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Nollendorf Pass
The Ore Mountain passes (german: Erzgebirgspässe) are crossings and passages over the crest of the Ore Mountains in Central Europe, over which tracks, roads, railway lines and pipelines run from the Saxony, Free State of Saxony in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany to Bohemia in the Czech Republic and vice versa. Upper Ore Mountains from a transport perspective The geomorphology, shape of the terrain and the climate are the most important physical-geographic conditions that exert an influence on the course and the design of routes across the Ore Mountains, even today. Geomorphologically, the mountains form a fault block, sharply uplifted in the south and sloping gradually away to the north. The appearance of the mountains in the Saxon part is characterised less by their absolute height, but by deep and sometimes winding valleys that have cut notches up to 200 metres deep into the terrain. The area between the valleys comprises gently rolling plateaus that from an early ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klínovec
Klínovec (german: Keilberg) is the highest peak of the Ore Mountains, located in the Czech Republic's part of the mountains at . There is an 80 m TV broadcasting tower on the top of the mountain and a 24 meter high lookout tower. From the south side, the ''Jáchymov - Klínovec'' chairlift leads to the top (length 2,168 m and elevation 480 m), from the north side leads another chairlift ''Dámská'' (length 1,210 m and elevation 232 m). Location Klínovec lies in northern Bohemia, on the border between the Karlovy Vary and Ústí nad Labem regions. The summit and western slopes are located in the municipal territory of Jáchymov, about northeast of the town; the eastern slopes belongs to Loučná pod Klínovcem. The summit is located about southeast of the Czech-German border. Access to the peak is provided by a road from Boží Dar, tourist trails (marked red and yellow), or a chairlift from Jáchymov, running all year round. These days, Klínovec is a popular regional ski r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruegel D
Brueghel or Bruegel () was the name of several Dutch/Flemish painters from the Brueghel family: * Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525–1569), the most famous member of the family and the only one to sign his paintings as "Bruegel" without the ''H'' * Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1638) * Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625) * Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601–1678) * Ambrosius Brueghel (1617–1675) * Jan Pieter Brueghel (1628–1664) * Abraham Brueghel (1631–1690) * Jan Baptist Brueghel (1647–1719) Bruegel may also refer to: * 9664 Brueghel, outer main-belt asteroid * Bruegel (crater), on Mercury * Breugel, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Son en Breugel * Bruegel (think tank), European economic think tank with offices in Brussels ;Others * Brueghel's syndrome Meige's syndrome is a type of dystonia. It is also known as Brueghel's syndrome and oral facial dystonia. It is actually a combination of two forms of dystonia, blepharospasm and oromandibular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbe Flood 2002
In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe. It reached the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. The event killed 232 people and left (US$27.115 billion) in damage. The flood was of a magnitude expected to occur roughly once a century. Unprecedented flood heights were recorded and at least 110 people died. The total economic damage estimates exceeded 15 billion Euros, of which 15% was insured.Helmer, M. & Hilhorst, D.J.M. 2006, "Natural disasters and climate change", Disasters, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 1–4. Development Flooding resulted from the passage of two Genoa low pressure systems (named Hanne and Ilse by the Free University of Berlin) which brought warm moist air from the Mediterranean northwards. The effects of El Niño may have contributed. The floods gradually moved eastwards along the Danube, although the damage in the large cities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flooding
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding, for example land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course or flood controls such as with levees, and larger environmental issues such as climate change and sea level rise. In particular climate change's increased rainfall and extreme weather events increases the severity of other causes for flooding, resulting in more intense floods and increased flood risk. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river, lake, or ocean, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayda, Saxony
Sayda is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 24 km south of Freiberg, and 28 km north of Chomutov. Twin towns – sister cities Sayda is twinned with: * Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy * Meziboří Meziboří (; german: Schönbach) is a town in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. Geography Meziboří is located about north of Most (city), Most. The entire municipal territory li ..., Czech Republic References Mittelsachsen {{Mittelsachsen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberwiesenthal
Oberwiesenthal (; officially Kurort Oberwiesenthal) is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 23 km northeast of Karlovy Vary. At , it is the highest town in Germany.Official web site (in German) The and goldmedalist in |
Saxon Siberia
Saxon Siberia (german: Sächsisches Sibirien) is a term referring to the higher regions of the Western Ore Mountains and the Vogtland in Central Europe. The term was first coined in the 18th century. The region was given this name because of the harsh climate experienced on the upper part of the mountain range. In 1732 an Austrian Rectification Commission described the weather at Gottesgab immediately next to the Saxon-Bohemian border as follows: "''Gottesgab is a place ..lying in the bleakest forests just within Saxon territory, where not even oats grow, nor weeds, nor sloes, nor briars. Summer is not known here at all. The local region typically lies for eight months long under snow, which in many areas is piled several ells high by severe storm winds; in addition, fog comes down so thickly that travellers often lose their way and freeze to death miserably in the snow... ''" Comparisons of the Ore Mountains with Siberia, due to their harsh conditions, were encountered by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normalnull
("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN). History In 1878 reference heights were taken from the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum and transferred to the New Berlin Observatory in order to define the . has been defined as a level going through an imaginary point 37.000 m below . When the New Berlin Observatory was demolished in 1912 the reference point was moved east to the village of Hoppegarten (now part of the town of Müncheberg, Brandenburg, 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 ...).S. German: ''Was ist "Normal-Null"?''. In: ''Physikalische Blätter'' 1958, vol 14, issue 2, p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Gap
A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a practical route for road and rail transport to cross the mountain barrier. Geology A water gap is usually an indication of a river that is older than the current topography. The likely occurrence is that a river established its course when the landform was at a low elevation, or by a rift in a portion of the crust of the earth having a very low stream gradient and a thick layer of unconsolidated sediment. In a hypothetical example, a river would have established its channel without regard for the deeper layers of rock. A later period of uplift would cause increased erosion along the riverbed, exposing the underlying rock layers. As the uplift continued, the river, being large enough, would continue to erode the rising land, cutting thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbe Sandstone Mountains
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands (german: Elbsandsteingebirge; cs, Děčinská vrchovina), are a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side. In both countries, core parts of the mountain range have been declared a national park. The name derives from the sandstone which was carved by erosion. The river Elbe breaks through the mountain range in a steep and narrow valley. The Saxon Switzerland and Bohemian Switzerland national parks, known also as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland, are located within the territory of Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Geography Extent The Elbe Sandstone Mountains extend on both sides of the Elbe from the Saxon town of Pirna in the northwest toward Bohemian Děčín in the southeast. Their highest peak with is the Děčínský Sněžník in Bohemian Switzerland o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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