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Ottobrunn is a small suburban community south-east of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1955. It is located at 48°4′ N 11°40′ E. Ottobrunn consists of mainly semi-detached and detached houses, and lots of gardens. The town's center was established in the mid 1980s with the town hall (1983) and the community centre (1986). The community centre was named after the German-Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari who lived in Ottobrunn between 1915 and 1931. There is a Doric order Column made by the chiseler Anton Ripfel, remembering the day when Otto of Greece travelled past the present community area on his way to become king of Greece. Ottobrun is also the german Headquarter of the EADS. Jump to: navigation, search Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... The Free State of Bavaria (German: Bayern or Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 12, 1876 - January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer. ... The uncompleted Doric temple at Segesta, Sicily, has been waiting for finishing of its surfaces since 430 - 420 BC The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. ... Roman pillar In architecture and structural engineering, a column is that part of a structure whose purpose is to transmit through compression the weight of the structure. ... Otto of Greece entering Náfplio, Peter von Hess, 1835. ... European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is a large European industrial corporation of the aerospace business, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain. ...


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Ottobrunn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (150 words)
Ottobrunn is a small suburban community south-east of Munich, Bavaria, Germany, founded in 1955.
The town's center was established in the mid 1980s with the town hall (1983) and the community centre (1986).
Ottobrunn is also the German Headquarter of the EADS (but technically, most of the ground area belongs to neighbouring community Taufkirchen).
EADS Ottobrunn - Launch Vehicle Propulsion. (1039 words)
The Ottobrunn Centre specialises in the design, development and manufacture of rocket engines and thrust chambers for launch vehicles and upper stages using bipropellant and cryogenic propellant.
The Ottobrunn team designed, developed and produced the rocket engines and thrust chambers that have contributed to the reliability and success of the Ariane launch vehicle since its maiden flight on Christmas eve in 1979.
The Ottobrunn centre produces the thrust chamber assembly for the Vulcain 1 and Vulcain 2 - the main engine that powers the core stage of Ariane 5.
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