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.

Würzburg is situated approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) east-southeast of Frankfurt am Main and approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) west-northwest of Nuremberg (Nürnberg).The population (as of 2019) is approximately 130,000 residents. The administration of the Landkreis Würzburg (district of Würzburg) is also located in the town.. The regional dialect is East …

German migrations eastward. Over the centuries there was a steady movement of Germans eastward, often into mostly Slavic areas and areas near to or controlled by Russia.Flegel, points out that German farmers, traders and entrepreneurs moved into East and West Prussia, the Baltic region (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonian), the Danzig and Vistula River region, Galicia, Slovenia, …

Germany was the home of the first homosexual movement. The word "homosexual" was coined by a German-language writer; the first periodicals intended for a gay, lesbian, and transgender readership were published in Germany, and the world's first homosexual rights organization was founded in Berlin in 1897.In the 1920s, gay culture flourished in Germany's major cities, …

The vice-chancellor of Germany, unofficially the vice-chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Vizekanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), officially the deputy to the federal chancellor (German: Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers), is the second highest ranking German cabinet member. The chancellor is the head of government and, according to the …

Ingolstadt (German: [ˈɪŋɡɔlˌʃtat] (), Austro-Bavarian: [ˈɪŋl̩ʃtɔːd]) is an independent city on the Danube in Upper Bavaria with 139,553 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2022). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan area. Ingolstadt is the second largest city in Upper Bavaria after Munich and the fifth largest city in Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Regensburg.

Koblenz (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːblɛnts] (); Moselle Franconian: Kowelenz), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and of the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.. Koblenz was established as a Roman military post by Drusus around 8 B.C. Its name originates from the Latin (ad) cōnfluentēs, meaning "(at the) confluence".

Alternate History imagines what would happen if history had gone differently. We are a community for creating and discussing a wide range of alternate timelines: large and small, ancient and recent, realistic and fanciful.If you'd like to add to our growing multiverse, the following pages will help you get started.

The Avogadro constant, commonly denoted N A or L, is the proportionality factor that relates the number of constituent particles (usually molecules, atoms or ions) in a sample with the amount of substance in that sample. It is an SI defining constant with an exact value of 6.022 140 76 × 10 23 reciprocal moles. It is named after the Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro by Stanislao …

Characteristics. Woody plants are usually either trees, shrubs, or lianas.These are usually perennial plants whose stems and larger roots are reinforced with wood produced from secondary xylem.The main stem, larger branches, and roots of these plants are usually covered by a layer of bark.Wood is a structural tissue that allows woody plants to grow from above ground stems …

Greifswald (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁaɪfsvalt]), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (German: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: Griepswoold) is a city in northeastern Germany.. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about 250 km (160 mi) from Germany's two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg, and …

Düsseldorf (UK: / ˈ d ʊ s əl d ɔːr f / DUUS-əl-dorf, US: / ˈ dj uː s-/ DEWS-, German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔʁf] (); often Dusseldorf in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdɵsəldœʀ(ə)p]; [tone?] archaic Dutch: Dusseldorp [ˈdʏsəlˌdɔr(ə)p]) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.It is the second-largest city in the ...

The Transfăgărășan (trans + Făgăraș) or DN7C is a paved mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It has national-road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpina.It starts near the village of Bascov, near Pitești, and stretches 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the crossroad between the DN1 and Sibiu, …

Eastern Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Soviet T-34 tanks storming Berlin; German Tiger I tanks during the Battle of Kursk; German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front, December 1943; Ivanhorod Einsatzgruppen photograph of German death squads murdering Jews in Ukraine; Wilhelm Keitel signing the German …