Lübbenau Station
Lübbenau (, dsb, Lubnjow ; officially Lübbenau/Spreewald, L.S. Lubnjow/Błota (meaning ''Lübbenau/Spree Forest'')) is a town in the Upper Spree Forest-Lusatia District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in the bilingual German/ Sorbian region of (Lower) Lusatia, on the river Spree, where this forms a large inland delta surrounded by woodland, called " Spree Forest", about southeast of Berlin. The town is best known through the incorporated villages of Lehde/Lědy and Leipe/Lipje, villages where there just exist anabranches of the Spree River instead of streets. Administration The town of Lübbenau consists of (German/''Lower Sorbian''): * Lübbenau/Spreewald ''(Lubnjow/Błota)'' with Kaupen ''(Kupy)'', Neustadt ''(Nowe Město)'', Stennewitz ''(Sćenojce)'', Stottoff ''(Štotup)'', and Wotschofska ''(Wótšowska)'' and the incorporated villages of: * Bischdorf ''(Wótšowc)'' * Boblitz ''(Bobolce)'' * Groß Beuchow ''(Buchow)'' with Klein Beuchow ''(Buchojc)'' * Groß K ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lower Sorbian
Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Lower Wick is a small hamlet located in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated about five miles south west of Dursley, eighteen miles southwest of Gloucester and fifteen miles northeast of Bristol. Lower Wick is within the civil ... Gloucestershire, England See also * Nizhny {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prussia
Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an emergency decree transferring powers of the Prussian government to German Chancellor Franz von Papen in 1932 and ''de jure'' by an Allied decree in 1947. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, expanding its size with the Prussian Army. Prussia, with its capital at Königsberg and then, when it became the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, Berlin, decisively shaped the history of Germany. In 1871, Prussian Minister-President Otto von Bismarck united most German principalities into the German Empire under his leadership, although this was considered to be a "Lesser Germany" because Austria and Switzerland were not included. In November 1918, the monarchies were abolished and the nobility lost its political power during the Ger ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gmina Świdnica, Lubusz Voivodeship
__NOTOC__ Gmina Świdnica is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the village of Świdnica, Lubusz Voivodeship, Świdnica, which lies approximately south-west of Zielona Góra. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 6,552. Villages Gmina Świdnica contains the villages and settlements of Buchałów, Dobra, Lubusz Voivodeship, Dobra, Drzonów, Grabowiec, Lubusz Voivodeship, Grabowiec, Koźla, Letnica, Lubusz Voivodeship, Letnica, Lipno, Zielona Góra County, Lipno, Łochowo, Gmina Świdnica, Łochowo, Orzewo, Piaski, Lubusz Voivodeship, Piaski, Radomia, Rybno, Lubusz Voivodeship, Rybno, Słone, Lubusz Voivodeship, Słone, Świdnica, Lubusz Voivodeship, Świdnica, Wilkanowo, Lubusz Voivodeship, Wilkanowo and Wirówek, Gmina Świdnica, Wirówek. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Świdnica is bordered by the city of Zielona Góra and by the gminas of Gmina Czerwieńsk, Czerwieńsk, G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gmina Pniewy, Greater Poland Voivodeship
__NOTOC__ Gmina Pniewy is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Pniewy, which lies approximately south-west of Szamotuły and west of the regional capital Poznań. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,905 (out of which the population of Pniewy amounts to 7,464, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,441). Villages Apart from the town of Pniewy, Gmina Pniewy contains the villages and settlements of Berdychowo, Buszewko, Buszewo, Chełmno, Dąbrowa, Dębina, Dęborzyce, Jakubowo, Karmin, Kikowo, Konin, Konin-Huby, Koninek, Koszanowo, Lubocześnica, Lubosina, Nojewo, Nosalewo, Orliczko, Podborowo, Podpniewki, Przystanki, Psarce, Psarskie, Rudka, Szymanowo, Turowo, Zajączkowo and Zamorze. Neighbouring gminas Gmina Pniewy is bordered by the gminas of Chrzypsko Wielkie, Duszniki, Kwilcz, Lwówek, Os ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oer-Erkenschwick
Oer-Erkenschwick is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-east of Recklinghausen, on the northern periphery of the ''Ruhrgebiet''. When pronouncing the name, “Oer” should be pronounced like the German ''Ohr'', not ''Ör''. Geography Oer-Erkenschwick is situated east of the city of Recklinghausen and on the southern edge of the Hohe Mark Nature Park. Sports The town is the home of football club SpVgg Erkenschwick. Twin towns – sister cities Oer-Erkenschwick is twinned with: * Alanya, Turkey * Halluin, France * Kočevje, Slovenia * Lübbenau, Germany * North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom * Pniewy, Poland Notable people *Moondog (1916–1999), American musician and composer, lived there for a while *Horst Szymaniak (1934–2009), footballer *Klaus Wennemann Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański
__NOTOC__ Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowogród Bobrzański, which lies approximately south-west of Zielona Góra. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 9,487. Villages Apart from the town of Nowogród Bobrzański, Gmina Nowogród Bobrzański contains the villages and settlements of Białowice, Bogaczów, Zielona Góra County, Bogaczów, Cieszów, Lubusz Voivodeship, Cieszów, Dobroszów Mały, Dobroszów Wielki, Drągowina, Lubusz Voivodeship, Drągowina, Kaczenice, Kamionka, Lubusz Voivodeship, Kamionka, Klępina, Kotowice, Lubusz Voivodeship, Kotowice, Krzewiny, Lubusz Voivodeship, Krzewiny, Krzywa, Lubusz Voivodeship, Krzywa, Krzywaniec, Łagoda, Niwiska, Lubusz Voivodeship, Niwiska, Pajęczno, Lubusz Voivodeship, Pajęczno, Pielice, Zielona Góra County, Pielice, Pierzwin, Podgórzyce, Lubusz Voivodeship, Podg ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Municipality Of Kočevje
The Municipality of Kočevje (; sl, Občina Kočevje) is a municipality in southern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kočevje. Today it is part of the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. In terms of area, it is the largest municipality in Slovenia. History In 1247 Berthold, Patriarch of Aquileia granted the area around Ribnica within the imperial March of Carniola to the Carinthian counts of Ortenburg. When the counts received further estates on the wooded plateau down to Kostel on the Kolpa River in 1336 from the hands of Patriarch Bertram, they called for German-speaking settlers from Carinthia and Tyrol. These Germanic people became known as the Gottscheers, and their dialect, Gottscheerish. Thousands of Gottscheers, and others, were accused of sympathy for or collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II (such as the Slovene Home Guard), after the war. They, and typically their entire families, were summarily executed, thrown into v ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halluin
Halluin (; nl, Halewijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Geography It is located at the north of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, on the Belgian border, contiguous with the Belgian town of Menen. Population Transport The Halluin railway station, closed in the 1970s, was situated on the Somain-Halluin Railway. The town is now served by buses of Ilévia. The A22 autoroute links the town to Lille and Belgium. Heraldry Politics An erstwhile bastion of the left, Halluin owes its nickname ''Halluin the Red'' to the powerful trade unions who used their influence to support Communist mayors during the interwar period. However, since the 1990s Halluin has become gentrified (see also below), and in the 2007 and 2012 presidential elections the town backed Nicolas Sarkozy. In the 2014 mayoral elections, 62% of voters chose right-wing parties: Gustave Dassonville ( UMP) received 40% of the votes and JeanChristophe Destailleur (Centre-right) received 22% ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradesh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Census In Germany
A national census in Germany (german: Volkszählung) was held every five years from 1875 to 1910. After the World Wars, only a few full population censuses have been held, the last in 1987. The most recent census, though not a national census, was the 2011 European Union census. Early history Nuremberg in 1471Kersten Krüger: ''Historische Statistik'', in: ''Formung der frühen Moderne - Ausgewählte Aufsätze'', LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2005 ,p. 272/ref> held a census, to be prepared in case of a siege. Brandenburg-Prussia in 1683 began to count its rural population. The first systematic population survey on the European continent was taken in 1719 in the Mark Brandenburg of the Kingdom of Prussia, in order to prepare the first general census of 1725. In Habsburg ruled Austria, a population count had been introduced in 1754, but due to resistance by nobility and clerics, no full census was held after 1769. A century and many political changes later, census res ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany quickly became a totalitarian state where nearly all aspects of life were controlled by the government. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", alluded to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which Hitler and the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945 after just 12 years when the Allies defeated Germany, ending World War II in Europe. On 30 January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the head of gove ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |