Friedland
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Places
Germany:- Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Friedland, BrandenburgFriedland, BrandenburgFriedland is a town in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 8 km south of Beeskow, and 39 km north of Cottbus....
- Friedland, Lower SaxonyFriedland, Lower SaxonyFriedland is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 13 km south of Göttingen. Its seat is in the village Groß Schneen.-References:...
Russia:
- PravdinskPravdinskPravdinsk is a town and the administrative center of Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Lava River, approximately east of Bagrationovsk...
(Friedland in Ostpreußen), Russia
Czech:
- Frýdlant v ČecháchFrýdlant v CecháchFrýdlant, sometimes cited also as Frýdlant v Čechách is a town in the Liberec District of the Liberec Region in the Czech Republic. It has approximately 7,500 inhabitants and lies in the historic Bohemia region on the outskirts of the Jizera Mountains....
(Friedland im Isergebirge), Czech Republic - Frýdlant nad Ostravicí (Friedland an der Ostrawitza), Czech Republic
- Břidličná nad MoravicíBridlicná nad MoravicíBřidličná is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic about 12 km southeast of Bruntál. The town lies in the Jeseníky Mountains and has a population of 3,698 as of 2004.- Tourist sites:...
(Friedland an der Mohra), Czech Republic
Poland:
- KorfantówKorfantówKorfantów is a town in the Opole Voivodeship of Poland. It has a population of approximately 1,860 inhabitants. It is named after Wojciech Korfanty....
(Friedland in Oberschlesien), Poland - MieroszówMieroszówMieroszów is a town in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Mieroszów. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany...
(Friedland in Niederschlesien), Poland - DebrznoDebrznoDebrzno is a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.The town was first mentioned as Fredeland in a document of 1346, when the manager of the Teutonic Order in Schlochau assigned four Hufen territory to Tylo. 1354 the Grandmaster Winrich von Kniprode granted the Culmer Law to the town....
(Preußisch Friedland), Poland - Mirosławiec (Märkisch Friedland), Poland
Other
In history:- Duchy of FriedlandDuchy of FriedlandDuchy of Friedland was a de-facto sovereign duchy in Bohemia. It was created in 1627 and disappeared in 1634, after death of the ruler, Albrecht von Wallenstein...
, duchy of Albrecht von Wallenstein from 1627-1634 - Battle of FriedlandBattle of FriedlandThe Battle of Friedland saw Napoleon I's French army decisively defeat Count von Bennigsen's Russian army about twenty-seven miles southeast of Königsberg...
during the Napoleonic Wars in 1807- French ship FriedlandFrench ship FriedlandFour ships of the French Navy have borne the name Friedland, in honour of the Battle of Friedland* Friedland , 18-gun a lugger, captured in 1808 and taken into Royal navy service as HMS Delight...
for ships named after the battle
- French ship Friedland
People:
- Martin FriedlandMartin FriedlandMartin Lawrence Friedland, is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author.He received a B.Comm. , LL.B. , and honorary LL.D. from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. and LL.D from Cambridge University. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1960...
, lawyer - Robert FriedlandRobert FriedlandRobert Martin Friedland is an international financier and businessman. Since the early 1980s, he has specialized in securing funding for the exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and advanced technology ventures...
, magnate (born 1951) - Valentin FriedlandValentin FriedlandValentin Friedland , also called Valentin Troitschendorf after his birthplace, was an eminent German scholar and educationist of the Reformation. Friedland was a friend of Martin Luther and Melanchthon...
Companies
- Friedland - a British manufacturer of doorbellDoorbellA doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near a door. Most doorbells emit a ringing sound to alert the occupant of the building to a visitor's presence, when the visitor presses a button. Many modern doorbells are electric — they are actuated by an electric switch...
s and security products
See also Friedländer
Friedländer
-Places:* a citizen of Friedland in Ostpreußen, modern Pravdinsk, Russia.* a citizen of one of the German towns or villages called Friedland.- Friedländer :* Albert Friedländer, German bank director, later French and Swiss author...