The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants. A polycentric conurbation with several major urban concentrations, the region covers an area of 7,268 square kilometres (2,806 sq mi), entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.The Rhine-Ruhr …

Princess Victoria Alberta Elizabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950), later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg …

Name. The variants of the name of the Rhine in modern languages are all derived from the Gaulish name Rēnos, which was adapted in Roman-era geography (1st century BC) as Greek Ῥῆνος (Rhēnos), Latin Rhenus.. The spelling with Rh-in English Rhine as well as in German Rhein and French Rhin is due to the influence of Greek orthography, while the vocalization -i-is …

The glucocorticoid receptor (GR, or GCR) also known as NR3C1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1) is the receptor to which cortisol and other glucocorticoids bind.. The GR is expressed in almost every cell in the body and regulates genes controlling the development, metabolism, and immune response.Because the receptor gene is expressed in several forms, …

Der SV Henstedt-Ulzburg e.V. (kurz SVHU) ist ein 2009 entstandener Sportverein aus Henstedt-Ulzburg.. Es handelt sich um einen Zusammenschluss der drei Stammvereine SV Henstedt-Rhen, FC Union Ulzburg und MTV Henstedt. Mit rund 4.673 Mitgliedern (2019) ist der SVHU der sechstgrößte Sportverein Schleswig-Holsteins. Neben Sportarten wie Fußball, …

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, KG, PC, FRS (17 December 1619 (O.S.) / 27 December (N.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was a German-English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor. He first came to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. Rupert was the third son of the German Prince Frederick V of the …

Austrasia was a territory which formed the north-eastern section of the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks during the 6th to 8th centuries. It was centred on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers, and was the original territory of the Franks, including both the so-called Salians and Rhineland Franks, which Clovis I conquered after first taking control of the bordering part …

Karl August, ursprungligen Fredrik Kristian August av Augustenburg, född 9 juli 1768 på Augustenborgs slott i Danmark, död 28 maj 1810 på Kvidinge hed, Skåne, var tredje son till hertig Kristian Fredrik av Slesvig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Augustenborg (vars gren av oldenburgska huset härstammade från Kristian III i Danmark) och hertiginnan Charlotta Amalia av Holstein-Ploen …

Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (Ludwig Hermann Alexander Chlodwig, 20 November 1908 – 30 May 1968) was the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse by his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria.. He succeeded his brother Georg Donatus as the titular Grand Duke of Hesse after his death.

Rhein II is a colour photograph made by German visual artist Andreas Gursky in 1999. In the image, a river (the Lower Rhine) flows horizontally across the field of view, between flat green fields, under an overcast sky. Extraneous details such as dog walkers and a factory building were removed by the artist using digital editing.