Wildberg
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Wildberg is a town in Calw (district)
in Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
. The asteroid
117506 Wildberg
was named in its honour by its discoverer, the Observatorium Wildberg.
Dieter Dengler
, the subject of the documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly
and the film Rescue Dawn
was born here.
Calw (district)
Calw is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Karlsruhe, Enz, the district-free city Pforzheim, Böblingen, Freudenstadt and Rastatt.- History :...
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
117506 Wildberg
117506 Wildberg
117506 Wildberg is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Rolf Apitzsch at the Observatory Wildberg on February 5, 2005. Its provisional name was '. It was named after Wildberg, the hosting city at the northern Black Forest, Germany. It has an absolute magnitude of 17.0 and an orbital period...
was named in its honour by its discoverer, the Observatorium Wildberg.
Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler
Dieter Dengler was a United States Navy Naval aviator during the Vietnam War. He was one of the two survivors , out of seven, to escape from a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos. He was rescued after 23 days on the run, and was the first captured U.S...
, the subject of the documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Little Dieter Needs to Fly is a 1997 documentary film made for German television, written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. The film was released to DVD in 1998 by Anchor Bay.-Summary:...
and the film Rescue Dawn
Rescue Dawn
Rescue Dawn is a 2007 war drama film directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his acclaimed 1997 documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly...
was born here.