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Lichtenhagen
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Lichtenhagen, from the oldgerman designation for ''Clear Grove'' is the name for many urban places like * Rostock-Lichtenhagen, borough of Rostock, Germany * Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen, Bad Doberan, Germany * neighborhood of Friedland, Lower Saxony, Germany * village in Ottenstein, Germany * neighbourhood of Knüllwald, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Germany * Forest Lichtenhagen, Schermbeck, Germany Other uses include: * Silke Lichtenhagen (*1973), German athlete * Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen From August 22 to August 24, 1992 violent xenophobic riots took place in the Lichtenhagen district of Rostock, Germany; these were the worst mob attacks against migrants in postwar Germany. Stones and petrol bombs were thrown at an apartment block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen
Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Geography Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen is located in the "Hägerortes" district, between the lower reaches of the little Warnow River and Bad Doberan, close to the Baltic Sea (known in German as the East Sea) coast. The municipality includes nearly a kilometer of protected nature reserve along the Stoltera cliffs. History A settlement round a green called Lichtenhagen is recorded from 1264 in connection with a church appointment, and the church itself has a surviving mention from 1319, by which time the church had already been built. At the start of the fourteenth century Lichtenhagen was held by the von Gummern family. A branch of the von Schnakenburg family, which had been based in nearby Diedrichshagen till 1359 was also here. By the second half of the fifteenth century Lichtenhagen was at least in part the property of a man called Nikolaus Hasenkop and of his sons Hermann a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostock-Lichtenhagen
Lichtenhagen is a borough of Rostock in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is a Plattenbau housing estate built from 1974 to 1976. It derives its name from the adjacent village of Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen. Its population peaked in 1988 with 20,276 inhabitants, which had fallen continuously to 13,467 by 2006. By 2013, its population recovered to 14,171, as the city of Rostock continues to grow. The borough became infamous in August 1992 for the Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen. {{Authority control Lichtenhagen Lichtenhagen, from the oldgerman designation for ''Clear Grove'' is the name for many urban places like * Rostock-Lichtenhagen, borough of Rostock, Germany * Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen, Bad Doberan, Germany * neighborhood of Friedland, Lower Saxony ... Neighbourhoods in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedland, Lower Saxony
Friedland is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 13 km south of Göttingen. Its seat is in the village of Groß Schneen, one of fourteen communities in the municipality. The others are Friedland proper, Ballenhausen, Deiderode, Elkershausen, Klein Schneen, Lichtenhagen, Ludolfshausen, Mollenfelde, Niedergandern, Niedernjesa, Reckershausen, Reiffenhausen and Stockhausen. Friedland Refugee Camp In September 1945, the Control Commission for Germany - British Element (CCG/BE) built a camp in Friedland, near the American (Hesse) and Soviet occupation (Thuringia) zones. The camp was designed as the first way station for refugees, evacuees, and returning soldiers. Starting in 1947, the camp was administered by the federal state of Lower Saxony. During the period of mass expulsions from 1944 to 1945, the camp offered services to large waves of refugees. Thereafter, it functioned primarily as a way statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knüllwald
Knüllwald is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Knüllwald lies in the Knüllgebirge, a low mountain range, between the rivers Efze and Beise, south of Kassel. Constituent communities The community consists of sixteen centres: Appenfeld, Berndshausen, Ellingshausen, Hausen, Hergetsfeld, Lichtenhagen, Nausis, Nenterode, Niederbeisheim, Oberbeisheim, Reddingshausen, Remsfeld (administrative seat), Rengshausen, Schellbach, Völkershain and Wallenstein. History The formation of the greater community of Knüllwald came about in stages as part of Hesse's municipal reforms. On 31 December 1971, the communities of Appenfeld, Ellingshausen, Hergetsfeld, Oberbeisheim, Reddingshausen, Remsfeld, Schellbach, Völkershain and Wallenstein voluntarily combined to form the new community of Knüllwald. Likewise, on the same day, the communities of Hausen, Lichtenhagen, Nausis, Nenterode and Rengshausen voluntarily combined to form the new communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silke Lichtenhagen
Silke Lichtenhagen (born 20 November 1973 in Leverkusen Leverkusen () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf. With about 161,000 inhabitants, Leverkusen is o ...) is a retired German sprinter. She competed for TSV Bayer Leverkusen, training under Manfred Fink (1988–1994) and Wolfgang Thiele (1995–1998). She represented Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Achievements Personal bests *60 m: 7.23 s (1997) *100 m: 11.24 s (1996) *200 m: 22.73 s (1994) References 1973 births Living people German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Leverkusen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 208,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Rostock was the largest coastal and most important port city in East Germany. Rostock stands on the estuary of the River Warnow into the Bay of Mecklenburg of the Baltic Sea. The city stretches for about along the river. The river flows into the sea in the very north of the city, between the boroughs of Warnemünde and Hohe Düne. The city center lies further upstream, in the very south of the city. Most of Rostock's inhabitants live on the western side of the Warnow; the area east of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Doberan
Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city centre and is therefore part of one of the most developed regions in the north-eastern part of Germany. The town nestles between beautiful beech tree forests just 6 km from the Baltic Sea and is one of the earliest German settlements in Mecklenburg. Today the town is a very popular bathing resort, thanks to Heiligendamm, a district of Bad Doberan situated directly at the cliff line of the Baltic. Historically, Doberan used to be the summer residence for the Mecklenburg Dukes who resided in Schwerin, and for their entourage. Name The name Doberan, originally ''Dobran'', is a place name that probably derives from a Slavic Old Polabian personal name, meaning "good" (''dobry''). According to legend, the name Doberan originated when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottenstein
Ottenstein is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... See also * Ottenstein Plateau References Holzminden (district) Duchy of Brunswick {{Holzminden-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg. History In 1821 districts were created in Hesse. They included the districts of Fritzlar, Homberg, Melsungen, and Ziegenhain. In 1932 the districts of Fritzlar and Homberg were merged; in 1974 the three districts of Fritzlar-Homberg, Melsungen, and Ziegenhain were merged into the Schwalm-Eder district. The district is twinned with the Finnish city of Kajaani, the British district of Sedgemoor, and the Polish district of Piła. Geography The Schwalm and Eder rivers give the district its name. After they merge close to Felsberg, the Eder enters the Fulda to the north at Edermunde. The southeast of the district includes a portion of the Knüllgebirge range of low mountains; the highest elevation is . In the north are the hills of the ''Homberger Hochland''. The centre of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Lichtenhagen
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds ''in situ''. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, '' Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020'' (FRA 2020) found that forests covered , or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schermbeck
Schermbeck is a municipality in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Schermbeck is situated near the river Lippe, approximately 20 km east of Wesel, and 8 km north-west of Dorsten. Its maximum dilatation from north to south is about 12.90 km, from west to east it's about 17.80 km. Thanks to its proximity to the Ruhr area and thus to many big cities, Schermbeck is becoming a popular place for people who want to escape the urban life but still be closely connected to it. Gallery Image:Schermbeck, Sankt Ludgeruskirche foto2 2011-04-09 16.09.JPG, Schermbeck, church: Sankt Ludgeruskirche Image:Schermbeck, straatzicht1 met Sankt Ludgeruskirche foto8 2011-04-11 10.05.JPG, Schermbeck, view to a street with church Image:Schermbeck,_Sankt-Georg-Kirche,_Foto4_2011-04-11_10.13.jpg, Schermbeck, church: Sankt Georg Kirche Image:Schermbeck, straatzicht2 foto2 2011-04-11 10.09.JPG, Schermbeck, view to a street General information Scher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
