WebBrescia (Italian pronunciation: (), locally; Lombard: Brèsa [ˈbrɛsɔ, ˈbrɛhɔ, ˈbrɛsa]; Latin: Brixia; Venetian: Bressa) is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy.It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo.With a population of more than 200,000, it is the second largest city in the administrative region …

WebLocation. The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried (the northeastern section of the Rhine rift) to the west, the Main and the Bauland (a mostly unwooded area with good soils) to the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of the Upper Rhine Rift Valley in the Rhine-Main Lowlands – to the …

WebThe House of Hohenzollern (/ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, also US: /-ə n t s ɔː-, ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n,-ˈ z ɔː-/, German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊ̯s hoːənˈt͡sɔlɐn] (), Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, …

WebHeidelberg: Heidelberg Zoo: 1934 10.2 980 162 Home page [permanent dead link] Helgoland: Helgoland Aquarium: Hellenthal: Hellenthal Wildlife Park: 1967 65 Home page: Herborn: Herborn Bird Park: 100 Home page: Herford: Herford School Zoo: Herford Herford Zoo: 1952 3 400 40 Hirschfeld, Saxony: Hirschfeld Wildlife Park: 1954 6 600 90 …

WebGermany (German: Deutschland, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ()), 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 between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it …

WebA mechanical computer is a computer built from mechanical components such as levers and gears rather than electronic components. The most common examples are adding machines and mechanical counters, which use the turning of gears to increment output displays.More complex examples could carry out multiplication and division—Friden used …

WebBuonconsiglio Castle (Ms 1589) Trinity College Dublin (MS 1709) British Library (Add. MS 40107) Trento Dublin London: Italy Ireland United Kingdom 3: a: Codex Vercellensis: 375: ... Heidelberg: Germany 81 v Codex Parisiensis: 800: Paul: Souter: National Library of France: Paris: France 82 μ — 850 Hebrews — Bavarian State Library: Munich ...

WebTokyo was originally a village called Edo, in what was formerly part of the old Musashi Province.Edo was first fortified by the Edo clan, in the late twelfth century.In 1457, Ōta Dōkan built Edo Castle.In 1590, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved from Mikawa Province (his lifelong base) to the Kantō region.When he became shōgun in 1603, Edo became the center of …

WebThe Wachenburg (German: [ˈvaxn̩bʊʁk] ()) is a castle on a hill overlooking Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.It was built between 1907 and 1928 by the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent, a Corps of former students.The castle contains a restaurant with a nice view of the country. See also. Windeck Castle (Weinheim)

WebThe quarrel was complicated by the Papal Schism, but the king was just beginning to make some headway when he died at his castle of Landskrone near Oppenheim on 18 May 1410 and was buried at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Heidelberg. On his deathbed Rupert had decreed the division of his heritage among his four surviving sons.

WebAll Saints' Church, commonly referred to as Schlosskirche (Castle Church) to distinguish it from the Stadtkirche (Town Church) of St. Mary's – and sometimes known as the Reformation Memorial Church – is a Lutheran church in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.It is the site where, according to Philip Melanchthon, the Ninety-five Theses …

WebTrier (/ t r ɪər / TREER, German: (); Luxembourgish: Tréier [ˈtʀəɪɐ] ()), formerly known in English as Trèves (/ t r ɛ v / TREV;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany.It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the west of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, near the border with …

WebSt. Augustine's Monastery (German: Augustinerkloster) in Erfurt, central Germany, is a former church and monastery complex dating from the 13th century.The site is almost one hectare (2.5 acres) in size. It was built by Augustinian friars, an order of the Catholic Church.It is most well known as the former home of Martin Luther (1483–1546), the father …

WebJulie d'Aubigny (1670/1673 – 1707), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumor, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals …