Sturm und DrangSturm und Drang (,Stʊəm_Unt_'dr{N,-'dra:N, ˈʃtʊʁm ʔʊnt ˈdʁaŋ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated aesthetic movements.
Thurn und TaxisThe Princely House of Thurn and Taxis (Fürstenhaus Thurn und Taxis ˈtuːɐ̯n ʔʊnt ˈtaksɪs) is a family of German nobility that is part of the Briefadel. It was a key player in the postal services in Europe during the 16th century, until the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and became well known as the owner of breweries and commissioner of several castles. The family has resided in Regensburg since 1748 and have been staying at St. Emmeram Castle from 1803.
Nacht und NebelNacht und Nebel (German: ˈnaxt ʔʊnt ˈneːbl̩), meaning Night and Fog, also known as the Night and Fog Decree, was a directive issued by Adolf Hitler on 7 December 1941 targeting political activists and resistance "helpers" in the territories occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II, who were to be imprisoned, murdered, or made to disappear, while the family and the population remained uncertain as to the fate or whereabouts of the alleged offender against the Nazi occupation power.
Deutsche Waffen- und MunitionsfabrikenDeutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktiengesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created in 1896 when Ludwig Loewe & Company united its weapons and ammunition production facilities within one company. In 1896 Loewe founded Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken with a munitions plant in Karlsruhe (Baden), formerly Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik Lorenz, and the weapons plant in Berlin.
Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und UrheberrechtGewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (, ) is a monthly intellectual property law journal published in German. It is the journal of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (German: Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht) and was established in 1899. The journal articles mainly concern German law. It is the journal with the longest tradition in the field of intellectual property law in Germany.
Auto Motor und SportAuto Motor und Sport, often stylized as auto motor und sport and abbreviated AMS or AMuS, is a German automobile magazine. It is published fortnightly by Motor Presse Netzwerk's subsidiary Motor Presse Stuttgart, a specialist magazine publisher that is 59.9% owned by the publishing house Gruner + Jahr. Motor und Sport was initially published in 1923 in Pößneck, Germany. It was founded by Fritz Pullig and Felicitas Von Reznicek. Pullig began his career by racing motorcycles in 1912 at the Nurburgring.
Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und TrutzbundThe Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund (German Nationalist Protection and Defiance Federation) was the largest and the most active anti-Semitic federation in Germany after the First World War, and an organisation that formed a significant part of the völkisch movement during the Weimar Republic (1918-1933), whose democratic parliamentary system it unilaterally rejected. Its publishing arm issued books that greatly influenced the opinions of Nazi Party leaders such as Heinrich Himmler.
Wörter und SachenWörter und Sachen (German for words and things) was a philological movement of the early 20th century that was based largely in Germany and Austria. Its proponents believed that the etymology of words should be studied in close association or in parallel with the study of the artefacts and cultural concepts which the words had denoted. The process would, it was argued, enable researchers to study linguistic data more effectively.
Norbert OrtnerNorbert Ortner von Rodenstätt (10 August 1865 – 1 March 1935) was an Austrian internist, whose name is associated with two cardiovascular syndromes. Ortner was born in Linz, and was a pupil and successor of Edmund von Neusser (1852–1912) at the Rudolfstiftung Hospital in Vienna. He later became a professor at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. In 1916 he assisted in embalming the body of Kaiser Franz Joseph I. A description of the procedure appears in the medical record, and is one of the exhibits of the Vienna Pathological-Anatomical Museum (Pathologisch-Anatomisches Bundesmuseum in Wien).
