Concordia
Encyclopedia
Concordia is the Latin word for "harmony," literally "with (one) heart." It may refer to:
also:
- Concordia (mythology)Concordia (mythology)In Roman religion, Concord was the goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony. Her Greek version is Harmonia, and the Harmonians and some Discordians equate her with Aneris. Her opposite is Discordia ....
, the Roman goddess of harmony - Concordia (official title: Book of ConcordBook of ConcordThe Book of Concord or Concordia is the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, consisting of ten credal documents recognized as authoritative in Lutheranism since the 16th century...
), compilation of Lutheran doctrinal statements published in 1580
Education
- Concordia University (disambiguation)Concordia University (disambiguation)Concordia is the name of several universities, colleges and seminaries:-Australia:*Concordia College, Adelaide in South Australia*Concordia College, Toowoomba in Queensland-Canada:*Concordia University in Montréal, Québec...
, universities and colleges with Concordia in their name
Student newspapers
- The Concordian (Montreal)The Concordian (Montreal)The Concordian is an independent student newspaper published by and for the students of Concordia University; its offices and hard-copy distribution centres are located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
, a student newspaper at Concordia University, Montreal - The Concordian (Moorhead)The Concordian (Moorhead)The Concordian is the name of Concordia College's student-run news paper. One of many student-run organizations, the paper generally reports on a variety of campus-related issues such as school sports, student profiles and on-campus entertainment...
, a student newspaper at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
Africa
- Concordia, Free State, South Africa
- Concordia, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Concordia, Western Cape, South Africa
Asia
- Concordia (Pakistan), a confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin Austen Glacier near K2
Europe
- Concordia SagittariaConcordia SagittariaConcordia Sagittaria is a town and comune in the province of Venezia, Veneto, Italy.-History:The town was founded in 42 BC as Iulia Concordia by the Romans, where the Via Annia and the Via Postumia crossed each other...
, Italian town established in Roman times - Concordia sulla SecchiaConcordia sulla SecchiaConcordia sulla Secchia is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km north of Modena....
, Italian municipality - Concordia TheatreConcordia TheatreConcordia Theatre is a theatre in Hinckley, England, located in the centre of the town. The theatre opened in 1972.- About Concordia Theatre :...
, in Hinckley, England - ConcordiaseeConcordiaseeThe Concordiasee is the largest artificial lake in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located about eight kilometers northwest of Aschersleben.-History:The name of the lake is derived from the former lignite mine in the area...
, an artificial lake in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - Concordia, or KonkordiaplatzKonkordiaplatzThe Konkordiaplatz or Concordia , is a large flat area of snow and ice lying just to the south of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. Its notable feature is that it is the junction of four large glaciers coming down from the Aletschfirn, the Jungfraufirn, the...
, in the Swiss Alps, a glacial confluence in the Bernese Oberland - Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-PordenoneRoman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-PordenoneThe Italian Catholic diocese of Concordia-Pordenone is suffragan of the archdiocese of Venice. The name was changed in 1971.-History:...
, suffragan of the archdiocese of Venice
Canada
- Concordia (electoral district)Concordia (electoral district)Concordia is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the northeastern part of the city of Winnipeg....
, Manitoba - Concordia Bridge, Montreal
- Concordia HospitalConcordia HospitalConcordia Hospital is a regional hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that was founded by Russian Mennonites in 1928. It had a number of locations before settling in northeastern Winnipeg in 1965....
, Manitoba - Concordia StadiumConcordia StadiumConcordia Stadium is multi-purpose stadium at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. It is home to the Concordia Stingers. It was built in 2003, and has a seating capacity of 4,000.-External links:* *...
, Montreal - Concordia UniversityConcordia UniversityConcordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
, Montreal
United States
- Concordia HallConcordia HallConcordia Hall was a music venue in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1867 by Germans from the largest immigrant community in that city. It was the location for readings by Charles Dickens in 1868, during his lst American tour. , and other visiting lecturers and musical groups, and the...
, Baltimore, Maryland - Concordia Gardens, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Concordia, KansasConcordia, KansasConcordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. Located on the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains, Concordia was founded in 1871 and is an economic and cultural center in north-central Kansas...
- Concordia Blade-EmpireConcordia Blade-EmpireThe Concordia Blade-Empire is a local newspaper for Concordia, Kansas. It is the official newspaper for Cloud County, Kansas. The paper publishes five days a week, Monday through Friday.-History:...
, newspaper - Camp ConcordiaCamp ConcordiaCamp Concordia was a Prisoner-of-war camp that operated from 1943-1945. Its location is two miles north and one mile east of Concordia, Kansas...
, World War II prisoner of war camp - Concordia Junior-Senior High SchoolConcordia Junior-Senior High SchoolConcordia Junior-Senior High School is located in Concordia, Kansas and is a part of Unified School District #333. It is called the "Junior-Senior" high school because the junior high school and senior high school are housed in the same building complex.-Junior High, Senior High, and Middle...
, public school
- Concordia Blade-Empire
- Concordia Parish, LouisianaConcordia Parish, LouisianaConcordia Parish borders the Mississippi River in eastern Louisiana. The parish seat is Vidalia. As of 2000, the population was 20,247. It is part of the Natchez, MS–LA Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Prehistory:...
- Concordia, MissouriConcordia, MissouriConcordia is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,360 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Concordia is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,360...
- Concordia, New JerseyConcordia, New JerseyConcordia is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, oriented around the age restricted gated community of Concordia...
- Concordia CemeteryConcordia CemeteryConcordia Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It consists of a rectangular plot and was founded in 1859 by three German Lutheran congregations; First Trinity Lutheran Church, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and St. Stephen's Evangelical Church...
, Buffalo, New York - Concordia, Portland, OregonConcordia, Portland, OregonConcordia is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon, United States, named after Concordia University, which is located within it. The neighborhood borders are NE 22nd Ave. on the west, NE Columbia Blvd. on the north, and NE 42nd Ave. on the east. On the south, the border is...
- Concordia ClubConcordia ClubThe O'Hara Student Center, formerly the Concordia Club, is a three-story, building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh on O'Hara Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a contributing property to the Schenley Farms National Historic District and the City of...
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Walburg, TexasWalburg, TexasWalburg, originally called Concordia, is an unincorporated area located at the crossroads of Farm to Market Road 972 and Farm to Market Road 1105 in Williamson County, Texas, United States, thirty-three miles northeast of Austin. Walburg is a German American settlement...
, originally called Concordia
South America
- Concordia BayConcordia BayConcordia Bay is on the north shore of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is between Foul Bay and Salvador Water. It is also near Cape Dolphin, and the northern end of the Falkland Sound....
, Falkland Islands - Concordia, Entre RíosConcordia, Entre RíosSan Antonio de Padua de la Concordia is a city in the north-east of the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 142,000 inhabitants as of the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.Concordia lies on the right-hand shore of the Uruguay River, opposite...
, Argentina- Concordia AirportConcordia AirportConcordia Airport is an airport located in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina.-Terminals, airlines and destinations:...
- Concordia Airport
- Concordia tunnelConcordia tunnelThe Concordia Tunnel is a proposed tunnel between Bolivia and an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean. The tunnel would run under the line of concord between Chile and Peru, and give Bolivia access to the sea for the first time since the War of the Pacific...
, a proposed tunnel between Bolivia and the Pacific Ocean - ConcórdiaConcórdiaConcórdia is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It was founded by colonizers of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, basically descendants of Italians and Germans, who immigrated to Brazil in the 19th century. Concórdia is polo of microrregion of Alto Uruguai Catarinense, in midwest of...
, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Sport
- Concordia Tornados men's soccer, Austin, Texas
- Concordia Tornados women's soccer, Austin Texas
- Concordia Piotrków TrybunalskiConcordia Piotrków TrybunalskiConcordia Piotrków Trybunalski is a football club based in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Concordia was established in 1909, and is the sixth oldest Polish football club in existence.Concordia currently plays in the Polish 3rd division.- Current squad :...
, Polish football club - Concordia StingersConcordia StingersThe Concordia Stingers are the athletic teams that represent Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, and more specifically, in the Quebec Student Sports Federation and the Quebec University Football League...
, sports teams from Concordia University, Montreal - CS Concordia ChiajnaCS Concordia ChiajnaCS Concordia Chiajna is a Romanian football club founded in 1957 and based in Chiajna, Ilfov. The team currently plays in the Liga I.-History:...
, Romanian football club - FC Concordia BaselFC Concordia BaselFC Concordia Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. The club was founded in 1907. They play in the 2nd regional league which is the fifth level, and their home stadium is Rankhof Stadium....
, Swiss football club, playing in the Challenge League - FC Concordia WilhelmsruhFC Concordia WilhelmsruhFC Concordia Wilhelmsruh is a German association football club based in Berlin. The club was founded on 29 June 1895 as Concordia Berlin and was one of the founding members of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900...
, German football club based in Berlin - HŠK ConcordiaHŠK ConcordiaHŠK Concordia was a Croatian football club formed in Zagreb. The club was founded asthe Srednjoškolski športski klub in 1906.By the end of the First World War the club had played many matches with both domestic and foreign clubs...
, Croatian football club (1906-1945) - SC Concordia HamburgSC Concordia HamburgThe SC Concordia is a German association football club from the suburb of Wandsbek in the city of Hamburg.-Early years:The club was formed in 1907 as SC Concordia Wandsbeck by a small group of seven enthusiastic cycle polo players, with football being only the second sport of the new association...
, German football club - Stadionul ConcordiaStadionul ConcordiaConcordia Stadium is a football stadium in Chiajna, Romania. The stadium holds 4,000 people.The home ground of first division side Concordia Chiajna will host three group games, one semifinal and the final of the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.-External links:* at Soccerway.com...
, Concordia Stadium, the home grounds of CS Concordia Chiajna - SV Concordia KönigsbergSV Concordia KönigsbergSV Concordia Königsberg was a German association football club from the city of Königsberg, East Prussia.-History:Established in 1911, the team played two seasons in the Bezirk Königsberg, a city-based circuit that was part of the Gauliga Ostpreußen, one of several top-flight regional divisions in...
, East Prussian football club (1911-1945)
Religious organisation
(Not including educational organisations)- Concordia Lutheran ChurchConcordia Lutheran ChurchConcordia Lutheran Church, or, in Swedish, Lutherska Konkordiekyrkan, is a small Lutheran denomination in Sweden. It currently consists of one congregation, with about 25-30 members spread around Sweden.- History :...
, Sweden - Concordia Lutheran ConferenceConcordia Lutheran ConferenceThe Concordia Lutheran Conference is a small organization of Lutheran churches in the United States which formed in 1957. It was a reorganization of some of the churches of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference, which had been formed in September, 1951 in Okabena, Minnesota following a break with...
, U.S.A.
also:
- Concordia discordantium canonum, a collection of Canon law compiled and written in the 12th century
Miscellanea
- Concordia AssociationConcordia AssociationThe was a political party in Manchukuo. Established to promote the ideals of Pan-Asianism and the creation of a multi-ethnic nation-state and to create a structure which would gradually replace military rule over Manchukuo with a civilian control, the party was unable to fulfill its early...
, a political party in Manchukuo (1930s–1940s) - Concordia (beverage)Concordia (beverage)Concordia is a Peruvian range of soft drinks, first sold and produced in the "Norte Chico" region of Peru . Concordia can be found in flavors like Strawberry, Pineapple and Orange. Discontinued flavors include Apple and Non-alcoholic Champagne...
, a Peruvian soft drink brand - Concordia class cruise shipConcordia class cruise shipThe Concordia class is a class of cruise ships that are operated by Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Lines, subsidiaries of Carnival Corporation & plc....
- concordia cum veritate, Latin phrase:in harmony with truth – motto of the University of Waterloo
- Concordia Publishing HouseConcordia Publishing HouseConcordia Publishing House , founded in 1869, is the official publishing arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Headquartered in St Louis, Missouri at 3558 S. Jefferson St. Louis, MO, CPH publishes the Synod's official magazine, The Lutheran Witness and the Synod's hymnals, including...
, LCMS publishing wing - Concordia Salus, Latin phrase: salvation through harmony – motto of Montreal
- Concordia (ship)Concordia (ship)Concordia was a steel-hulled barquentine that was built in Poland in 1992 for the West Island College, Montreal, Canada. She served as a sail training ship until she capsized and sank on 17 February 2010.-Description:...
, a barquentine tall ship – used as sail training ship until it sank in 2010 - Concordia (1696 ship), an early Dutch sailing ship
- Concordia yawlsConcordia yawlsThe Concordia yawl was designed in 1938 by naval architect C. Raymond Hunt with input from Llewellyn and Waldo Howland, Clinton Crane, Fenwick Williams and Frank Paine....
, a type of sailing boat - Concordia (Youth Service Volunteers) LtdConcordia (Youth Service Volunteers) LtdConcordia is a non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian charity based in the south-east of England. Its work is divided into two areas: a Seasonal Agricultural Work Scheme for foreign students to experience farming in the UK and an International Volunteer Programme which organises short-term...
, a non-profit volunteer charity, based in the south-east of England - Cunliffe-Owen ConcordiaCunliffe-Owen Concordia-External links:*...
, a British 1940s prototype airliner - Concordia, episode 5 of season 2 of V (2009 TV series)
See also
- Concord (disambiguation)
- Concordance (disambiguation)
- Concorde (disambiguation)Concorde (disambiguation)Concorde is an aircraft model.Concorde may also refer to:* Concorde , a railway station named after the nearby Place de la Concorde* Concorde , a 1955 album by the Modern Jazz Quartet* Chrysler Concorde, an automobile model...