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  Rhine Province - LoveToKnow 1911
The southern and larger part of the Rhine province, belonging geologically to the Devonian formations of the lower Rhine, is hilly.
Considerable herds of cattle are reared on the rich pastures of the lower Rhine, but the number of sheep in the province is comparatively small, and is, indeed, not greatly in excess of that of the goats.
Being a frontier province the Rhineland is strongly garrisoned, and the Rhine is guarded by the three strong fortresses of Cologne with Deutz, Coblenz with Ehrenbreitstein, and Wesel.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rhine_Province   (1757 words)

  
 wjt2005-muenster
The region Lower Rhine comprises the extensive lowland between the Rhine River - Germany's largest waterway - and the Dutch border from the lines of the cities Aachen/Leverkusen up to the Dutch border near Nijmegen.
The Lower Rhine region is enclosed in the east by the Ruhr region.
The Lower Rhine districts Wesel and Kleve belong to the Bishopric of Münster.
www.wjt2005-muenster.de /index.php?cat_id=10935&menuid=8772   (544 words)

  
 Rhine (Rhenus)
With a length of 1326 kilometer, the Rhine is one of the longest rivers in Europe.
After this, the Lower Rhine remained the fixed northern frontier of the Roman empire until the early fifth century, although it was sometimes threatened (e.g., during the Batavian revolt in 69-70).
Yet, the Rhine frontier itself remained intact and was to last for another century and a half, although the original wooden fortresses and forts on the west bank were gradually replaced by stronger buildings of natural stone.
www.livius.org /ra-rn/rhine/rhine.html   (1363 words)

  
 Rhine-Meuse delta studies
Rhine discharge is divided among three distributaries: Waal (6/9 of total discharge), Nederrijn-Lek (2/9) and IJssel (1/9).
The Rhine has a mixed snowmelt and rainfall discharge, with a peak discharge in the spring and a smaller peak during the early summer.
The oldest sediments of the Rhine date from the Miocene when it was a small stream (Figure 6a) draining the Graben of the Lower Rhine Embayment.
www.geo.uu.nl /fg/palaeogeography/rhine-meuse-delta   (4459 words)

  
 Germania Inferior
In 39 and 38, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was governor of Gaul, and fought a war on the east bank of the Rhine on behalf of the Ubians against the Suebians, a Germanic tribe that was notorious for its aggressiveness.
Augustus understood that the Rhine frontier was still unstable and sent his adoptive sons Drusus and Tiberius to the north, where they had to pacify the tribes that were living between the Alps, Rhine and Elbe.
There were two army groups: the army of the Middle Rhine or Germania Superior (I Germanica, V Alaudae and XIX), and the army of the Lower Rhine or Germania Inferior.
www.livius.org /ga-gh/germania/inferior.htm   (1825 words)

  
 Search Results for "Rhine"
Rhine Canals, Among the chief canals linking the Rhine with other river systems are the Rhine-Rhone Canal, 217 mi (349 km) long (built 1784-1833, now unimportant),...
Rhine River River in Europe, rising in the Alps of Switzerland and flowing generally north, passing through or bordering on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany,...
...Confederation of the Rhine, league of German states formed by Emperor Napoleon I in 1806 after his defeat of the Austrians at Austerlitz.
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=colReference&query=Rhine   (226 words)

  
 Environment and quality : Environmental policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Strasbourg and the Lower Rhine, which is responsible for the management of Strasbourg International Airport, has decided that the planning, operation and development of the airport will be designed to control the effects of the activity of the airport on its environment at all times.
The Committee is chaired by the Prefect of the Alsace and Lower Rhine Region.
The Committee is chaired by the Prefect of the Alsace and Lower Rhine department.
www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr /E/env_politique.html   (1469 words)

  
 Proceedings of the second international symposium on the management of large rivers for fisheries: Volume I
The Rhine basin (1 320 km, 225 000 km
The "Salmon 2000 Programme" started by the Rhine Ministers of Environment under the coordination of the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) has now been integrated in the programme on the sustainable development of the River Rhine "Rhine 2020" whose main objectives are ecology restoration, flood prevention and groundwater protection.
The present diversity of aquatic macrophytes in the main channels of the Rhine is rather poor as compared with the former situation or with the present diversity in floodplain lakes.
www.fao.org /docrep/007/ad525e/ad525e08.htm   (5654 words)

  
 The T/Q boundary and the Lower Pleistocene in the Lower Rhine Embayment
The T/Q boundary and the Lower Pleistocene in the Lower Rhine Embayment
Aims of the research are harmonisation of the German and Dutch stratigraphies, setup of a new lithostratigraphical framework for the different areas of the Lower Rhine Embayment and new evidences regarding the drainage patterns of the rivers Rhine and Meuse in time and space.
Kemna, H. (2003): The T/Q boundary and the Lower Pleistocene in the Lower Rhine embayment.
www.geosum3d.de /quarternary2.html   (716 words)

  
 Rhine
The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in the Grisons in Switzerland
Crossing the border into the Netherlands, the Rhine is at its widest, but the river then splits into three main distributaries: the IJssel, the Waal and the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine).
The Rhine bridge of Remagen became famous in World War II when the Germans failed to demolish the bridge in time and the allied troops were able to establish a bridgehead - much to their own surprise.
www.paleorama.com /Lakes-R/Rhine.php   (3203 words)

  
 Rhine River History and Maps
The Rhine begins as a tumultuous Alpine stream churning through deep gorges, and although the river's flow is moderated somewhat as it passes through the Lake of Constance (Bodensee), the river remains a torrent westward to Basel.
At Basel the river turns north and enters the Rhine Graben, a flat-floored rift valley lying between the Vosges Mountains on the west and the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) on the east.
The Alsace region of France that borders the Rhine is a long strip of land centered south of Strasbourg and around the town of Colmar.
www.rollintl.com /roll/rhine.htm   (1910 words)

  
 35. Two Countries Route / Lower Rhine Route   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Lower Rhine has a wealth of attractions, some of them quite unusual, from a variety of beautiful countryside to charming towns and villages with a number of cultural monuments and places of interest on both the German (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Dutch sides of the border.
In the border region between the Maas and Rhine rivers, it's often difficult for cyclists to tell which country they are actually in as they enjoy this leisurely tour.
The Lower Rhine Route is one of three North Rhine-Westphalian cycle routes with an ADFC award.
www.germany-tourism.de /biking/route35.html   (613 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cologne
Cologne, in size the third city of Prussia, and the capital of the district (Regierungsbezirk) of Cologne, is situated in the lowlands of the lower Rhine on both sides of the river.
The conquered territory between the Meuse, the Rhine, and the Moselle was divided into four departments governed by a civil commissioner at Mainz, and incorporated with France by the Peace of Luneville in 1801.
On 16 July, 1821, by the Bull "De Salute animarum" the Archdiocese of Aachen was abolished, the church of St. Peter in Cologne was again made a metropolitan church, and the territories of the Archdiocese of Cologne defined anew, with its present boundaries, except for a few unimportant changes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04116a.htm   (4760 words)

  
 Nordrhein-Westfalen Tourismus e.V.: Lower Rhine
Whether you follow the trail of the Romans in the archaeological park in Xanten, admire the carved altars in Kalkar, or visit the Hombroich Museum Island: everywhere, the cultural potential of the Lower Rhine is clearly evident.
Incidentally, the Lower Rhine is the home of the grey heron, colonies of which have built their nests high in the tree tops, and the rare Siberian grey goose, which spends the winter in the Rhine meadows.
The Lower Rhine Tour is the ideal destination for anyone who preferes cycle holidays less streanuous.
www.nrw-tourism.com /index.php?id=96   (864 words)

  
 Rhine river basin
The Rhine results from the confluence of two rivers which originate in Switzerland : the Upper Rhine and the Lower Rhine which join up again before entering the plain after Coire.
The return of the salmon to the Rhine is a marker of the progress in the recovery of the river.
The success of the Rhine 2020 operation will prove that man by his genius is capable of restoring the environment he has so seriously damaged.
www.rivernet.org /rhin/rhineriver.htm   (590 words)

  
 Landscape, Rhine Valley
The Upper Rhine plain, a rift valley some 30-40 km/20-25 mi wide, is bounded on the east by the Black Forest, the Kraichgau and the Odenwald, on the west by the Vosges, the Haardt and the uplands of the northern Palatinate.
Both of these areas lie within the western Mainz basin, which forms the northern termination of the trough-like depression of the Upper Rhine plain and, like it, was the result of a rift in Tertiary times.
Shortly before the river enters the Lower Rhine plain it passes on the right an outlier of the Westerwald, the distinctively shaped Siebengebirge (Seven Hills), forming a striking landmark at the lower end of the Middle Rhine.
www.planetware.com /rhine-valley/landscape-d-rh-rhil.htm   (484 words)

  
 Po and Rhone by Frederick Engels
Belgium outflanks all Eastern France from Verdun and the Upper Marne to the Rhine.
But if we should cede to the French not only the Rhine but also the bridgeheads on the right bank, the French would have fulfilled the duty to themselves that we are fulfilling to ourselves, as Radowitz, Willisen and Hailbronner see it, by holding the Adige and the Mincio with the Peschicra and Mantua bridgeheads.
Apart from the larger dimensions at the Rhine, which however would only strengthen the French claim, the analogy is as complete as one could desire.
www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1859/po-rhine/ch03.htm   (3221 words)

  
 Large Earthquakes in Northern Europe More Likely Than Once Thought
Indeed, in comparison to active zones in the Mediterranean, seismic activity is low in northern Europe and the Lower Rhine graben region.
The map of Rosenhauer and Ahorner [1994] is often used to estimate the seismic hazards of the Lower Rhine Embayment and neighboring regions.
However, consider that the attributed intensity is 7 for the Ms = 5.3 Roermond earthquake, and according to the intensity-magnitude relationships established for the continental interior [Johnston, 1996], the estimated epicentral intensity might be 9 for the paleoearthquake (Mw = 6.4).
www.agu.org /sci_soc/eoscamelbeeck.html   (2357 words)

  
 IHK Mittlerer Niederrhein
The Central Rhine Region is an eco-nomically strong region of North Rhine-Westphalia, bordering the Netherlands.
The Central Rhine Region encompasses the towns of Krefeld and Moenchengladbach and the counties of Rhein-Kreis Neuss and Viersen.
Krefeld combines traditional textile industries with up-to-date high tech; Moenchengladbach is the hub close to the border connecting the economic areas of the Lower Rhine, the Netherlands and Belgium.
www.mittlerer-niederrhein.ihk.de /index_en.html   (331 words)

  
 Rhine River, Switzerland
The Rhine (a name probably of Celtic origin: Latin Rhenus, German Rhein, French Rhin, Romansch Reno, Dutch Rijn) is Europe's most beautiful river and most important waterway.
For the convenience of visitors coming from the west, the driving tours described along the Rhine valley are described from west to east, going upstream.
Rhine River Map (The Drop of the Rhine Course Between Lake Constance and the North Sea)
www.planetware.com /switzerland/rhine-river-ch-gr-rhi.htm   (319 words)

  
 International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 2, p. 58   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The same measure was taken on the 15th January 1943 in the Departments of Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine.
On the 8th May 1941 for Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine, and on the 23rd April 1941 for the Moselle, orders were promulgated enforcing compulsory labor service on all French citizens of either sex aged from 17 to 25 years.
Later, in the Upper Rhine and Lower Rhine new levies were effected everywhere of the contingents from 1928 to 1939 inclusive.
www.holocaust-history.org /works/imt/02/htm/t058.htm   (439 words)

  
 Occurrence of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Riverbank Filtered Water and Drinking Water Produced by Riverbank ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From experiences over decades particularly at the river Rhine and Elbe, it is known that the occurrence of persistent pollutants in river water can represent a problem for the quality of drinking water produced by bank filtration.
Average MTBE concentrations of 200-250 ng/L in the Lower Main and Lower Rhine river in 2000/2001 were reported.
At the Lower Rhine site up to 80 m from the river an average MTBE concentration of 88 ng/L in riverbank filtered water, recovering well water, and raw water (n = 7) and of 43-110 ng/L in drinking water (n = 3) result.
pubs.acs.org /cgi-bin/sample.cgi/esthag/2002/36/i17/abs/es011493q.html   (485 words)

  
 The Miracle of the Rhine
Europe’s busiest waterway, the Rhine is navigable over a distance of 883 kilometers stretching from its source near Basel to its mouth in the Netherlands.
In 1998, the ministers of the Commission set targets to restore natural areas as part of a global ecosystem stretching from the mouth of the Rhine to the Jura, the Alps, the Rhine mountain range, the old softwood forests of the floodplains, and streams of the Rhineland-Palatinate, the Black Forest and the Vosges.
One of the most serious is in the Rhine delta’s huge basin in the Netherlands, where toxin-filled mud dredged from the port of Rotterdam has been dumped since the 1970s.
www.unesco.org /courier/2000_06/uk/planet.htm   (2415 words)

  
 Crossing the Rhine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Downstream the British were assembling troops, artillery, and engineer equipment for a powerful thrust across the lower Rhine.
On March 22, the Fifth Infantry Division of the XII Corps (and Third Army) closed on the west bank of the Rhine south of Mainz.
The Rhine at this point was approximately 1,000 feet wide and the current was 5 mph.
www.150th.com /rivers/rhine_op.htm   (1959 words)

  
 Rhine River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Rhine River begins in the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier of Switzerland and flows north and east approximately 820 miles (1,320 km).
North of Mainz, the Rhine meets the mass of the Taunus mountains and is forced west a long a short stretch between Weisbaden and Assmannshausen, this area is called the
North of Bingen is a beautiful stretch of the Rhine valley, complete with fairy tale castles and vineyards snuggling into the overhanging rock face, known as the Mittelrhein.
www.public.asu.edu /~goutam/gcu325/rhine.htm   (1846 words)

  
 Notes on Andrew Schwalm
The Pennsylvania Germans whose ancestors were exiled from their homes in the beautiful valley of the Rhine and Neckar by furious religious and political persecution are yet, after a lapse of many generations, bound by invisible ties to the land which has been consecrated and hallowed by the same blood which courses in their veins.
The Germans of the Rhine provinces suffered from the French as late as the Franco-German war, and the crimes committed in the Palatinate in consequence of religious intolerance, fanaticism, and political persecution are unparalleled in the history of human savagery.
The ancestors of the Pennsylvania Germans who came from the upper and lower Rhine regions spoke a dialect that is known as Pfalzisch and the people at the time of the great emigration from there were known as German Palatines.
www.tcarden.com /tree/ensor/SchwalmNotes.html   (7273 words)

  
 the initiative
Historically, due to its position on the Rhine and its interface function between the Netherlands, the Rhine and the Ruhr, many transportation and logistics companies have established themselves here.
Over 2,600 transportation and logistics companies have a presence in the Duisburg and Lower Rhine region, not to mention the logistics know-how of producer companies.
Duisburg Lower Rhine Logistics Initiative has made it its mission to further expand the region´s strengths and to hone the logistic region´s profile.
www.logistik-duisburg-niederrhein.de /index,2,2,en,selten,x38hdt,,2.html   (469 words)

  
 Reprint Maps of the Rhine Valley Area
Drawn by F.L. Gussefeld and published by Homann's Heirs in 1789, this map shows the area along the northern Rhine, east of Luxembourg and Lorraine, north of Baden and Wurttemburg and west of Fulda and Wurzburg.
The many principalities, small states and districts on both banks of the Rhine are identified.
A profusion of villages on both banks of the Rhine is identified and a key to the abbreviations used on the map is shown in inset.
www.jonathansheppardbooks.com /JSBMaps/RhineValley.htm   (736 words)

  
 Rhine Republic 1921-1924 (Germany)
In 1921 the Rhenish republic was proclaimed in the Rhine zone (Coblenz, Cologne etc.) with the help of France.
President Dorten stabilized a confederate regime with three states: North (Lower Rhine), South (Upper and Middle Rhine) and Ruhr, with capitals in each at in Aix-la-Chapelle [Aachen], Coblenz and Essen; Cologne [Köln] was the headquarters of the confederate government.
Dorten established a confederate regime with three States: North (Lower Rhine), South (Upper and Middle Rhine) and Ruhr, with capital cities in Aix-la-Chapelle, Coblenz and Essen, respectively; Cologne would be the seat of the confederate government.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/de-rh921.html   (463 words)

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