KREFELD

krāˈfĕlt, city (1994 pop. 249,560), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a port on the Rhine River. It is the center of the German silk and velvet industry, and is a major rail hub and textile center. Other manufactures include quality steels, machinery, clothing, chemicals, and dyes. Krefeld was chartered in 1373 and was an important linen-weaving center until it passed (1702) to Prussia. The silk industry, encouraged by a monopoly given to the city by Frederick II of Prussia, soon replaced linen weaving; and in the 20th cent. the manufacture of artificial silk became important. In 1929 the neighboring town of Uerdingen was incorporated into Krefeld. The city was heavily damaged in World War II. A former spelling is Crefeld.

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books on: Krefeld  - 431 results

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From Domestic Manufacture to Industrial Revolution: The Case of the Rhineland Textile Districts
Book by Herbert Kisch; Oxford US, 1989
Subjects: Cottage Industries--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History--18th Century, Textile Industry--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History--18th Century
...Pauperismus," pp. 15ff. 382. Fohl, "Krefeld und des Furstentum Moers," pp. 126ff...and Heinzelmann, Geschichte der Stadt Krefeld , 1, p. 147. 384. Botzet, "Hausarme...Ibid., pp. 465-66. At this time, Krefeld still claimed seven linen merchants...
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Nazi Terror: The Gestapo, Jews, and Ordinary Germans
Book by Eric A. Johnson; Basic Books, 1999
Subjects: Atrocities--Germany, Germany--Geheime Staatspolizei, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities
...the deportees experiences after they left Krefeld. Much more is known about the second transport, which left Krefeld bound for Riga on December 11, 1941, because several of the 144 deported Krefeld Jews on this transport managed to survive...
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Merovingian Mortuary Archaeology and the Making of the Early Middle Ages
Book by Bonnie Effros; University of California Press, 2003
Subjects: France--History--To 987, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies--Gaul, Gaul--Antiquities, Gaul--Social Life And Customs, Merovingians--Funeral Rites And Ceremonies
...burial sites is the Rhenish necropolis of Krefeld-Gellep, where excavations began in...and published subsequent discoveries at Krefeld-Gellep. By 1989, she had uncovered...the external features of the graves. In Krefeld, cremation burials dating from the first...
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Languages of Labor and Gender: Female Factory Work in Germany, 1850-1914
Book by Kathleen Canning; Cornell University Press, 1996
Subjects: Sexual Division Of Labor--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History--19th Century, Textile Workers--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History--19th Century, Women Employees--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--History--19th Century
...transformed the "insignificant little town" of Krefeld into a bustling capital of the linen trade...By the end of the eighteenth century, Krefeld had become a thriving center of silk production...division of labor had developed within the Krefeld silk region. 96. The fabrication of...
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Rituals of Power: From Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
Book by Frans Theuws, Janet L. Nelson; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Europe--History--392-814, Europe--History--To 476, Rites And Ceremonies--Europe
...The distribution of finds (mainly burials) of Krefeld scabbards. 1. Full com- bination of metal fittings; 2. scabbard with either a Krefeld mouthpiece or Krefeld end-fitting; 3. stray finds of metal fittings...
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Robert Visser and His Photographs from the Loango Coast
Journal article by Katrin Adler, Christine Stelzig; African Arts, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Photography--Exhibitions
...joined the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Krefeld (Society for the Natural Sciences in Krefeld), and during the following years he gave...reports of the Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Krefeld, together with the Reminiscenzen--reveal...
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Learning Geographical Information from Hypothetical Maps
Journal article by Nora S. Newcombe, Noelle Chiau-Ru Chiang; Memory & Cognition, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Children & youth, Estimates, Experiments, Geography, International relations, Learning, Political systems, Stereotypes, Studies
...cities of the middle country (including Krefeld, Limerick, and Mycenae) were not different...that the deviation cities were Frasca, Krefeld, Matterhorn, and Roscommon. However...the deviation cities were Annidale, Krefeld, Limerick, and Oldham for the southerly...
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Cholera and Kulturkampf: Government Decision Making and the Impetus to Establish Nursing as a Secular Occupation in Prussia in the 1870s
Journal article by Christoph Schweikardt; Nursing History Review, Vol. 16, 2008
Subjects: Decision making, Government subsidies, Hospitals, Legislation, Nurses, Nursing, Physicians, Politics, Religion, Religious organizations, Social work, State laws, Working conditions, World War I
...were offered at the town hospitals in Krefeld and Elberfeld-at those in Elberfeld...to the report, only the hospitals in Krefeld and Elberfeld were up to standard and...gratis, there were no applicants. Only in Krefeld did two people actually receive training...
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The Architecture of the Photograph
Journal article by Helen Robertson; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, Photography--Analysis
...section), which depicts Haus Lange in Krefeld, Ruff has used a number of visual strategies...one of Ruffs photographs of Haus Esters Krefeld), one can see clearly through the gallery...invitation to prepare an exhibition in Krefeld of architectural photographs of Mies van...
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The Artist and the Terrorist, or the Paintable and the Unpaintable: Gerhard Richter and the Baader-Meinhof Group
Journal article by Alex Danchev; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 35, 2010
Subjects: Baader-Meinhof Gang--Portrayals, German painters--Works, Painters, German--Works, Political art--Criticism and interpretation, Politics in art--Criticism and interpretation, Richter, Gerhard--Works, Terrorist organizations--Portrayals
...the first time, without fanfare, in Krefeld in 1989. The opening was the day of Thomas...this was painting as immoral act. After Krefeld, the cycle traveled to Frankfurt, London...Gerhard Richter: Galerie Haus Esters, Krefeld," Contemporanea 3 (1989): 99...
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magazine articles on: Krefeld  - 35 results

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Carl Andre: Haus Lange/Haus Esters, Krefeld/Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Magazine article by James Meyer; Artforum International, Vol. 35, October 1996
Subjects: Andre, Carl--Exhibitions, Sculptors--Exhibitions
...Carl Andre: Haus Lange/Haus Esters, Krefeld/Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg by James Meyer...including the Haus Lange and Haus Esters in Krefeld and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (a smaller...the "pyramid" pieces) were shown at Krefeld. Why were his few remaining early works...
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Mies-En-Scene
Magazine article by Yilmaz Dziewior; Artforum International, Vol. 38, Summer 2000
Subjects: Art--Collections and collecting, Modernism (Art)--Collections and collecting, Photography, Artistic--Exhibitions
...Esters go on view in the newly refurbished Krefeld villas this June, the German photographer...progressed beyond blueprints, but the Krefeld residences, built between 1928 and 1930...favor. Not only are Ruffs images of the Krefeld homes part of a larger project by the...
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Volker Dohne
Magazine article by Sabine B. Vogel, Charles V. Miller; Artforum International, Vol. 31, March 1993
Subjects: Dohne, Volker--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Photographers--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...themes are views of houses and emblems. Krefeld is a small city, not far from Dusseldorf...complete. One of Dohnes series is entitled "Krefeld, Rheinstrasse," 1990, and shows one...buildings are typical for the inner city of Krefeld. As a result, one can question property...
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The Spirit of Cyberflight
Magazine article by Robin Nelson; Popular Science, Vol. 246, April 1995
Subjects: Computer & video games, Flight simulation, Internet, Software
...another was being developed by somebody named Enrico Schiratti in Krefeld, Germany. Schiratti then uploaded (to CompuServe and the...Enrico Schiratti (compiler), Hans van Wije (designer); Krefeld, Germany Includes numerous navigation aids and airports for...
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The Big Picture
Magazine article by Andreas Gursky; Artforum International, Vol. 39, January 2001
Subjects: Gursky, Andreas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Photographers--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Photography--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...German Bundestag (Bundestag, 1998), tourists in Thebes (Thebes, West, 1993), even chickens in a Krefeld farmyard (Chickens, Krefeld, 1989) complete the picture. Indeed, whereas Gurskys pictures initially suggested an intellectually...
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newspaper articles on: Krefeld  - 23 results

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A MANIAC.. A PSYCHO.. HIS BRAIN WAS CRAZY; Parents of Sally Killer's Ex-Wife Feared for Her Life
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 14, 2005
...Life. Byline: ALEXANDRA WILLIAMS in Krefeld, and AIDAN McGURRAN THE deranged soldier...they married in July 1995. At home in Krefeld, retired railman Mr Haake, 68, said...Liane outside her small council flat in Krefeld yesterday; SCARED: Dieter and Edith...
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It Would Be Unthinkable for Officials Here to Let a Big Contract Go outside of Germany; INSIDE THE GERMAN TRAIN FIRM TAKING BRITISH JOBS
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 16, 2011
...trades union and the one which represents the Siemens workers in Krefeld - said: "It would be politically unthinkable for a German...Mobility Division of Siemens in the old industrial Ruhr city of Krefeld, workers express sympathy for their British counterparts...
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Enough to Drive a Monkey Nuts
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), October 11, 2005
...escaping from Belfast Zoo in June, was back in the limelight yesterday. Tommy, a busy man since arriving in Belfast from Krefeld Zoo in Germany eight years ago, has fathered two new colobus monkeys, bringing his grand total of offspring to 21. The babies...
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Big Beasts of Politics and Business Gather at Zoo
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 25, 2011
Subjects: Zoos
...free marketeer. In response to a question criticising the government for allowing a massive rail contract to go to Siemens in Krefeld rather than Bombardier in Derby, there was a lot of head shaking and tut tutting about a lack of patriotism. Then Mr Mosley...
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Dist. 211 OKs 13 Foreign Exchange Trips
Newspaper article by Chad Brooks; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 15, 2004
...German exchange trips at all five high schools in the district, to cities such as Strasbourg in France and Berlin, Munich, Krefeld and Wilhelmshaven in Germany. Other trips approved Thursday were Spanish exchange trips at Palatine, Conant and Hoffman Estates...
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encyclopedia articles on: Krefeld  - 6 results

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Krefeld
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KREFELD kra felt, city (1994 pop. 249,560...machinery, clothing, chemicals, and dyes. Krefeld was chartered in 1373 and was an important...town of Uerdingen was incorporated into Krefeld. The city was heavily damaged in World...
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Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chief mining and industrial region, which includes the Ruhr and Saar basins and takes in the cities of Dusseldorf , Duisburg , Krefeld , Essen , Wuppertal , Bochum , Gelsenkirchen , and Dortmund . In the east, industrial centers are located along and near the...
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Ferdinand , Prussian Field Marshal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...duke of Brunswick. He served King Frederick II of Prussia brilliantly in the Seven Years War , notably by his victories at Krefeld (1758) and Minden (1759). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Mennonites
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Middle West. The first permanent Mennonite settlement in America was made (1683) at Germantown, Pa., by a group from Krefeld, Germany. Mennonites from Switzerland, Russia, and other parts of Europe also emigrated in numbers to North America. Bibliography...
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Seven Years War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...began a vigorous effort when William Pitt (later earl of Chatham ) came into power; the troops then won the victories of Krefeld (June, 1758) and Minden (Aug., 1759). However, Frederick soon found himself in an almost desperate situation. He...
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