Tuscaloosa
| Tuscaloosa | |
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| Nickname : T-Town, The Druid City | |
 Greensboro Avenue in Tuscaloosa |
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| Location in County and Alabama | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | December 13, 1819 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Tuscaloosa County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 13 ′ N , 87 ° 34 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
99,543 (as of 2017) 241,378 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 683.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 172.8 km 2 (approx. 67 mi 2 ) of which 145.7 km 2 (approx. 56 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 68 m |
| Postcodes : | 35400-35499 |
| Area code : | +1 205 |
| FIPS : | 01-77256 |
| GNIS ID : | 0153742 |
| Website : | www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us |
| Mayor : | Walter Maddox |
 University of Alabama Library |
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Tuscaloosa is a city on the Black Warrior River in the US state of Alabama in Tuscaloosa County .
The name of the city is derived from two words in the language of the Choctaw Indians: "Tushka" for "warrior" and "lusa" for "black". It is believed that the name has its origin in the Indian chief Tushkalusa , who was defeated by the Spanish conqueror Hernando de Soto in the battle of Mauvilla in 1540 .
From 1826 to 1846, Tuscaloosa was the seat of government of the state of Alabama. The ruins of the State Capitol can still be visited today. In the American Civil War (American Civil War), the city was burned down by the troops of the Northern states.
In the north of the city extends Lake Tuscaloosa , a reservoir with luxurious residential areas close to the shore. Close to town are Tannhill State Park and Lake Lurleen State Park .
education
Tuscaloosa is the seat of the University of Alabama , which is the main campus of the University of Alabama system with over 31,700 students . The University's Foster Auditorium hosted the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door on June 11, 1963 , when Alabama's Governor George Wallace tried to prevent two black students Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood from enrolling at the university. At the college is the University of Alabama Arboretum , an arboretum with an area of 24.3 hectares.
Sports
The university's football team is called Alabama Crimson Tide and plays in the Southeastern Conference , which is part of the NCAA college sports association . The Bryant-Denny Stadium - named after George Hutchenson Denny, a president of the university and the famous coach Paul "Bear" Bryant (there is a museum dedicated to him in Tuscaloosa) - holds 101,821 visitors, making it the eighth largest stadium in the world. Football is an important topic in Tuscaloosa. On days of important football games, the city center is overcrowded and dipped in the red (hence crimson) typical of the football team with fan articles.
economy
Tuscaloosa has been a twin town of Schorndorf , the birthplace of Gottlieb Daimler, since 1996, when the Mercedes factory was inaugurated in nearby Vance . Mercedes-Benz US International , a subsidiary of Daimler AG , manufactures the Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) GLE , GLE Coupé and GLS in Vance and, since 2014, the C-Class for the North American market. The Mercedes-Benz plant is the largest employer in the region. Therefore, Tuscaloosa is also the temporary home of many Germans. There is a German Supplementary School at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa .
Tornado damage in 2000 and 2011
In the summer months it gets very hot and humid in Tuscaloosa. On December 16, 2000, the city was hit by a severe F4 tornado . Eleven people lost their lives and hundreds were injured. The path of desolation stretched twelve miles through the city. Two days later, Tuscaloosa County was declared a disaster area.
During the 2011 tornado season , Tuscaloosa was hit by another violent tornado on April 27, 2011. There were at least 250 deaths in the entire disaster area. The city's mayor, Walter Maddox, confirmed to a TV station that large parts of the city had been completely devastated. The tornado formed just southwest of the city gates and passed over Tuscaloosa a few minutes later. According to eyewitness reports, the tornado was more than a mile wide on one section.
sons and daughters of the town
- Walter D. Seed (1864-1959), politician
- Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (1901–1967), physicist
- Dinah Washington (1924–1963), jazz, pop and blues singer
- Lurleen Wallace (1926–1968), first wife of George Wallace and so far the only female governor of Alabama
- Willie D. Burton , sound engineer
- Otis Davis (* 1932), basketball player, track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Arthur Lee Maye (1934-2002), doo-wop singer and baseball player
- Eddie Hinton (1944-1995), musician
- Ransom Wilson (* 1951), flautist and conductor
- John Stallworth (born 1952), football player
- Lillie Leatherwood (* 1964), track and field athlete and Olympic champion
- Angel Martino (* 1967), swimmer and three-time Olympic champion
- Sherman Irby (* 1968), jazz musician
- Gary Johnson (* 1982), basketball player and coach
- Deontay Wilder (* 1985), boxer
- DJ White (* 1986), basketball player
- Will Barnes (born 1988), basketball player
- Danny Thomas (* 1999), tennis player
media
- WUAL-FM , the main Alabama Public Radio station
literature
- G. Ward Hubbs: Tuscaloosa: 200 Years in the Making. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2019, ISBN 978-0-8173-5944-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bryant-Denny Stadium . RollTide.com. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ↑ MBUSI - Products . In: MBUSI . ( mbusi.com [accessed July 23, 2018]).
- ↑ http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20110427/NEWS/110429732