Union

Union (Latin unio 'unity', 'union'):

Politics and History:

• European Union
• Union (politics) in Germany the term for the sister parties CDU and CSU as a whole.
• L'Unione, party in Italy
• Northern states of the U.S. during the War of Secession that did not secede from the United States; thereafter, for a long time in German-speaking countries, the name for the United States of America, also referred to as the "American Union"
• Union of states (confederation)
• Protestant Union, a union of Protestant princes that took place in 1608
• the union of England with Scotland (Act of Union 1707) and Great Britain with Ireland (Act of Union 1800), from which the United Kingdom emerged

Christianity:

• Church Union, Union of Orthodox Churches or Eastern Churches with the Roman Catholic Church.
• the Church of the Old Prussian Union
• the union of Protestant churches of different denominations, from which Uniate Churches (Protestant) emerged

Sports:

• 1. FC Union Berlin, soccer club
• SG Union Solingen, soccer club
• SC Union 08 Lüdinghausen, sports club (including badminton, volleyball)
• Union club, equestrian

Publications:

• The Union, in the GDR the central organ of the Saxon East-CDU
• L'Union (newspaper), French daily newspaper
• Union. Blätter der Emigration, German-language exile magazine in the Republic of South Africa 1939 - 1948 (10 volumes).

Music:

• Union (band), hard rock band
• Union (Yes album), music album by the band Yes
• Union (Union album), music album by the band Union

Company:

• Auto Union, German car manufacturer (1932-1969), then merged into Audi NSU Auto Union (1969-1979)
• Union, AG für Bergbau, Eisen- und Stahl-Industrie, Dortmund-based mining company (1872-1910 and 1966)
• Union Automobile Company (1901), former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1902-1905).
• Union Automobile Company (1915), former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1916).
• Union Automobile Manufacturing Company, former US automobile manufacturer (1905)
• Union-Bau AG, former construction company in Hoyerswerda (1990-1994)
• Union-Baugesellschaft (Vienna), former Austrian company (1871-1980)
• Union Baugesellschaft auf Aktien (Berlin), former German company (1872-1936 and 1968, respectively)
• Union Brewery, a former brewery in Bremen, Germany
• Union Brewery Dortmund
• Union Car Company, former US manufacturer of streetcars and rolling stock
• Union Carriage Company, former US automobile manufacturer (1908-1909)
• Union City Carriage Manufacturing Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1916)
• Union Electric Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1899)
• Union-Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, former electrical engineering company, merged into AEG in 1904
• UNION Fröndenberg, German bicycle parts company in Fröndenberg/Ruhr
• Union Gießerei Königsberg, former manufacturer of steam locomotives
• Union Investment, securities company of the Cooperative Financial Network
• Kaufhaus UNION, until 1966 the name of the Hertie department stores located outside Berlin; see Hertie Waren- und Kaufhaus
• Union Baumaterialien-Gesellschaft (UBM), former name of Vienna-based UBM Development AG
• Union Rheinische Braunkohlen Kraftstoff AG, a company in Wesseling, Germany
• Union Sales Company, former U.S. automobile manufacturer (1911-1912)
• Union Uhrenfabrik, a watch manufacturer in Glashütte
• Union, a former watch manufactory in Glashütte, see Johannes Dürrstein
• Union Verlag Berlin, a party-owned publishing house of the East German CDU party
• Union Werkzeugmaschinen, machine tool factory in Chemnitz, Germany

Event:

• Union (nuclear weapons test), (April 25, 1954) most powerful U.S. nuclear weapons test at Bikini Atoll see Operation Castle#Union.

Places in the United States:

• Union (Alabama)
• Union (Connecticut)
• Union (Illinois)
• Union (Logan County, Illinois)
• Union (Iowa)
• Union (Kentucky)
• Union (Maine)
• Union (Michigan)
• Union (Mississippi)
• Union (Missouri)
• Union (Nebraska)
• Union (New York)
• Union (Ohio)
• Union (Oregon)
• Union (South Carolina)
• Union (West Virginia)
• Union (Eau Claire County, Wisconsin)
• Union (Grant County, Wisconsin)
• Union (Rock County, Wisconsin)
• Union (Town, Burnett County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin.
• Union (Town, Door County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin
• Union (Town, Eau Claire County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin.
• Union (Town, Pierce County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin.
• Union (Town, Rock County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin
• Union (Town, Vernon County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin
• Union (Town, Waupaca County), Town(ship) in Wisconsin.

Family name:

• Gabrielle Union (* 1972), US actress

Further:

• Union (Toronto Subway), station of the Toronto Subway
• (1585) Union, an asteroid of the main belt
• Composite (data type) #Unions, data type composed of other data types.
• Union Glacier, Glacier in Ellsworthland, Antarctica
• Messehaus Union, Leipzig

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