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    allegedly began the power vacuum that lasted for more than thirty years. Ösel and Wiek would fall into Danish rule, and Reval, Harrien, Wierland, and Järven...
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    the town hall, the wedding fountain, created by the Pasinger sculptor Hans Osel, was erected in 1963. The present town hall of Pasing was the only one...
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  • Aleksander Velvelt (3 February 1897 in Pihtla Parish, Kreis Ösel – 14 February 1967 in Kohtla-Järve) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of Estonian...
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    first ones targeting England, and the four final raids targeting Livonia and Ösel (Saaremaa). At the time of its construction, It was the world's largest Zeppelin...
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    engagement with the enemy as his unit attempted to attack the Estonian island of Osel (Saaremaa) but was unsuccessful. What part he played in this attack is unclear...
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    invasion from Russia, and Frederick II of Denmark bought the old Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, which he placed under the control of his brother Magnus of Holstein...
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    conquered the island from Sweden in 1361) in the center of the Baltic and Øsel in the Baltic Sea. In Dalarna the landshövding (chief of the land i.e. governor)...
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    clinic for local people. Mingyur Rinpoche has overseen the Kathmandu Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, founded by his father, since 2010. He also opened a shedra...
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    trading post, and using his wealth, King Frederick II purchased the island of Osel in 1560. Denmark–Norway fiercely guarded her hegemony, destroying any new...
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    might be sent to the pharmacy to buy some "semosel". Spelled correctly, jsem osel means "I am a fool", literally "I am a donkey". In oil fields in the US and...
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    forces in Courland and the Estonian islands Hiiumaa (Dagö) and Saaremaa (Ösel) to hold out, believing them necessary to protect German submarine bases...
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    disciple, appointed regent and Dharma heir, Ösel Tendzin (Thomas Rich). In 1989 it was revealed that Ösel Tendzin had contracted HIV and knowingly continued...
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    Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Osel, Johann (18 October 2023). "Ebner-Steiner ist neue AfD-Fraktionschefin"....
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    had also executed landings on the strategically important Baltic Island Ösel. The German army was retreating towards the peninsula of Sworbe on the island...
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    right of inheritance when Frederick II had him placed as prince-bishop of Ösel-Wiek in Livonia. However, the plan to secure John the post of the prince-archbishop's...
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    state until his death in 1666. Sehested was born at Arensborg Castle on Øsel, in Danish Estonia, as the son of Claus Maltesen Sehested (1558–1612) and...
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    was under Swedish protection, and the westernmost part of Estonia with Øsel (Ösel, Saaremaa), which was Danish. In the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia...
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    Härjedalen and Idre and Särna, as well as the Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel (in Estonia) to Sweden. The Treaty of Roskilde, signed in 1658, forced Denmark–Norway...
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    Idre and Serna, as well as the Danish Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel. The Thirty Years' War thus began the rise of Sweden as a great power, while...
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  • Sweden 1500 – 17 February King Hans is defeated in the battle of Dithmarschen 1501 – A Swedish rebellion breaks out and King Hans loses most of Sweden 1501...
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    Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country. Ösel Tendzin (1943–1990) American Buddhist regent Ottis Toole (1947–1996) American...
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    ruler of Jerusalem was styled 'king of the Latins in Jerusalem'. Historian Hans Eberhard Mayer believes this reflected that only Latins held complete political...
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    was divided between the Sword Brothers and prince-bishoprics of Dorpat and Ösel–Wiek. In 1236, after suffering a major defeat, the Sword Brothers merged...
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    Bishopric of Dorpat (from 1225, conquered by Russia in 1558) Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek (from 1228, sold to Denmark in 1560) Bishopric of Courland (from 1521...
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    services (primarily bus and taxi) are provided by private operators such as OSEL. In late 2019 the contract for providing transport services in the district...
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    (now part of Sweden) and Øsel in Estonia. The Reformation reached Holstein and Denmark in the 1520s. Lutheran figures like Hans Tausen, known as the "Luther...
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    batteries on the Sworbe Peninsula on Ösel. By 20 October, the fighting on the islands was winding down; Moon, Ösel, and Dagö were in German possession...
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    Soviet forces landed on Moon, on 2 October on Dagö, and on 5 October on Ösel, where the German troops were cut off on the Sworbe peninsula. Memel was...
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    Frederick II. Last used during the reign of King Frederick VI. Saaremaa (Øsel): from 1603, last used by King Frederick VI: Azure, an eagle displayed sable...
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    Bundestag 2004-2009 Hans Aumeier (1906–1948), Nazi SS officer in a leading position in several concentration camps executed for war crimes Hans Baumann (1914–1988)...
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