Waldheim
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Places
- Waldheim, SaskatchewanWaldheim, Saskatchewan-History:Mennonites from Manitoba and South Dakota arrived here to settle and farm in 1893. The Canadian Northern Railway arrived in 1908.-Mennonites arrive in Canada:...
, a town in Saskatchewan, Canada - Waldheim, SaxonyWaldheim, SaxonyWaldheim is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the Zschopau River, 9 km southwest of Döbeln, and 28 km north of Chemnitz....
, a town in Saxony, Germany - Waldheim (Hanover)Waldheim (Hanover)Waldheim is a city in Germany about 10 km SSE of Hanover, located at Latitude 52° 22' 0N, Longitude 9° 48' 0E, at an elevation of 60 m above sea level. Its time zone is UTC +1....
, a suburban district of Hanover, Germany - Waldheim (Umm al 'Amad) or Alonei Abba, an Evangelical settlement of 1907 in northern Israel
- ValdgeymValdgeymValdgeym , also referred to as Waldheim, is a rural locality in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Valdgeym was the place where the first collective farm was established in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast...
, or Waldheim, a rural locality in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia - Waldheim, the home of Gustav WeindorferGustav WeindorferGustav Weindorfer was an Austrian-born Australian amateur botanist, lodge-keeper and promoter of the Cradle Mountains National Park.-Early Years:...
which was instrumental in establishing Cradle Mountain National Park in Tasmania, Australia
People with the surname
- Johann Fischer von WaldheimJohann Fischer von WaldheimJohann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim was a German anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist....
(1771–1853), German-Russian zoologist, anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist - Elisabeth WaldheimElisabeth WaldheimElisabeth Waldheim is the widow of Kurt Waldheim, the former UN Secretary-General and President of Austria. She was the First Lady of Austria from 1986 to 1992....
(born 1922), Kurt Waldheim's widow and a former first lady of Austria - Kurt WaldheimKurt WaldheimKurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria, from 1986 to 1992...
(1918–2007), President of Austria and Secretary-General of the UN - Donald WalheimDonald WalheimDonald Waldhelm was a professional heavyweight boxer. He was best known for being George Foreman's first professional opponent....
(born 1939), American professional heavyweight boxer - Zanis WaldheimsZanis WaldheimsZanis Waldheims was a Latvian geometric abstractionist painter who produced work from the 1950s until his death in 1993.-References:...
(1909–1993), a Latvian painter
See also
- Waldheim Cemetery (disambiguation)Waldheim Cemetery (disambiguation)Waldheim Cemetery is the name of two neighboring cemeteries in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in Cook County.*German Waldheim Cemetery, founded in 1873, part of Forest Home Cemetery since 1969.*Jewish Waldheim Cemetery...