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Keiler García
''Keiler'' is a river icebreaker commissioned in December 2011 to serve as the flagship of Lauenburg's Water and Shipping Authority fleet of ten icebreakers, on the Elbe River. The vessel is long and wide. She has a crew of four, and has sleeping and dining accommodation for operations that take longer than a single shift. She is the first icebreaker built for the water authority in 24 years. In February 2012 the upper reaches of the Elbe were beset by the worst ice jams since 1987. The jams were 20 kilometers long, and upstream communities faced flooding as water built up behind the ice dams. The ''Keiler'' and sister ships '' Büffel'', '' Widder'', and ''Wisent The European bison (: bison) (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bi ...'' were dispatched from their normal stations to attack the ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boar
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread Suina, suiform. It has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability to a diversity of habitats. It has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. Wild boars probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene and outcompeted other suid species as they spread throughout the Old World. , up to 16 subspecies are recognized, which are divided into four regional groupings based on skull height and lacrimal bone length. The species lives in matriarchal societies consisting of interrelated females and their young (both male and female). Fully grown males are usually s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbe River
The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is . The Elbe's major tributaries include the rivers Vltava, Ohře, Saale, Havel, Mulde, and Schwarze Elster. The Elbe river basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of , the twelfth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries; however, it lies almost entirely just in two of them, Germany (65.5%) and the Czech Republic (33.7%, covering about two thirds of the nation's territory). On its southeastern edges, the Elbe river basin also comprises small parts of Austria (0.6%) and Poland (0.2%). The Elbe catchment area is inhabited by 24.4 million people; its biggest cities are Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Dresden and Leipzig. Etymolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lübecker Nachrichten
The ''Lübecker Nachrichten'' (LN; German for ''Lübeck News'') is a regional daily newspaper in Germany, covering Schleswig-Holstein and western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is, along with the '' Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag'' and the ''Kieler Nachrichten'', one of the largest daily newspapers in Schleswig-Holstein. ''LN'' appears daily except on Mondays and days after holidays. It was formed in 1946 from the ''Lübecker General-Anzeiger'' founded in 1832 (''Lübeck General-Gazette''), a title it still uses for its local Lübeck supplement. The paper is published by Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH, headquartered in the Buntekuh district of Lübeck and 49% owned by Axel Springer AG Axel Springer SE () is a European multinational mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company offers printing and publishing of advertisements, digital classifieds portfolio, marketing models and related services. Axel S .... Editor-in-chief is Manfred von Thien. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisent (eisbrecher)
The European bison (: bison) (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison. The European bison is the heaviest wild Terrestrial animal, land animal in Europe, and individuals in the past may have been even larger than their modern-day descendants. During late antiquity and the Middle Ages, bison became extinct in much of Europe and Asia, surviving into the 20th century only in northern-central Europe and the northern Caucasus Mountains. During the early years of the 20th century, bison were hunted to Extinct in the wild, extinction in the wild. By the late 2010s, the species numbered several thousand and had been returned to the wild by captive breeding programmes. It is no longer in immediate danger of extinction, but remains absent from most of its historical range. It is not t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widder (icebreaker)
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Widder or Widders may refer to: People *David Widder *Dean Widders *Edith Widder * Felix Widder (other), several people *Frederick Widder * Nathan Widder Other uses * German auxiliary cruiser ''Widder'' * ''Widder'' (icebreaker), an icebreaker operated by the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt A Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (''waterways and shipping authority''; abbreviated ''WSA'') is a Germany, German Federal agency (Germany), federal agency, responsible for the administration of federal navigable waters and for the regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Jam
Ice jams occur when the ice that is drifting down-current in a river comes to a stop, for instance, at a river bend, when it contacts the river bed in a shallow area, or against bridge piers. Doing so increases the resistance to flow, thereby inducing an increase in water level upstream of the jam (referred to as ''backwater''). Ice jams are thus a main cause for flooding during the winter. In addition, when the jam is released, depending on the conditions under which this happens, the amount of water that was retained behind the jam can also lead to flooding ''downstream'' of where the jam occurred. Ice jam floods are generally less predictable and can also be faster than open-water floods. Snow or ice weather phenomena Mechanisms Ice jams on rivers usually occur in the springtime as the river ice begins to ''break up'', but may also occur in early winter during ''freeze-up''. The break-up process is described in three phases: pre-break-up, break-up and final drive. ''Pre-bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasser Und Schifffahrtsamt
A Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (''waterways and shipping authority''; abbreviated ''WSA'') is a German federal agency, responsible for the administration of federal navigable waters and for the regulation of vessel traffic. The seventeen offices (plural: , abbr. ''WSÄ'') are supervised by the national (WSV – Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and accountable to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. In total the offices cover 23,000 km2 of maritime waters and 7,350 km of inland waterways. WSA stations Each WSA has a defined geographical coverage. For example, ''WSA Elbe'' covers the river Elbe from the border of Czech Republic until Hamburg together with tributaries and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; ''WSA Main'' covers the navigable German federal waterway Main. Service Waterways In the infrastructure, the waterways and shipping authorities perform the following sovereign tasks for the federal waterways and shipping administration: * Maintenance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water And Shipping Authority
A Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (''waterways and shipping authority''; abbreviated ''WSA'') is a German federal agency, responsible for the administration of federal navigable waters and for the regulation of vessel traffic. The seventeen offices (plural: , abbr. ''WSÄ'') are supervised by the national (WSV – Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and accountable to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. In total the offices cover 23,000 km2 of maritime waters and 7,350 km of inland waterways. WSA stations Each WSA has a defined geographical coverage. For example, ''WSA Elbe'' covers the river Elbe from the border of Czech Republic until Hamburg together with tributaries and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; ''WSA Main'' covers the navigable German federal waterway Main. Service Waterways In the infrastructure, the waterways and shipping authorities perform the following sovereign tasks for the federal waterways and shipping administration: * Maintenance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasser- Und Schifffahrtsamt
A Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (''waterways and shipping authority''; abbreviated ''WSA'') is a Germany, German Federal agency (Germany), federal agency, responsible for the administration of federal navigable waters and for the regulation of vessel traffic. The seventeen offices (plural: , abbr. ''WSÄ'') are supervised by the national (WSV – Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and accountable to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. In total the offices cover 23,000 km2 of maritime waters and 7,350 km of inland waterways. WSA stations Each WSA has a defined geographical coverage. For example, ''WSA Elbe'' covers the river Elbe from the border of Czech Republic until Hamburg together with tributaries and the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; ''WSA Main'' covers the navigable German federal waterway Main (river), Main. Service Waterways In the infrastructure, the waterways and shipping authorities perform the following sovereign tasks for the federal water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauenburg
Lauenburg (), or Lauenburg an der Elbe (; ), is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. It is overall the southernmost town of Schleswig-Holstein and belongs to the district () of Herzogtum Lauenburg. History The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania, the ancestor of the Dukes of Lauenburg. It took its name from that of the castle of ''Lowenborch'' (erected here between 1181 and 1182), deriving from ''Lave'', the Polabian-language name of the Elbe (compare modern Czech ''Labe''). Following the Napoleonic Wars, Lauenburg was ceded by Prussia to Denmark in exchange for the region of Pomerania. Saxe-Lauenburg was a duchy until 1 July 1876, when it was incorporated into the Royal Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein. Lauenburg served as the ducal capital until 1616, when the castle burnt down. In 1619 the capital was moved to Ratzeburg. The area of the duchy was roughly identica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
