Soultz-sous-Forêts (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The French revolution
In December 1788 Mary de Bode who had been born in England and her German born husband Baron de Bone arrived in Soultz-sous-Forêts. The Baron was given the fiefdom of Soultz-sous-Forêts by the Archbishop of Cologne (Maximilian Franz of Austria). Mary described Soultz-sous-Forêts as a land "flowing with Corn and oil and wine."

They hoped that the French Revolution would not effect them but at the end of 1794 the Baron and Baroness de Bone moved out of the town, before they mistakenly returned. They were lucky to make a quick escape over the mountains but they left all their riches and five of the children behind them.

Unusually, Clement, one of their sons, and his son, tried for seventy years to unsuccessfully regain the rights and riches they lost in the 1790s. In June 1854 the case of the de Bode family was debated in the British Houses of Parliament after it was introduced by Montague Chambers recommending that France should be obliged to award compensation.

Today
Soultz-sous-Forêts is the site of the European Hot Dry Rocks energy research project.

Notable people
 George Abert, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Further reading
 The Baroness de Bode, 1775-1803, by William S. Childe-Pemberton... , 1900

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Villar may refer to:

Places

France
 Villar-en-Val, a town in the Aude département

Italy
 Villar Dora, a town in the Metropolitan City of Turin
 Villar Focchiardo, a town in the Metropolitan City of Turin
 Villar Pellice, a town in the Metropolitan City of Turin
 Villar Perosa, a town in the Metropolitan City of Turin
 Villar San Costanzo, a town in the province of Cuneo

Spain
 Villar del Ala, a town in the province of Soria, Castile and León
 Villar de Argañán, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
 Villar del Arzobispo, a town in the comarca of Los Serranos in the Valencian Community
 Villar del Buey, a town in the province of Zamora, Castile and León
 Villar del Campo, a town in the province of Soria, Castile and León
 Villar de Cañas, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de Ciervo, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
 Villar del Cobo, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragon
 Villar de Corneja, a town in the province of Ávila, Castile and León
 Villar de Domingo García, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de la Encina, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de Fallaves, a town in the province of Zamora, Castile and León
 Villar de Gallimazo, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
 Villar del Humo, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar del Infantado, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de los Navarros, a town in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon
 Villar de Olalla, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar del Pedroso, a town in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 Villar de Peralonso, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
 Villar de Plasencia, a town in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura
 Villar del Pozo, a town in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de Rena, a town in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura
 Villar del Río, a town in the province of Soria, Castile and León
 Villar de Samaniego, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León
 Villar del Salz, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragon
 Villar y Velasco, a town in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha
 Villar de la Yegua, a town in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León

Other uses
Villar (surname)


Sparsbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Michael McGarrity (born 1940) is a New Mexican author and former law enforcement officer.  He has written a dozen crime novels set in New Mexico and the American West trilogy, historical novels also set in New Mexico consisting of Hard Country, Backlands and The Last Ranch. As deputy sheriff of Santa Fe County he founded their sex crimes unit.

Early life
McGarrity attended the University of New Mexico for three years and graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor's degree with distinction in English and Psychology. He earned a Master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Iowa and is a graduate of the New Mexico Law Enforcement academy.

Career

Legal career and nonfiction writing
In addition to law enforcement work, he has been an investigator and caseworker for the New Mexico Public Defender's Office.  He worked on rehabilitating prison programs after the New Mexico State Penitentiary riot in 1980.  McGarrity has taught at several colleges and universities as well as the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy.  As a social worker he published a number of articles in professional journals on a wide range of topics, ranging from therapy programs for children, to program assessment and evaluation, and drug treatment interventions.

Fiction writing
McGarrity's crime novels take place in modern New Mexico, with law enforcement officer Kevin Kerney as the protagonist. The settings are vividly evoked and range from the Tularosa Basin and Lincoln County to Hermit's Peak, although many take place in Santa Fe. "Hard Country," "Backlands," and "The Last Ranch" form a sweeping trilogy tracing the Kerney family's history in New Mexico from 1875 through the end of the Vietnam War. A ground breaking prequel trilogy, all three books are set on the Tularosa Basin of south central New Mexico.

Awards
McGarrity has been nominated three times for the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel as well as an Anthony Award for his debut novel, Tularosa.

He has received the following awards:
 New Mexico Social Worker of the Year, 1980
 Santa Fe's Police Officer of the Year, 1987
 New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts — Literature, 2004
 Santa Fe Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts - Literature, 2015
 Frank Waters Exemplary Literary Achievement Award, 2015

Bibliography

Kevin Kerney series

Tularosa (1996) — White Sands Missile Range, Tularosa Basin
Mexican Hat (1997) — Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico
Serpent Gate (1998) — Mountainair and Santa Fe
Hermit's Peak (1999) — Hermit's Peak and Las Vegas, New Mexico
The Judas Judge (2000) — Central and southeastern New Mexico
Under the Color of Law (2001) — Santa Fe and western New Mexico
The Big Gamble (2002) — Lincoln and Santa Fe counties
Everyone Dies (2003) — Santa Fe
Slow Kill (2004) — California and New Mexico
Nothing But Trouble (2005) — Bootheel, the extreme southwestern New Mexico
Death Song (2007) — Lincoln County and Santa Fe
Dead or Alive (2008) — Northeastern New Mexico
Residue (2018) — Southwestern New Mexico
Head Wounds (2020) - Las Cruces, New Mexico

American West Trilogy books

Hard Country (2012)
Backlands (2014)
The Last Ranch (2016)

Stand-alones
The Long Ago (2023)

References

Further reading
 Duval, Linda (29 July 1998) "Author Michael McGarrity says "perseverance, luck and talent" bring success to writers" The Gazette (Colorado Springs), Entertainment News Section

External links

 Michael McGarrity's homepage
Modern Signed Books BlogTalkRadio Interview with Rodger Nichols about The Last Ranch June 2016

American crime writers
Western (genre) writers
American thriller writers
1939 births
Living people
University of New Mexico alumni
University of Iowa alumni
American male novelists


Stattmatten () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Samuel Henry Sharman (November 2, 1879 – August 30, 1951) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

In 1924, he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition. He also participated in the Individual trap and finished sixth.

He was born in Gallatin County, Montana and died in Los Angeles, California.

References

1879 births
1951 deaths
American male sport shooters
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
People from Gallatin County, Montana
Sportspeople from Montana


Steinseltz () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

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Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Ponnala Lakshmaiah (born 15 February 1944) is an Indian politician, he is a member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). He is a former minister for Information Technology and Communications for the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was also a member of the legislative assembly of Andhra Pradesh, and a member of the All India Congress Committee.

Early life
Ponnala Lakshmaiah was born in the village of Quilashahpur, located in the heart of the Telangana region, into the Telugu-speaking Hindu family of Ponnala Radha (Radhamma) and Ponnala Rama Kishtaiah. He is married to Ponnala Arunadevi and has two children. He earned his M. S. Mechanical Engineering degree from Oklahoma State University in 1969.

Having come in contact with the World Bank and its programs for developing countries, he was attracted by rural development projects in India. He returned to India and worked to generate rural employment in the region of his birthplace. With his first project, he made improvements in areas such as poultry breeding, helping employ thousands of uneducated people. He also promoted the development of the dairy industry.

Political career
In 1980, Ponnala began working with the Congress Party. In the 1992 Congress Plenary session at Tirupati, he successfully handled the foreign delegates, including prime ministers of neighboring countries.

In 1986, he launched a protest under the name "Samagra Pochampad Karyacharana Samithi" and worked with District Leaders to modify the irrigation scheme to benefit the chronically drought-prone area. Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao laid the foundation on 30 June 1993. The project was under execution in "Jalayagnam" at a cost of Rs. 30 billion.

He served four terms in the Assembly from the Jangaon Constituency in Warangal District.

On 11 March 2014, he was named president of the newly created Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).

On 13 October 2023, he submitted his resignation to the Indian National Congress(INC).

On 16 October 2023, he joined Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

Ponnala Foundation

Ponnala Lakshmaiah said that the Ponnala Foundation started by him would give away awards to mathematics genius every year in memory of the Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, in order to promote the subject among children.

Awards
Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Alumnus – Oklahoma State University (School of business) – Hall of Fame

References

Telangana politicians
People from Telangana
People from Hanamkonda district
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989
Living people
1944 births
Oklahoma State University alumni
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009
Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014


Stotzheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Struth is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Stundwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is 15 km west of the French border with Germany.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Stutzheim-Offenheim (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

On 1 May 1972, Stutzheim-Offenheim was created as a fusion of Stutzheim and Offenheim.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
 Kochersberg

References

External links

 Official site

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Sundhouse () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Surbourg () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Thanvillé (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Thal-Drulingen (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Tieffenbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

External links

Official site

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Traenheim (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

A Jewish house church from 1723  survives.  It is an upstairs room in a half-timbered house renovated for use as a place of public worship  over the "vociferous" objections of the town's pastor but with the permission of the government.   The room still has Hebrew prayers on the walls.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Communes of Bas-Rhin
Synagogues in France


Live in Aspen is from Australian rock band INXS.  Recorded live at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen Colorado USA, it is now considered to be a rare 1997 Australian limited edition 6-track CD. It was released exclusively through Brashs Record Store following the release of the album Elegantly Wasted, and is the final release before the death of lead singer Michael Hutchence in November that same year.

Track listing
 "New Sensation"
 "Elegantly Wasted"
 "Searching"
 "Need You Tonight"
 "What You Need"
 "Kick"

Videos & Photos (external)
 Need You Tonight
 INXS Rock the Rockies pictures

References

Eli Community
www.imeem.com
YouTube
Aspen Valley Film website

Live EPs
INXS live albums
1997 EPs
INXS EPs
1997 live albums
Mercury Records live albums
Mercury Records EPs


Triembach-au-Val () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Milber Down is an Iron Age hill fort on the hill above the suburb of Milber, Newton Abbot in Devon, England. The fort is situated on the north-western slope of Milber Down at about 110 metres above sea level, and is bisected by the minor ridge road that leads to Barton, Torquay. One Iron Age artefact discovered there was a figurine of a stag.

References

Hill forts in Devon
Newton Abbot


Truchtersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 15 July 1974, Behlenheim was merged with Truchtersheim. On 1 January 2016, the former commune Pfettisheim was merged into Truchtersheim.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
 Kochersberg

References

External links

 official site

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Uhlwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Urbeis is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It used to be an important business centre of silver mines.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Andrew James Hartley (born August 7, 1964) is a British-born American novelist, who writes fiction for children and adults. He also writes thrillers as Andrew Hart.

Works
The first of three middle grades and young adult adventures, Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, was released from Razorbill (Penguin) in October 2011. In 2011, he co-authored with David Hewson a novelization of Shakespeare's Macbeth written specially for audio and released by Audible.com in June, narrated by Alan Cumming. His second collaboration with Hewson – an audio novel based on Hamlet, performed by Richard Armitage – was named Audible.com's best book of 2014 and was nominated for two Audie awards.

He is currently working with Tom DeLonge (of Angels and Airwaves and formerly Blink-182) on a novel series – Sekret Machines – released by DeLonge's To The Stars company in 2016. The series will have three books and a documentary film. The first book in the series, Chasing Shadows, was accompanied by a 4 track EP of the same name by Angels and Airwaves. Hartley is also writing a new Young Adult scifi series to be published by DeLonge's To The Stars Inc. and distributed by Simon and Schuster, called Cathedrals of Glass. The first book, Planet of Blood and Ice, was released in February 2017. A limited signed edition was released through To The Stars in November 2016 and sold out in 36 hours. With DeLonge's company partnered with Simon and Schuster, Hartley also writes the young adult sci-fi Cathedrals of Glass series.

June 2016 saw the release of the first of his new young adult series, SteepleJack, from Tor Teen. The book received several starred reviews from trade journals including Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly and ALA Booklist. It was listed as one of Kirkus's Best Teen Books for 2016 and won both the Manly Wade Wellman and International Thriller Writers Awards.  It was followed by Firebrand in 2017 and Guardian in 2018.

Hartley made his UK debut in March 2018 with the publication of Cold Bath Street, a YA ghost story/thriller set in his home town of Preston, Lancashire. The book's title comes from a real street that once housed a public baths for poor Prestonians to bathe in, and is reputed to be haunted. Published by UCLan Publishing, the book was edited, designed, project-managed and produced by students on UCLan's MA Publishing course, the only student-run, student-led publishing house in the world. The book was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal and performed for audio by Christopher Eccleston. The same publisher will release Hartley's Darwen Arkwright series (renamed Monsters in the Mirror) in 2019. The sequel to Cold Bath Street was published in October 2019. Monsters in the Mirror, UK edition of Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, was published on 1 March 2019.

His latest adult thrillers, authored under the pseudonym Andrew Hart, are Lies That Bind Us (2018) and The Woman in Our House (2019) from Lake Union Publishing.

In addition to the novels based on Shakespeare written with David Hewson, several of Hartley's audiobooks are voiced by celebrity actors including Noma Dumezweni (Steeplejack) and Christopher Eccleston (Cold Bath Street).

Personal life
Hartley was born in Preston, Lancashire. After his undergraduate degree he lived in Japan where he taught English for two years, travelling extensively throughout Asia. He then moved to the United States and obtained Masters and Doctoral degrees in English Literature from Boston University. He taught for nine years at the University of West Georgia and became the resident dramaturg for Georgia Shakespeare. At present he is the distinguished professor of Shakespeare in the Department of Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a theatre director and dramaturg, and for 10 years was the editor of the performance journal Shakespeare Bulletin, published by Johns Hopkins University press. He is the director of the Shakespeare in Action Center at UNC Charlotte.  His third novel, What Time Devours, draws on his experiences as an academic and centers on a lost Shakespeare play called Love's Labour's Won.

He studied Egyptology at Manchester University and worked just outside Jerusalem at a Bronze Age site. His mystery/thrillers, which have been USA Today and New York Times bestsellers, reflect this interest in the past, and particularly in the history of culture and ideas. Two of his principal characters are Deborah Miller, a Jewish museum curator who lives in Atlanta, and Thomas Knight, a high school English teacher from Evanston, Illinois. On April 30, 2019, he was on campus at UNC Charlotte when a gunman killed two students and wounded four others. Hartley took shelter with some students until the police declared the situation safe. He used this experience in his YA fantasy novel, Impervious, which was published the following year by Falstaff Books, a Charlotte publisher.

His Youtube channel includes videos on writing and walk-through analyses of songs by Japanese rock bands, notably BabyMetal.

He is married to a Japanese-American medical doctor whom he met when living in Japan, and they have one son.

Awards and honors

2001–2002 University of West Georgia Honors Professor of the Year
2012 SIBA Book Award (young adult) for Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact
2016 Named to Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2016 list for Steeplejack
2017 Named on the American Library Association's list of best young adult books for 2017 for Steeplejack
2017 Winner of the Manly Wade Wellman Award for science fiction and fantasy, North Carolina, for Steeplejack
2017 Winner of the Thriller Award (young adult category) from International Thriller Writers, for Steeplejack
2018 Nominated for the Dragon Award (young adult category) for Cold Bath Street
2018 Long-listed for the Carnegie Medal for Cold Bath Street

Bibliography

Academic Books
The Shakespearean Dramaturg: A Theoretical and Practical Guide, November 2005
Shakespeare and Political Theatre in Practice, January 2014
Shakespeare on the University Stage, December 2014
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in Performance), April 2014
Julius Caesar: A Critical Reader, October 2016
Shakespeare and Millennial Fiction, January 2018

Adult Mystery/Thriller
The Mask Of Atreus, April 2006 (novel)
On the Fifth Day, July 2007 (novel)
What Time Devours, January 2009 (novel)
Tears of the Jaguar, September 2012

Adult Mystery/Thriller - Published under the pen name of Andrew Hart
Lies that Bind Us, June 2018, published by Lake Union Publishing
The Woman in Our House, June 2019, published by Lake Union Publishing

Alternative Detective
Steeplejack, June 2016
Firebrand, June 2017, part of the Steeplejack Saga
Guardian, June 2018, part of the Steeplejack Saga

Essays and Features
How I Got Published, featured, September 2007
How to Write Magical Words: A Writer's Companion, (with David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Stuart Jaffe, Misty Massey, C.E. Murphy), January 2011
Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, featured (page 11), January 2012

Historical Fiction
 Macbeth, a Novel, (with David Hewson) July 2010 as audiobook (narrated by Alan Cumming), spring 2011 print.'
 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, a Novel, (with David Hewson) May 2014 (narrated by Richard Armitage), fall 2014 print."
 Sekret Machines: Book 1 – Chasing Shadows, (with Tom DeLonge), April 2016
 Sekret Machines: Book 2 – A Fire Within, (with Tom DeLonge), September 2018

Middle grades Adventure
Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, October 2011, part of Arkwright Saga
Darwen Arkwright and the Insidious Bleck, November 2012, part of Arkwright Saga
Darwen Arkwright and the School of Shadows, August 2013, part of Arkwright Saga
Monsters in the Mirror, UK edition of Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, March 2019
The Mirrors Shattered: Beyond the Mirror, UK edition of Darwen Arkwright and the Insidious Black, August 2020.

Young Adult Fantasy
Act of Will, March 2009 (novel), part of Hawthorne Saga
Will Power, September 2010 (novel), part of Hawthorne Saga
The Cerulean Stone: A Will Hawthorne short story, May 2013
The Slave Trader's Wedding: A Will Hawthorne Short Story, June 2013
Cathedrals of Glass: Planet of Blood and Ice, February 2017
Cathedrals of Glass: Valkrys Wakes, January 2019
Cold Bath Street, April 2018, published by UCLan Publishing
Written Stone Lane, September 2019, published by UCLan Publishing
Impervious, April 2020, published by Falstaff Books

References

External links

  on Fantasy Fan
 Magical Words, writers' blog

21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Living people
1964 births
21st-century American male writers


The National Algae Association is a United States non-profit algae production trade organization for commercially minded algae researchers, algae producers and equipment companies.

Created in January 2008 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, the association seeks to co-ordinate research and development efforts for commercial algal fuel applications. It also hosts conferences for the presentation of scientific papers on algal fuel.

See also
Algae fuel in the United States

References

External links
National Algae Association

Trade associations based in the United States
Renewable energy in the United States
Energy business associations


Urmatt () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Uttenheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Uttenhoffen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

History
Finds from the Neolithic Age and the Hallstatt culture period are as attested as the settlement in Roman times. After introduction of the Reformation in the 16th Century Uttenhoffen had until the 18th century a simultaneous church. Around 1790 it was fortified. On 1 December 1793 the near winter camp of Major General Stephan Bernhard Keglevich and his private Serbian soldiers was attacked by surprise. 7 days later on 8 December 1793 Madame du Barry was executed for treason.

Architecture
The 15th-18th century church has on each side three arched windows and it has a half-timbered church tower with an imperial dome.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Uttwiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


William Sylvester Silkworth (October 28, 1884 – April 1971), referred to in the U.S. press as "W. S. Silkworth", was an American financier known being president of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York and being forced to resign because of scandal. starting in 1919. He was also a sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924, he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition. Silkworth aggressively and successfully pursued new business for the exchange, and his career as president reached its peak in February 1922, when all trading records at the exchange were broken, ensuring that "Silkworth, not [NYSE president] McCormick, was the talk of Wall Street." Silkworth resigned on June 21, 1923, after an investigation into Consolidated insider corruption discovered irregularities in his personal finances. He later did time for mail fraud. By 1926, Silkworth was best known internationally as a member of the Olympic trap shooting team.

Early life and family
He was born in New York City and died in Hempstead, New York. Based in New York City, William Silkworth's brother George was also involved in the financial industry, working as a broker in New York.

Career

Consolidated committees
He was nominated for a two-year term on the board of governors of the Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York on April 1913. For 1916 and 1917, he was then one of 9 directors of the board of governors. For the Finance Committee of the exchange in 1916 and 1917, he was elected president and treasurer. For those years, he was also on the Committee of Arrangements, and was vice-chairman of the Committee on News and Statistics. For the year 1917 until 1918, J. Frank Howell served as Consolidated president, Silkworth as first vice president, and O'Connor de Cordova as second vice president.

President of Consolidated
In April 1919, William S. Silkworth was elected president of the exchange, winning with a substantial majority after a "bitter contest." According to historian Robert Sobel, Silkworth's election resulted in the "decline of the Little Board." Sobel writes that at that time of his election, "Silkworth operated several bucket shops, and had a hand in many shady deals of the period. He was also a fine salesman, a man of considerable charm, and an excellent publicity director for his market." Silkworth aggressively and successfully pursued new business for the exchange, with the brokers "delighted." He "easily" won re-election in 1920 and in 1921. On the May 10, 1921 annual officers election, Silkworth was named Consolidated president again for 1921 and 1922. His career as president reached its peak in February 1922, when all trading records at the exchange were broken, at a time when the NYSE had low volume, ensuring that "Silkworth, not [NYSE president McCormick], was the talk of Wall Street."

Federal inquiries and resignation
In February 1922, the Consolidated was hit "without warning" with several brokerage and firm failures within the exchange. The firms told Silkworth they needed additional capital to remain in business, and Silkworth raised a fund from the exchange members of $102,000. Several of the firms collapsed anyway, particularly R. H. MacMasters & Company, which failed in late February 1922. The failures shocked the industry. At the time there were calls in the New York State Assembly to ban bucketshops, making an investigation into Consolidated a topical political issue for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alfred E. Smith. In July 1922, Silkworth conceded that some Consolidated brokers were corrupt, and that he was working to clear the exchange of them. Others accused him of misusing the rescue fund from February, with Silkworth denying the allegations in the press However, rumors persisted that Silkworth was considering resigning and leaving the country, which Silkworth again denied. In mid-July, a new series of unexpected failures occurred at Consolidated, including Edward M. Fuller & Company. George Silkworth, William Silkworth's brother, had been a partner at Fuller as well, leading to further accusations of insider corruption. William Silkworth continued to work on his reform program, and shortly afterwards, the assembly passed the Martin Act, which essentially banned bucketshops.

Albert Ottinger began working on the Fuller investigation in December 1922 out of the Anti-Fraud Bureau. Afterwards, a panic at Consolidated resulted in further houses failing, which Silkworth claimed was a result of his reform efforts. He was re-elected in April 1923 to president, promising to cooperate with authorities in ridding the exchange of corruption. On April 26, 1923, the Times reported that for two weeks, by process servers from the office of Carl Austrian and Francis L. Kohlman, counsel for Trustee George C. Sprague, had been seeking to serve subpoenas to Silkworth and his brother George. The trustee wanted to question the Silkworth in the search for assets, particularly $6,612,000 worth of securities which had allegedly been possessed by the Fuller firm at the time of its bankruptcy. At the time, the trial concerning the E. M. Fuller & Co. bankruptcy was awaiting the decision of the U.S. Supreme court on the right to use record-books of the firm. The books were sought by the prosecution to help in seeking a bucketing indictment.

The Ottinger investigation began in late May. In June 1923 it was reported that Silkworth would resign from Consolidated, and that the new exchange committee might demand his immediate resignation. Silkworth testified on June 6. On June 7, he appeared in the Criminal Courts Building to be questioned regarding the recent bankruptcy. Although Assistant Attorney General William F. McKenna failed to implicate Silkworth in the Fuller bankruptcy, he did uncover irregularities in Silkworth's personal finances. The irregularities showed he had made large deposits in March 1922, some related to the Fuller account. Silkworth resigned on June 21, 1923 and soon after went on a "long vacation."

Bucketing conviction
After he and seven others were indicted in late May 1924 for connection with the bankruptcy of Raynor, Nicholas & Truesdell, he pleaded not guilty on May 29, 1924 while held on $8,500 on bail. His counsel, Philip C. Samuels, asked that the trial be postponed until September as Silkworth expected to sail on May 30, 1924 "to take part in the trap shooting contests in the Olympic games." Prosecutor Peter F. McCoy instead asked for the trial to begin in August, for when it was scheduled. Wrote The New York Times about the proceedings, "many friends of Silkworth were present. After the proceedings they greeted him warmly and expressed confidence in him."

On November 29, 1924, Silkworth was convicted of the fraudulent use of mails in bucketing operations, as well as five others also found guilty of bucketing. The conviction was upheld on February 1, 1926 by the Circuit Court of Appeals. He lost his final "bucket" appeal by April 20, 1926, as well as several other brokers. He arrived at prison in June 1926, where his appointed work was farming. For three months in 1926, Silkworth served three months in the Eastview penitentiary in Westchester County after being convicted of mail fraud relating to his brokerage in 1922. and the brokerage house of Raynor, Nicholas and Truesdell. He was released on September 6, 1926 at noon at the Westchester County Penitentiary, paroled after serving three months of a years sentence for "using the mails to defraud." Silkworth stated he was considering becoming a realtor, and that his "persecution" resulted from his advocacy of the Strauss Bill.

False arrest case
He was held again in 1933, accused of theft by James F. Curtis of Roslyn, New York, a lawyer and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. According to the suit, Curtis authorized Silkworth to sell a motor boat "at the best possible price" in November 1932. With Curtis claiming Silkworth paid him around half of the boat's value, Silkworth was arrested for grand larceny on May 17, 1933. He was freed of the theft charge on June 2, 1933. On September 14, 1933, it was reported that Silkworth was suing Curtis for false arrest.  With the verdict read by Justice Brennan of the Supreme Court, Curtis lost the suit and had to pay $500 of the $25,000 suit for false arrest and malicious prosecution.

Traps career
On November 1, 1924, he won the highest prize at the scratch prize at the New York Athletic Club's Travers Island traps contest.

By 1926, Silkworth was best known internationally as a member of the Olympic trap shooting team.

On February 22, 1927 he won second place at the New York Athletic Club traps contest.

Personal life
As of 1935, Silkworth lived in Great Neck, New York.

See also
 Economy of New York City
 Charles G. Wilson
 Mortimer H. Wagar

References

External links
profile

Businesspeople from New York (state)
American stockbrokers
1884 births
1971 deaths
American male sport shooters
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Trap and double trap shooters
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
20th-century American businesspeople


Valff (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Vœllerdingen () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Volksberg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

The village is part of the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

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Wahlenheim (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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Communes of Bas-Rhin


Walbourg (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Communes of Bas-Rhin


La Walck (; ; ) is a former commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-de-Moder.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2016


Waldersbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

People
 Jean-Frédéric Oberlin lived here until his death in 1820.
 Anne Knight, an early British feminist and abolitionist, died here in 1862.

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

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Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Waltenheim-sur-Zorn () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

It lies on the road D332 next to the Marne-Rhine Canal.

Population

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Wangen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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The Province of Buenos Aires Railway ( - FCPBA) was a state-owned company that operated a 902 km  railway network in the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Founded in 1907 as the "Ferrocarril Provincial del Puerto de La Plata al Meridiano V", the company changed its name to FCPBA in 1924.  In 1951 it was taken into state ownership and in 1953 it was absorbed by the state-owned Belgrano Railway. The FCPBA should not confused with the similarly named French–owned Compañía General (CGBA, later "G" branch) which also operated in the Province.

History

Project
By the end of 19th Century, railway lines in Buenos Aires Province were managed by two British companies, BA Great Southern and Argentine Great Western. Together,both companies effectively had a monopoly, apart from fixing prices. In response to this situation, the Government of Buenos Aires considered how to run railway transport in the province which could work as a cost effective alternative to the British-owned ones.

In 1897, the government sanctioned the "Law of Agriculture and Economy Railway lines", allowing any person (pursuant to certain legal and technical requirements) to build  gauge railway lines. The Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Marcelino Ugarte, encouraged the construction of a regional railway line to compete against the dominant British companies. In his view, the presence of a more cost effective railway transport would force the British companies to decrease their prices to keep their position in the market.

A provincial decree promulgated in September 1904 ordered the construction of a railway line from Barracas al Sud to Carhué. This line was given to Buenos Aires Midland Railway in 1906. In March 1905 the other concession was given to French-owned Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Both lines were to compete with Ferrocarril Provincial.

The lines to be built were determined as following:

 Western line: From La Plata Port and Meridiano V, crossing the city of La Plata and Brandsen, Monte, Saladillo, 25 de Mayo, and 9 de Julio Partidos. This line had two branches:
 A 270 km extension branch to Meridiano V, starting between a point to be determined between Monte and Saladillo stations.
 Another branch from General Alvear to Olavarría.
 South line: From some point between Brandsen and Monte to Mar del Plata, crossing Ranchos, Chascomús, Pila, Rauch, Ayacucho and Balcarce partidos. This line would be split into three branches:
 From Pila to Tuyú, crossing Dolores, Gral. Conesa and Gral. Lavalle.
 From Mar del Plata to General Alvarado
 From Mar del Plata to Azul or Olavarría (to be determined), crossing Balcarce and Tandil

The main offer to take on the project was from "Societe Anonime Franco-Argentine de travaux publics", a Franco-Belgian society headed by Otto Bemberg. The society was formed by Bemberg & Cia, Louis Dreyfus and Emili Erlanger & Cia, and Dirks & Dates.

Construction and development
In August 1907 authorisation was given for the construction of the line, originally named "Ferrocarril Provincial del Puerto de La Plata al Meridiano V". Construction began in La Plata in June 1909 and the sections of the line were progressively opened as follows:

This completed a 553 km line with 31 stations and on 31 August 1916 the Provincial Government took over the operation of the railway. The first service ran on 17 March 1912. The only important town on the route was 9 de Julio (that was already served by the Western Railway). As time passed, new towns were established including Loma Verde, Etcheverry, Gobernador Udaondo, Carlos Beguerie, Hirsh, Fortín Olavarría, Roosvelt and Mira Pampa. Nevertheless, the railway did not make any profits due to floods or poor harvests.

The original project was incomplete with only the western branch being built. In 1913 another Law authorised the Government to build 4,000 km in railway lines in Buenos Aires Province as an expansion of the main line. The branches to be built were the following:

The line was officially opened on 7 January 1914, but was not opened to public until 17 May. In March 1912, under the Inocencio Arias administration, the "Sociedad Ferrocarril Puerto de La Plata al Meridiano V" was created but its first trade balance was negative due to the line was still incomplete. Moreover, as harvest season had finished, other rail companies had been commissioned to transport the harvest. In December 1913, the  Ferrocarril La Plata (a  tram built by the municipality of La Plata to transport cattle from this city to Abasto and inaugurated in 1902) was sold to the Province and subsequently added to Ferrocarril Provincial. By 1914, the company weended up with a surplus of $ 6.516,15.

In 1916, the provincial government (led by Marcelino Ugarte) took over the line. Nevertheless, diverse reasons (such as floodings, the World War I, wildcat strikes) caused the FCPBA showed a large deficit from 1915 to 1921, when Juan Bajac is appointed as manager of the company. Under his management, the company changed its name to "Ferrocarril Provincial" in 1924, also projecting lines to Olavarría, Azul, and Avellaneda. The FCPBA also acquired new rolling stock to modernise the line.

Exploitation and Expansion
The railway continue its expansion during the next years, reaching more towns in Buenos Aires Province. The cities joined by the train were as follows:

On 14 November 1924 the name of the company was changed to "Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires" (abbreviated FCPBA).

In 1935 the company acquired four railcars to Swiss company Sulzer Brothers to run services on La Plata–Meridiano V line. The four units served throughout the Provicinal extension, running an average of 100,000 km per year. The line where the Sulzer vehicles ran most was Avellaneda–La Plata (54 km length covered in 65 minutes). Those railcars would be put out of circulation in the 1960s.

In 1936, the Provincial Government introduced a draft law with several proposes for the FCPBA, including three main options: 1) selling to the National government-, 2) agreements with other rail companies that served the same regions; 3) an improvement plan that included creation of urban centers in some stations, and settlement of adjacent areas, among others. The idea of selling the line was based on the excessively low prices, the proximity of other lines (from rival companies) serving the same regions, and the low profits during the 1926–35 period (with few exceptions). Finally, the third option was chosen.

In the mid-1940s the Provincial Government decided to nationalise the Ferrocarril Depietri that run from San Pedro and Arrecifes. Eduardo Depietri, owner of the line, refused to give his company but the Government revoked the concession in November 1949 alleging breach of contract and the railway was expropriated.

Nevertheless, the San Pedro-Arrecifes service would not run anymore because the FCPBA never showed interests in 68 km of pathways that were far away from its own line. On 31 December 1951 the company was transferred to state ownership as an independent entity under the control of the Empresa Nacional de Transportes (ENT) and in 1953 was absorbed by Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano, one of the six state-owned companies formed after the nationalisation of the entire railway network in 1948.

On 1 January 1954 the Ferrocarril Nacional Provincia de Buenos Aires (FNPBA) was formed by integrating the FCPBA, the CGBA and the Midland and was incorporated into the Ferrocarril Belgrano on 7 October 1957. Nevertheless, the merger was not beneficial to the Provincial so much of its rolling stock was taken off to serve Midland and Compañía General services, which had serious infrastructure problems.

The Ferrocarril Belgrano (whose tracks intersected with the Depietri's railway) nor took interest in taking over the expropriated railway. The abandoned structure was depredated and the remained assets were returned to Depietri's company in 1967. The tracks were dismantled, the lands sold and the rest was sold as scrap.

Decline and Closure
The lines between Etcheverry and Mira Pampa and Carlos Beguerie to Azul and Olavarría, together with their respective branch lines, were closed on 28 October 1961 during the Government of Arturo Frondizi. The line between Olavarría and La Plata was temporarily re-opened for freight traffic between April 1964 and 1968. The tracks between Carlos Beguerie and Mira Pampa were lifted in October 1974 and passenger services on the La Plata-Avellaneda were discontinued on 6 July 1977. Freight trains continued to operate on the line until the dissolution of the Belgrano Railway along with the entirety of Ferrocarriles Argentinos in the early 1990s.

References

External links

 Museo Ferroviario Bonaerense (archived)
 Centro Cultural Estación Provincial
 Photos of the Railroad Museum at Punta de Riel website

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Wangenbourg-Engenthal (; , Alsatian: Wàngeburi-Angedààl) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune was established in November 1974 from the former communes Engenthal and Wangenbourg.

The commune is not a single settlement, but rather an administrative unit comprising the following eight mountain hamlets:

 Engenthal-le-Bas
 Engenthal-le-Haut
 Freudeneck
 les Huttes
 Obersteigen
 Schneethal
 Windsbourg
 Wolfsthal

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wasselonne (; ) is a commune based in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France, more precisely, in the Grand Est region. The oldest firm of unleavened bread in France: Etablissements René Neymann, is located in this town.

Population

Geography
Wasselonne is located in the Mossig valley, in the Vosges foothills, near the Alsace Wine Route.

The town train station is nowadays closed. A bicycle path has been built in th eplace of the former railway.

History
In Roman times, Wasselonne was a vicus populated by the Triboci. The village was situated on the Durenberg hill and the left bank of the Mossig.

In the Merovingian period, Wasselonne prospered thanks to its proximity to Kirchheim, where a large and popular royal residence was established. During the 7th and 8th centuries, Wasselonne was certainly densely populated.

At the beginning of the 15th century, Wasselonne Castle was described as one of the most important fortresses in Lower Alsace. It was the seat of the bailiwick of Wasselonne. The stones used for its construction were extracted from the pink sandstone quarries of the Kronthal, identical to those used for the construction of Strasbourg cathedral.

In 1447, the Wasselonne War (1446-1448) pitted the Grand Chapter of Strasbourg against William, Count of Fénétrange and Walther von Dahn, who held the imperial fiefdom of Wasselonne from 1425 to 1483. Wasselonne was besieged and taken by the latter, then recaptured by Strasbourg troops who set fire to the castle in 1448.

The conflict officially ended when Walther von Dahn sold the castle and the village to the city of Strasbourg, in 1496, for 7,000 florins.

Between 1811 and 1919, Wasselonne was the second largest tanning centre in the Bas-Rhin, Strasbourg being the first one. It was overtaken by Barr during the next decades.

During the Second World War, eleven Jewish people from Wasselonne were deported by the Nazis and never returned from the extermination camps. To this list should be added the Protestant Henri Roederer who died in 1943. The only Jewish survivor of the camps is Jean Samuel, who died in 2010. He deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp with the writer Primo Levi, who made him the character of Pikolo in his book If This Is a Man.

Monuments
Wasselonne is known for its castle, which has been partially destroyed in 1674. The remains of this munument, a big circular tower and a square tower, can still be seen nowadays.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Weinbourg () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Marianne Andersen (born 26 March 1980 in Drammen) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She has won twelve individual medals in the world and European championships, as well as winning nine national championships. In 2017 she won a silver medal in the middle distance after seven years without a medal (mainly due to injury).

World and European championships
Andersen won one gold medal, six silver medals and two bronze medals in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Orienteering Championships. She received further medals at the 2010 World Championships in her home country of Norway. In the European Championships, she achieved a silver medal in the 2004 European Championships with the Norwegian relay team, and two individual silver medals in the 2006 European Championships (Sprint and Middle distance). Andersen was then effectively away from the sport from 2011 to 2015, struggling with injury. She made a big comeback in 2016 her reward being a WOC silver medal at Middle Distance. She now (as of 2017) has 14 WOC medals (1 gold, 9 silver and 4 bronze) - all but the new one from before 2011!

She placed 10th in the long distance at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, and won a bronze medal in the relay with the Norwegian team.

World cup
Andersen obtained one victory (middle distance, Auvergne, 2006), eleven second places and four third places in the World cup events, during the seasons 2005–2009. She finished second in the overall world cup in 2006, and second in 2009.

National championships
Andersen has won nine gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals in the National championships, and was awarded the King's cup in 2004 and 2007. She has represented the clubs Nydalens SK, NTNUI and Konnerud IL. In 2019, she won the Jukola Relay with Fredrikstad SK.

References

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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Drammen
Norwegian orienteers
Female orienteers
Foot orienteers
World Orienteering Championships medalists


Weislingen () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Weitbruch is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

External links

Official web site of the commune

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Weiterswiller () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

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Communes of Bas-Rhin


Westhoffen (; ; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

History
From 1236 Westhofen was a fief of the Holy Roman Empire to the Lords of Lichtenberg, who with their successors Hanau-Lichtenberg will remain the lords of the places until the French Revolution. In the rule of Lichtenberg it was assigned to Amt Westhofen of the same name. In 1332 Westhofen received Town privileges, namely that of Haguenau.

The coat of arms of Westhoffen is thus directly inspired by the seal of the Lichtenbergs: a helm with a swan's neck crest. At this time (1250) the construction of the Saint-Martin church began, one of the rare hall churches of the Gothic period, which was profoundly altered and enlarged in the 19th century, thus giving it a neo-Gothic external appearance then in vogue.

When Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenberg, the last male member of the family, died in 1480, the inheritance was divided between his two nieces, Anna and Elisabeth. Anna had married Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1417–1480), through whom Amt Westhofen came to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg that resulted from this marriage.

Population

Gallery

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Communes of Bas-Rhin


Frank H. Hughes (January 14, 1881 – June 28, 1942) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

In 1924, he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition and the bronze medal in the individual trap. He was born in Neligh, Nebraska and died in Rochester, Minnesota.

References

External links
profile

1881 births
1942 deaths
People from Neligh, Nebraska
American male sport shooters
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in shooting
Trap and double trap shooters
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
20th-century American sportsmen


Westhouse (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

External links

Westhouse.info

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Weyersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

Twin towns
Weyersheim is twinned with:

  Rot am See, Germany, since 2000

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wickersheim-Wilshausen is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Wickersheim and Wilshausen.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wildersbach is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

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 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Willgottheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

On 1 July 1972, Willgottheim merged with the commune of Wœllenheim ().

Population

See also
Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
Kochersberg

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wilwisheim (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Windstein is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Wingen-sur-Moder (; ; Rhine Franconian: Winge) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The name, literally translated as "Wingen on the Moder", is often shortened to Wingen, although this is the name of a small commune in the Haguenau-Wissembourg arrondissement.

History
The location of Wingen-sur-Moder was the site of a village of the Triboci tribe. Part of the borders of the village are marked by menhirs, including three named menhirs which still exist: Spitzstein, Drei-Peterstein, and Breitenstein. The first known mention of Wingen is in 718, when Wingibergus is mentioned in documents donated to Weissenburg Abbey. The village is also mentioned in 742 as Wigone Monte and in the twelfth century as Winchenhoven.

The fourteenth century saw many conflicts affect the town. In 1314, soldiers of the Imperial City of Strasbourg burned Wingen and several nearby towns during their march towards La Petite-Pierre, a nearby village that was home to one of the lords aligned against Strasbourg. In 1382, the Count of Linange made Wingen a fiefdom and granted it to the Holy Roman Emperor. The town lies along an important travel route between the Moder and Eichel valleys during this period and the emperor began to toll travel through the town. The Thirty Years War and an outbreak of plague devastated Wingen and the surrounding region in the early seventeenth century, leaving the town uninhabited. In the wake of the war, the town was repopulated primarily by Swiss immigrants.

The eighteenth century brought the introduction of Wingen's most important industry: glassmaking. Master glassblowers from neighboring Rosteig built shops in the hamlets of Neuhütte in 1708 and Hochberg in 1715. However, it was not until 1922 that the largest and most famous glassmaker arrived in Wingen. In that year, famous French glass designer René Lalique opened the Verrerie d'Alsace (Alsace glassworks) glassworks in Wingen; it became the Cristallerie Lalique (Lalique Crystal Works) in 1962. It is the only glass production facility of the Lalique company, which he founded.

Battle of Wingen-sur-Moder
In early January 1945, Wingen was the location of a minor, but strategically important battle between German and American forces. On New Year's Eve, Germany launched a surprise offensive—Operation Nordwind—in northern Alsace. At the start of the offensive, Wingen was controlled by Allied forces and a modest number of soldiers from the Seventh United States Army were positioned near the town. At dawn on 4 January, two battalions of the German 6th SS Mountain Division Nord managed to quickly capture Wingen. Over 200 American soldiers positioned in the town were caught off guard, captured, and held captive in the Catholic church and a nearby house without food or water until they were liberated on 7 January. The two sides fought house-to-house for the ensuing three days until the Germans retreated in the early hours of 7 January. The fighting damaged nearly every building in Wingen.

Heritage sites

Two national heritage sites (monuments historiques or MH) are located in Wingen-sur-Moder.

The Teutsch house (French: Château Teutsch) was constructed by the Teutsch family between 1860 and 1866. Starting in 1816, the Teutsch family owned and operated the Hochberg glass factory, which was in decline at the time the house was built and closed in 1868. The house was restored in 1990 and its exterior facade and roof have been registered as a monument historique since 1996. The interior has been completely redesigned and now serves as a summer camp.

The former Hochberg glassworks (French: Verrerie du Hochberg; also known as Hanauer-Glashütte) was founded in 1715 by Jean-Adam Stenger. The site was registered as a monument historique in 1996 and consists of workshops, two large residences, and worker housing. The glassworks also include the Teutsch House, which is registered as a separate historic monument.

The Lalique Museum, opened in 2011, is located on the site of the former Hochberg glassworks.

Geography
The town of Wingen-sur-Moder lies in the upper valley of the Moder at an elevation of . The commune covers , of which more than 80% is covered by forest. It is one of many communes that are located within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park.

The commune includes the hamlets Huhnerscherr, Kohlhutte, and Stauffersberg.

Population

Transport
Wingen-sur-Moder has a railway station, which is located along the Mommenheim-Sarreguemines railway line, which connects the cities of Strasbourg, France and Saarbrücken, Germany. The rail line was built during German rule by the General Division of the Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine; the section through Wingen-sur-Moder opened 1 May 1895. TER Grand Est, a Train Express Régional operated by SNCF, serves the Wingen-sur-Moder station.

The town lies along Route D919, which runs from Haguenau to Sarreguemines and connects Wingen to other communities along the Moder Valley. Route D256 runs north from the town through the northern part of the commune to the Moselle border, where it continues north as D37 to Bitche. Route D135 travels south from the town to La Petite-Pierre.

Twin city
The town is a twin town to Burgkirchen an der Alz, in southeastern Germany.

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

External links

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Wingersheim (; ) is a former commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Wingersheim-les-Quatre-Bans.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

External links

www.wingersheim.net

Former communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2016


Villarroya may refer to:

The name of several places in Spain:

 Villarroya, La Rioja, a municipality in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain
 Villarroya de los Pinares, a municipality in the province of Teruel, Aragon
 Villarroya de la Sierra, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon
 Villarroya del Campo, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon

People:

 Francisco Villarroya (born 1966), retired Spanish footballer
 Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta (born 1957), Spanish general


Wintershouse () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Wintzenbach (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wintzenheim-Kochersberg () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
 Kochersberg

References

External links
 Mairie de Wintzenheim-Kochersberg

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wisches (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Communes of Bas-Rhin


Witternheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wittersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It has a population of 671 (2019) and an area of 7.05 km².

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wittisheim () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wiwersheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

On 23 November 1944, General Leclerc gathered his staff in the town hall of the village to finalize the last adjustments before the final 2nd Armored Division assault to liberate Strasbourg.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
 Kochersberg

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Wolfskirchen () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin


Vallecillo, meaning little valley in Spanish, can refer to:

People:
Érick Vallecillo (born 1980), Honduran footballer
Orlin Vallecillo (born 1983), Honduran footballer

Places:
Vallecillo, Honduras, town in Honduras
Vallecillo Municipality, Nuevo León, town in Nuevo León, Mexico
Vallecillo, León, town in the province of León, Castile y León, Spain
El Vallecillo, town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain


Wolxheim (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Bas-Rhin department

References

Communes of Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia