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Eilenriede
The german: Eilenriede, italics=unset (literally 'alder marsh', meaning 'marsh populated with alder trees') is a municipal forest in Hanover, Germany. It is the largest urban city forest in Germany, one of the largest in Europe, and is nearly twice the size of Central Park in New York. The biggest German urban park in the strict sense of the word, however, is the English Garden in Munich. Size comparison In Germany, the Eilenriede is part of a group of inner-city and near-city forest areas, like the Rostock Heath (), the Dresden Heath (), the Frankfurter Stadtwald () and the Berliner Grunewald (). The Eilenriede is around the same size as the Stadtwald in Duisburg () and is nearly twice as large as Central Park () in New York. Location Eilenriede encloses the south of the city roughly in the shape of a mirror-inverted letter 'C', extending about from north to south. Reaching in its southwest to the Masch Lake, the Eilenriede is traversed by a network of of walking, ...
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Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hannover ...
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Hannover Kunst- Und Kultur-Lexikon
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hannover (1814 ...
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Hanover Zoo
Hanover Zoo is located in the city centre, or Mitte borough, of Hanover, Germany. The zoo was established on 4 May 1865, and comprises an area of . It contains about 3,414 animals in 237 species, which are cared for by more than 400 employees in the summer season. History Hanover Zoo is the fifth oldest German zoo. It was established in 1865 with private money. To cover expenses, a stock company was founded. Without any experience in the keeping of wild animals, the company faced significant difficulties and, as a result, losses. It was often visited by local residents. Due to the consequences of World War I, ever increasing subsidies by the government were needed to keep the zoo open. In 1920, the city took over, but in 1922, when the zoo was no longer financially viable, it was closed. Two years later, in 1924, due to public pressure and private commitment by the animal trading company Ruhe, it was re-opened with a lions' canyon and monkey rock. In 1932, Ruhe completely too ...
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Hugo Thielen
Hugo Thielen (born 1946) is a German freelance author and editor, who is focused on the history of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, in a lexicon of the city, another one especially of its art and culture, and a third of biographies. He co-authored a book about Jewish personalities in Hanover's history. Life Thielen studied German language and literature, philosophy and education at the University of Bonn from 1966, completing with the Staatsexamen in 1971. He has lived in Hanover from 1973, working as editor and author for various publishing houses. He worked for , a publisher mainly of school readers, until 1981, for the Th. Schäfer Verlag until 1995, also for the Postskriptum Verlag, for Hirschgraben, a publisher of school readers in Frankfurt am Main, for in Lüneburg and Springe, and for . From 1983 to 1995 he was a freelance music critic for the ''Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung'' (HAZ). He is head of a Verlagsbüro, an office for freelance writers. Publications T ...
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Helmut Knocke
Helmut Knocke (born 1953) is a Germans, German History of architecture, architecture historian and author. Life Hemut Knocke studied architecture, with a special focus on the history of building, at the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) in his home city, Hannover, graduating in 1983. He has worked for the Cultural heritage management, Cultural heritage inventarisation department where the focus of his work was on the built and documentary legacies of the architects Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves (1788–1864) and Rudolf Hillebrecht (1910–1999). He also involved himself in research projects at the Institute for Arts and Buildings History (german: Institut für Bau- und Kunstgeschichte) at LUH. Knocke is co-author, together with Hugo Thielen, of the (), of which an expanded and updated fourth edition appeared in 2007, and which has become a standard work on various of its themes. He has contributed many of the entries in the Hannover Biographical lexicon (), and to the Hannover Ci ...
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Witzschdorf
Gornau is a municipality in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. Subdivisions Gornau has three subdivisions: * Gornau * Dittmannsdorf * Witzschdorf Politics Municipal Council The local council of Gornau has 14 seats. Since the local elections of 2014, the CDU eight seats, the Alliance of Free Voters four seats, Left one seat and the SPD one seat, too. Mayor * 1990–1996: Rolf Hänel (neutral) * 1996–1997: Manfred Zähler (sitting mayor) * 1997–2001: Gerhard Olschewski (neutral) * 2001–2015: Johanna Vogler (CDU) * since 2015: Nico Wollnitzke (CDU) Education * Primary school Gornau Honorary citizens * Eckhard Börner (born 1951), politician ( CDU), mayor of Witzschdorf, MdL (member of the state assembly) * (born 1956 in Witzschdorf), former enduro Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the ...
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List Of Urban Parks By Size
A list of urban parks by size includes parks at least or and contained entirely within a locality's municipal or metropolitan boundary. List This is a list of the largest parks located entirely within a metropolitan area. Park systems are included, but not ranked because park systems are networks that contain multiple parks. Not all parks listed below are classified as urban parks by their managing authority. See also * Urban parks in Canada References Footnotes Citations {{Reflist Urban Parks An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to re ... Urban * ...
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Rope Course
A ropes course is a challenging outdoor personal development and team building activity which usually consists of high and/or low elements. Low elements take place on the ground or above the ground. High elements are usually constructed in trees or made of utility poles and require a belay for safety. Terminology Ropes courses are referred to using several different names, including Challenge Courses, Ropes Challenge Courses, Teams Course, and Low Ropes, as well as more idiosyncratic names such as the Challenging Outdoor Personal Experience (Project COPE) course (used by the Boy Scouts of America). An Aerial Adventure Park (or "European-Style" Adventure Park, Tree-Top Adventure course) has a more recreational purpose. Other related terms include obstacle courses, assault courses and commando courses, although these terms also have slightly different meanings, often more associated with military training than with education and training for the general public. History ...
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Lister Turm
Lister or Lyster may refer to: Names * Lister (surname), also Lyster and Litster * Lyster Kirkpatrick (1885–1921), Australian rules footballer * Lyster Hoxie Dewey (1865–1944), American botanist * Joseph Lister (1827–1912), British physician * David "Dave" Lister, commonly referred to simply as Lister, is a fictional character from the British science fiction situation comedy ''Red Dwarf'', portrayed by Craig Charles Places * Lister, British Columbia, Canada, a small community * Lyster, Quebec, Canada, a municipality * Lyster Lake (Estrie, Canada), Estrie, in Quebec, Canada * Lister Region, comprising the western parts of Vest-Agder county, Norway * Luster, Norway, formerly called Lyster, a municipality * Lister Hundred, part of Blekinge in Sweden * Lister Park, a public park in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England * Lister (river), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Businesses * Lister Cars, a British sports car manufacturer * Lister Mills, a large former silk factory and ...
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Inline Skating
Inline skating is a multi-disciplinary sport and can refer to a number of activities practiced using inline skates. Inline skates typically have two to five polyurethane wheels depending on the style of practice, arranged in a single line by a metal or plastic frame on the underside of a boot. The in-line design allows for greater speed and maneuverability than traditional (or "quad") roller skates. Following this basic design principle, inline skates can be modified to varying degrees to accommodate niche disciplines. Inline skating is commonly referred to by the proprietary eponym ''rollerblading'', or just ''blading'', due to the popular brand of inline skates, Rollerblade. History An inline skate appeared in a Paris patent in 1819, but were overtaken in popularity by quad skates. The German branch of SKF developed and produced inline-skates in 1978 with wheels for hockey or for the street. The product was stopped after one year as the management did not want a consumer p ...
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Rodelbahn
A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children. It is also a traditional form of transport used by the Innu and Cree of northern Canada. In modern times, it is used on snow to carry one or more people (often children) down a hill or other slope for recreation. Designs vary from simple, traditional models to modern engineered composites. A toboggan differs from most sleds or sleighs in that it has no runners or skis (or only low ones) on the underside. The bottom of a toboggan rides directly on the snow. Some parks include designated toboggan hills where ordinary sleds are not allowed and which may include toboggan runs similar to bobsleigh courses. Toboggans can vary depending on the climate and geographical region. Such examples are Tangalooma (Australia) where toboggans are made from Masonite boards and used for travelling down steep sand dunes at speeds up to . Design and use Before white colonists arrived in America, toboggan was a Native Indian term fo ...
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Minigolf
Miniature golf, also known as minigolf, mini-putt, crazy golf, or putt-putt, is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game. The aim of the game is to score the lowest number of points. It is played on courses consisting of a series of holes (usually a multiple of 9) similar to its parent, but characterized by their short length (usually within 10 yards from tee to cup). The game uses artificial putting surfaces (such as carpet, artificial turf, or concrete), a geometric layout often requiring non-traditional putting lines such as bank shots, and artificial obstacles such as tunnels, tubes, ramps, moving obstacles such as windmills, and walls of concrete, metal, or fiberglass. When miniature golf retains many of these characteristics but without the use of any props or obstacles, it is purely a mini version of its parent game. Nomenclature While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) prefers to ...
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