Geography. Dreux lies on the small river Blaise, a tributary of the Eure, about 35 km north of Chartres. Dreux station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville. The Route nationale 12 (Paris–Rennes) passes north of the town.. History. Dreux was known in ancient times as Durocassium, the capital of the Durocasses Celtic tribe. Despite the legend, its name …

In Mitteleuropa finden sich mehrere Urstromtäler aus verschiedenen Perioden: Breslau-Magdeburg-Bremer Urstromtal: verläuft durch das südliche Polen und Deutschland, entstand in der Saaleeiszeit; Glogau-Baruther Urstromtal: verläuft nördlich des Breslau-Magdeburg-Bremer Urstromtals durch das südliche Polen und Deutschland, entstand in der Weichseleiszeit

The Pomerelian settlement of Łeba was first mentioned in a 1282 document of Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania. Łeba was part of fragmented Poland until 1309, when it was annexed by the Teutonic Order after their takeover of Gdańsk. Łeba received municipal rights by the State of the Teutonic Order in 1357. Located at the Łebsko Lake at the Baltic Sea, it developed to a fishing port and …