Wels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, on the Traun River near Linz.

It is not part of its surrounding Wels County ( Bezirk Wels-Land ), but a so-called Statutarstadt ( independent city ).

However, Wels is the county seat of Wels-Land.

Wels is known as an important city for shopping and the location of several gymnasiums ( grammar school ) and higher vocational schools and also of a vocational college.

Furthermore, it is famous for the Wels Fair, which takes place every two years in the autumn.

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The only town that applied for elevation to the status of a Statutarstadt since World War II is Wels, as equalization payments for the handling of additional tasks were inadequate so far.

Thalheim bei Wels is a town in the Wels-Land district, Upper Austria, Austria.

Paul Rübig ( born on 6 May 1953 in Wels ) is an Austrian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Austrian People's Party, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

* Rainer Ferdinand ( 11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913 ) – Austrian Minister President 1859 – 61 ; his visit to the Hotel Greif in Wels is commemorated by a wall plaque there.

The Roman colonies and chief towns were Virunum ( near Maria Saal to the north of Klagenfurt ), Teurnia ( near Spittal an der Drau ), Flavia Solva ( near Leibnitz ), Celeia ( Celje ) in today's Slovenia, Juvavum ( Salzburg ), Ovilava ( Wels ), Lauriacum ( Lorch at the mouth of the Enns, the ancient Anisus ).

Picciotto currently works as a record producer most notably with Blonde Redhead and The Blood Brothers, and he has performed alongside members of The Ex at the Jazz festival in Wels, Austria.

Looking directly at Hitler, Wels proclaimed,

In June 1933, Wels went into exile in the Territory of the Saar Basin, which at the time was under League of Nations control ; in August 1933, he was deprived of his citizenship.

The territory of Styria at the time went far beyond the modern Styrian state and included lands not only in modern Slovenia ( see Lower Styria ), but also in Upper Austria, more precisely the Traungau ( the area around Wels and Steyr ).

The original Salzburg Mozartkugel was awarded a gold medal at the second international truffle competition during the confectionery fair ÖKONDA in Wels in September 2005.

After attending the gymnasium in Wels Nelböck studied philosophy at the University of Vienna from 1925 on with Moritz Schlick, who was his doctoral advisor, and graduated as Dr. phil.

Heinrich Brunner (; 21 June 1840 – 11 August 1915 ) was a German historian born at Wels in Upper Austria.

While based at Wels I ./ JG 27 increased its establishment of personnel and aircraft to double its usual complement, as the unit undertook training for experienced junior pilots from other units to become formation leaders.

The first industrial station for the transformation of urban organic materials into compost was set up in Wels / Austria in the year 1921.

Maximilian died in Wels, Upper Austria, and was succeeded as Emperor by his grandson Charles V, his son Philip the Handsome having died in 1506.

Payment documents from Maximilian ’ s court imply Isaac traveled with the court to Torgau, Augsburg, Nürnberg, Wels, and back to Innsbruck between 1497 and 1501.

The town comprises the following boroughs: Aichberg, Au, Berg, Brandln, Dickerldorf, Doppelgraben, Eben, Gaßl, Höllwiesen, Hölzl, Kirchham, Laahen, Lichtenegg, Mitterlaab, Nöham, Niederthan, Oberhaid, Oberhart, Oberlaab, Oberthan, Pernau, Puchberg, Roithen, Rosenau, Schafwiesen, Stadlhof, Trausenegg, Unterleithen, Waidhausen, Wels, Wimpassing, Wispl.

The area of Wels has been settled since the Neolithic era and gained importance in Roman times because of its central location in the province of Noricum.

Around the year 120, Wels received Roman city rights under the name of Municipium Ovilava.

However, Wels completely lost its importance with the end of Roman rule.

Wels served as a minor trading centre during the Middle Ages.

In 1222, during the rule of the Babenberger family, Wels again received city rights.

A document dating to 1328 provides evidence for Wels ' important role as the location of a market.

Emperor Maximilian I died in Wels on January 12, 1519, after having been denied access to Innsbruck by its citizens.

On January 18, 1964, Wels became a Statutarstadt of Austria.

There are about 36, 000 people employed in Wels.

** Charles Wels, pianist, organist, composer and music teacher ( d. 1906 )

Operations were moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen, Austria in 1947.

1513 he ended in a small town of Wels in Austria, where he lived in retirement, devoting himself to the cultivation of the fine arts.

From 1923 Wels also became a member of the executive of the Labour and Socialist International.

Ebert demanded their disbanding and Otto Wels, as of 9 November the Commander of Berlin and in line with Ebert, refused the sailors ' pay.

In the German Revolution of 9 November 1918, Wels was a member of the Berlin Workers ' council ( Arbeiter-und Soldatenrat ) of the SPD and USPD.

Examples of Latinate vocabulary include Semmel or Semmi ( bread roll ) from the Latin simila " wheat flour ", Gaudi ( fun, joy ) from the Latin gaudium and toponyms like Regensburg ( Castra Regina ), Passau ( Castra Batavia ), Wels ( Ovilava ), Linz ( Lentia ), Wien ( Vindobona ).

Otto Wels ( 15 September 1873 – September 16, 1939 ) was the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD ) from 1919 and a member of parliament from 1920 to 1933.

Category: People from Wels

Category: People from Wels