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Heidelberg(German:[ˈhaɪdl̩bɛʁk]ⓘ; Palatine German: Heidlberg) is a city in the German stateof Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckarin south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914, of which roughly a quarter consisted of students.
Family and early life. Gadamer was born in Marburg, Germany, [4] the son of Johannes Gadamer (1867–1928), [5] a pharmaceutical chemistry professor who later also served as the rector of the University of Marburg. He was raised a Protestant Christian. [6] Gadamer resisted his father's urging to take up the natural sciences and became more and ...
Heidelberg Materials is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Formerly known as HeidelbergCement AG, the company has rebranded as Heidelberg Materials in September 2022. [5] It is a DAX corporation and stands as one of the world's largest building materials companies.
Heidelberg Castle(German: Heidelberger Schloss) is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps. The castle has only been partially rebuilt since its demolition in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located 80 metres (260 ft) up the northern part of the ...
Martin Heidegger ( / ˈhaɪdɛɡər, ˈhaɪdɪɡər /; [ 3] German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈhaɪdɛɡɐ]; [ 3] 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. His work covers topics including technology, Immanuel Kant, metaphysics, and humanism.
uni-goettingen.de. The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, ( German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta) is a distinguished public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 by George II, King of Great Britain and ...
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest by ...
Johann Georg Faust ( / ˈfaʊst /; c. 1480 or 1466 – c. 1541), also known in English as John Faustus / ˈfɔːstəs /, was a German itinerant alchemist, astrologer, and magician of the German Renaissance . Doctor Faust became the subject of folk legend in the decades after his death, transmitted in chapbooks beginning in the 1580s, and was ...