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Höhr-Grenzhausen
Höhr-Grenzhausen () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the nickname ''Kannenbäckerstadt'' (roughly, “Jug Baking Town”). Together with the communities of Hillscheid, Hilgert and Kammerforst it has formed the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Höhr-Grenzhausen – a kind of collective municipality – since 1971. Geography Höhr-Grenzhausen lies roughly 10 km west of Montabaur, and 10 km northeast of Koblenz. Politics Town council (as of municipal election on 13 June 2004) Town partnerships Höhr-Grenzhausen maintains partnerships with these towns: * Laigueglia, Riviera, Italy (since 1972) * Semur-en-Auxois, Burgundy, France (since 1987) Culture and sightseeing Museums In the town are found the Westerwald Ceramics Museum (''Keramikmuseum Westerwald'') and a museum of the town's history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kammerforst (Westerwald)
Kammerforst in the Kannenbäckerland is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies roughly 13 km northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. History The community came into being sometime about the year 1680. It was founded by Walloon guest workers who were seeking iron ore in the area. Politics The municipal council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. Economy and infrastructure The A 48 with its ''Höhr-Grenzhausen'' interchange is 4 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line or the one at Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillscheid
Hillscheid is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Hillscheid lies northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality. History Many finds in the area of the village meadows show that there were already Celtic settlers here in Hallstatt and La Tène times. With the building of the limes came the Romans. They built not only walls, moats and watchtowers, whose traces can still sometimes still be made out, but also a small fort, whose outer foundations, however, may now only be viewed in reconstruction. It is assumed that the community of Hillscheid came into being sometime between 959 and 994. The community's first documentary mention, as ''Hiensceit'', appears in a document uttered by Archbishop of Trier Ludolf (994-1008) about the year 1000. At the request of Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höhr-Grenzhausen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Höhr-Grenzhausen is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Höhr-Grenzhausen. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Höhr-Grenzhausen consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Hilgert # Hillscheid # Höhr-Grenzhausen # Kammerforst Kammerforst is a municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district of Thuringia, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ... Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilgert
Hilgert in the Kannenbäckerland is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Hilgert lies roughly 13 km from Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality. History Hilgert was first mentioned in documents dating to 1340. Politics The municipal council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. Economy and infrastructure Transport The A 48 with its ''Höhr-Grenzhausen Höhr-Grenzhausen () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the ...'' interchange (AS 12) lies right nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerwaldkreis
The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free city Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz and Neuwied. History When the area became part of Prussia in 1866 two districts covering the area were created. The northern part was covered by the Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Marienberg, the Unterwesterwaldkreis with capital in Montabaur covering the southern part. 1886 a third district was added with the Westerburg district with area from both of the other two districts. In 1932 the districts structure was reformed again, the Oberwesterwaldkreis and the Westerburg district were merged to a new Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Westerburg. In 1974 in another reform the districts Oberwesterwaldkreis and Unterwesterwaldkreis were merged to form the Westerwaldkreis. Together with the neighboring Rhein- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannenbäckerland
The Kannenbäckerland ("potters' land" or, more literally, "jug bakers' land") is a cultural landscape in central Germany, which extends from Wirges in the Westerwald hills to Bendorf and Vallendar in the Middle Rhine valley. The Kannenbäckerland owes its name to the fact that, in this region, the largest clay deposit in Europe was found and, since the 16th century, has been used to make the well-known grey and blue Westerwald Pottery. Formation In addition to pot making and, especially in Hilgert pipe making for the production of the clay, tobacco pipes which were once common, pottery craftsmanship and training have also been concentrated in the Kannenbäckerland. Since 1879, Höhr-Grenzhausen has been home to the College of Ceramics, which later became part of the Ceramics Department of the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. Its training comprises eight terms and it awards a diploma in materials engineering, glass and ceramics. In addition to the University of Appli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenzau Castle
Grenzau Castle (german: Burg Grenzau) is a ruined spur castle at near Höhr-Grenzhausen in the county of Westerwaldkreis in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the only castle in Germany with a triangular bergfried. History The castle was built by Henry I of Isenburg around 1210 as ''Burg Gransioie'', Old Fr. for "great joy" (Fr.: ''grande joie''), from which its name developed through ''Gran Joie (1238), Gransoge (1275), Grensoy(ge) (1331, 1343, 1346), Grensawe (1356), La Grange (1525), Grensove, Grensauwe, Grentzawe'' and finally ''Grenzau''. The castle is first recorded in a document dated 6 January 1213 that states the Isenburgs had flouted the rights of Laach Abbey. In 1324 the middle line of the lords of Isenburg-Grenzau lived at the castle. In 1346, Archbishop Baldwin of Trier captured the castle during the Grenzau Feud. In 1347, in spite of his victory at Gumschlag over the citizens of Koblenz, Philip I had to recognise its feudal lordship. Emperor Charles V aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laigueglia
Laigueglia (; lij, L'Aigheuja, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Savona, in Liguria (northern Italy in 1812), nearby the Capo Mele Lighthouse. International relations Twin towns – Sister cities Laigueglia is twinned with: * Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany (since 1972) * Semur-en-Auxois Semur-en-Auxois () is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de ..., France (since 2000) * La Thuile, Italy (since 2013) Cities and towns in Liguria {{Liguria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Glaze Pottery
Salt-glaze or salt glaze pottery is pottery, usually stoneware, with a glaze of glossy, translucent and slightly orange-peel-like texture which was formed by throwing common salt into the kiln during the higher temperature part of the firing process. Sodium from the salt reacts with silica in the clay body to form a glassy coating of sodium silicate. The glaze may be colourless or may be coloured various shades of brown (from iron oxide), blue (from cobalt oxide), or purple (from manganese oxide).''Dictionary Of Ceramics''. Arthur Dodd & David Murfin. 3rd edition. The Institute Of Minerals. 1994. History The earliest known production of salt glazed stoneware was in the Rhineland of Germany around 1400; it was effectively the only significant innovation in pottery of the European Middle Ages. Initially, the process was used on earthenware. By the 15th century, small pottery towns of the Westerwald, including Höhr-Grenzhausen, Siegburg, Köln, and Raeren in Flanders, were produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semur-en-Auxois
Semur-en-Auxois () is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. The politician François Patriat, the engineers Edmé Régnier L'Aîné (1751–1825) and Émile Dorand (1866-1922), and the Encyclopédiste Philippe Guéneau de Montbeillard (1720–1785) were born in Semur-en-Auxois, while the military engineer Vauban (1633–1707) was educated at the Carmelite college. Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon. The river formerly provided motive power for tanneries and mills, but its flow is now somewhat reduced by the Lac de Pont. The dam was built upstream in the 19th century to provide water for the Canal de Bourgogne. Sport Semur-en-Auxois was the start of Stage 6 in the 2007 Tour de France. International relations Semur-en-Auxois is twinned with: * Cranleigh in Surrey, UK ''(since 2008)'' * Laigueglia in Italy * Höhr-Grenzhausen in Germany Population Sights *The church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World
The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of ''Americus'', the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name ''America'' first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural ''Americas'' and more or less synonymous with ''the New World''. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..." The term gained prominence in the early 16th century, during Europe's Age of Discovery, shortly after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci concluded that America (now often called ''the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molding (process)
Molding (American English) or moulding (British and Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is the process of manufacturing by shaping liquid or pliable raw material using a rigid frame called a mold or matrix. This itself may have been made using a pattern or model of the final object. A mold or mould is a hollowed-out block that is filled with a liquid or pliable material such as plastic, glass, metal, or ceramic raw material. The liquid hardens or sets inside the mold, adopting its shape. A mold is a counterpart to a cast. The very common bi-valve molding process uses two molds, one for each half of the object. Articulated molds have multiple pieces that come together to form the complete mold, and then disassemble to release the finished casting; they are expensive, but necessary when the casting shape has complex overhangs. Piece-molding uses a number of different molds, each creating a section of a complicated object. This is generally only used for larger a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
