Austerlitz
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People

  • Austerlitz (family)
    Austerlitz (family)
    Austerlitz is the name of a Jewish family. As is the case with all names derived from places, the surname "Austerlitz" does not necessarily signify that all the persons so named belong to one family. It denotes that an ancestor of the person came from that place or was for some time a resident...

  • Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...

    , born Frederick Austerlitz
  • Robert Austerlitz
    Robert Austerlitz
    Robert Austerlitz was a noted Romanian-American linguist. Born in Bucarest, he emigrated to the United States in 1938. In June 1950, he received a Master of Arts from Columbia University, where he studied under André Martinet...

     (1923 - 1994), linguist, specialist in the Proto-Finno-Ugric language

Places

  • Another name for Slavkov u Brna
    Slavkov u Brna
    Slavkov u Brna is a country town east of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Population: 5,900. The town is widely known for giving its name to the Battle of Austerlitz which actually took place several kilometres to the west of the town....

    , Czech Republic, giving its name to the Battle of Austerlitz
  • Gare d'Austerlitz
    Gare d'Austerlitz
    Paris Austerlitz is one of the six large terminus railway stations in Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the XIIIe arrondissement...

    , railway station of Paris, France
  • Austerlitz (Netherlands)
    Austerlitz (Netherlands)
    Austerlitz is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Zeist, and lies about 6 km east of Zeist.In 2001, the town of Austerlitz had 1254 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.23 km², and contained 481 residences...

  • Austerlitz (Oscar, Louisiana), a plantation house listed on the NRHP in Louisiana, USA
  • Austerlitz, New York
    Austerlitz, New York
    Austerlitz is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,453 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the Battle of Austerlitz.The Town of Austerlitz is in the east part of Columbia County.- History :Ellis, Capt...

    , USA

Culture

  • Austerlitz (film)
    Austerlitz (film)
    Austerlitz is a 1960 film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jean Marais, Rossano Brazzi, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio de Sica, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron and Elvire Popesco. Pierre Mondy portrays Napoleon in this film about one of his greatest victories at the Battle of Austerlitz...

  • Austerlitz (novel)
    Austerlitz (novel)
    Austerlitz is the final novel of W. G. Sebald, published in 2001. The book received the National Book Critics Circle Award.-Plot summary:...

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