The Erft region in the year 2045: A healthy habitat for man and his environment, where the requirements of industry, agriculture and urban development are in harmony with the needs of nature, without mutually excluding each other - this ist not a utopian dream but the ambitious vision of the Erftverband.
The Erftverband is a non-profit organisation under public law, with a focus on a healthy environment and the common good.
The Erftverband plans, builds and operates groundwater measurement facilities, wastewater treatment plants, stormwater basins, flood water retention reservoirs and maintains the water courses in the Erft river catchment area.
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The Erft is a river in (Click link for more info and facts about North Rhine-Westphalia) North Rhine-Westphalia, (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany.
Due to the (Click link for more info and facts about open-pit mining) open-pit mining of (Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal) lignite in the Hambacher Loch the flow of the river had to be changed.
The Erft gave its name to the town of (Click link for more info and facts about Erftstadt) Erftstadt, through which it flows, as well as to the (Click link for more info and facts about Rhein-Erft County) Rhein-Erft County.
Class to be taken concurrently with ERFT 212 Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory I. Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory I 7 credits.
To be taken concurrently with ERFT 222 Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory II Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory II 3 credits.
ERFT 223 Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory III 3 credits.
Is a practical application of radio frequency/telecommunications circuits, RF wideband and narrow band amplifiers, electronic switching/programming and digital data communications that utilizes theory studied in ERFT 211.
ERFT 222 Radio Frequency/Telecommunications Laboratory II 3 credits.
Continuation of ERFT 222, second 8 weeks of semester, for those not enrolled in ERFT 289 Coop.
The extensive earthworks and trench systems which had been steadily constructed during the past five months, had proved little or no obstacle to advancing tanks and infantrymen of the 3rd Armored Division - chiefly because the "Spearhead" attack was swift and enemy troops had no opportunity to properly man their fortifications.
On February 28, Combat Command Howze expanded his bridgehead across the Erft and enough armor was thrown into the line to repel a German tank-infantry attack.
The enemy was also fast losing his grip on those hills, east of the Erft, from which he had been observing American operations.
Search Result 95 From: Wilko van den Bergh (wilko@stack.nl) Subject: Paddling on the Erft (Germany), day trip "report" Newsgroups: rec.boats.paddle (This is the only article in this thread) Date: 1998/03/02 Sunday, the 1st of March Short description (1 Kilometer is roughly 0,6 mile) The Erft is a small tributary to the river Rhine.
Because of the browncoal-mines in the area, the groundwater is pumped up and put in the Erft.
This creates enough volume to paddle the Erft all year around, it also causes the Erft to be a couple of degrees warmer than the Rhine.
Rhein-Erft County was created as part of communal reorganization in North Rhine Westphalia in 1975, consisting of the former counties of Cologne and Bergheim as well as portions of Euskirchen County, then Erft County.
The natural park Rheinland with a rich and balanced flora and fauna have made Rhein-Erft County into a popular recreational destination for the neighboring city dwellers.
Along the Erft River, there are numerous bike paths to explore the region.
The Kottenforst-Ville Nature Park, with its vast forest areas and numerous bathing lakes, entices numerous visitors, especially in summer, to the recreational area in the southern Erft district.
A well-developed bicycle path network brings the beauties of the Erft pasture landscape close to the visitor and leads him to one of the numerous water castles in the district area.
The pursuit of the area’s coal has led to the relocation of 15 communities, some of them considerable in size, throughout the region, not to mention the diversion of roads, railways and the course of the Erft River.
An extensive, well maintained network of bicycle paths crisscrosses the mostly flat region — through fields and forests, along the Rhine and Erft rivers, passing windmills and castles along the way.
The area's places of surface mining, which have become sightseeing spots in their own right, are also accessible.
The Erft Bicycle Path leads for about 110 km (65 miles) from the source of the Erft at Nettersheim to where it meets the Rhine at Neuss.
There are around 110 kilometres between the source of the Erft in Blankenheim in the Eifel and the mouth of the river in the Rhine in Neuss.
On the accompanying Erft cycle path cyclists discover relics of Roman times, knight's castles and magnificent palaces from the heyday of the Rhenish aristocracy.
Rhein-Erft Tourismus e.V. has put together a three-day all-inclusive offer for the route: the price of 129.50 Euros per person includes two nights in a double room, including breakfast and lunch boxes as well as a book that includes a detailed route description and detailed map material.
Therefore we went to the Erft on sunday, with the rest of the board (the two of us :-)) as his coaches.
The Erft is a small stream, I would rate it as class I and maybe II at the "difficult" spots, with all the nice characteristics to be a great beginners river.
There are surfing waves, a few small holes that are just sticky enough to learn in, and some small drops with a couple of waves.
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January 3-21 1945 Many bridges and Fords constructed and minefields removed and laid under severe weather conditions and under small arms, artillery and mortar-fire.
February 27-28 1945 Constructed 60 ft. treadway bridge acros “Erft Canal” under observed mortar-fire.
March 1, 1945 Constructed 120 ft. treadway bridge across “Erft Canal” under observed mortar-fire.
