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Pünte (Wiltshausen)
The ''Pünte'' in Wiltshausen, part of the borough of Leer in East Frisia, Germany, is a small, hand-operated cable ferry over the River Jümme, close to its confluence with the Leda. It links the villages of Amdorf and Wiltshausen and is the oldest, hand-hauled ferry in Northern Europe. Retrieved 4 Oct 2017. The '''' is recorded as being in operation as early as 1562. In former times it ferried horses and carts, cattle, people with bicycles and handcarts.''Geschichte der Pünte'' at www.puentenve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente Msu682
Puente, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Spanish language, may refer to: People * Puente (surname) Places *La Puente, California, USA *Puente Alto, city and commune of Chile *Puente de Ixtla, city in Mexico *Puente Genil, village in the Spanish province of Córdoba *Puente La Reina, town and municipality located in the autonomous community of Navarra, in northern Spain *Puente Nacional, Veracruz, municipality in Mexico *Puente Piedra District, district in Peru *Puente, Camuy, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Puentes de García Rodríguez, municipality in Ferrolterra, in northwestern Spain *West Puente Valley, California, USA Bridges and transport *Puente Aranda (TransMilenio), mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia * Puente Centenario, major bridge crossing the Panama Canal * Puente Colgante, transporter bridge in Spain * Puente Colgante, a suspension bridge in Manila, Philippines *Puente de Boyacà, bridge in Colombia *Puente La Amistad de Taiwán, Taiwan-Costa Rica's Friendship Bridge, in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pünte
A ''pünte'' (plural: ''pünten'') is the German term for a type of non-motorised river boat and thus a special type of flat-bottomed boat. It is propelled manually using a crank or hauled by horses on the shore. Today ''pünten'' are used almost exclusively as ferries. History ''Pünten'' were built from wood. They had a flat bottom and the sides sloped only slight outwards. ''Pünten'' were often fitted with a sail, although this was usually insufficient for propulsion, so that the boat was mostly hauled as well. A horse was transported on board for this purpose, which had to be put ashore when the boat came to stretches of river that required the boat to be hauled. ''Pünten'' today After centuries of decline, several ''pünten'' are again in operation in Germany in East Frisia and the Emsland, as well as the Dutch province of Drenthe. For example the ''Leher Pünte'', the only sail-driven ferry over the navigable Ems, crosses the river near Lehe and, near the Großes Mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry Transport In Lower Saxony
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi. Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. Ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, and many carry vehicles. History In ancient times The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "''Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis''". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culture Of Lower Saxony
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). Primitive Culture. Vol 1. New York: J.P. Putnam's Son Culture is often originated from or attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted a typical be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable Ferries In Germany
Cable may refer to: Mechanical * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix ** Arresting cable, part of a system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands ** Bowden cable, a mechanical cable for transmitting forces * Rope generally, especially a thick, heavy ("cable laid") variety Transmission * Electrical cable, an assembly of one or more wires which may be insulated, used for transmission of electrical power or signals ** Coaxial cable, an electrical cable comprising an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, coated or surrounded by a tubular conducting shield ** Power cable, a cable used to transmit electrical power ** Submarine communications cable, a cable laid on the sea bed to carry telecommunication signals between land-based stations * Fiber-optic cable, a cable con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loga (Leer)
Loga may refer to: THAKOR 0.3 People * Bob Loga (1940–1996), American stock car racing official * (1859-1911), Prussian politician * Iarlaithe mac Loga, also known as Saint Jarlath * Ignacy Loga-Sowiński (1914–1992), Polish trade union activist and politician * Loga Ramin Torkian (born 1964), Iranian musician * Paul Loga (born 1969), Cameroonian football player Places * , Germany * , Germany * Loga, Niger * * Loga Park Loga Park (Russian: Парк Логá) is a European-style landscape park situated in Khutor Staraya Stanitsa of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky City in the Rostov region of Russia. Its name came from the Logo beam in which floodplain it is situated. Hist ..., Rostov, Russia Other * loga, each of the 7 upper worlds ( seven logas) in Ayyavazhi mythology {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flatboat
A flatboat (or broadhorn) was a rectangular flat-bottomed boat with square ends used to transport freight and passengers on inland waterways in the United States. The flatboat could be any size, but essentially it was a large, sturdy tub with a hull. A flatboat was almost always a one-way (downstream) vessel, and was usually dismantled for lumber when it reached its destination. Early history The flatboat trade first began in 1781, with Pennsylvania farmer Jacob Yoder building the first flatboat at Old Redstone Fort on the Monongahela River. Yoder's ancestors immigrated from Switzerland, where small barges called weidlings are still common today, having been used for hundreds of years to transport goods downriver. Yoder shipped flour down the Ohio River and Mississippi River to the port of New Orleans. Other flatboats would follow this model, using the current of the river to propel them to New Orleans where their final product could be shipped overseas. Through the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Leer
Leer is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the city of Emden, the districts of Aurich, Wittmund, Friesland, Ammerland, Cloppenburg and Emsland, and by the Netherlands ( Province of Groningen). History In 1744, East Frisia was annexed by Prussia. In 1867, the region was subdivided into districts, and the districts of Leer and Weener were established. In 1932, these two districts were merged. Geography The District is located in the southern part of East Frisia. The Ems River runs through the District, coming out of the Emsland in the south and flowing into the Dollart, a bay of the North Sea. The island of Borkum, belonging to the East Frisian Islands, is also a part of the District. Some of the area of the District is in the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms is identical to the arms of the East Frisian chieftain dynasty Ukena, rulers of the area during the 15th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente Wiltshausen
Puente, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Spanish language, may refer to: People * Puente (surname) Places *La Puente, California, USA *Puente Alto, city and commune of Chile *Puente de Ixtla, city in Mexico *Puente Genil, village in the Spanish province of Córdoba *Puente La Reina, town and municipality located in the autonomous community of Navarra, in northern Spain *Puente Nacional, Veracruz, municipality in Mexico *Puente Piedra District, district in Peru *Puente, Camuy, Puerto Rico, a barrio *Puentes de García Rodríguez, municipality in Ferrolterra, in northwestern Spain *West Puente Valley, California, USA Bridges and transport *Puente Aranda (TransMilenio), mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia * Puente Centenario, major bridge crossing the Panama Canal * Puente Colgante, transporter bridge in Spain * Puente Colgante, a suspension bridge in Manila, Philippines *Puente de Boyacà, bridge in Colombia *Puente La Amistad de Taiwán, Taiwan-Costa Rica's Friendship Bridge, in Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leda (river)
Leda is a river in north-western Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. The Leda is a right tributary of the Ems and originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste) near Barßel. The Leda flows into the Ems near the town of Leer. On the southern bank of the Leda, in the ''Overledingen Land'' (Overledingen="country over the Leda"), opposite Leer, lies the small settlement of Kloster Muhde (''Muhde'' from the Old Frisian ''mutha'' meaning "(river) mouth"). The total length of the river is ( including the source rivers Sagter Ems and Ohe). The lower until the port of Leer are navigable for large ( Class Vb) ships, a further 7 km until the mouth of the Jümme for Class II ships and a further 16 km until the are navigable but not classified. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
