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Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːdən ˈvʏɐ̯təmˌbɛɐ̯k]) is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 35,742 square kilometres (13,800 sq mi) and 10.7 million inhabitants. The state capital is Stuttgart.
The sobriquet Ländle (dialect form for "small land") is sometimes used as a synonym for the Swabian part of Baden-Württemberg.[citation needed]
The area used to be covered by the historical states of Baden, including the former Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg, part of the region of Swabia.
Württemberg was occupied by the Romans in the first century AD who defended their position there by constructing a (limes) rampart. Early on in the third century, the Alemanni drove the Romans beyond the Rhine and the Danube, but in their turn they succumbed to the Franks under Clovis I, the decisive battle taking place in 496. It later became part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪ.ɐn] (
listen)), is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,548 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany. Bavaria is Germany's second most populous state (after North Rhine-Westphalia), with 12.5 million inhabitants, more than any of the three sovereign states on its borders. Bavaria's capital is Munich.
One of the oldest states of Europe, it was established as a duchy in the mid first millennium. In the 17th century, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Bavaria existed from 1806 to 1918, and Bavaria has since been a free state (republic). Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the historical regions of Franconia and Swabia.
The Bavarians emerged in a region north of the Alps, originally inhabited by the Gauls, which had been part of the Roman provinces of Raetia and Noricum. The Bavarians spoke Old High German but, unlike other Germanic groups, probably did not migrate from elsewhere. Rather, they seem to have coalesced out of other groups left behind by Roman withdrawal late in the 5th century. These peoples may have included the Celtic Boii, some remaining Romans, Marcomanni, Allemanni, Quadi, Thuringians, Goths, Scirians, Rugians, Heruli. The name "Bavarian" ("Baiuvarii") means "Men of Baia" which may indicate Bohemia, the homeland of the Celtic Boii and later of the Marcomanni. They first appear in written sources c. 520. Saint Boniface completed the people's conversion to Christianity in the early-8th century. Bavaria was, for the most part, unaffected by the Protestant Reformation.
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Berlin
Berlin (
/bɜrˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ( listen)) is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has 5.9 million residents from over 190 nations. Located in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin—the capital of East Germany—and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989). Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany, hosting 147 foreign embassies.
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Brandenburg
Brandenburg ( listen (help·info); Low German: Brannenborg, Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam. Brandenburg surrounds but does not include the national capital and city-state of Berlin.
Originating in the medieval Northern March, the Margraviate of Brandenburg grew to become the core of the Kingdom of Prussia, which would later become the Free State of Prussia. The eastern third of historic Brandenburg (Ostbrandenburg/Neumark) was ceded to Poland in 1945.
In late medieval and early modern times, Brandenburg was one of seven electoral states of the Holy Roman Empire, and, along with Prussia, formed the original core of the German Empire, the first unified German state. Governed by the Hohenzollern dynasty from 1415, it contained the future German capital Berlin. After 1618 the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia were combined to form Brandenburg-Prussia, which was ruled by the same branch of the House of Hohenzollern. In 1701 the state was elevated as the Kingdom of Prussia. Franconian Nuremberg and Ansbach, Swabian Hohenzollern, the eastern European connections of Berlin, and the status of Brandenburg's ruler as prince-elector together were instrumental in the rise of that state.
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Bremen (state)
The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen, pronounced [ˈbʁeːmən]) is the smallest of Germany's 16 states. A more informal name, but used in some official contexts, is Land Bremen ('Country Bremen').
The state of Bremen consists of two separated enclaves: Bremen, officially the 'City' (Stadtgemeinde Bremen) which is the state capital, and the city of Bremerhaven (Stadt Bremerhaven). Both are located on the River Weser; Bremerhaven is further downstream and serves as a North Sea harbour (the name means "Bremen's harbour"). Both cities are completely surrounded by the neighbouring State of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The two cities are the only administrative subdivisions the state has.
At the unwinding of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 the Free Imperial City of Bremen (as of 1646, after earlier privileges of autonomy of 1186) was not mediatised but became a sovereign state officially titled Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Its currency was the Bremen thaler (until 1873). In 1811 the First French Empire annexed the city-state. Upon the first, however only preliminary defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bremen resumed its pre-1811 status as city-state in 1813. The Vienna Congress of 1815 confirmed Bremen's - as well as Frankfurt's, Hamburg's, and Lübeck's - independence after pressuring by Bremen's emissary, and later burgomaster, Johann Smidt. Bremen became one of 39 sovereign states of the German Confederation. In 1827 the state of Bremen bought the tract of land from the Kingdom of Hanover, where future Bremerhaven would be established. Bremen became part of the North German Confederation in 1867 and became an autonomous component state of the new-founded German Empire in 1871 and stayed with Germany in its following forms of government.
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County of Regenstein
The County of Regenstein was a mediæval statelet of the Holy Roman Empire.
The counts of Regenstein Castle near Heimburg were first mentioned in a 1169 deed, with Count Conrad of Regenstein, son of Poppo I, Count of Blankenburg (1095–1164), himself a nephew of Count Reinhard, Bishop of Halberstadt from the Ripuarian House of Reginbodo.
The most renowned Count of Regenstein was Albert II (1310–49), who in the 1330s was frequently in dispute with the leaders of the surrounding estates like the Halberstadt bishops and the abbess of Quedlinburg. These tales were romanticised in the ballad The Robber Count (German: Der Raubgraf) by Gottfried August Bürger, melodized by Johann Philipp Kirnberger and the novel of the same name by Julius Wolff.
In the 15th century the comital family relocated its seat to Blankenburg; Regenstein Castle lapsed and was left to ruin. The last scion of the comital family, Count John Ernest, died in 1599. With Blankenburg it fell back to the Bishopric of Halberstadt. Shortly thereafter Blankenburg and Regenstein were separated. Regenstein remained with Halberstadt, while Blankenburg was annexed and held by the Dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
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East Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern regions of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. East Berlin consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city. Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany, as the Soviets did not honor the distinction of a free city for their sector. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The East German government referred to East Berlin simply as "Berlin" or often "Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR" (Berlin, capital of the GDR). The term "Democratic Sector" was also used until the 1960s. (See also Naming conventions).
The Western Allies (the USA, Britain and France) never formally acknowledged the authority of the East German government to govern East Berlin; the official Allied protocol recognized only the authority of the Soviet Union in East Berlin in accordance with the occupation status of Berlin as a whole. The United States Command Berlin, for example, published detailed instructions for U.S. military and civilian personnel wishing to visit East Berlin. In fact, the three Western commandants regularly protested the presence of the East German National People's Army (NVA) in East Berlin, particularly on the occasion of military parades. Nevertheless, the three Western Allies eventually established embassies in East Berlin in the 1970s, although they never recognized it as the capital of East Germany. Treaties instead used terms such as "seat of government."
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East Germany
The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik [ˈdɔʏtʃə demoˈkʀaːtɪʃə ʀepuˈbliːk] or DDR), informally known as East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland), was a socialist state established by the USSR in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city. The GDR had an area of 107,771 km2 (41,610 mi2), bordering Czechoslovakia to the south, West Germany to the south and west, Poland to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. East Germany was dissolved upon joining the institutions of West Germany in the German reunification, on 3 October 1990.
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Free City of Lübeck
The Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck was a city-state from 1226 to 1937, in what is now the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
In 1226 Emperor Frederick II declared the city of Lübeck to be an Imperial Free City. In the 14th century Lübeck became the "Queen of the Hanseatic League", being by far the largest and most powerful member of this medieval trade organization.
In 1359 Lübeck bought the ducal Herrschaft of Mölln from the indebted Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln, a branch of the ducal house of Saxe-Lauenburg. The City and Duke — with the consent of the latter´s brother Eric — agreed on a price of 9,737.50 Lübeck marks. The parties also agreed a clause allowing for the repurchase of the lands by the Duke or his heirs but only if the they were buying back the property for themselves and not for a third party. Lübeck considered this acquisition to be crucially important, since Mölln was an important stage in the commerce between Brunswick and Lunenburg - especially in the trading of salt - via Lübeck to Scandinavia and back. Therefore Lübeck manned Mölln with armed guards maintaining law and order on the roads.
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Germany
Germany (
i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Hamburg
Hamburg ( /ˈhæmbɜrɡ/; German pronunciation: [ˈhambʊɐ̯k], local pronunciation [ˈhambʊɪç]; Low German/Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhaˑmbɔːx]), officially Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany, the thirteenth largest German state, and the sixth-largest city in the European Union. The city is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (including parts of the neighbouring Federal States of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. Situated on the river Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe (after the Port of Rotterdam) and 11th-largest worldwide.
Hamburg's official name, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, and that Hamburg is a city-state and one of the sixteen States of Germany.
Hamburg is a major transport hub in Northern Germany and is one of the most affluent cities in Europe. It has become a media and industrial centre, with plants and facilities belonging to Airbus, Blohm + Voss and Aurubis. The radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk and publishers such as Gruner + Jahr and Spiegel-Verlag are pillars of the important media industry in Hamburg. In total, there are more than 120,000 enterprises.
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Hesse
Hesse /ˈhɛs/ or Hessia (German: Hessen [ˈhɛsən], Hessian dialect: Hesse [ˈhɛzə]) is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.
The English name "Hesse" comes from the Hessian dialect. The variant "Hessia" comes from the medieval latin Hassia. The German term Hessen is used by the European Commission, not because it is English, but because their general policy is to leave regional names untranslated (paragraphs 1.31 & 1.35). The term "Hesse" ultimately derives from a Germanic tribe called the Chatti, who settled in the region in the first century B.C.
An inhabitant of Hesse is called a Hessian (German: Hesse (masculine) or Hessin (feminine)) (see also Hessian (soldiers)).
As early as the Paleolithic period, the Central Hessian region was inhabited. Due to the favorable climate of the location, people lived there about 50,000 years ago during the last glacial period, as burial sites show from this era. Finds of paleolitical tools in southern Hesse in Rüsselsheim suggest Pleistocene hunters about 13,000 years ago. The Züschen tomb (German: Steinkammergrab von Züschen, sometimes also Lohne-Züschen) is a prehistoric burial monument, located between Lohne and Züschen, near Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany. Classified as a gallery grave or a Hessian-Westphalian stone cist (hessisch-westfälische Steinkiste), it is one of the most important megalithic monuments in Central Europe. Dating to the late 4th millennium BC (and possibly remaining in use until the early 3rd), it belongs to the Late Neolithic Wartberg culture.
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksən], Low German: Neddersassen) is a German state situated in northwestern Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In fact, Lower Saxony borders more neighbours than any other single federal state. The state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other, its seaport city of Bremerhaven. The state's principal cities include Hanover, Brunswick, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, and Göttingen.
The northwestern area of Lower Saxony, which lies on the coast of the North Sea, is called East Frisia and the seven East Frisian Islands offshore are popular with tourists. In the extreme west of Lower Saxony is the Emsland, a traditionally poor and sparsely populated area, once dominated by inaccessible swamps. The northern half of Lower Saxony, also known as the North German Plains, is almost invariably flat except for the gentle hills around the Bremen geestland. Towards the south and southwest lie the northern parts of the German Central Uplands: the Weser Uplands and the Harz mountains. Between these two lie the Lower Saxon Hills, a range of low ridges.
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Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (Low German: Mękelnborg) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, and Neubrandenburg.
The name Mecklenburg derives from a castle named "Mikilenburg" (Old Saxon: "big castle", thus the Grecised name variant Megalopolis used in Medieval Latin sources), located between the cities of Schwerin and Wismar. It was the ancestral seat of the House of Mecklenburg and for a time divided into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz among the same dynasty.
Linguistically Mecklenburgers retain and use many features of Low German vocabulary or phonology.
Mecklenburg is known for its mostly flat countryside. Much of the terrain forms a morass, with ponds, marshes and fields as common features, with small forests interspersed. The terrain changes as one moves north towards the Baltic Sea.
Under the peat of Mecklenburg are sometimes found deposits of ancient lava flows. Traditionally, at least in the countryside, the stone from these flows is cut and used in the construction of homes, often in joint use with cement, brick and wood, forming a unique look to the exterior of country houses.
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Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Mecklenburg-Güstrow was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in Northern Germany, that existed on three separate occasions ruled by the House of Mecklenburg at Güstrow.
A first short-lived predecessor existed after the death of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg, in 1477 and the partition of the land among his sons in 1480, when Albert VI received the estates of the former Lordship of Werle around Güstrow. Nevertheless, Albert died without issue in 1483 and his lands were again inherited by his younger brother Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
When Magnus died in 1503, his sons Henry V and Albert VII at first ruled jointly over the entire Mecklenburg duchy until its renewed division by the 1520 Neubrandenburg Treaty. Albert, a fierce opponent of the Protestant Reformation, had insisted on the partititon and became duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, while his brother Henry retained Mecklenburg-Schwerin. However Mecklenburg de jure remained undivided, both brothers held the title of Duke of Mecklenburg and, as Henry only left one insane son when he died in 1552, the Schwerin lands fell back to Albert's sons Ulrich III and John Albert I.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee /mɪlˈwɔːkiː/ is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States, and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the City of Milwaukee has a population of 594,833. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area with a population of 1,751,316 as of 2010. Milwaukee is also the regional center of the seven county Greater Milwaukee Area, with an estimated population of 2,014,032 as of 2008.
The first Europeans to pass through the area were French missionaries and fur traders. In 1818, the French-Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846 Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the City of Milwaukee. Large numbers of German and other immigrants helped increase the city's population during the 1840s and the following decades.
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Nordwestmecklenburg
Nordwestmecklenburg (Northwestern Mecklenburg) is a Kreis (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring districts are (from east clockwise) Rostock, Ludwigslust-Parchim and the district-free city Schwerin, and the district Lauenburg and the district-free city Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. The district seat is the town Wismar.
The district is roughly situated in a triangle between the towns of Lübeck, Rostock and Schwerin. In the north there is the coast of the Baltic Sea with the small island of Poel; two large lakes are partially situated in Nordwestmecklenburg: the eastern half of the Schaalsee (23 km²) at the western border; and the northern half of the Schweriner See (63 km²) in the south, as well as one smaller lake, Mechower See (1.6 km2).
The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Wismar, and also smaller parts of the districts Sternberg and Schwerin-Land. At the 2011 district reform, it was merged with the formerly district-free town Wismar. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011.
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Pomerania
Pomerania - Polish: Pomorze, Kashubian: Pòmòrze or Pòmòrskô, (German: Pommern, Latin: Pomerania or Pomorania) is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East. Pomerania was strongly affected by 20th century, post-World War I and II border and population shifts.
Pomerania belongs to the lowlands of the North European Plain. Outside its few urban centers − most notably the Szczecin and Tricity metropolitan areas − the poor soil is mostly used as farmland, dotted with numerous lakes, forests, and small towns. Agriculture primarily consists of raising livestock, forestry, fishery and the cultivation of cereals, sugar beets, and potatoes. Since the late 19th century, tourism has become an important sector of the economy, primarily in the numerous seaside resorts along the coast. Of the limited industrial zones, the most important products are ships, metal products, refined sugar, and paper.
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Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 19,846 square kilometres (7,663 sq mi) and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz.English-speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz (pronounced [ˈʁaɪnlant ˈpfalts]).
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate was established on 30 August 1946. It was formed from the northern part of the French Occupation Zone, which included parts of Bavaria (the Rhenish Palatinate), the southern parts of the Prussian Rhine Province (including the District of Birkenfeld which formerly belonged to Oldenburg), parts of the Prussian Province of Nassau (see Hesse-Nassau), and parts of Hesse-Darmstadt (Rhinehessen on the western banks of the Rhine); the constitution was legally confirmed by referendum on 18 May 1947.
Situated in western Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate borders (from the north and clockwise) North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, France, Saarland, Luxembourg and Belgium.
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Saarland
Saarland (German pronunciation: [ˈzaːɐlant]; French: Sarre, IPA: [saʁ]) is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states (Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg). Its location on the border between France and Germany has given Saarland a unique history.
The Saar did not exist as a unified entity until its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I. Prior to this, some parts of the current entity were Prussian and other parts Bavarian. The inhabitants voted to rejoin Germany in a plebiscite in 1935.
From 1947 to 1956 the Saar was a French-occupied territory (the "Saar Protectorate") separate from the rest of Germany. In 1955 the inhabitants were offered independence in a plebiscite, but instead voted to become a state of West Germany. From 1920 to 1935, and then from 1947 to 1959, the inhabitants used postage stamps issued specially for the territory; see postage stamps and postal history of the Saar for details. Between 1950 and 1956, Saarland was a member of the Council of Europe.
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Saxony
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈzaksən]; Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska) is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with (18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth most-populous (4.3 million) of Germany's sixteen states.
Located in the middle of an erstwhile German-speaking part of Europe, the history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, a republic from 1918 to 1952 and then again from 1990.
The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons. Old Saxony corresponds approximately to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Sachsen is divided into three Direktionsbezirke — Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig — which are subdivided into 10 districts:
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Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt, pronounced [ˌzaksən ˈanhalt], Low German: Sassen-Anholt) is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.
Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of 20,447.7 square kilometres (7,894.9 sq mi). It has a population of 2.34 million (more than 2.8 million in 1990).
Saxony-Anhalt should not be confused with Saxony or Lower Saxony, also German states.
Saxony-Anhalt is one of 16 states of Germany. It is located in the western part of eastern Germany. By size, it is the 8th largest state in Germany, and by population, the 10th largest.
In the north, the Saxony-Anhalt landscape is dominated by plain (North German Plain). The old Hanseatic towns Salzwedel, Gardelegen, Stendal, or Tangermünde are located in the sparsely populated Altmark. The Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath and the Drömling near Wolfsburg mark the transition between the Altmark region and the Elbe-Börde-Heath region with its fertile, sparsely wooded Magdeburg Börde. Notable towns in the Magdeburg Börde are Haldensleben, Oschersleben (Bode), Wanzleben, Schönebeck (Elbe), Aschersleben and the capital Magdeburg, from which the Börde derives its name.
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Schelfkirche
The Schelfkirche St. Nikolai is an Evangelical Lutheran church dedicated to Saint Nicholas in the Schelfstadt quarter of Schwerin in Germany. It was originally built in 1238, but was rebuilt in 1713 in the Baroque style after destruction by a storm. It is the family burial place of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, including Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Plan by Schlie
Schelfe and the medieval Schelfkirche before 1651
Coordinates: 53°37′57″N 11°25′4″E / 53.6325°N 11.41778°E / 53.6325; 11.41778
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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (pronounced [ˈʃleːsvɪç ˈhɔlʃtaɪn] ( listen)) is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck, Flensburg and Neumünster.
The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish name is Slesvig-Holsten, the Low German name is Sleswig-Holsteen, the Dutch name is Sleeswijk-Holstein and the North Frisian name is Slaswik-Holstiinj. Historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County (Northern Schleswig) in Denmark.
The term "Holstein" derives from Old Saxon, Holseta Land, meaning "the land of those who dwell in the wood" (Holz and Holt mean wood in modern Standardised German and in literary English respectively). Originally, it referred to the central of the three Saxon tribes north of the Elbe river, Tedmarsgoi, Holcetae, and Sturmarii. The area of the Holcetae was between the Stör river and Hamburg, and after Christianization their main church was in Schenefeld. Saxon Holstein became a part of the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne's Saxon campaigns in the late eighth century. Since 811 the northern frontier of Holstein (and thus the Empire) was marked by the river Eider.
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Schwerin Cathedral
Schwerin Cathedral (German: Schweriner Dom) was formerly a Roman Catholic cathedral as old as the city itself, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint John. It was built in Schwerin, North Germany, following the move here of the seat of the Bishopric of the Abodrites, established by Henry the Lion, from the old city of Mecklenburg in the late 12th century. The first cathedral was built of timber. The foundation stone of the stone cathedral of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin was laid in 1172. After a construction period of seventy-six years, it was consecrated in 1248. The proto-cathedral is now the church of the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Mecklenburg.
In 1222 Count Henry of Schwerin returned from a crusade with a reliquary of the Holy Blood, an alleged drop of Christ's blood contained in a jewel. This was placed in the cathedral, and caused it to become a place of pilgrimage.
A number of great churches served as models for Schwerin Cathedral: St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, the Nikolaikirche in Stralsund and the cathedral of Ratzeburg.
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Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈtyːʁɪŋən], English /θjʊərˈrɪndʒiə/) is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country. It has an area of 16,171 square kilometres (6,244 sq mi) and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states. Most of Thuringia is within the watershed of the Saale, a left tributary of the Elbe. Its capital is Erfurt.
Thuringia has been known by the nickname of "the green heart of Germany" (das grüne Herz Deutschlands) from the late 19th century, due to the dense forest that covers the terrain.
Thuringia is well known in Germany for nature and winter sports. It is home to the Rennsteig, Germany's most famous hiking trail, and the winter resort of Oberhof. Germany has won more Winter Olympics gold medals than any other country in the last 20 years, and half of Germany's gold medals have been won by Thuringian athletes.
From the northwest going clockwise, Thuringia borders on the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Hesse. The ridges of the western Harz Mountains divide the region from Lower Saxony on the north-west, while the eastern Harz similarly separates Thuringia from the state of Saxony-Anhalt to the north-east. To the south and southwest, the Thuringian Forest effectively separates the ancient region of Franconia, now the northern part of Bavaria, from the rolling plains of most of Thuringia. The central Harz range extends southwards along the western side into the northwest corner of the Thuringian Forest region, making Thuringia a lowland basin of rolling plains nearly surrounded by ancient somewhat-difficult mountains. To the west across the mountains and south is the drainage basin of the Rhine River.
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Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion (German: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129 – 6 August 1195) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180.
He was one of the most powerful German princes of his time, until the rival Hohenstaufen dynasty succeeded in isolating him and eventually deprived him of his duchies of Bavaria and Saxony during the reign of his cousin Frederick I Barbarossa and of Frederick's son and successor Henry VI.
At the height of his reign, Henry ruled over a vast territory stretching from the coast of the North and Baltic Seas to the Alps, and from Westphalia to Pomerania. Henry achieved this great power in part by his political and military acumen and in part through the legacies of his four grandparents.
The Henry The Lion Bible is stored, a book preserved in near mint condition from the year 1170. Located in Wolfenbüttel, a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, located on the Oker river about 13 kilometres south of Brunswick.
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Max Liebermann
Max Liebermann (July 20, 1847 – February 8, 1935) was a German-Jewish painter and printmaker, and one of the leading proponents of Impressionism in Germany.
The son of a Jewish businessman from Berlin, Liebermann first studied law and philosophy at the University of Berlin, but later studied painting and drawing in Weimar in 1869, in Paris in 1872, and in the Netherlands in 1876–77. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), Liebermann served as a medic with the Order of St. John near Metz. After living and working for some time in Munich, he finally returned to Berlin in 1884, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was married in 1884 to Martha Marckwald (1857–1943, see portrait by Anders Zorn).
He used his own inherited wealth to assemble an impressive collection of French Impressionist works. He later chose scenes of the bourgeoisie, as well as aspects of his garden near Lake Wannsee, as motifs for his paintings. In Berlin, he became a famous painter of portraits; his work is especially close in spirit to Édouard Manet.
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Imagefilm Schwerin - Eine Stadt der Seen und Wälder - Schweriner See und Pfaffenteich
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Produktion von Farbfilm-Schwerin.de Kamera/ Schnitt: Bert Scharffenberg © 2011 Der Film ist fertig, den Star kennen wir alle. Eine Produktion von Videoredakteur.de und Farbfilm Schwerin. 6 Videos auf diesem Videokanal. Schwerin, Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, zeigt sich von seinen schönsten Seiten, macht Lust auf einen Besuch, macht die Einwohner stolz auf ihre Stadt. Schweriner See Kunst in Schwerin Pfaffenteich
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Schwerin - Ein Besuch in Meck Pom
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Im August 2011 war ich in Schwerin und habe mich dort ein wenig umgesehen. Vom quirligen Pfaffenteich bis zum anmutigen Schlossgarten: Das Wasser, bildschöne Gebäude, alte Plätze und natürlich das Schloß prägen das Bild des historischen Stadtkerns. Im Video sind Aufnahmen der beliebtesten und wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten Schwerins zu sehen. Erleben und Entspannung sind in dieser Stadt in Einklang gebracht. Wer etwas mehr Zeit mitbringen kann sollte das seenreiche Umland der Mecklenburgischen Seenplatte auf dem Wasser mit dem Auto oder dem Fahrrad durchfahren. Herrliche Ausflüge sind hier möglich. 00:00 Hauptbahnhof Schwerin 00:56 Paulskirche 02:34 Marienplatz 03:27 Marktplatz 04:17 Dom 05:05 Pfaffenteich 06:22 E-Werk 06:42 Schelfstadt (historischer Kern) 07:58 Schlossstraße, Schlossplatz mit Museum und Staatstheater 09:17 Schloss Schwerin 12:05 Schlossgarten 13:05 Schleifmühle 13:23 Burgsee ua Musik gemafrei, Quellen: 1)Brain Control -- Ballad for Sri Krishna (Jamendo) 2)Persson -- Good News (Jamendo) 3)Chill Carrier -- Planet Full Of Stars 4)Klassik Audiothek, Vol 2, Track 3 (Air Suite in D - Johann Sebastian Bach) Beanstandet wird das Musikstück 4) das ich in einer gemafreien Interpretation erworben habe. Kamera Lumix GH2, Objektiv Lumix 14-140
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Schwerin - with Two Tourists from the USA | Discover Germany
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Students Will Davies and Daniel Richards from Tennessee admire Schwerin's lakeside castle, try a taste of eel and do some rowing in a dragon boat. Find out more: www.dw.de/dw/episode/9798/0,,16027381,00.html
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die hungrigen Kinder von Schwerin , Doku 1/ 2
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Mehr als einmal sah er Kinder, die Essensreste aus der Mülltonne fischten, weil sie der Hunger plagte. Das waren für Peter Grosch, der schon die Schweriner Tafel ins Leben gerufen hatte, Schlüsselerlebnisse. Er gründete zwei Suppenküchen speziell für Kinder und Jugendliche. Nirgendwo in Deutschland ist die Not der Kinder so verbreitet wie in Schwerin. In der Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lebt über ein Drittel der jungen Generation in Hartz-IV-Familien. Peter Grosch ist hauptberuflich Chef der evangelischen Suchtkrankenhilfe. "Wenn Teenies vor dem Alltag flüchten, sind Alkohol und Drogen nicht mehr weit", weiß der Berater. Das durchschnittliche Einstiegsalter seiner Schützlinge in eine Sucht beträgt zwölf Jahre.
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Strassenbahn in Schwerin 25.Dezember 1990
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Strassenbahn Bilder aus Schwerin vom 1. Weihnachtstag 1990
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Schwerin - mit zwei US-Amerikanern | Hin & weg
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Die Studenten Will Davies und Daniel Richards aus Tennessee, USA staunen über Schwerins Schloss im See, trauen sich einen Aal zu essen und fahren in einem Drachenboot. Weiterlesen unter: www.dw.de/dw/episode/9800/0,,16026965,00.html
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Schwerin, Germany
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Recorded August 1, 2011: The landmark of the city is the Schwerin Castle, located on an island in the lake of the same name . In the video we take a boat around the castle and then walk through the city. From: timvp.com
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Ghost Rider in Schwerin 2
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Schwerin Graffiti Trailer
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Schwerin Graffiti Documentation Coming 2013 eine Dokumentation über die Graffitikultur in Schwerin ein Teil der Aufnahmen im Video wurde anonym zugesandt und unterliegt daher nicht der Haftung der Produzenten. Der Film soll lediglich die künstlerischen Aspekte von Graffiti fokussieren ---------------------------------------------------- by Crime Scene Productionz & Neo Graff Pictures Schwerin
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Baseballclub Schwerin Diamonds im Radio
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Am 16.11.2012 war der Wetter-Werner von Antenne MV zu Besuch bei dem Baseballclub Schwerin Diamonds. Copyright: Antenne MV GmbH & Co.KG
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Klein Stadt Groß • Schwerin
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Schwerin als Miniaturstadt. Der etwas anderer Blick auf die Stadt. Mehr Filme auf: www.sophie-medien.de
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Unwetter Schwerin 29. Juni 2012
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Am 29. Juni 2012 fuhren wir von Schwerin nach Lübeck. Auf der B106 Richtung Wismar kam zunächst starker Regen auf. Kurz vor Zickhusen ging dann gar nichts mehr. Der stürmische Wind hatte von einem Baum mehrere dicke Äste abgebrochen, die nun die gesamte Straße blockierten. Gut, daß wir vor dem Regen, Wind und Gewitter geschützt im Auto saßen.
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Traumhaftes Schwerin
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Schwerin www.wiewowi.com Im Stadtgebiet der malerischen Landeshauptstadt von Mecklenburg -- Vorpommern liegen nicht weniger als 12 Seen. Diese sind größtenteils Relikte der Eiszeit, so auch der Schweriner See. Dieser wird durch den Paulsdamm in einen Innen- und einen Aussensee geteilt, wobei Schwerin sich an dem südwestlichen Ufer des Innensees ausdehnt. Die im Jahr 2010 gefeierte 850-jährige Stadtgeschichte Schwerins geht auf die deutsche Gründung durch den Welfenkönig Heinrich den Löwen zurück. Ausgrabungen haben allerdings ans Tageslicht gebracht, dass die tatsächliche Besiedlung schon sehr viel früher einsetzte. Zum kulturellen und politischen Zentrum Mecklenburgs stieg Schwerin nach der Übernahme durch den Herzog Albrecht II. auf, als dieser hier seine Residenz gründete. Das Schweriner Schloss liegt sehr malerisch auf einer kleinen Insel im Schweriner See, und trotz zahlreicher Umbauten wurde die Gebäudegestalt aus dem 15. Jahrhundert gewahrt und macht es zu einem der bedeutendsten Gebäude des Historismus in Europa. Ein architektonisches Kleinod kann der Besucher im Burggarten entdecken, denn dort befindet sich die Renaissancekapelle, die als erste protestantische Kirche in Mecklenburg erbaut wurde. Das Entdecken von sehenswerten Orten und Dingen in Schwerin wird den Gästen mit modernsten Mitteln ermöglicht. Man kann ausgerüstet mit den zur Verfügung gestellten GPS-Geräten an einer Schatzsuche, nach Art einer „Schnitzeljagd", teilnehmen und die zahlreichen ...
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Public Viewing Schwerin with Anastasia 1.7.2012
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Public Viewing during the Euro 2012 soccer games. Das Schloß und die Stadt haben wir zu Fuß besichtigt.
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Der Abschiebär zu Besuch in Schwerin
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Auch eine Hoffnung gegen die Überfremdung, muss sich einmal von einer Stadt des multikulturellen Wahnsinns wie Hannover erholen. Täglich hat der Abschiebär hier das Glück Ausländern eine Gute Heimreise zu wünschen, doch selbst er braucht einmal Urlaub. Wir durften unseren sportlichen Freund bei seiner Wanderung nach Schwerin begleiten. Seinen Besuch bei seinem Freund "Fuchs Reinar" vom Netzwerk für Tolerie und Demokranz haben wir für Euch mit der Kamera festgehalten. Beide haben sich auf die Suche nach diesem komischen "Storch Heinar" gemacht und dabei die ein oder andere anstrengende Erfahrung erleben müssen. Der Abschiebär durfte erleben, wie seine Gastgeschenke von den örtlichen Demokraten im Schweriner Schloss nicht angenommen wurden. Dafür konnte er zeigen, wer denn bei Ausländern beliebter ist. Der Spezialist für die ganz besondere Reise konnte auch in Schwerin viele Ausländer glücklich machen und ihnen beweisen, dass Abschiebung etwas Wunderbares ist.
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AWO Flashmob - Schlosspark Center Schwerin ( Video HD )
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AWO Treffpunkt " Deja vu ", Ferienspiele 2012- 1.Flashmob im Schlossparkcenter Schwerin
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city - Schwerin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | euromaxx
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This time around in our city segment we visit Schwerin. A city in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Residenzstadt Schwerin
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Der Rundgang durch die Residenz- und Landeshauptstadt Schwerin beginnt am Hauptbahnhof. Nach einem kurzen Blick über den Pfaffenteich und der Paulskirche geht es über die Wismarsche Straße zum Marienplatz. Über die Schlossstraße gelangen wir zum Dom, den wir besuchen. Über den Altstädtischen Markt mit seinen sehenswerten Gebäuden erreichen wir, vorbei an etlichen Ministerien und dem Staatstheater, den Schweriner See mit der Schlossinsel und dem reizvollen Schweriner Schloss. Nach einem ausführlichen Besuch des Burggartens geht es am Marstall vorbei zum Schlachtermarkt. Der nächste Besuchspunkt ist die Paulskirche bevor wir wieder am Hauptbahnhof ankommen.
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Schwerin soll uns hören!
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Keine Tierfabriken mehr -- Kein Steuergeld für Agrarindustrie -- Bauernhöfe statt Agrarfabriken -Tierschutz-Verbandsklagerecht in MV....Kundgebung am 24.10.2012 vor dem Landtag in Schwerin
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Sprengung Brücke in Schwerin-1997.VOB
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Das ist die Dokumentation der Sprengung der Brücke in Schwerin Crivitzer Straße 1997 es wurde danach eine neue gebaut.
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Jumpcrew Wismar beim SMART Deutschland eV in Schwerin 2012
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Jumpcrew Wismar in Schwerin bei traditionellen Treffen vom SMART-Club Deutschland. Tolle Veranstaltung, super Menschen. Wir waren gerne bei euch und kommen gerne wieder. Jumpcrew Wismar ist gerne euer Glücksbringer. info@jiz-mv.de
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Pretty Pink @ Zenit Club Schwerin
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JOIN @ FB: www.facebook.com TRACKS: 1. soundcloud.com 2. soundcloud.com 3. soundcloud.com 4. Tom Tash & Pretty Pink feat. Terri B! - Love Is In The Air BUY: itunes.apple.com
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Schweriner Schloss Schwerin Landtag Mecklenburg - Vorpommern
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Historische Bauwerke - Burgen und Schlösser - Folge 17 Das Schweriner Schloss liegt auf der Schlossinsel im Stadtzentrum von Schwerin. Es ist Sitz des Landtages des norddeutschen Bundeslandes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Es war für lange Zeit Residenz der mecklenburgischen Herzöge und Großherzöge. Das Schloss ist ein in einem tausendjährigen Prozess historisch gewachsenes Bauwerk, dessen ringförmige Gestalt auf eine Wallanlage einer slawischen Burg zurückgeht, die um das Jahr 965 auf einer kleinen ufernahen Insel im Schweriner See errichtet wurde. Musik : Clear Air ISRC: USUAN1100626 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org
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photo: AP / Egyptian Presidency
23 Nov 2012
Opposition groups in Egypt have called for mass protests on Friday against President Mohammed Mursi's decree that gives him sweeping powers. They have described his move as a "coup against legitimacy" and accused the president of appointing himself Egypt's "new pharaoh". The decree states that the president's decisions cannot be revoked by any...(size: 4.6Kb)
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23 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. I was fortunate to have been raised near an American Indian archaeological spot located on the Great Plains. In elementary school, a fellow classmate would periodically bring and show grinding stones, arrow- and spearheads, stone farming implements, and pictures of what the excavated site may have...(size: 7.1Kb)
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24 Nov 2012
Cairo. President Mohamed Morsi insisted on Friday that Egypt is on the path to “freedom and democracy” after granting himself sweeping powers, which sparked clashes between his supporters and foes and raised concerns abroad. “Political stability, social stability and economic stability are what I want and that is what I am working for,” he told a...(size: 4.8Kb)
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23 Nov 2012
Israel and Hamas are seeking to solidify an Egyptian and US-brokered cease-fire halting eight days of aerial assaults that ravaged the Gaza Strip and made Tel Aviv a missile target. Announcing the truce in Cairo last night alongside Egypt's foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised U.S. assistance in seeking to "improve...(size: 5.4Kb)
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25 Nov 2012
The death toll from a fire in a clothes factory in Bangladesh has leapt to at least 120, officials say. The fire broke out late on Saturday in the nine-floor Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of...(size: 1.5Kb)
Stars and Stripes
15 Nov 2012
Austria www.austria.info/uk Bregenz: Nov. 23-Dec. 23; www.bregenz.travel. Graz: Nov. 23-Dec. 23; www.graztourismus.at. Innsbruck: Hungerburgbahn; Nov. 25, Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Dec. 14-16, Dec. 21-23; www.christkindlmarkt.cc. Innsbruck: Modern Christmas market, Maria-Theresien-Strasse, Nov. 25-Jan. 6; www.christkindlmarkt.cc....(size: 21.5Kb)
Fox31 Denver
08 Nov 2012
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Bill Schwerin says he was shocked last month, when his son, Erik, was late coming home from Arrowwood Elementary School, in Highlands Ranch. “The bus never showed up,” said Schwerin. “As a parent, I was worried.” A day earlier, on October 8, the school district sent him an...(size: 2.1Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
08 Nov 2012
Fundraiser honors distinguished network television programming, cancer rights legal advocates and action sports athlete for outstanding efforts toward promotion of rights of people with disabilities. LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) November 08, 2012 The Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) whose mission is to champion the rights of people with...(size: 7.1Kb)
noodls
05 Nov 2012
05/11/2012 10:38 German star Patricia Thormann retires from the sport to become a mom News from the clubs Schwerin, Germany, November 5, 2012. As SCHWERINER SC started out its campaign in the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League with an incredible home win against Dinamo KAZAN of Russia, one of the local heroines was missing. Patricia Thormann is...(size: 2.6Kb)
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05 Nov 2012
Pre-favorites in full swing after two rounds are completed in CEV Volleyball Champions League Belgium's Noliko Maaseik is one of the clubs with a perfect record after two rounds in Europe's elite club competition Luxembourg, November 5, 2012 - The first couple of rounds are completed in the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League and although...(size: 3.4Kb)
Pre-favorites in full swing after two rounds are completed (CEV - European Volleyball Confederation)
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05/11/2012 15:40 Pre-favorites in full swing after two rounds are completed 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Men & Women Luxembourg, November 5, 2012. The first couple of rounds are completed in the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League and even though a few surprises were registered, still the pre-favorites of the various preliminary groups...(size: 3.6Kb)
Reuters
31 Oct 2012
Oct 31 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded DECO 15 - Pan Europe 6 Ltd's (DECO 15) class B notes and affirmed the other classes, as follows: EUR7.6m class A1 due July 2014 (XS0307398841) affirmed at 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable EUR202m class A2 due July 2014 (XS0307400258) affirmed at 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable EUR101m class A3 due July 2014 (XS0307400506)...(size: 7.3Kb)
noodls
30 Oct 2012
30/10/2012 20:46 Romanian ladies prolong their winning streak in Pool E 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Women Constanta, Romania, October 30, 2012. Romania's 2004 Tomis CONSTANTA claimed on Tuesday its second consecutive win in the prelims of the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Women. After cruising past Robur Tiboni URBINO last week...(size: 3.4Kb)
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30 Oct 2012
30/10/2012 07:01 Dinamo KAZAN looks for first win after surprising setback 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Women Kazan, Russia, October 30, 2012. Last year's bronze medalists Dinamo KAZAN suffered a surprising setback last week in Germany losing 2:3 to SCHWERINER SC and hence their first home match of the season in Pool E against Robur...(size: 2.6Kb)
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For other uses, see Schwerin (disambiguation).
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| Coordinates | 53°38′N 11°25′E / 53.63333°N 11.41667°E / 53.63333; 11.41667Coordinates: 53°38′N 11°25′E / 53.63333°N 11.41667°E / 53.63333; 11.41667 |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Urban district |
| Town subdivisions | 18 boroughs |
| Lord Mayor | Angelika Gramkow (Die Linke) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 130.46 km2 (50.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Population | 95,220 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 730 /km2 (1,890 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SN |
| Postal codes | 19053, 19055, 19057, 19059, 19061, 19063 |
| Area code | 0385 |
| Website | schwerin.de |
| County of Schwerin Grafschaft Schwerin |
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| Capital | Schwerin | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Established | 1161 | |||
| - Partitioned to Schwerin and Sch-Wittenburg |
1279 |
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| - Partitioned to create Sch-Boizenburg |
1323 |
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| - Inherited Tecklenburg | 1328 | |||
| - Sch-Schwerin comital line extinct |
1344 |
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| - Sch-W'burg-B'burg extinct | 1349 1358 | |||
| - Comital line extinct; sold to Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
1358 |
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| Bishopric of Schwerin Bistum Schwerin |
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| Capital | Schwerin | |||
| Government | Theocracy | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Established | 1062 | |||
| - Gained territory | 1165 | |||
| - Secularised to M-Schwerin | 1648 | |||
Schwerin (German pronunciation: [ʃvɛˈʁiːn] or [ʃvəˈʁiːn]) is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.
It should not be confused with the former Schwerin an der Warthe at 52°30'N-15°20'E, now known as Skwierzyna in Poland.
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History[link]
Schwerin is surrounded by many picturesque lakes. The largest of these lakes, the Schweriner See, has an area of 60 km². In the midst of these lakes there was a settlement of the slavic Obotrite (dated back to the 11th century). The area was called Zuarin (Zwierzyn), and the name Schwerin is derived from that designation. In 1160, Henry the Lion defeated the Obotrites and captured Schwerin. The town was subsequently expanded into a powerful regional centre. A castle was built, and expanded upon over the centuries, on this site. It is supposedly haunted by the small, impious ghost, called Petermännchen.
In 1358, Schwerin became a part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, making it the seat of the dukedom from then on. About 1500, the construction of the Schwerin castle began; it was here that the dukes resided. After the division of Mecklenburg (1621), Schwerin became the capital of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Between 1765 and 1837, the town of Ludwigslust served as the capital, until Schwerin was reinstated.
In the mid-1800s, many residents from Schwerin moved to the United States, many to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today Milwaukee and Schwerin are sister cities.
After 1918, and during the German Revolution, resulting in the fall of all the German monarchies, the Grand Duke abdicated. Schwerin became capital of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern thereafter.
At the end of World War II, on 2 May 1945, Schwerin was taken by U.S. troops. It was turned over to the British on 1 June 1945, and one month later, on 1 July 1945,[2] it was handed over to the Soviet forces, as the British and American forces pulled back from the line of contact to the predesignated occupation zones. Schwerin was then in the Soviet Occupation Zone which was to become the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Initially, it was the capital of the State of Mecklenburg which at that time included the western part of Pomerania (Vorpommern). After the states were dissolved in the GDR, in 1952, Schwerin served as the capital of the Schwerin district (Bezirk Schwerin).
After reunification in 1990, the former state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was recreated as one of the Bundesländer. Rostock was a serious contender for state capital but the decision went in favour of Schwerin.
Transport[link]
City buses and trams are run by NVS (Nahverkehr Schwerin).[3]
Schwerin Hauptbahnhof (central station) is connected by rail to Berlin, Hamburg and Rostock.
Main sights[link]
- The landmark of the city is the Schwerin Castle, located on an island in the lake of the same name (Schweriner See). It was, for centuries, the residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg and today is the seat of the Landtag (state parliament).
- Schwerin Cathedral, built in 1260–1416 in Brick Gothic style.
- The Alter Garten (Old Garden) square, surrounded by buildings such as the 18th-century Altes Palais (Old Palace), the neoclassical Staatliches Museum Schwerin (State Art Museum), built in 1877–1882, and the Staatstheater (City Theater), erected in 1886.
- The town hall (18th century)
- Schelfkirche (Saint Nicolai, originally built 1238, but rebuilt in 1713 after destruction by a storm)
- Television mast Schwerin-Zippendorf
Museums[link]
- The Staatliches Museum Schwerin-Kunstsammlungen (State Art Museum) houses a remarkable collection of Dutch paintings from 16th centuries Dutch painter schools German art from medieval and renaissance masters up to the present day. There are also an exquisite collection of Greek vases, the world-wide important collection of Paintings of Jean-Baptiste Oudry, a remarkable collection of sculptures of Houdon, German 18th-century court paintings, and works by such modern artists as Max Liebermann, Franz Stuck, Marcel Duchamp etc. The Graphic cabinet houses rich collections of Dutch and German drawings and prints (Jan van Goyen, Dürer, Cranach, Rembrandt, Merian etc.) and the world-wide best collection of coloured graphics from the time of the GDR.
- The Technische Museum (Technical Museum), housed in the former Marstall (Royal Stables).
Crime Rate[link]
According to the official 2007 Crime Report for Germany, Schwerin is the only German city with a crime rate over 17,000 total offenses committed per 100,000 inhabitants;[4] thus being 1st in the list of Germany's most dangerous cities. The larger cities, such as Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, or Bremen, all have crime rates ranging from 14,000 to 16,000 total offenses committed per 100,000 people. However, Schwerin is the only city where riding a bus (or tram) without a ticket and social security fraud is counted towards the crime rate, significantly boostering the numbers.[5]
Gallery[link]
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Pfaffenteich and the Schwerin Cathedral
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Aerial view of Schwerin
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Coat of arms, 1939–91
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St. Paul's church
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Fridericianeum
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Former power station
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State museum
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Im Schlossgarten
Footnotes[link]
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 6 July 2011. http://service.mvnet.de/statmv/daten_stam_berichte/e-bibointerth01/bevoelkerung--haushalte--familien--flaeche/a-i__/a123__/2010/daten/a123-2010-22.pdf.
- ^ Some evidence calls into doubt the date on which the British withdrew to the predesignated occupation zone. Local residents claim that the British forces did not relinquish control of Schwerin until later in the year, probably November, following a brief artillery exchange across lake Schwerin between the British and the Soviets. Allegedly there were no deaths.
- ^ NVS (Nahverkehr Schwerin)
- ^ Official Police Report for Germany, cf. p. 17
- ^ http://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv07/2020070519paz13.htm
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