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19-459: Surrounding Ahlen are the towns of Sendenhorst , Ennigerloh , Beckum , Lippetal , Heessen (District of the city of Hamm ) and Drensteinfurt . The first recorded mention of Ahlen is in the Vita Liudgeri , dating to about the year 850. The reason for the name, which means " eels ", are unknown. An eel bedecked with a crown and feathers is on the town's coat of arms . The start of settlement

38-532: Is twinned with: Ahlen is a member of the Hanse . [REDACTED] Media related to Ahlen at Wikimedia Commons Sendenhorst Sendenhorst is a town in the district of Warendorf , in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . It is situated approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of Hamm and 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Münster . Sendenhorst consists of Sendenhorst and Albersloh. Before

57-669: The British United Shoe Machinery in 2000 led to questions about Apax's behaviour being raised in Parliament by MPs of both main parties. After calls for an enquiry into the loss of hundreds of pensions were refused, Ros Altmann , the pensions expert and, as of 2015, UK Pensions minister described it "one of the worst cases ..I have seen ..the actions of the former owners – Apax have been immoral." The Member of Parliament Ashok Kumar said, "I think these people needed flogging ..these are greedy, selfish, capitalists who live on

76-512: The 13th century: Certificate v. May 21, 1255 - "The city of Ahlen enters into a state of peace with the city of Cologne". Since the 17th century, only the eel has been represented, both in the city coat of arms and in the seal. In its current form, the coat of arms was awarded by the Prussian state on December 5, 1910. One of the best known companies in Ahlen is Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG , one of

95-590: The 1980s, the firm grew steadily raising capital under a series of separate funds. In 1991, Apax Partners became the official name for all of its European operations however the U.S. business still operated under the Patricof & Co. name. By the mid-1990s Apax had become one of the larger private equity firms globally. In 2001, Patricof & Co. adopted the Apax Partners branding and formalized its affiliation with its European business. In 2002, Apax Partners LLP

114-531: The advisory firm Multinational Management Group (MMG) in London, Paris, and Chicago, marking the beginning of Apax Partners. In 1977, they formed a partnership with early venture capitalist Alan Patricof , who founded Patricof & Co in New York in 1969. The new firm would be known as Alan Patricof Associates (APA) and ultimately come to be known as Apax Partners ( apax means "unique" in classical Greek). Throughout

133-405: The backs of others." Following its sale of Wind Hellas in 2007, Apax and Hellas co-owner TPG were sued by former bondholders of the telecom company, who allege that Apax and TPG unjustifiably enriched themselves from Hellas and misrepresented the true state of its accounts. Apax has countered that some of these bondholders only began their dispute after passing up on the chance of selling prior to

152-446: The bankruptcy of 2009, and that Apax sold the business in 2007 (almost three years before the bankruptcy) and so was not the legal owner of Hellas during the periods cited in some of the lawsuits. (In 2005 a New York judge awarded $ 56 million to some of these bondholders, made against Hellas Telecommunications Finance and Hellas Finance, rather than Apax or TPG). Other lawsuits related to Apax and TPG's ownership of Hellas are being heard in

171-603: The biggest bathtub manufacturers worldwide. Also well known is LR Health & Beauty Systems , which was bought by Apax Partners in 2004. Ahlen station is on the Hamm–Minden railway and is served every hour by the Rhein-Weser-Express and the Ems-Börde-Bahn . The Sekundarschule and TMG used the building of the former Realschule Ahlen's economy was dominated by the coal industry for nearly one century. Ahlen

190-614: The firm had raised and advised funds of approximately US$ 77 billion. Apax Partners is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating on an international basis. Apax invests across four sectors: technology , internet/consumer, healthcare and services. It looks for investments in a target Enterprise Value of $ 100–5,000 million. Apax raises capital for its investment funds through institutional investors including corporate and public pension funds , university and college endowments , foundations and fund of funds . In 1972, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Maurice Tchénio founded

209-462: The local farmers and peasants of the court. Long-distance trading started in the second half of the 12th century — proof being the names of Ahlen merchants found on invoices from merchants in Lübeck . Ahlen was also part of the north German Hanse . During this time a town wall with five towers was built (about 1271). The stripping away of the town wall had begun in the year 1765 and the last hint of it

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228-654: The municipal reform of 1975, Sendenhorst was located in the former Beckum District and Albersloh in the former district of Münster (Landkreis). The river Werse flows through Albersloh. This Warendorf district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Apax Partners Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity firm, headquartered in London , England. The company also operates out of six other offices in New York , Hong Kong , Mumbai , Tel Aviv , Munich and Shanghai . As of March 2024,

247-429: The pyre and beheaded. In 1938 the people of Ahlen destroyed the Ahlen synagogue. By November 1938, there were no more Jews in Ahlen. Blazon: “In red, a gold crowned, inwardly curved, seven-fold winged silver eel. Above the coat of arms a three-tower wall crown with gate. ”The oldest seal shows the pious eel in the city gate, above it Saint Bartholomew. This saint is the patron saint of Ahlen. The seal has appeared since

266-506: The same size and each quarter being named after its own town gate . Each quarter was responsible for defending its part of the town wall and gate. During the 16th century, there were three plague epidemics in 1505, 1551 and 1592; leprosy also killed many people. In the year 1571, the mayor and the council decided to build a special hospital for leprosy. Disastrous fires in 1483, 1668 and 1744 were responsible for further halting Ahlen's growth. About 20 documents of witch trials during

285-403: The time from 1574 until 1652 survive. The hunt for witches started in 1574 with the death of four women. Thereafter, Peter Kleikamp was charged with being a werewolf ; he was tortured and burned alive on the pyre . In 1616, Christian zum Loe was charged with wizardry ; he went insane and died while in jail. The last known case was in 1652 against Anna Sadelers; she was tortured, burned alive on

304-409: The town's census book of 1389, only 63 families were left in Ahlen. But the town rebounded. In 1454, a citizen list showed 212 families living in Ahlen; seven noble families and their attendants lived in the episcopal court as well. Based on this number of families, a calculated population estimate of 1,300 citizens would be realistic. By this time the town had four quarters — all of which being about

323-560: Was established. In 2005, Apax announced it would acquire middle market leveraged buyout firm Saunders Karp & Megrue to augment its buyout business in the United States. In March 2006, Alan Patricof left Apax. In 2006, Apax Partners in London and Apax Partners France in Paris became independent. Apax Partners France rebranded to Seven2 in 2023. The circumstances surrounding the demerger, transfer of assets and subsequent collapse of

342-516: Was gone by 1929. Ahlen grew quickly during the 13th century and in or about the year 1285, the population was so high that a new church (St. Marien) was founded next to the old one (St. Bartholomäus). This leads to the likelihood that Ahlen was one of the 18 biggest towns in Westphalia , at that time. However, the town's growth was hindered in the 14th century by the Black Death . According to

361-437: Was likely due to there being a crossing over the river Werse , which was also the crossing of two key roads ( Hamm –Ahlen– Warendorf and Beckum –Ahlen– Herbern ), and the beginning of a third road (Ahlen– Münster ). In its early centuries , the fledgling settlement was built around an episcopal court . Within the safe haven of this church fortification , the first settlers were craftsmen and merchants who traded with

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