HALLE, City, Germany

city (1994 pop. 195,370), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, on the Saale River. It is an industrial center and a major transportation hub. Manufactures include chemicals, refined sugar and other food products, machinery, rubber, cement, and electrical and chemical products. Lignite and potash are mined in the region. Industrialization has caused Halle and the region surrounding it to become one of the most polluted areas in Europe. Located on the site of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements, Halle was first mentioned in the 9th cent. In 968 it was given to the archbishops of Magdeburg, who frequently resided there. The city was a member (1281–1478) of the Hanseatic League and accepted (1544) the Reformation. Halle was annexed by Brandenburg in 1648. The famous Univ. of Halle was founded in 1694, and in 1817 it absorbed the Univ. of Wittenberg. In Halle in 1695 the philanthropist A. H. Francke founded a school for paupers, the first of the Francke Institutes. The first Bible Society was founded at Halle in 1710. Noteworthy buildings include the Gothic Red Tower (1418–1506) and the Marienkirche, a 16th-century church. The composer Handel was born (1685) in Halle.

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books on: Halle City Germany  - 417 results

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Municipal Life and Government in Germany
Book by William Harbutt Dawson; Longmans Green and Co., 1914
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Germany, Municipal Finance--Germany, Municipal Government--Germany
...public enterprise holds the field. Germany may be said to have gone over...electric tramway to be constructed in Germany was that at Halle, dating from 1894. In that year...total length of electric line in Germany was 64 miles; in 1911 there were...
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Towards an Urban Nation: Germany since 1780
Book by Friedrich Lenger; Berg, 2002
Subjects: City Planning--Germany--History--19th Century, City Planning--Germany--History--20th Century, Germany--Social Conditions--1871-1918, Germany--Social Conditions--20th Century, Urbanization--Germany--History--19th Century, Urbanization--Germany--History--20th Century
...vast majority of the big cities above 200,000 suffered...the 1950s when strong city growth again took place...population share of the big cities of this size in the GDR...with only one exception Halle , did not make up for...were a period of renewed city growth, which generally...growth, urbanization in Germany mainly shaped the five...
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Town, Country, and Regions in Reformation Germany
Book by Tom Scott; Brill, 2005
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Rhine River Region, Group Identity--Rhine River Region, Peasants' War, 1524-1525, Reformation--Germany, Rhine River Region
...pp. 88 9, no. 69; Wilhelm Stolze, Der deutsche Bauernkrieg. Untersuchungen uber seine Entstehung und seinen Verlauf (Halle an der Saale, 1907), p. 54; Elben, Vorderosterreich, p. 133. Cf. SAZh, A. 192, 1, no. 122. 14 Jan. 1525. 119...
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Germany in Power and Eclipse: The Background of German Development
Book by James K. Pollock, Homer Thomas, Willett F. Ramsdell, Clark Trow, Manfred C. Vernon; Van Nostrand, 1952
Subjects: Germany--Administrative And Political Divisions, Germany--History, Germany--Politics And Government
...about the city of Halle on the Saale. Modern Halle, the commercial...Leipzig, the greatest city of Central Germany, has been a market...tied to the Hansa cities of the north. The...industrial centers of Germany. Its culture is...Intimately tied to Halle were the cities along...
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Regulating the Social: The Welfare State and Local Politics in Imperial Germany
Book by George Steinmetz; Princeton University Press, 1993
Subjects: Germany--Politics And Government--1871-1918, Germany--Social Conditions--1871-1918, Germany--Social Policy, Public Welfare--Germany--History--19th Century
...of a Typical Prussian City: Halle a/S. Annals of the...Municipal Administration in Germany as Seen from the Government...Typical Prussian City, Halle a/S. Chicago: University...and Politics in Imperial Germany. The Rise of Academic...
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Germany Service Learning in Its Infancy: The Variety of Schools Embracing Service Learning and the Array of Projects They're Undertaking Suggests a Strong Future for the Teaching Method
Journal article by Anna Maria Baltes, Anne Seifert; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 91, 2010
Subjects: Cities and towns--Civic improvement, Cities and towns--Management, Civic improvements--Management, Community leadership--Management, Germany--Educational aspects, Student community service--Management, Student service--Management
...the pioneer stage in Germany. Out of the 40,000 schools in Germany, only a few hundred...vocational school in Halle, students visited...heritage of the medieval city center. A music class...STATE POLICIES In Germany, the federal states...
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The Regionalization of Political Culture and Identity in Post-Communist Eastern Germany
Journal article by Jennifer A. Yoder; East European Quarterly, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: Germany--Political aspects, Political culture--Germany, Regionalism--Germany
...found that the residents of the city of Cottbus (an eastern city in Brandenburg, not far from...changed than in other east German cities, were significantly more satisfied...relatively well-off east German city, near Berlin and teeming with...the northern part of eastern Germany."(7) The privatization...
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East Germany in 1956: Walter Ulbricht's Tenacity in the Face of Opposition
Journal article by Johanna Granville; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 52, 2006
Subjects: East Germany--History, East Germany--Research, Political parties--Germany, Political parties--Political activity, Political parties--Research, Ulbricht, Walter--Political activity
...faced each other in the city. In the two Germanies...Soviet troop contingent in Germany (later called the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany) was by far the Warsaw...Universitaten 1990-2000 (Halle-Wittenberg, 2001...Catherine Epstein, "East Germany and its History since...
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Settlement of Property Claims in Former East Germany
Journal article by M. Blacksell, K.M. Born, M. Bohlander; The Geographical Review, Vol. 86, 1996
Subjects: Compromise and settlement--Research, East Germany--Cases, Reparations--Germany
...and the unified city of Berlin, with...geography of the whole of Germany. More than five...feature of inner-city urban renewal in...Property Claims in Halle deemed that all of...situation occurred in the city of Gotha, in Thuringen...were driven out of Germany because they were...
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East Germany: the Stasi and De-stasification
Journal article by John O. Koehler; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 12, 2004
Subjects: Communism, East Germany, Government, Government agencies, History, International, International relations, Politics, Public officials, Rebellions, Secret police
...Erfurt, Gera, Suhl, Halle, and East Berlin. They...established fortifications-in Halle, officers had even set...fateful night in the city of Rostock was made part...occurrences in other cities, it read: It all began...the Communist Party of Germany, lay one with a ribbon...of Berlin chose a new city government in an election...
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Eastern Germany's Three Great Cultural Cities
Magazine article by Irene Waters; Contemporary Review, Vol. 292, Winter 2010
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--Homes and haunts, Cities and towns--Description and travel, Cities and towns--History, Cities and towns--Social aspects, East Germany--Description and travel, East Germany--History, East Germany--Social aspects, Wagner, Richard--Homes and haunts
...surrounding cluster of cities. The eye-catching...this part of eastern Germany where the past is part...the second oldest in Germany, its printing presses...when a student in the city. But he was established...the cathedral, he left Halle in 1703, travelled in...geographically limited corner of Germany and his mortal remains...
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Handel's Houses
Magazine article by Daniel Snowman; History Today, Vol. 51, November 2001
Subjects: Composers--Biography, Halle, Germany--History, Handel, Georg Friedrich--Biography
...being acquired by the city. This finally happened...Festival was held in Halle in 1952; this years...in venues all over Halle and beyond, was the fiftieth. Halle couldnt hold Handel...them. He returned to Germany in 1710, armed with...
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Nuremberg, Germany
Magazine article by Nicole Estvanik Taylor; American Theatre, Vol. 27, February 2010
Subjects: Nuremberg, Germany--Fairs and festivals, Theaters--Fairs and festivals
Nuremberg, Germany. by Nicole Estvanik Taylor PANOPTIKUM...literally, with her mortality. From Halle, Germany, Pup-pentheaters All Beginnings...representation from the festivals home city of Nuremberg, including Das Papiertheater...
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Deutsche Telekom and Dataware Technologies Introduce Multimedia Phone Books in Germany
Magazine article; Information Today, Vol. 13, November 1996
Subjects: Agreements, Dataware Technologies Inc, Deutsche Telekom, Germany, Multimedia computer applications, Product introduction, Telephone directories, United States
...Introduce Multimedia Phone Books in Germany Dataware Technologies, Inc...multimedia phone books throughout Germany. The comprehensive agreement...books will include complete city and neighborhood maps. Users...Thiringen, and Leipzig/Halle. DeTeMedien GmbH, a subsidiary...
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Can They Save Youngstown?
Magazine article by Brentin Mock; The Next American City, Fall 2008
Subjects: Awards & honors, Cities, Community development, Excellence, Quality of life, United States, Youngstown Ohio
...Instead, the shrunk city demolishes blocks...unbuilding the city," finding purposes...reducing dozens of cities where deindustrialization...World War II. In Germany, cities such as Halle and Leipzig have...the only U.S. city thats balding...
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`Leipzig Is Coming!': In Constructing Future, City Is Proud of Past
Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, December 22, 1996
Subjects: Leipzig, Germany
...constructing future, city is proud of past by Richard...construction work in any German city in the past five years...5 million Leipzig-Halle airport, which opened...flights to other German cities and to London and Manchester...historic heart of the city. This Zentrum - center...becoming pre-eminent in Germany in the 17th century...
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Culture: Capturing Essence of Realism; Terry Grimley Reviews Photography from the Former East Germany and Birmingham Renaissance Man Pogus Caesar at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 20, 2008
Subjects: Photographers, Photography
...Photography from the Former East Germany and Birmingham Renaissance...dilapidation of the historic city of Halle, was cancelled before the...scenes in Berlin and other cities. Many of the buildings are...film Berlin: Symphony of a City. And then, Gundula Schulze...
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Travel: Handsome Hamburg; CITY BREAK & SHOPPING HOTSPOT IAIN MAYHEW Discovers a Hidden German Gem for Shopping, Nightlife and Relaxed Waterside Life
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 29, 2008
...Handsome Hamburg; CITY BREAK SHOPPING HOTSPOT...Germanys second-largest city, is certainly easy to...the wealthiest city in Germany, with a burgeoning aerospace...www.hamburger-kunst halle.de, closed Mon...Office is at visit www.germany-tourism.co.uk and...
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Orchestral Manoeuvres Finish on a High Note; PROFILE Sir Michael Lyons Talks to TERRY GRIMLEY about His Six Years as Chairman of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 1, 2007
Subjects: Chairpersons
...trip to Birmingham from Germany and Switzerland on a...see Mark Elder and the Halle as the pacesetting regional...Since he is a former city council chief executive...the perception that the city has been losing ground...physical development of the city, he does think Birmingham...what happens in other cities, despite our having...
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Hyder Consulting's Global Reach Helps It to Prosper; PRE-TAX PROFITS UP BY 67% AS FIRM LOOKS AT ACQUISITIONS
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 17, 2010
Subjects: Hyder Consulting
...and the National Grid in the UK; Emirati Neighbourhoods in Abu Dhabi, and Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia; and the Halle Stadium in Germany. In the UK the market was challenging and the companys income in Europe was 8% lower for the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Halle City Germany  - 5 results

 
 
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Halle , City, Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HALLE , city, Germany city (1994 pop. 195,370), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, on the Saale River. It is an industrial...region. Industrialization has caused Halle and the region surrounding it to become...
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Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...official capital and largest city is Berlin , but many...Germany. Land and People Germany as a whole can be divided...beech predominates. N Germany, drained by the Ems...River runs through W Germany and, between Bingen...basins and takes in the cities of Dusseldorf , Duisburg...Dresden , Chemnitz , Halle , and Erfurt . The southern...
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Spener, Philipp Jakob
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the founding of the Univ. of Halle in 1694, and later, through the...disciple August Hermann Francke, the city of Halle became a center of Pietism. The...to many congregations throughout Germany and in other parts of Europe...
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MÜhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lutheran clergyman, b. Germany, educated at Gottingen and at Halle. He arrived (1742...Pa., and studied at Halle. Although he was raised...and educated at Halle. He was pastor of various...Church, New York City. Because of his sympathies...
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Wittenberg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...WITTENBERG vit nberkh , city (1994 pop. 53,374), Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, on the Elbe River. A city with a noted history...Albertine line. The city declined after 1547...absorbed by the Univ. of Halle. Among Wittenbergs most...


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