Drammen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Skoger was merged with Drammen January 1, 1964. (And then transferred from the county of Vestfold to the county of Buskerud.)
Drammen is one of the larger cities in Norway, and is about 47 km from the capital of Norway, Oslo. The city centre is at the end of a valley, on both sides of the river Drammenselva, and where the river meets the Drammensfjord. Drammen is also the main city for car and fruit import in Norway.
The Norse form of the name was "Drafn", and this was originally the name of the inner part of Drammensfjord. The fjord is, however, probably named after the river Dramselva (Norse "Dröfn").
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</mapframe>The city centre lies at the end of a valley, on both sides of the Drammenselva river, and where the river meets the Drammensfjord. Drammen is also the main harbor for car and fruit import in Norway. The forests around Drammen are called Drammensmarka. In the summer it is a popular area for hiking. In the winter skiing tracks are made and lighting make it cross country skiing possible during the evenings.
Sonneberg (district)
Sonneberg is a "Landkreis" (rural district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany.
The district was created in 1868 when districts were created in Saxe-Meiningen. In 1952 part of the district was incorporated into the newly created district Neuhaus am Rennweg. This district was dissolved again in 1994 and the district Sonneberg did regain its old size.
Unstrut-Hainich
Unstrut-Hainich is a "Landkreis" (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany.
The district was set up on July 1, 1994 by joining the two previous districts of Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza.
The district has a partnership with the Wetteraukreis in Hesse dating back to the German reunification of 1990. The district also has a partnership with the Lithuanian districts of Ukmerge and Raseiniai.
The district is named after the river Unstrut and a hill chain, the Hainich. The Hainich became the 13th national park of Germany in 1997.
Cecil
Cecil can mean:
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Cecil is a prototype-based programming language.
Wartburgkreis
Wartburgkreis is a "Landkreis" (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. The city of Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis.
The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The city of Eisenach left the district in 1998 and became a district-free city.
The district is named after the Wartburg, a castle near Eisenach most famous as Martin Luther's refuge in 1521.
Weimarer Land
Weimarer Land is a "Landkreis" (rural district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. The district-free city of Weimar is completely enclosed by the district.
The district dates back to the "Großkreis Weimar", which was created in 1922 after the federal state Thuringia was established. The two cities Weimar and Apolda were not part of the district. In 1952 the district was split into two parts - Weimar and Apolda. In 1994 the two parts were merged again, however not completely covering the territory as before 1952.
Congress of Arras
The Congress of Arras was a meeting in Arras in 1435, between representatives of England, France, and Burgundy. The Treaty of Arras (1435) was an important diplomatic win for France, late in the Hundred Years' War. The English expected only to talk peace with the French. However, Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy made peace with Charles VII of France. This hurt England because Philip the Good had helped them for 16 years. Richard the Lionheart refused to accept any documents of proposals after the signing.
Appanage
Appanage is important to the history of France during the Middle Ages. The law said that when a king dies, his oldest son becomes the next king. Kings who wanted to give a younger son some land too sometimes created an appanage. Appanage was one way to keep a civil war from happening, if two or more sons wanted to fight each other to be the next king.
The younger son controlled the appanage as a duke and ruled almost like a king, except he could not sell the land. The ruler of an appanage could give it to his sons and grandsons, but eventually that part of the family would run out of sons and the land would go back to the king.
Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California
Scripps Ranch is a suburb of San Diego, California. It is home to the EW Scripps mansion.
New Statesman
The New Statesman is a British left-wing political magazine that is published weekly in London.
The "New Statesman" was founded in 1913 with the support of George Bernard Shaw and other prominent members of the Fabian Society.
In 1930 the "Statesman" with the Liberal weekly the " Nation", and changed its name to the "New Statesman and Nation", which it remained until 1964. The chairman of the "Nation"'s board was the economist John Maynard Keynes, who came to be an important influence on the paper.
During the 1930s, the "Statesman" moved to the left politically. It became strongly anti-fascist and was generally critical of the government policy of appeasement of Mussolini and Hitler.
Left-wing politics
In politics, left-wing is a position that supports social equality and egalitarianism.
What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives.
Bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie means a social class of people who own the means of production, making them in the upper or merchant class. Hence, all employers are bourgeoisie. Their status or power comes from employment, education, assets, or wealth and not from aristocratic (political) origin, as a lowly café or factory owner is bourgeoisie.
The term is widely used in many non-English speaking countries as an approximate equivalent of middle class.
As the bourgeoisie are not its opposing counterpart proletariat, they don't have to be a labourer doing menial work for money. And if they do any work that gets them money, then it's only because of the many proletariat people beneath them, who generated their wealth through their labour, of which the higher up bourgeoisie person took a cut (commission).
Bourgeoisie is a French word that was borrowed directly into English in the sense that is explained above.
The French word "bourgeois" comes from the Old French word "burgeis", meaning "an inhabitant of a town". (cf. Middle English "burgeis", Middle Dutch "burgher" and German "Bürger"). The Old French word "burgeis" comes from "bourg", meaning a market town or medieval village, itself derived from Late Latin "burgus", meaning "fortress"
César Awards
The César Awards are the best-known movie awards in France. The "Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema" has given this award every year since 1975.
Status
Status is a state, condition or situation. In common usage it may refer to:
Social status
In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or rank of one's position in society. People earn social status by their own work. This is call "achieved status". Or, people can have a place in a social system by birth. This inherited position is called "ascribed status".
Bergstraße
Bergstraße or Bergstrasse can mean many things, including:
Bergstraße (district)
Bergstraße (German: "Landkreis Bergstraße", Hessian: "Londgrääs Bergschdrooß") is a rural district in south Hesse, Germany.
The district was created in 1938. Two old districts, Bensheim and Heppenheim, joined and became Bergstraße.
The district is in the Odenwald mountains. Melibokus as the highest elevation at 517 meters. The "Bergstraße" is a tourist route which from Darmstadt to Wiesloch. The northern part of this route goes through the district and gave it its name.
Treaty of Arras
The treaties of Arras can be one of two treaties:
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