERRAD VON LANDSBERG, abbess of Hohenburg in Alsace (fl. 167-95) http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages/herrad.html

HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA - Astronomer (1750-1848)

http://webcampus3.stthomas.edu/paschons/language_http/German/bios/h.html

HILDEGARD VON BINGEN - Mystic and scholar (1099-1179)

http://webcampus3.stthomas.edu/paschons/language_http/German/bios/h.html

http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages/herrad.html

KIRCH, MARIA MARGARTHE - Astronomer (1670-1720)

http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/kirch_mar.html

KLUMPKE, DOROTHEA- Natural Philosopher ? Astronomer! (=This is probably Klumpke Roberts (1861-1942) try this: http://www.ventanawild.org/news/se00/klumpke.html

MEITNER, LISE - Nuclear Physicist (1878 - 1968)

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Meitner,_Lise@844904033.html

http://www.omen.de/history/fp_inh.htm

MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA - Natural historian (1647 - 1717)

http://home.wtal.de/hh/mdeu.htmhttp://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/didyouknow.2.html

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/external-search/302-7821825-8237666?tag=artvisitwww&keyword=Maria+Sibylla+Merian&mode=books

NOETHER, EMILY - Mathematician (188 -1935)

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Noether,_Amalie_Emmy@861234567.html

http://cedar.evansville.edu/~ck6/bstud/noether.html

ROEBLING, EMILY - US Engineer (1844 - 1903)

http://www.structurae.de/index_d.htmlhttp://www.structurae.de/DataGerman/des0079.html

TACKE, IDA EVA {oo Noddack} chemist/physicist (1896-1979)

http://www.sciam.com/2000/0200issue/0200scicit1.html

http://www.tu-berlin.de/~ini-chemie/PLASMA/21/

http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/idxref/2/0,5716,620641,00.html

Other NOTED WOMAN SCIENTISTS (various sources):

ANNEKE, Mathilde Franziska - Sociologist (1917-1884)

http://www.omen.de/history/fp_inh.htm

BEESE, Melli - Mechanic, first German woman pilot 1911 (1886-1925)

http://odi.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/conny/ausstellung/pionier.htm

BENTZ, Melitta (Liebscher) - Inventor coffee filter (1873-1950)

http://home.t-online.de/home/frauengeschichte/benz.htm

BLAU, Marietta - Physicist (1894-1970)

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Blau,_Marietta@842345678.html

BUEHLER, Charlotte - Psychologist (1892-1974)

http://home.t-online.de/home/frauengeschichte/buehler.htm

DIETRICH, Amalie - Botanist in Australia (1821 - 1891)

http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/dietrich/t_ad_biogs.htm#2

http://home.t-online.de/home/frauengeschichte/dietram.htm

FABRY, Marie (Colinet) - Medicine woman (~1565-after 1623)

http://www.medizin.unikoeln.de/kliniken/augenklinik/geschichte/magnetextraktion.html

GOEPPERT-MAYER, Maria - physicist (1906 Poland -1972 USA)

http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/50/0501D000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1

HABER, Clara (Immerwahr) - Chemist (1878-1915)

http://www.aleph99.org/etusci/ks/t1a7.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/nf/0,1518,15516,00.html

HORNEY, Karen - Psychologist (1885 Hamburg +1952 New York.)

http://centaurus.munzinger.de/ansicht/000/00/0052/000005249t.html

URL: ttp://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Karlik,_Berta@900123456.html

KARLIK, Berta- Physicist (1904-1990 )

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Karlik,_Berta@900123456.html

KNOTT-TER MEER, Ilse - Engineer (1899-)

http://odi.iap.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/conny/ausstellung/pionier.htm

LAMARR, Hedy (Eva Maria Kiesler) - Inventor, Actress (1914-2000)

http://www.hedylamarr.at/f_erfindung.html

http://www.hedylamarr.at/

PANNWITZ, ERICA- Mathematician (1904-1975)

http://www.luise-berlin.de/bms/bmstxt99/9905prod.htm

POCKELS, Agnes - domestic physicist (1862-1935)

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Pockels,_Agnes@871234567.html

REICHE, Maria - Mathematician, Peru archeologist (1903-1998)

http://www.boyschoir.ch/bubble/mariareiche.htm

http://home.t-online.de/home/frauengeschichte/reiche.htm

RIEFENSTAHL, Leni - Filmmaker, anthropologist {1902-)

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/26/riefenstahl.html

SCHEEL, Mildred - Radiologist, cancer research and aid (1932-1985)

{also former German " first lady")

URL: www.tt.uni-hannover.de/mwk/doku/d80.htm

SPONER, Hertha- Physicist (1895 - 1968 )

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Sponer,_Hertha@838834963.html

WRANGELL, Margarethe von -Agriculturist (1877-1932) first woman Professorin

und Institutsdirektorin Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule Hohenheim

ZETKIN, Clara, geb. Eißner - Sociologist (1857-1933)

http://www.omen.de/history/fp_zetki.htm

`NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS:`

SUTTNER, BARONESS BERTHA SOPHIE FELICITA VON (1843-1914)

1905 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/frauenarchiv/europa/Suttner/suttner.html

NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD, CHRISTIANE - Geneticist (1942- )

1995 Nobel Laureate in Medicine http://www.mpg.de/vita-nuesslein.htm

http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/world/101095/world305_1.html

SACHS, NELLY (1891-1970) 1966 Nobel Laureate in Literature

http://osf1.gmu.edu/~kkowalsk/nellylife.html

Might there be a connection to the socalled "totgeschwiegene Wissenschaftlerinnen":

http://www.iguw.tuwien.ac.at/~rli/Seiten/natwi/frau_tec.htm

http://www.iguw.tuwien.ac.at/~rli/Seiten/kooperat/zimmer.htm

http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/FaVeVe/service/frauenbibliothek.html

http://www.fb.ze.tu-muenchen.de/brolit.htm#natur

http://www.ipts.de/women/berhmted.htm

http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/alpha.htm

http://www.uni-bonn.de/Frauengeschichte/ausstell/ausstell.htm

http://www.olms.de/kataloge/fruehefrauen.htm

`Quiz of your general knowledge`

Der Stern is offering a quiz of your general knowledge at the web site

http://www.stern.de/campus-karriere/quiz - it is not easy, but you get an immediate scoring, and it seems to me to reflect the concerns of the German Gymnasium. I thought it was fun.

`Biographies`

Turnvater Jahn

Biography From: STERN Newsletter

11. August 1778

Geburtstag von "Turnvater" Jahn

Am 11. August 1778 wurde Friedrich Ludwig Jahn geboren, der als "Turnvater" das organisierte Turnen begründete. Wegen seiner Deutschtümelei ist er jedoch bis heute auch umstritten. Das Kaiserreichsetzte ihm Denkmäler als nationaler Vorturner, die Nazis feierten ihn als "germanischen Recken", und noch heute nutzt der Deutsche Turnerbund Jahns Wahlspruch "frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei".

Im Juni 1811 legte der Hilfslehrer Jahn in der Berliner Hasenheide den ersten öffentlichen Turnplatz in Deutschland mit Reck, Barren und anderen Geräten an. Er wollte das bislang den Adligen vorbehaltene Turnen dem einfachen Volk zugänglich machen. Zu seinen Turnfesten kamen bis zu 10.000 Gäste, und seine Schüler trugen das Turnen in die Provinz.

Doch Jahns gelegentliche Ausfälle gegen Franzosen und andere Ausländer und die Angst der Behörden vor subversiven Aktivitäten der ersten noch informellen Turnvereine brachte die preußische Obrigkeit gegen ihn auf. Turnen wurde verboten, Jahn ins Gefängnis geworfen und dann in die Verbannung geschickt. Erst 1840 wird er rehabilitiert, und es durfte wieder geturnt werden.

`Biography of Heinrich Boell`

Neu im Web: http://www.heinrich-boell.de/

Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll (1917 - 1985) Schriftsteller aus Köln,

erhielt 1972 den Nobelpreis für Literatur.

Die folgenden Seiten geben Auskunft über Biografie und Bibliografie, zeigen Fotos, informieren u.a. über Verlage und die wichtigsten Institutionen, die seinen Namen tragen.

a. Heinrich Böll: Leben und Werk

b. Aktuell: Veranstaltungen, Pressemitteilungen

c. Erbengemeinschaft Heinrich Böll

d. Heinrich Böll-Archiv der Stadt Köln

e. Verlage / Urheberrechte

f. Heinrich Böll-Stiftung

g. Heinrich Böll-Häuser

h. Heinrich Böll-Schulen

`Germany was gripped by "Elvis fever"`

As early as the Fifties, when the "King" went to Bad Nauheim (Hessen) to fulfill his military obligations. Little did his German fans know that they had another reason to ove him he was, it turns out, a German.According to Donald W. Presley andEdward C. Dunn, both distant relatives of the King, a direct link can be made from Elvis back to a certain Johann Valentin Pressler, a winegrower who emigrated to America in 1710. Pressler came from a village in southern Palatinate called Niederhochstadt. Niederhochstadt became Hochstadt sometime during the 250 years after Johann Pressler left it, but there are still many Presslers there, among them a winegrower like Johann Valentin. Johann Valentin first settled in New York and later moved his family to the South. The name was anglicized during the Civil War by a Pressler serving in the Confederate Army There was no word, however, on whether Hochstadt was planning any Elvis shrines along the lines of Graceland in Memphis, the last residence of the "King of Rock'n Roll." (source: http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/presley.html

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