Konrad Zdarsa
Konrad Zdarsa (June 7, 1944 in Hainichen) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Görlitz from 2007 till 2010, when he became bishop of Augsburg.
Family Origins
Konrad Zdarsa was born on June 7, 1944, in the village of Hainichen in central Saxony. He was the seventh child of Austrian Johann Zdarsa and Bavarian Elisabeth Zdarsa (née Goppel). Konrad Zdarsa held Austrian citizenship based on his father's nationality and was able to travel abroad without restrictions even from communist East Germany.
His late maternal uncle Alfons Goppel (1905 - 1991), was a German politician in the CSU Party and Bavarian Prime Minister from 1962 to 1978. His cousin, Thomas Goppel is a German politician in the CSU.
Life
After finishing tenth grade, Zdarsa was initially prohibited from higher education and instead trained vocationally as a machinist in a factory in Hainichen. Later, after he was able to sit for his Abitur, Zdarsa studied catholic theology and philosophy at the seminary of Erfurt.
Konrad
Konrad is a given name and surname that is often spelled Conrad in English.
People
First name
Konrad (assassin)
Konrad is a fictional character in William Gibson's novel All Tomorrow's Parties. An anonymous and quasi-mystical assassin, Konrad is moved by the Tao in all his actions, heedless of the demands of his employers. He is clad in nondescript clothing and carries a tantō, which he wields with sublime and thoughtless skill. He is haunted by the memory of his lost lover, Lise.
Characteristics
Konrad is portrayed as a mysterious, strangely philosophical corporate assassin. He is described as a retainer for media baron Cody Harwood although his employer does not seem to issue specific orders, nor does Konrad demonstrate a willingness to obey. Thus, Konrad's professional relationship to Harwood is a peculiar one; neither truly needs the other but the relationship is maintained nonetheless for collateral reasons.
Konrad is described in All Tomorrow's Parties as a slim, middle-aged man with short, grey hair and a vaguely academic resemblance like that of a professor. He wears a dark green woolen coat, dark grey pants, black leather shoes and round, gold-rimmed glasses; similar, then, in appearance to the author himself. In the considered opinion of The Washington Post's reviewer Michael Dirda, Konrad "nearly steals the book away".
Suikoden IV
Suikoden IV (Japanese: 幻想水滸伝IV, Hepburn: Gensō Suikoden Fō, 
(listen) ) is a role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console and is the fourth installment of the Suikoden video game series. It was released in August 2004 in Japan, and early 2005 in North America and Europe.
Suikoden IV takes place approximately 150 years before the events of the first Suikoden game, and relates the story of a young boy living on the island of Razril and the Rune of Punishment, one of the 27 True Runes. The Rune of Punishment governs both atonement and forgiveness, and is unusual in that it consumes the life of the bearer with use; once the previous bearer dies, it immediately jumps to someone nearby. Meanwhile, the Kooluk Empire seeks to expand into the nearby Island Nations.
Konami later produced Suikoden Tactics, a spinoff that serves as a direct prequel, side-story, and sequel to Suikoden IV.
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