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]
Lev Lopatin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russian philosopher Lev (Leo) Mikhailovich Lopatin (Russian: Лев Миха́йлович Лопа́тин; 13 June 1855, Moscow – 21 March 1920, Moscow) was a Russian philosopher and former head of the Moscow Psychological Society until the formal liquidation of the society by the Soviet after the Revolution of 1917. Works[edit] Lopatin continued to clarify his philosophy in his two-volume work The Positive Tasks of Philosophy (1886). See also[edit] References[edit] ^ History of Russian Philosophy, (2vol) pg 646 by Vasilii Vasilevich Zenkovsky; Translator George L. Sources[edit] A history of Russian Philosophy (2 vols.), by Vasilii Vasilevich Zenkovsky; Translator George L.
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 Joseph de Maistre Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat (1753–1821) Joseph Marie, comte de Maistre (French: [də mɛstʁ];[a] 1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821)[3] was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution.[4] Despite his close personal and intellectual ties with France, Maistre was throughout his life a subject of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which he served as a member of the Savoy Senate (1787–1792), ambassador to Russia (1803–1817),[5] and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817–1821).[6] A key figure of the Counter-Enlightenment and a precursor of Romanticism,[7] Maistre regarded monarchy both as a divinely sanctioned institution and as the only stable form of government.[8] He called for the restoration of the House of Bourbon to the throne of France and for the ultimate authority of the Pope in temporal matters. Biography[edit] Philosophy[edit] Politics[edit] Religion[edit]
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]
Christoph Meiners From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 19th century German historian and promoter of Scientific Racism Christoph Meiners (31 July 1747 – 1 May 1810) was a German racialist, philosopher, historian, and writer born in Warstade. He supported the polygenist theory of human origins. Biography[edit] Chistoph Meiners was born in Warstade (now a part of Hemmoor) near Otterndorf. Polygenism[edit] Meiners was a polygenist: he believed that each race had a separate origin. According to Meiners: Meiners claimed the Negro felt less pain than any other race and lacked in emotions. Meiners also claimed Native Americans were an inferior stock of people. Meiners wrote that the noblest race was the Celts, and they were able to conquer various parts of the world, were more sensitive to heat and cold and their delicacy is shown by the way they are selective about what they eat. Works[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] External links[edit] Works by or about Christoph Meiners at Internet Archive
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.
Alexander Moszkowski From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander Moszkowski (15 January 1851 – 26 September 1934) was a German satirist, writer and philosopher of Polish-Jewish descent. He was the brother of the composer and pianist Moritz Moszkowski. He was a friend of many celebrities in Berlin, among them the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, about whom he was the first to publish a book in the summer of 1920 and consequently popularize the theory of relativity.[1] In his autobiography he wrote: "At the beginning of the 20th century the question of the conceivability of other worlds with modified physics and mathematics will be highly employed."[2] Life[edit] He was born on 15 January 1851 in Pilica, former Russian-Polish border. Moszkowski was from 1892 a member of the Gesellschaft der Freunde. Works[edit] References[edit] Sources[edit] This article is based on the translation of the corresponding article of the German Wikipedia. External links[edit]
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]