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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