The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps.From the last years of the 15th century, its Renaissance spread around Europe. Called the Northern Renaissance because it occurred north of the Italian Renaissance, this period became the German, French, English, Low Countries, Polish Renaissances and in turn other national and …

The Northern Dvina (Russian: Се́верная Двина́, IPA: [ˈsʲevʲɪrnəjə dvʲɪˈna]; Komi: Вы́нва / Výnva) is a river in northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea.Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean.It should not be confused with Western Dvina.

Kiel (German: ()) is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 249,023 (2016).. Kiel lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Hamburg.Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland peninsula on the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea, Kiel has become one of Germany's major maritime …

Northern Provincial Council (Tamil: வட மாகாண சபை Vaṭa Mākāṇa Capai; NPC) is the provincial council for the Northern Province in Sri Lanka.In accordance with the Sri Lankan constitution, NPC has legislative power over a variety of matters including agriculture, education, health, housing, local government, planning, road transport and social services.

The only official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom; there is no official local flag that represents only Northern Ireland. The flying of various flags in Northern Ireland is a significant sectarian issue, with different communities identifying with different flags.. The Ulster Banner was used by the Northern Irish government from 1953 until …

The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden, BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany.It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellectual or honorary fields. It was created by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, …

Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩] (); Low German: Neddersassen; Saterland Frisian: Läichsaksen) is a German state (Land) in northwestern Germany.It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,614 km 2 (18,384 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany.

Cologne (English: / k ə ˈ l oʊ n / kə-LOHN; German: Köln (); Kölsch: Kölle ()) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the urban region.Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about 35 km (22 mi) …

The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in the Stockholm suburb of Solna to claim their first title. The tournament also marked the arrival of a …

Newcastle Castle, Bridgend, a medieval castle in Wales; New Castle Correctional Facility, a prison located in New Castle, Indiana; Newcastle International Sports Centre, a stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales; New Castle School of Trades, a technical trades school in Pulaski, Pennsylvania; New Palace (Stuttgart) (Das Neues Schloss, sometimes translated as …

Intentional homicide is defined by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Homicide report thus: . Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal ...

Before German reunification, West Germany used country code +49 and East Germany used country code +37, each with its separate area codes and telephone networks. West Berlin was integrated into the West German telephone network, using the same +49 international dialling code as West Germany, with the area code 0311, later changed to 030.

The Suebi (or Suebians, also spelled Suevi, Suavi) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names such as the Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Semnones, and Lombards.New groupings formed later, such as the Alamanni …

On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway made a $26 billion offer to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation it did not already own, valuing the purchase at $34 billion. The deal, which including Berkshire's previous investment and the assumption of $10 billion in Burlington Northern debt brings the total value to $44 ...