Obernai, the Glossary
Obernai (Alsatian: Owernah; Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.[1]
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35 relations: Algiers, Alsace, Alsatian dialect, André Neher, Bas-Rhin, Charles Pisot, Charles-Émile Freppel, Communes of France, Communes of the Bas-Rhin department, Décapole, Departments of France, Domaine de la Léonardsau, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, France, France in the early modern period, German language, German town law, Imperial immediacy, Jean-Victor Hocquard, John Stintzi, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Kronenbourg Brewery, Linear Pottery culture, Morgan Schneiderlin, Necropolis, Neolithic, Nicolas Léonard Beker, Odile of Alsace, René Schickele, Rhine, Society of Mary (Marianists), Thirty Years' War, Thomas Murner, Vosges, Wine.
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Algiers
Algiers (al-Jazāʾir) is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located in the north-central part of the country.
Alsace
Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
Alsatian dialect
Alsatian (Elsässisch or Elsässerditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elsässerdeitsch; Alsacien; Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681.
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André Neher
André Neher (22 October 1914 – 23 October 1988) was a French Jewish scholar and philosopher.
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a département in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France.
Charles Pisot
Charles Pisot (2 March 1910 – 7 March 1984) was a French mathematician.
Charles-Émile Freppel
Charles-Émile Freppel (1 June 1827 – 12 December 1891), French bishop and politician, was born at Obernai (Alsace).
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Communes of France
The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Bas-Rhin department
The following is a list of the 514 communes of the Bas-Rhin department of France. Obernai and communes of the Bas-Rhin department are communes of Bas-Rhin.
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Décapole
The Décapole (Dekapolis or Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. Obernai and Décapole are Free imperial cities.
Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Domaine de la Léonardsau
Domaine de la Léonardsau is a château in the commune of Obernai, in the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
France in the early modern period
The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the Renaissance to the Revolution (1789–1804), was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon (a Capetian cadet branch).
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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German town law
The German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht) or German municipal concerns (Deutsches Städtewesen) was a set of early town privileges based on the Magdeburg rights developed by Otto I. The Magdeburg law became the inspiration for regional town charters not only in Germany, but also in Central and Eastern Europe who modified it during the Middle Ages.
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In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit or Reichsfreiheit) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' (unmittelbar) to Emperor and Empire (Kaiser und Reich) and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that status was defined as 'mediate' (mittelbar).
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Jean-Victor Hocquard
Marie-Joseph Antoine Jean-Victor Hocquard (17 January 1910 – 21 December 1995) was a French musicologist, and a specialist of Mozart.
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John Stintzi
John Baptist Stintzi, SM was an American Roman Catholic Marianist brother, educator, academic, and the second President of the University of Dayton.
Klevener de Heiligenstein
Klevener de Heiligenstein, also known in English by its German name, Heiligensteiner Klevener, is a designation used on Alsace wine made from pink-skinned Savagnin rose grapes, a variety in the Traminer family, but which is less aromatic than Gewürztraminer, which is widely planted in Alsace.
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Kronenbourg Brewery
Kronenbourg Brewery (Brasseries Kronenbourg, German: Kronenbourg Brauerei) is a brewery founded in 1664 by Geronimus Hatt in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg, Holy Roman Empire (today Strasbourg, France).
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Linear Pottery culture
The Linear Pottery culture (LBK) is a major archaeological horizon of the European Neolithic period, flourishing.
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Morgan Schneiderlin
Morgan Fernand Gérard Schneiderlin (born 8 November 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Super League Greece club A.E. Kifisia.
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Necropolis
A necropolis (necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments.
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Nicolas Léonard Beker
Nicolas Léonard Beker or Nicolas Léonard Becker or Nicolas Léonard Bagert, (18 January 1770 – died 18 November 1840) joined the French army as a dragoon before the French Revolutionary Wars and rose in rank to become a general officer.
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Odile of Alsace
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace. Saint Odile is commemorated on December 13 and would be celebrated on December 14 in Alsace.
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René Schickele
René Schickele (4 August 1883 – 31 January 1940) was a German-French writer, essayist and translator.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Society of Mary (Marianists)
The Society of Mary (Societas Mariae) abbreviated SM is a clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (brothers and priests) commonly called the Marianists or Marianist Brothers and Priests.
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Thomas Murner
Thomas Murner, OFM (24 December 1475c. 1537) was an Alsatian satirist, poet and translator.
Vosges
The Vosges (Vogesen; Franconian and Vogese) are a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany.
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink made from fermented fruit.
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See also
Décapole
- Colmar
- Décapole
- Haguenau
- Kaysersberg
- Mulhouse
- Munster, Haut-Rhin
- Obernai
- Rosheim
- Sélestat
- Seltz
- Turckheim
- Wissembourg
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obernai
Also known as Oberehnheim.