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Naila
Naila is a town in the Frankenwald hills, in the Hof district of Bavaria. Naila is from the larger city of Hof, on both banks of the Selbitz river. History The earliest documentation of Naila dates at 9 January 1343. The first settlements in the area around Naila probably happened between the 12th and 14th century. The name Naila first appeared as "Neulins" (and variations thereof), has its origins most likely in the meaning "Small new settlement". In 1454, Naila was awarded a coat of arms by its overlord, John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Margrave John. After a brief episode under Prussian reign (1792–1810), Naila was included into the newly-established Kingdom of Bavaria. In 1818, it was awarded town privileges and in 1886, a Hof–Bad Steben railway, railroad station was opened in Naila. After World War II, the Iron Curtain, just north of Naila, cut off a large part of the market for the local industries. The town was the seat of the then district A distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hof–Bad Steben Railway
The Hof–Bad Steben railway runs from Hof through the Franconian Forest to the Bavarian state spa town Bad Steben in southern Germany. The line was opened in two stages between 1887 and 1898. Opening and history The Hof–Bad Steben railway was built by the Royal Bavarian State Railways, the legal basis for its construction being the Bavarian '' Lokalbahn'' (literally: 'local line') law of 21 April 1884. The line was the fourth railway in Bavaria to be built under the new law. In the years that followed, three more branch lines were opened that all branched off the Hof–Bad Steben railway. Another, fourth, line to Geroldsgrün was considered in 1920, but never built. In 1994 goods services ceased on the route, but passenger trains continue to operate to the present day. On 1 March 2008 there was an accident during Hurricane Emma. On the journey from Bad Steben to Hof the engine driver ran into a tree that had fallen across the track near the Oberklingensporn halt. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selbitz (river)
The Selbitz is a river of Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany. It is a left-bank tributary of the river Saale in the eastern Franconian Forest. It is a watercourse of tertiary importance. Its source lies about above sea level from a pond northwest of the Helmbrechts quarter of Wüstenselbitz, flows around Helmbrechts at first in an easterly direction and then towards the north. As it continues it runs through the towns of Schauenstein, Selbitz and Naila, before flowing through the Höllental between Hölle and Blechschmidtenhammer cutting a channel into the dolorite rock up to deep. In the village of Hölle, a district of Naila on the left bank of the Selbitz, a mineral spring, the ''Höllensprudel'', has been bored. From the mouth of the Thüringische Muschwitz at the exit of the Hölle Valley and at its own confluence with the Saale near Blankenstein the Selbitz forms the border between Bavaria and Thuringia for about . During the Cold War division of Germany (1945–1990) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East German Balloon Escape
The East German balloon escape occurred on 16 September 1979, when eight people in two families escaped the Eastern Bloc country of East Germany by crossing the border to the Western Bloc's West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon at around 2:00 a.m. The escape plot was carried out over one and a half years, including a previously unsuccessful attempt, three different balloons, and various modifications. One failed crossing alerted the government to the plot, but the police were not able to identify the suspects before their flight to the West. Background The Eastern Bloc country of East Germany was separated from West Germany by the Inner German border and the Berlin Wall, which were heavily fortified with watchtowers, land mines, armed soldiers, and various other measures to prevent its citizens from escaping to the West. The East German border patrols were instructed by standing order to prevent border penetration by all means including lethal force (Schieß ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höllental (Franconian Forest)
The Höllental (English translation: ''Hell Valley'') in the Franconian Forest (''Frankenwald'') is a picturesque part of the Franconian region of Bavaria in southern Germany. Description The Höllental is a protected nature reserve within the Franconian Forest. The Selbitz River runs through this narrow valley and, at the end, marks the border between the states of Bavaria and Thuringia. From the end of the Second World War until the reunification of Germany in 1989 the border here was closed. The Hölle Valley can be visited from Hof and Naila. On the western banks of the Selbitz is the ''Höllentalstraße'', a private road that is closed to motor vehicles. It can however be used by cyclists and walkers. The valley has numerous walking trails. One of these paths, the ''Röhrensteig'' east of the Selbitz, follows the course of the pressurised water pipes of an old electricity station, that today still uses water from the Selbitz. It is dammed by a small weir. Points of inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hof (district)
Hof () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Wunsiedel, Bayreuth, Kulmbach and Kronach, the states of Thuringia (district of Saale-Orla) and Saxony (district of Vogtlandkreis), and the Czech Republic. The city of Hof is an enclave within the district, as well as being the district's administrative seat. History Following a short regency by Kingdom of Prussia (1791–1810) the region fell to Bavaria in 1810. The district was established in 1852. In the Bavarian communal reforms of 1972 it was merged with parts of the dissolved districts Naila, Münchberg, Kronach and Rehau. Geography The Saxon Saale The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (german: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saal ... river originates in the south of the district, on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Peter Friedrich
Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 10 March 1957) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 1998 German federal election, 1998. Under the leadership of Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel, he served as Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany), Federal Minister of the Interior (2011-2013) and as Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Minister for Food and Agriculture (2013). Friedrich resigned from that position in February 2014. Friedrich has a controversial history with minorities in Germany, causing outrage in 2013 after telling journalists that Islam in Germany is not something supported by history at any point. Early life and education Born in 1957 in Naila, near the northern Bavarian town of Hof, Bavaria, Hof, Friedrich has a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in law and also studied economics. From 1990 to 1991, Friedrich worked in the Federal Ministry for Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Man
The wild man, wild man of the woods, or woodwose/wodewose is a mythical figure that appears in the art and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to '' Silvanus'', the Roman god of the woodlands. The defining characteristic of the figure is its "wildness"; from the 12th century, they were consistently depicted as being covered with hair. Images of wild men appear in the carved and painted roof bosses where intersecting ogee vaults meet in Canterbury Cathedral, in positions where one is also likely to encounter the vegetal Green Man. The image of the wild man survived to appear as supporter for heraldic coats-of-arms, especially in Germany, well into the 16th century. Renaissance engravers in Germany and Italy were particularly fond of wild men, wild women, and wild families, with examples from Martin Schongauer (died 1491) and Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) among others. Terminology The normal Middle English term, also use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franconian Forest
View to Döbraberg The Franconian Forest at www.britannica.com. Accessed on 1 Apr 11. (german: Frankenwald , ), is a mid-altitude in Northern , . It is located in the district of (''Oberfranken'') and forms the geological connection between the |
Emre Dönmez
Emre * Emre Altuğ (born 1970), Turkish musician * * Emre Aracı (born 1968), Turkish music historian, conductor, composer * Emre Aydın (born 1981), Turkish rock singer * Emre Aşık (born 1973), Turkish footballer * Emre Zafer Barnes (born 1988), Jamaican-Turkish sprinter * Emre Bayav (born 1987), Turkish basketball player * Emre Belözoğlu (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Emre Can (born 1994), German-Turkish footballer * Emre Can (chess player) (born 1990), Turkish Grandmaster chess player * Emre Çolak (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Emre Elivar (born 1976), Turkish concert pianist * Emre Gönensay (born 1937), Turkish politician * Emre Güngör (born 1984), Turkish footballer * Emre Güral (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Emre Gürbüz (born 1991), Turkish footballer * Emre İşçiler (born 1989), Turkish footballer * Emre Kartari, Turkish jazz percussionist * Emre Kongar (born 1941), Turkish social scientist, writer and author * Emre Korkmaz (born 1986), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West, its allies and neutral states. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the Soviet Union, while on the west side were the countries that were NATO members, or connected to or influenced by the United States; or nominally neutral. Separate international economic and military alliances were developed on each side of the Iron Curtain. It later became a term for the physical barrier of fences, walls, minefields, and watchtowers that divided the "east" and "west". The Berlin Wall was also part of this physical barrier. The nations to the east of the Iron Curtain were Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayerisches Landesamt Für Statistik ...
The statistical offices of the German states ( German: ''Statistische Landesämter'') carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the constitution is executed at state level. The federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the 16 states: See also * Federal Statistical Office of Germany References {{Reflist Germany Statistical offices 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
