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Alfdorf
Alfdorf is a municipality in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The municipality of Alfdorf was formed in 1972 by the merging of the municipalities of Alfdorf, Pfahlbronn, and Vordersteinenberg. Geography The municipality (''Gemeinde'') of Alfdorf lies at the easternmost extremity of the Rems-Murr district, along its border with the Ostalb district. Alfdorf is physically located in the Schurwald and Welzheim Forest, regions of the larger Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN. Portions of the Federally protected , Rottal zwischen Hüttenbühl und Buchengehren, and Wiesentäler bei der Menzlesmühle nature reserves are located in Alfdorf's municipal area. Politics Alfdorf has three boroughs (''Ortsteile''), Alfdorf, Pfahlbronn, and Vordersteinenberg, and 64 villages. The abandoned villages of Eisenmühle, Felgensägmühle, Geiersweiler, Geren, Tierbad, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfdorf Manor
Alfdorf Manor, called the ''Oberes Schloss'', is a 17th century '' schloss'' located in Alfdorf, Germany, and its town hall. History Alfdorf Manor was built in 1602 by Philipp von Neuhausen and his brother-in-law Joachim Berchthold von Roth. Neuhausen's share of the castle was bought by John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, as early as 1614. From 1618 to 1630, the manor was enfeoffed to Hans Caspar Diemar. On 14 April 1640, the castle was sold to by Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg. A half-timber brewery was built to the west of the manor in 1775 and stood there until around 1864. The manor was renovated in 1845 and in 1871 passed into the ownership of Baron Götz von Holtz and his wife Sophie . Alfdorf Manor became Alfdorf's town hall in 1986. Architecture The manor has a rectangular plan and stands three stories tall with two four-story towers abutting the main structure. Both features share a single gabled roof. A '' risalit'' on the west facade houses a staircase. Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rems-Murr-Kreis
Rems-Murr is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Hall, Ostalbkreis, Göppingen, Esslingen, the district-free city Stuttgart and the district Ludwigsburg. History The district was created in 1973 when Waiblingen was merged with most of the district Backnang and a few municipalities from the district Schwäbisch Gmünd. Geography The largest part of the district is located in the Swabian-Franconian Forest (''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald''), of which the Mainhardt Forest forms a part. The two rivers Rems and Murr gave the district its name. Coat of arms The coat of arms shows a deer antler in the middle, the symbol of the former state of Württemberg. The two wavy blue lines above and below symbolize the two rivers Murr (in the north) and Rems (in the south) after which the district was named. Twinning Rems-Murr-Kreis is twinned with: * Southampton, United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welzheim Forest
The Welzheim Forest (german: Welzheimer Wald) is a wooded, hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Rems-Murr, Ostalb and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Geography Location The Welzheim Forest lies just under 38 kilometres east-northeast of Stuttgart and about 45 kilometres southeast of Heilbronn between the Murrhardt Forest and the Mainhardt Forest in the north, the Frickenhofer Höhe in the east-northeast, the Albuch in the southeast, the Schurwald in the southwest and the Berglen and Buocher Höhe in the west. At the same time, the Welzheim Forest is one of five forest regions in the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park. As a natural region it is, however, not counted with the Swabian-Franconian Forest but, together with the Schurwald and the Berglen, forms its own natural region. It takes its name from the town of Welzheim in the centre of the region. The Welzheim Forest is located around Welzheim, Kaisersbach and Alfdorf roughly betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesstraße 14
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Bundesautobahn 7
is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (598 mi). It bisects the country almost evenly between east and west. In the north, it starts at the border with Denmark as an extension of the Danish part of E45. In the south, the autobahn ends at the Austrian border. This final gap was closed in September 2009. Overview The Bundesautobahn 7 starts at Flensburg and travels through the two states at Schleswig and Rendsburg, through the world's busiest artificial waterway of Kiel Canal crossing the Rader high bridge. At Rendsburg you can change to the A 210, a feeder to the Schleswig-Holstein capital, Kiel. A few kilometers further south there is another feeder route to Kiel, the A 215, into the A7 at the interchange Bordesholm; however, this can only be reached from the south, likewise from the A 215 you can only reach the A7 in the south. South of Bordesholm, the highway has been continuously expanded to six lanes since 2014 due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Driving In Germany
As a densely populated country in a central location in Europe and with a developed economy, Germany has a dense transport infrastructure. One of the first limited-access highway systems in the world to have been built, the extensive German Autobahn network has no general speed limit for light vehicles (although there are speed limits in many sections today, and there is an limit for trucks). The country's most important waterway is the river Rhine, and largest port is that of Hamburg. Frankfurt Airport is a major international airport and European transport hub. Air travel is used for greater distances within Germany but faces competition from the state-owned Deutsche Bahn's rail network. High-speed trains called ICE connect cities for passenger travel with speeds up to 300 km/h. Many German cities have rapid transit systems and public transport is available in most areas. Buses have historically only played a marginal role in long-distance passenger service, as all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Or (heraldry)
In heraldry, or (/ɔːʁ/; French for "gold") is the tincture of gold and, together with argent (silver), belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals", or light colours. In engravings and line drawings, it is hatched using a field of evenly spaced dots. It is very frequently depicted as yellow, though gold leaf was used in many illuminated manuscripts and more extravagant rolls of arms. The word "gold" is occasionally used in place of "or" in blazon, sometimes to prevent repetition of the word "or" in a blazon, or because this substitution was in fashion when the blazon was first written down, or when it is preferred by the officer of arms. The use of "gold" for "or" (and "silver" for "argent") was a short-lived fashion amongst certain heraldic writers in the mid-20th century who attempted to "demystify" and popularise the subject of heraldry. "Or" is sometimes spelled with a capital letter (e.g. "Gules, a fess Or") so as not to confuse it with the conjunction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field (heraldry)
In heraldry, the background of the shield is called the '' field''. The field is usually composed of one or more tinctures (colours or metals) or furs. The field may be divided or may consist of a variegated pattern. In rare modern cases, the field or a subdivision thereof is not a tincture but is shown as a scene from a landscape, or, in the case of the 329th Fighter Group of the United States Air Force, blazoned as ''the sky proper''.''Air Force Combat Units of World War II'', p.210 Landscape fields are regarded by many heralds as unheraldic and debased, as they defy the heraldic ideal of simple, boldly-coloured images, and they cannot be consistently drawn from blazon. The arms of the Inveraray and District Community Council in Scotland have as a field ''In waves of the sea''. The correct language of heraldry is very flexible and virtually any image may be blazoned in a correct manner, for example "sky proper" might be blazoned simply ''Azure'' or ''bleu celeste B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sable (heraldry)
In heraldry, sable () is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours". In engravings and line drawings, it is sometimes depicted as a region of crossed horizontal and vertical lines, or else marked with ''sa.'' as an abbreviation. The name derives from the black fur of the sable, a species of marten. Poetic meanings Centuries ago, arms were often described poetically and the tinctures were connected to different gemstones, flowers and heavenly bodies. Sable usually represented the following: * Of jewels, the diamond * Of heavenly bodies, Saturn * Of flowers, the herb nightshade, in these circumstances also called dwal Gallery File:Arms of Dalzell, Earl of Carnwath.svg, Arms of Dalziel family of Scotland File:Arms of the Foljambe family of Walton.png, Arms of the Foljambe family of Walton, Osberton and Aldwark. File:Blason fam nl van Borssele de Zuylen 1.svg, Coat of arms of Frank II van Borselen. File:DEU Hueckelhoven COA.svg, Coat of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount (heraldry)
In heraldry, a mount (also mountain, hill, hillock) is a representation of a hill or mountain as a curved terrace in base. When the mount is included in the lower part of the shield, it may be considered an ordinary rather than a charge. A trimount, also described as ''a mount mounted'', or ''shapournet shapourned'', is a representation of a mount with three tops. For mounts with more than three tops, the number of tops is blazoned as ''coupeaux'' (e.g. ''a mount with six coupeaux''). The trimount (in German, ''Dreiberg'') can be found in all heraldic traditions (Gallo-British, German-Nordic and Latin), but it is especially common in Switzerland. A design of six hills (''Sechsberg'') can also be found in Swiss and Italian heraldry. In medieval German heraldry, mounts could have ten or more tops. Mounts with more than three tops are blazoned as a ''mount of N coupeaux'', e.g. German ''Sechsberg'' would be a ''mount of six coupeaux'', German ''Zehnberg'' as a ''mount of ten coupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vert (heraldry)
In classical heraldry, vert () is the tincture equivalent to the colour "green". It is one of the five dark tinctures (''colours''). The word ''vert'' is simply the French for "green". It is used in English in the sense of a heraldic tincture since the early 16th century. In Modern French, ''vert'' is not used as a heraldic term. Instead, the French heraldic term for green tincture is ''sinople''. This has been the case since c. the 16th century. In medieval French heraldry, ''vert'' also meant "green" while ''sinople'' was a shade of red. Vert is portrayed by the conventions of heraldic "hatching" (in black and white engravings) by lines at a 45-degree angle from upper left to lower right, or indicated by the abbreviation vt. when a coat of arms is tricked. The colour green is commonly found in modern flags and coat of arms, and to a lesser extent also in the classical heraldry of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Green flags were historically carried by Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure (heraldry)
In heraldry, azure ( , ) is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else is marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation. The term azure shares origin with the Spanish word "azul", which refers to the same color, deriving from hispanic Arabic ''lazawárd'' the name of the deep blue stone now called lapis lazuli. The word was adopted into Old French by the 12th century, after which the word passed into use in the blazon of coats of arms. As an heraldic colour, the word ''azure'' means "blue", and reflects the name for the colour in the language of the French-speaking Anglo-Norman nobles following the Norman Conquest of England. A wide range of colour values is used in the depiction of azure in armory and flags, and in common usage it is often referred to simply as 'blue'. In addition to the standard blue tincture called azure, there is a lighter bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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