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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Liberec, People from Liberec District, Populated places in Liberec District, Ferdinand Porsche, FC Slovan Liberec, HC Bili Tyg i Liberec, Chrastava, Ladislav mid, Vratislavice nad Nisou, Frydlant, Lusatian Neisse, Stadion u Nisy, Neisse University, Grab tejn, Toma Plihal, Betty Fibichova, Sychrov Castle, Jablonne v Podje t di, Johann Schicht, Nove M sto pod Smrkem, Hodkovice nad Mohelkou, Hejnice, Machnin, Raspenava, Hradek nad Nisou, Ose na, esky Dub, Vesec, Technical University of Liberec, Battle of Reichenberg, Svijany, Tramway line between Liberec and Jablonec, Tipsport Arena, Centrum Babylon Liberec, Vi ova, Liberec Town Hall, ernousy, Lazn Libverda, Bily Potok, Jind ichovice pod Smrkem, Pertoltice, Habartice, Horni asnice, Bulovka, Dolni asnice, Hamr tejn. Excerpt: Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 - 30 January 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer and honorary Doctor of Engineering. He is best known for creating the first hybrid vehicle (gasoline-electric), the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, as well as the first of many Porsche automobiles. Porsche designed the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, which was the first race car with mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. He made a number of contributions to advanced German tank designs: Tiger I, Tiger II, and the Elefant As well as the Super-Heavy class Panzer VIII Maus tank, which was never put into production. In 1937, Porsche was awarded the German National Prize for Art and Science, one of the rarest decorations in Nazi Germany. In 1996, Porsche was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and in 1999 posthumously won the award of Car Engineer of the Century. Ferdinand Porsche was born to German-speaking parents in Maffersdorf (Czech: ), northern Bohemia, during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today in the Czech Rep...
