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Westerwald Lake District
The Westerwald Lakes (german: Westerwälder Seen) lie within the eponymous Westerwald Lake District (''Westerwälder Seenplatte'') in the Westerwald forest within the town quarters of Hachenburg, Westerburg, Montabaur and Dierdorf in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The lakes consist of seven ponds: * Brinkenweiher * Haidenweiher * Hausweiher * Hoffmannsweiher * Postweiher * Dreifelder Weiher (also Seeweiher) * Wölferlinger Weiher At 123 hectares, the Dreifelder Weiher is the largest. References External links Westerwald Lakes Development Association (''Entwicklungsverband Westerwälder Seenplatte'') Protected landscapes in Germany Lakes of Rhineland-Palatinate ! Rhineland {{RhinelandPalatinate-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seenplatte
Seenplatte is a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' is in Oettersdorf. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Seenplatte consists of fourteen municipalities: *Dittersdorf *Görkwitz *Göschitz *Kirschkau *Löhma *Moßbach *Neundorf bei Schleiz *Oettersdorf *Plothen *Pörmitz *Tegau *Volkmannsdorf References Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia {{SaaleOrla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freilingen (Westerwald)
Freilingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Geography Freilingen lies 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau, a popular holiday and recreation area. The locality offers many hiking and cycling trails. The Freilinger Weiher (lake), the so-called Postweiher, is open to bathing in summer. History In 1034, Freilingen had its first documentary mention as ''Vriligoim''. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters was founded. Politics The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (''Ortsbürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. Economy and infrastructure The community lies right on '' Bundesstraße'' 8 leading from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Landscapes In Germany
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although the mechanisms for providing protection vary widely, the basic meaning of the term remains the same. This is illustrated by an explanation found in a manual on electrical wiring: Some kind of protection is a characteristic of all life, as living things have evolved at least some protective mechanisms to counter damaging environmental phenomena, such as ultraviolet light. Biological membranes such as bark on trees and skin on animals offer protection from various threats, with skin playing a key role in protecting organisms against pathogens and excessive water loss. Additional structures like scales and hair offer further protection from the elements and from predators, with some animals having features such as spines or camouflage servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartenfels
Hartenfels is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Geography Hartenfels lies 4 km from Herschbach and 8 km from Selters on the Holzbach. History Hartenfels Castle was first mentioned in old writings in 1249. The community is known for its castle ruins, of whose former shape only a few walls and one tower now remain. It was built in the 13th century to keep watch over the nearby trade road leading from Frankfurt to Cologne. In dialectal speech, the ruins bear the name ''Schmanddippe''. In 1999, the community celebrated 750 years of existence. Seven years later came a chronicle. Politics The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (''Ortsbürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinebach An Der Wied
Steinebach an der Wied is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location On the southern boundary of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hachenburg (a kind of collective municipality whose seat is in the like-named town), in the northwest of the Westerwaldkreis, on the Westerwald Lake Plateau and on the Wied lies the community of Steinebach an der Wied. Constituent communities Steinebach an der Wied's ''Ortsteile'' are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg. Politics The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. Culture and sightseeing Buildings In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied). Economy and infrastructure Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by ''Bundes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zugvogel
The Scheibe Zugvogel ( en, Migratory bird) is a West German, high-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class glider that was produced by Scheibe Flugzeugbau. The first version was designed by Rudolph Kaiser and subsequent versions by Egon Scheibe.Simons, Martin, ''Sailplanes 1945-1965'', (Ed: Eqip) p.162 Design and development The Zugvogel was designed with the goal of a simple and inexpensive, but high performance, open class competition glider, with quick assembly. It was developed through several variants before production ended after 100 had been completed. The aircraft is of mixed construction, with a welded steel tube fuselage covered in doped aircraft fabric covering, wooden framed tail surfaces covered in fabric and wooden wings. The span wing uses a NACA 63-616 airfoil at the wing root, changing to a NACA 63-614 section at the wing tip. The wing uses dive brakes for glidepath control. The nose is covered with fibreglass. The landing gear is a fixed monowheel. The Zu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naturschutzgebiet (Deutschland)
A ''Naturschutzgebiet'' (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the ''Bundesnaturschutzgesetz'' or ''BNatSchG''). Although often translated as 'Nature Reserve' in English, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) refers to them as 'Nature Conservation Areas'. It meets the criteria of an IUCN Category IV Habitat and Species Management Area.https://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/themen/gebietsschutz/IUCN_Kat_Schutzgeb_Richtl_web.pdf Document of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation of Germany Points of law The use of the term ''Naturschutzgebiet'' or terms that could be confused with it for anything other than the legally protected areas is forbidden under this law. Signage Because legal restrictions are placed on activity within German nature reserves they have to be signed on the ground. Only by this means can e.g. walkers know that they are entering a nature reserve and may not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgen (Einheit)
A morgen was a unit of measurement of land area in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania and the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varies from . It was also used in Old Prussia, in the Balkans, Norway and Denmark, where it was equal to about . The word is identical with the German and Dutch word for "morning", because, similarly to the Imperial acre, it denoted the acreage that could be furrowed in a morning's time by a man behind an ox or horse dragging a single bladed plough. The ''morgen'' was commonly set at about 60–70% of the ''tagwerk'' (German for "day work") referring to a full day of ploughing. In 1869, the North German Confederation fixed the morgen at a but in modern times most farmland work is measured in full hectares. The next lower measurement unit was the German "rute" or Imperial rod but the metric rod length of never became popular. A unit derived from the Dutch morgen is still used in Taiwan today, calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich III
Frederick III may refer to: * Frederick III, Duke of Upper Lorraine (died 1033) * Frederick III, Duke of Swabia (1122–1190) * Friedrich III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1220–1297) * Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (1240–1302) * Frederick III of Sicily (1272–1337), also known as Frederick II of Sicily * Frederick III of Germany (1289–1330), nicknamed the Fair, King of the Romans and previously Duke Frederick I of Austria * Frederick III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1327–1353) * Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332–1381) * Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen (1332–1381) * Frederick III the Simple (1341–1377), King of Sicily * Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347–1362) * Frederick III, Count of Moers (1354–1417) * Frederick III, Count of Veldenz (died 1444) * Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415–1493) * Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1424–1495) * Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (aka Frederick the Wise,) (1463–1525) * Frederick III, Electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
