Old Essen Synagogue: RUHR.2010 Old Essen Synagogue / Design: wbp Landschaftsarchitekten Ingenieure, Bochum The former Essen synagogue, completed in 1913 by master builder Edmund Körner on behalf of the Jewish community, is the only free-standing major synagogue structure to have survived - at least externally - the Second World War. Today, it constitutes a unique cultural and architectural monument. The future House of Jewish Culture is, however, presented not as a museum and historical site but rather as a meeting place where people can come into contact with Jewish culture and the Jewish way of life. Jews are frequently reduced to the role of victims of the Nazi period and Jewish culture is often seen solely in the light of a religious community. The Old Synagogue will, however, provide new access. With the aid of the architecture and exhibition areas, the historic building will shed light on questions relating to Jewish identities and lifestyles.
Petrarch Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo Original lyrics by Petrarch, found in 1985 in Erfurt Biography[edit] Youth and early career[edit] Petrarch was born in the Tuscan city of Arezzo in 1304. He was the son of Ser Petracco and his wife Eletta Canigiani. Petrarch spent his early childhood in the village of Incisa, near Florence. He traveled widely in Europe and served as an ambassador and has been called "the first tourist"[6] because he traveled just for pleasure,[7] which was the basic reason he climbed Mont Ventoux.[8] During his travels, he collected crumbling Latin manuscripts and was a prime mover in the recovery of knowledge from writers of Rome and Greece. Mount Ventoux[edit] Scholars[14] note that Petrarch's letter[15][16] to Dionigi displays a strikingly "modern" attitude of aesthetic gratification in the grandeur of the scenery and is still often cited in books and journals devoted to the sport of mountaineering. Later years[edit] Giovanni died of the plague in 1361. Works[edit]
Segeroth and the Red Light District of Essen The red light district of Essen, the Stahlstrasse, dates from about 1900, at which time it was called Heilig-Geist-Strasse and lay in the ‘traditional’ working-class district of Segeroth. This was a former meadow area for cattle which from the 1840s onwards was converted within a few decades into an ‘inner-city’ area with the establishment of the new coal-mining industry and steel industry. Today, the greater part of Segeroth has been taken over by the University. The new times were ushered in with the establishment around 1840 of 'Mathias‘, one of the first Mergel mines in the Ruhr area. The new industries, especially Krupp, ended up enticing workers from far afield. Between 1860 and 1873 the population tripled to over 56,000 . Segeroth was the area with the highest-density and the lowest average living quality in Essen. Politically Segeroth was for decades a stronghold of the socialist movement. After their take over, the Nazis began there ‘cleansing’ of the Segeroth quarter.
Dr. Susan Blackmore Archives d partementales du Bas-Rhin The Archives départementales du Bas-Rhin’s website is in french only. However, this section provides information on our online and on site facilities to help you make the most of your research. Digitised parish and civil registers on line. A free access to three millions of images ! The Departement du Bas-Rhin vital records are now available on line. parish registers from the XVIth century to 1792 ; 10-year index and civil registers of birth, marriage and death from 1793 to 1912 ; family names’ choice registers by Jews (1808). Access to online records Digitised vital records remain available in reading room. Records The Archives departementales du Bas-Rhin is home to millions of documents, files and images (both public and private) that cover 1,200 years of history. Visit us Where to find us ? Postal Address : 6, rue Philippe Dollinger - 67100 Strasbourg Phone : (033) +3 69 06 73 06 Fax : (033) +3 69 33 21 39 Mail : archives@cg67.fr Website : Opening times
Juana Inés de la Cruz Sister (Spanish: Sor) Juana Inés de la Cruz, O.S.H. (English: Joan Agnes of the Cross) (12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain. Although she lived in a colonial era when Mexico was part of the Spanish Empire, she is considered today both a Mexican writer and a contributor to the Spanish Golden Age, and she stands at the beginning of the history of Mexican literature in the Spanish language. Early life[edit] A portrait of Juana during her youth in 1666, which states she was 15 at the time, when she first entered the viceregal court She was born Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana in San Miguel Nepantla (now called Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in her honor) near Mexico City. Juana was a devoutly religious child who often hid in the hacienda chapel to read her grandfather's books from the adjoining library, something forbidden to girls. Death[edit] Posthumous[edit] Works[edit] Legacy[edit]
The Communities of Alsace A-Z: Resources [General Information: English/Français/Deutsch] [Home] [Contact Us] Index: [A-E] [F-L] [M-R] [S-Z] [Administrative Breakdown] By Brian J. Smith - July, 2004 (last updated December, 2012) This page contains one person's advice about the best resources for researching our ancestors from Alsace. Many records from Alsace are available, and for most communities they date back to the 1600's. The biggest problem with these these fine detailed records is that almost all of them are organized by community. (Some people suspect that their ancestors came from Alsace, but are not sure. If you know that your ancestor originated in Alsace, here are several techniques for trying to learn the name of the community of your ancestor's origin:. Living Relatives -- Ask your living relatives. Microfilm Records of the Family History Library (FHL) Copies of many records from Alsace, and from the rest of the world as well, are available from microfilm through the Family History Library (FHL). Canton Records
Eratosthenes Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατοσθένης, IPA: [eratostʰénɛːs]; English /ɛrəˈtɒsθəniːz/; c. 276 BC[1] – c. 195/194 BC[2]) was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He invented the discipline of geography, including the terminology used today.[3] Eratosthenes was the founder of scientific chronology; he endeavored to revise the dates of the chief literary and political events from the conquest of Troy. He was a figure of influence who declined to specialize in only one field. Seventeen hundred years after Eratosthenes' death, while Christopher Columbus studied what Eratosthenes had written about the size of the Earth, he chose to believe that the Earth's circumference was much smaller. Life[edit] These works and his great poetic abilities led the pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes to seek to place him as a librarian at the Library of Alexandria in the year 245 BC.
Jugend 1918-45 Das jüdische Jugendheim Das Jugendheim kurz nach der Fertigstellung Die Idee eines jüdischen Jugendheimes in Essen geht auf den Rabbiner Dr. Hugo Hahn zurück. In der Zeitschrift „Der Jugendbund" schrieb er im Jahr 1928: „Wir wollen in der Großstadt das Haus der Jugend, um die eingesessenen und die zugezogenen Jugendlichen sammeln und miteinander in Kontakt bringen zu können; wir wollen das Haus zu einem jüdischen Heim gestalten, in dem alle Jugendlichen sich wohl und glücklich fühlen sollen; es soll dieses Haus nicht zuletzt ein Mittelpunkt des geistigen Schaffens der Gemeinde werden Nach dem Vorbild der christlichen Jugendarbeit in den Gemeinden und insbesondere auch des 1911/12 errichteten evangelischen Weigle-Hauses sollte das jüdische Jugendheim ein Treffpunkt der gesamten jüdischen Jugend aus dem „Jüdischen Jugendverein", den verschiedenen Jugendbünden und Verbänden der jüdischen Jugendbewegung, den Sportvereinen sowie den Ausbildungs- und Erziehungsvereinen werden. Fußnoten
Enheduanna Regarded by literary and historical scholars as possibly the earliest known author and poet, Enheduanna served as the High Priestess during the third millennium BCE.[1] She was appointed to the role by her father, King Sargon of Akkad. Her mother was Queen Tashlultum.[7][8] Enheduanna has left behind a corpus of literary works, definitively ascribed to her, that include several personal devotions to the goddess Inanna and a collection of hymns known as the "Sumerian Temple Hymns," regarded as one of the first attempts at a systematic theology. In addition, scholars, such as Hallo and Van Dijk, suggest that certain texts not ascribed to her may also be her works.[9] Enheduanna was appointed to the role of High Priestess in what is considered to be a shrewd political move by Sargon to help cement power in the Sumerian south where the City of Ur was located.[10] She continued to hold office during the reign of Rimush, her brother. Archaeological and textual evidence[edit] See also[edit]
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola - Wikipedia Altamira cave[edit] The Altamira cave, now famous for its unique collection of prehistoric art, was well known to local people, but had not been given much attention until in 1868, when it was "discovered" by the hunter Modesto Peres. Sautuola then started exploring the caves in 1875. He did not become aware of the paintings, however, until 1879, when his daughter Maria, nine years old at the time, incidentally noticed that the ceiling was covered by images of bisons. Sautuola, having seen similar images engraved on Paleolithic objects displayed at the World Exposition in Paris the year before, rightly assumed that the paintings might also date from the Stone Age. Publication[edit] Professor Juan Vilanova y Piera supported Sautuola's assumptions, and they published their results in 1880,[1] to much public acclaim. María de Sautuola, the discoverer of the Altamira paintings Legacy[edit] Family[edit] References[edit]
Ada Lovelace - Wikipedia English mathematician (1815–1852) Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She was the first to recognise the machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Lovelace was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron and reformer Anne Isabella Milbanke.[2] Lord Byron separated from his wife a month after Ada was born, and died when she was eight. Lovelace's educational and social exploits brought her into contact with scientists such as Andrew Crosse, Charles Babbage, David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone and Michael Faraday, and the author Charles Dickens, contacts which she used to further her education. Biography Childhood Lord Byron expected his child to be a "glorious boy" and was disappointed when Lady Byron gave birth to a girl. Adult years Education Death Work
Walter Rodney Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a prominent historian, political activist and scholar from Guyana. He was assassinated in Guyana in 1980. Career[edit] Born into a working-class family, Walter Rodney was a very bright student, attending Queen's College in the then British Guiana (now Guyana), where he became a champion debater and athlete, and then attending university on a scholarship at the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) in Jamaica, graduating in 1963 with a first-class degree in History, thereby winning the Faculty of Arts prize. Rodney earned a PhD in African History in 1966 at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, England, at the age of 24. Rodney traveled widely and became very well known internationally as an activist, scholar and formidable orator. On 15 October 1968 the government of Jamaica, led by prime minister Hugh Shearer, declared Rodney persona non grata. Later life[edit] Assassination[edit] Academic influence[edit]
Ptolemy Background[edit] Engraving of a crowned Ptolemy being guided by the muse Astronomy, from Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch, 1508. Although Abu Ma'shar believed Ptolemy to be one of the Ptolemies who ruled Egypt after the conquest of Alexander the title ‘King Ptolemy’ is generally viewed as a mark of respect for Ptolemy's elevated standing in science. Perhaps for no other reason than the association of name, the 9th-century Persian astronomer Abu Ma'shar assumed Ptolemy to be a member of Egypt's royal lineage, stating that the ten kings of Egypt who followed Alexander were wise "and included Ptolemy the Wise, who composed the book of the Almagest". Astronomy[edit] The Almagest is the only surviving comprehensive ancient treatise on astronomy. Ptolemy presented a useful tool for astronomical calculations in his Handy Tables, which tabulated all the data needed to compute the positions of the Sun, Moon and planets, the rising and setting of the stars, and eclipses of the Sun and Moon.