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  Germany Biography,info
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany, as a continuation of the war by other means and a breaking of traditional post-war diplomacy that included negotiations between the victors and vanquished.
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the north-east.
music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Germany   (6959 words)

  
 Transport in Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While Germany and most of contiguous Europe use Standard gauge (1435mm), differences in Signaling, Rules and Regulations, Electrification voltages, etc. tend to hamstrung freight operations across borders.
In some areas of Germany an urban railway called S-Bahn is in operation.
The port of Hamburg is the largest sea-harbour in Germany and ranks #2 in Europe, #7 world-wide (2004).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transport_in_Germany   (553 words)

  
 Getting Around Germany -- Urban Public Transport
Public transportation is so good, you should never need or want a car to get around most cities.
The transport regions are divided into tariff zones (Tarifzonen) and you pay based on the number of zones you cross.
Public transit in Germany is remarkably safe, even at night, but it's always wise to be aware of your surroundings.
gettingaroundgermany.home.att.net /stadt.htm   (1905 words)

  
 World | Nuclear Waste Transport In Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Since November 19, yet another transport with twelve containers of radioactive waste (called 'Castor') from the plutonium plant La Hague (France) is on its way to the so called interim storage in Gorleben in the Wendland region, an area (Map) well known for 20 years of resistance to nuclear power.
Although police try to divide locals and protestors from all over Germany and France by 'tolerating' some local protest and marking 'foreigners' as 'anarchist rioters', connections are in some parts stronger then ever, most of the protest camps organized by both locals and people coming to the area for protest.
There is a nice video-documentation with no comments about the castor-transport in 2001 (the first transport, where the green party was in the government coaltion), where 20.000 cops were deployed (the biggest police action in the history of germany).
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/regions/world/2005/11/328079.html   (911 words)

  
 Baltic Sea Encyclopedia Article @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
During the Second World War Germany reclaimed all of the southern shore and much of the eastern by occupying Poland and the Baltic states.
After 1945 the sea was a border between opposing military blocks: in the case of military conflict in Germany, in parallel with a Soviet offensive towards the Atlantic Ocean, communist Poland's fleet was prepared to invade the Danish isles.
Shipbuilding is practiced in many large shipyards around the Baltic: Gdańsk, Szczecin in Poland, HDW in Kiel, Germany, Karlskrona and Kockums in Malmö, Sweden, and Rauma, Turku, Helsinki in Finland, Rīga, Liepāja in Latvia and Klaipėda in Lithuania.
www.karr.net.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Baltic_Sea   (3429 words)

  
 [tml] Nuclear Waste Transport In Germany
This weekend another transport with twelve containers of radioactive waste is going to the small town of Gorleben in the Wendland region, an area well known for 20 years of resistance to nuclear technology.
The transport is scheduled to leave the plutonium plant La Hague (France) on Saturday 19, arriving in Gorleben during Monday night.
It was the most militant act against the transports since activists burned down a whole railway bridge on the way to Gorleben in autumn 2001.
www.squat.net /tmc/msg04612.html   (281 words)

  
 Air Transport Agreement GERMANY - USA   -   Open-Sky-Agreement
Each airline shall have the right to sell such transportation, and any person shall be free to purchase such transportation, in the currency of that territory or in freely convertible currencies.
Airlines may elect to perform their own surface transportation or to provide it through arrangements with other surface carriers, including surface transportation operated by other airlines and indirect providers of cargo air transportation.
Germany shall, to the full extent permitted by German and European Union law, offer U.S. carriers the benefit of any German or European Union legislation that provides carriers of any other North American state opportunities in the areas of cabotage and foreign ownership and control of German carriers.
www.luftrecht-online.de /regelwerke/d-us-e.htm   (3501 words)

  
 LIBERALIZATION IN GERMANY'S INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
Despite this relatively high degree of liberalization in German air transport, we do not forget that the remaining 20 per cent are carried in more or less regulated markets in other regions which are important for world aviation.
It is the objective of liberalization to ensure, by means of competition, a com-prehensive air transport system to strengthen the economic site Germany and to achieve optimum results to the benefit of all those involved in the air transport system while complying with the principle of reciprocity.
The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing will assume a structural function both at the bilateral and multilateral level in order to improve air transport services to and from Germany to the benefit of the overall economy and to open up markets worldwide for the German airlines.
www.luftrecht-online.de /bmvbw/liberalisierungE.htm   (782 words)

  
 Transport guide for Germany by Hostelbookers
While it may not be cheap, getting around Germany is spectacularly quick and easy.
Barely a square kilometre of the country is untouched by an unfailingly reliable public transport system, and it's a simple matter to jump from train to bus on the integrated network.
By far the best means of public transport in Germany is the train.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/germany/transport   (270 words)

  
 Germany's Air Transport Initiative presents first results (7 April)
Only an internationally competitive air transport location is a strong partner for the German economy”, said Lufthansa chief Wolfgang Mayrhuber, on behalf of the companies involved.
While personnel was considerably reduced in almost all sectors of industry and by almost all transport providers between 1995 and 2001, employment in the air transport sector has grown counter to the trend.
They weaken the position of Germany and, in the long run, destroy modern and future-oriented jobs at the airports and in the surrounding areas.
www.dfs.de /dfs/internet/english/inhalt/company_future/primaernavigation/the_company/sekundaernavigation/press_service/press_releases_2004/germany_s_air_transport_initiative_presents_first_results_7_april   (1129 words)

  
 Useful information of Germany | Transport in Germany
Germany has a dozen international airports, being Frankfurt the most important one.
In fact, it’s the eighth of the world by total number of passengers and the second by number of international passengers and also of the more important European centres of flight connections and aerial transport of merchandise.
Germany has an extensive network of freeways and state highways.
www.sprachcaffe-deutschland.com /ingles/tran.html   (379 words)

  
 USAREUR Units - 37th Trans Gp
For this reason it was not feasible to assign sufficient units to the 37th Transportation Highway Transport Division to permit daily operation in keeping with the mission for which a transport division is basically organized.
Because of this, the 37th was assigned an occupation mission of running the USAREUR Transportation Training Center (at Lager Hammelburg), with a secondary mission of training for operation as a Transport Division in the event of an emergency.
The Transportation Training Center was organized in January of 1948 for the purpose of effecting the rehabilitation of Transportation Truck Companies to include maintenance and driver training, the rehabilitation of personnel and equipment, and the correction of related administrative records.
usarmygermany.com /Units/Transportation/USAREUR_37thTransGp.htm   (4203 words)

  
 A Manual for Germany | A Manual for Germany: Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Germany has a highway code (set of rules for the road).
The police in Germany often use radar speed checks ("Radarkontrollen") to catch drivers who may be breaking the speed limit.
Bicycles are a much-loved mode of transport in Germany.
www.handbuch-deutschland.de /book/en/005_011_print.html   (1863 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - Nuclear Waste Transport In Germany - Timeline
Monday November 21: at 8.15am the transport reaches Lüneburg while some thousend protestors in the area are on the roads to welcome it on the last 70km.
The transport lorries might not be allowed to drive through under them because the might drop something on or in front of the lorries.
At the Musenpalast in Laase, a village on the transport route, cultural programme is underway.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2005/11/328209.html   (1851 words)

  
 Germany City Transport - Taxi Tram Bus U-Bahn S-Bahn :: Germany Guide
In general, rail passes such as the Eurail Pass are valid on the S-Bahn but not on the U-Bahn.
The average price of a single ticket is usually around 2 Euros across Germany but one-day, three-day or weekly passes or special discount cards such as the Berlin WelcomeCard represent much better value for travelers and are valid on all forms of public transport.
The honor system ticketing procedure for trains is the same as other means of urban transport: purchase tickets from ticket machines at stations or at your hotel and enter your ticket or travel pass in the red validating machine.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/wc2006/travel/city-travel.html   (623 words)

  
 Transport and Communication in Germany
A good share of public transport is not only reached by the biggest cities, even cities with 50000 to 500000 inhabitants have an public transport share of 13 percent to 36 percent.
Whereas improving railroad transport by using telematics is estimated as „desirable„, the further extension of road capacities especially in the large conurbations „does not agree with the interest of the cities“ (DST/VDV 1995, p.
The project is a cooperation of the Ministry for Transport in Baden-Wuerttemberg, the city of Stuttgart, the regional televison and radio station (Sueddeutscher Rundfunk) and several enterprises of the electronic and vehicle industry under the conduction of Daimler Benz AG.
www.difu.de /projektforen/iuk/dokumente/transport.shtml   (4290 words)

  
 Urban Transport Technology - Munich Transport Network
Munich is the capital of Bavaria and is the third largest city in Germany.
However, between 1997 and 2001 due to positive public transport initiatives the trend was being reversed and the number of public transport trips increased from 533 million per year to 561 million per year.
The Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV) is a transport association that has centralised the ticket and pricing system in Munich.
www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/munich   (1415 words)

  
 Germany
Attack on the British fleet off the coast of Britain: Move the 2 bombers in Germany, the sub off Iceland, the transport, sub, and cruiser in the Baltic Sea in for the invasion.
Poland: Move in the 6 infantry,and 1 tank in Germany, the remaining tanks in France (hopefully 3-4), and the fighter left in Italy.
Attack on the cruiser in Gibraltar: Move in the sub in Italy, and the bomber in Germany.
www.ecst.csuchico.edu /~mburress/Germany2.html   (1038 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Germany to provide transport flights for Sudan mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Moreover, Germany is already providing one of the largest amounts of humanitarian aidپ\more than 32.5 million eurosپ\for the refugee emergency in the Darfur region.
In the area of diplomacy, Germany co-financed the Abuja peace negotiations in October/November and is supporting the 180-day Action Plan Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in Darfur of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations.
Germany, with up to 200 soldiers, is ready to offer air-transport to the African Union for the transport of AU contingents to Darfur.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=6833   (372 words)

  
 infoshop.org News Kiosk - Germany: Castor transport a fiasco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Due to a multitude of actions along the entire route of the transport in France and Germany, 30,000 police cannot manage to get the transport to its destination in the town of Dannenberg in the region of Wendland in the North of Germany.
Yesterday, Tuesday Mar 27, 2001, the transport was due to arrive at the Dannenberg station approx at 4 p.m.
The transport most probably will not be able to continue its route from Dannenberg station by special vehicle as was planned for today.
www.infoshop.org /news6/castor1.html   (531 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Germany bans animal transport
Germany's Agriculture Ministry has announced a total ban on the transport of all animals at risk from foot-and-mouth disease.
Germany's announcement follows Italy's decision on Wednesday to bring in a global ban on the import of all animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth and to limit the transport of animals within Italy.
Europe) Germany's green revolution (28 Feb 01
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/1209428.stm   (322 words)

  
 Germany Info: Information Services: Consular Services: Other Consular Services
A corpse transport permit is needed to transport a corpse to Germany.
The corpse must be placed in a zinc-lined casket, sealed and deposited in a wooden outer container in accordance with the rules governing the international shipments of human remains.
Information about the mode of transport (airlines, flight no.) and the port of departure and entry into Germany as well as the final destination will also have to be provided.
www.germany.info /relaunch/info/consular_services/otherconsularservices/corpse.html   (302 words)

  
 Lack of Transparency in Germany's Environmental Organisations?- Global Policy Forum - NGOs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It was also hard on the overall effectiveness of the green lobby in Germany.
In a five-page long statement the BUND described the test as "shoddy research" and the Transport Club of Germany accused the magazine researchers of using "questionable methods".
The study researched how much money an organisation received in donations, how much was used for environmental projects and whether the donator could detect what actually happened with his or her money.
www.globalpolicy.org /ngos/credib/2002/1101germany.htm   (623 words)

  
 German Public Transport - Getting around Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The convenience and punctuality of German public transport is admired around the world.
The average taxi fare in Germany is aproximately €1.30 per Km with a minimum charge of €2.50.
The cards are usually valid for between 1 and 7 days and give visitors free or discounted travel on local transport, reduced or free admission to local tourist attractions and discounted tickets for events within a city or region.
www.germany-tourism.co.uk /pages/getting_around.html   (603 words)

  
 transport logistic 2007 -- U.S. Commercial Service Germany
The U.S. Department of Commerce has added "transport logistic" for the first time to its official list of overseas trade shows that will be receiving U.S. Commercial Service support this year.
The aim of the trade fair is to present practical examples of the very complex sector of transportation, on road and rail, on water and in the air.
Service-providers and decision-makers from the transport sector, industry, trade associations and logistics in freight transport.
www.buyusa.gov /germany/en/transportlogistic.html   (292 words)

  
 planum - webcompass - stakeholders / transports - germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
DVWG is an association of scientists and practitioners from all fields of transport sciences.
PRO BAHN is a NGO of passengers of public transport in Germany.
The objectives are to fight for a fair treatment of public transport in comparison to the treatment of individual traffic and to lobby for an improvement of all modes of public transport.
www.planum.net /webcompass/main/m-stakeholders-tra-de.html   (360 words)

  
 Indiacar News-Award Winning NAVTEQ Transport(TM) Being Demonstrated During IAA Germany
Demonstrations are being held during IAA in Hannover, Germany this week; commercial availability begins during Q1 of 2007.
NAVTEQ Transport Germany attributes include many physical and legal restrictions for vehicles including maximum height, weight, length, and prohibited or restricted areas.
Using the NAVTEQ Transport sample data files, Siemens VDO and Map and Guide have created applications which will be presented during the IAA show in Hannover, Germany in the NAVTEQ booth.
www.indiacar.com /xnewdet.asp?id=n40505   (268 words)

  
 Car Germany Transport
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www.wcapetourism.co.za /car/car_germany_transport.html   (799 words)

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