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  Burgenlandkreis
The Burgenlandkreis is a district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Merseburg-Querfurt[?], Weissenfels[?], Leipziger Land[?], Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Altenburger Land, Greiz[?], district-free Gera, Saale-Holzland[?], Weimarer Land[?], Sömmerda[?] and the Kyffhäuserkreis[?].
Main rivers in the district are the Saale and its affluent Unstrut, and also in the south of the district the Weiße Elster.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Vogtlandkreis
The Vogtlandkreis is a Kreis (district) in the south-west of Saxony, Germany, at the borders to Thuringia, Bavaria and the Czech Republic..
Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof[?], Saale-Orla[?], Greiz[?], Zwickauer Land[?], Aue-Schwarzenberg.
The lion on the left side of the coat of arms is traditional symbol of the Vögte of Weida, Gera and Plauen, which was confirmed in 1294.
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 Greiz - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Greiz is a town in Thuringia, the capital of the district Greiz.
Greiz is situated in eastern Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster.
The perfect location of Greiz at the river Elster and the the stream Göltsch made it a fast rising village.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Altenburger Land   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz[?], the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipziger Land[?], Mittweida[?], Chemnitzer Land, Zwickauer Land[?] in Saxony.
The city of Altenburg and the surrounding lands were the tiny duchy of Saxony-Altenburg[?] from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the state of Thuringia.
The main river is the Pleiße[?], an affluent of the Weiße Elster[?], crossing the district from south to north.
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 GREIZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, district-free city Gera, the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Altenburger Land, and the two Saxonian districts Zwickauer Land and Vogtlandkreis.
The district in its current from was created on July 1, 1994, when the districts Gera-Land, Zeulenroda and the previous district Greiz were merged.
In the bottom is a part of the coat of arms of Saxony, as a small part of the district belonged to the Duchies of Sachsen.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/GREIZ   (243 words)

  
 Gotha (district) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Gotha is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Thuringia, Germany.
The district was established on October 1, 1922, when the newly created state of Thuringia was administratively divided into 15 districts and 9 district free cities.
All of the south-western area of the district is covered by the Thuringian Forest, with the Großer Inselsberg (916 m) being the highest elevation in the west of the district.
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 Reuss - LoveToKnow 1911
On the whole, the soil is not favourable for agriculture, but the rearing of cattle is carried on with much success.
The constitution of Reuss-Greiz dates from 1867, and provides for a representative chamber of twelve members, of whom three are appointed by the prince, while two are chosen by the landed proprietors, three by the towns and four by the rural districts.
The district thus called Reuss was at one time much more extensive than it is at present, and for some years its rulers were margraves of Meissen.
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 Landkreis Greiz: History
While the older family bloodline originated from the region Greiz (which included Zeulenroda), the younger bloodline originated from the regions of Gera and Schleiz.
The region consists of the District of Greiz, as well as other small neighboring parts of Thuringia.
In connection to the land reform, the district borders were drawn on 1 July, 1994, and consist of the former District Gera-Land, Zeulenroda, and the (old) District of Greiz.
www.landkreis-greiz.de /en/tourism_culture/history/index.html   (400 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Greiz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Thomas Straße which is full with Jugenstil houses is also very famous, pictures of the houses are shown all over the world even in Barcelona.
Greiz has now a population of about 24,001 people and is sadly losing people because of a huge unemployment rate and too little births.
Greiz is the capital of the district Greiz.
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 Summer Palace and Park in Greiz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The town of Greiz was the seat of the House of Reuss from the foundation of the Reuss of Plauen line in 1306 until 1918.
The Upper and the Lower Palace as well as Greiz Park with the Summer Palace bear witness to the princely style in which this respected noble family wielded their power.
The Summer Palace in the south of the park, which served as summer residence of the older branch of the Reuss family until the First World War, was built from 1769-79 under Heinrich XI, an outstanding member of this line who in 1778 were made Reichsfürsten (Princes of the Holy Roman Empire).
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municipality of rattenkirchen (mühldorf county, oberbayern district, bavaria, germany)
reao pukaruha district (tuamotu and gambier islands, french polynesia)
municipality of reichertsheim (mühldorf county, oberbayern district, bavaria, germany)
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 Thuringia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Within the borders of Thuringia the Catholic faith was maintained only in the district called Eichsfeld, which was ruled by the Archbishop of Mainz, and to a small degree in the city and vicinity of Erfurt.
After July 1945, the state of Thuringia came under Soviet occupation, and was expanded to include parts of the Prussian Province of Saxony, such as the areas around Erfurt, Mühlhausen, and Nordhausen.
The three districts that shared the territory of Thuringia were based in Erfurt, Gera and Suhl.
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 Landkreis Greiz: Overview
In addition to traditional branches of industry such as engineering and plant construction, the chemical, textile, and food industries, as well as wood processing and electrical engineering/electronics, companies from the fields of medical technology, environmental technology and polymer processing can be found in the region.
The administrative district of Greiz encourages dedication and ideas in various fields.
The district of Greiz is co-sponsor of the East Thuringian Innovation Award, which is awarded during the annual event "Ostthueringer Wirtschaftstage" (East Thuringian Business Fair).
www.landkreis-greiz.de /en/economy/index.html   (256 words)

  
 Chronicle of the German Scrapie Cases
According to information forwarded by the BMVEL the sheep was more than 1 year old, had died and originated from a wandering flock kept on its winter pasture in the regional district Karlsruhe.
The identity and origin of the scrapie sheep could not be established, therefore prophylactically all 12 flocks had been put under quarantine and tested.
On the 19.02.2002 all 109 Suffolk sheep of a hobby farmer in Bocholt had to be culled by order of the local district Borken following confirmation of scrapie in 3 animals of the flock.
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 karpfenpfeifer.net
Karpfenpfeifer.net is a website about Zeulenroda-Triebes in the district of Greiz in Thuringia, Germany.
The town is situated on the river Weida and its reservoir "Talsperre Zeulenroda", not far from the border to Saxonia, in the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge).
In 1952 the state of Thuringia was abolished and Zeulenroda became capital of the district of Zeulenroda.
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 Egronet
The unique combination of beautiful scenery, a rich cultural heritage, leisure pursuits and thriving infrastructure provide a wide variety of opportunities for people to live and recuperate in the Saale-Orla district.
The changing scenery with its typical Central Uplands character, gentle rolling hills and plenty of water, dominate the scene in the Saale-Orla district.
The castle chapel is a major attraction and houses one of the most beautiful Silbermann organs in Thuringia; it is played at many concerts.
www.egronet.de /index.php?CID=222   (356 words)

  
 Schwerpunktversorgung - specialized medical services (German to English translation glossary) hospitals,Medical: Health ...
Die Stadt Greiz verfügt neben einem dichten Netz freiberuflicher
Arztpraxen mit der Kreiskrankenhaus Greiz GmbH über ein
Greiz has a close-knit network of freelance doctors.
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 greiz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Everybody who got to know the Greiz district also learned to love it.
upper and lower castle in Greiz, the “Reichenfels” castle ruin in Hohenleuben, the “Mildenfurth” convent in
For anyone looking for an adventure in the great outdoors, Greiz is the place to be.
www.thueringen-jugendmagazin.de /eng/html/greiz.html   (344 words)

  
 Decorations of the Principalities of Reuss
After him, the ruling princes carried the title "Fürst Reuss zu Greiz." One, Fürst Heinrich XXII Reuss zu Greiz, would rule for over forty years, from 1859 to 1902, through the German wars of unification and Germany's growth to a world power.
In the army of the German Confederation, the Reuss battalion consisted of four understrength companies garrisoned in Greiz, Gera, Schleiz and Ebersdorf.
From 1904-06, he was Commander of the Military District of Usumbura and from 1906-07 he was the Military Resident of Urundi and Ruanda.
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 ✓ Landkreis_Greiz - Versorgungszentrum-Gera.de - Versorgungszentrumgera (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Der Landkreis Greiz wird von den Bundesautobahnen A4 (Eisenach - Dresden) und A9 (Berlin - Nürnberg) durchzogen.
Einen Landkreis Greiz gab es durchgehend seit der Gründung des Landes Thüringen im Jahr 1920 (siehe auch Geschichte der Verwaltungsgliederung Thüringens).
In seiner heutigen Form entstand der Landkreis 1994 durch Zusammenlegung der Landkreise Gera, Zeulenroda und Greiz.
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 Vogtland - LoveToKnow 1911
VOGTLAND, or Voigtland, a district of Germany, forming the S. corner of the kingdom of Saxony, and also embracing parts of the principality of Reuss and of the duchies of SaxeAltenburg and Saxe-Weimar.
See Limmer, Geschichte des Vogtlandes (Gera, 1825-28, 4 vols.); Simon, Das Vogtland (Meissen, 1904); C. Collmann, Das Vogtland im Mittelalter (Greiz, 1892); and Metzner, Vogtleindische Wanderungen (Annaberg, 1902).
This page was last modified 23:26, 21 Oct 2006.
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 ESA - Human Spaceflight and Exploration - 25 Years of Human Spaceflight in Europe
Coincidentally, although coming from two opposite political blocks and carrying different passports at the time when they performed their historic spaceflights, the then East German cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn and West German astronaut Ulf Merbold come from the same region in the green heart of Germany, the Vogtland, halfway between Nuremberg and Leipzig.
Jähn was born in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz and Merbold in the town of Greiz.
Separated by the Iron Curtain until 1989, Jähn and Merbold later worked together on the same space programmes, first for the Russian space station Mir and then for the International Space Station.
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 Americana - Aachen to Jena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Approxmately 130 individual files containing requests for emigration between 1834 and 1889, most from the records of district offices, court offices, Justizämter, and offices of the district president.
The district archive of Apolda contains records related to emigration and immigration, mainly during the nineteenth century.
The district archive of Celle holds a small number of records regarding emigration to North America from 1844 until 1930 and a collection of oral histories from the district of Celle at the end of World War II.
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 Ebern county until 1972 (unterfranken district, bavaria, germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ebern county until 1972 (unterfranken district, bavaria, germany)
lancaster county, nebraska (u.s.) landkreis greiz greiz county (thuringia, germany)
landkreis county (mittelfranken district, bavaria, lodi province (lombardy, italy)
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 Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Weida (D)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Thomas's Glassware Tour --- Weida (D) If you came to this page directly and do not see a navigation frame on top, please go to the home page.
Weida is situated at an altitude of 233 m at the river Weida in the district Greiz in eastern Thuringia.
It was first mentioned in a document of 1122 and obtained the status of a town in 1209.
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 Heinrich Bethmann (1797-1843) - Pioneers of homeopathy by T. L. Bradford
Then he returned home, where he first lived for a year as practising physician on the
, where he was appointed next year as physician over the district of
But his faithful consort was taken from him as early as February 22d,
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
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Born: 5 Jan 1718 - Oberschloss, Greiz, R-A-L, Thrn
8 Herman Geshwind, Old Pendelton District Database - a project of the Old Pendelton District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogica Society.
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 Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - German Civic Heraldry - GREIZ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - German Civic Heraldry - GREIZ
The arms have been used since the 17th century, but the composition of castle and shield already appeared on the late 14th century seal of the city.
The webmaster of this site is not responsible for commercial use of the material provided.
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 Location Index - G
Green Stone prospect, Reese River District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Green Vein Mesa, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell), Emery Co., Utah, USA
Locality, mineral & photograph data are the copyright of the individuals who submitted them.
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