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  Weser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Diese maßgeblichen Korrekturen der Weser werden auch Große Weserkorrektion genannt.
Um 1600 wurde auf der Weser vor allem Getreide und Obst aus der Hildesheimer Börde nach Bremen und Holland, und von dort aus Käse, Stockfisch und Tran flussaufwärts transportiert.
Auch in heutiger Zeit verkehren auf der gesamten Weser Personenschiffe, darüber hinaus auch auf der Fulda zwischen Hann.
www.tocatch.info /de/Weser.htm   (7170 words)

  
  Weser River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Weser is a river of north-western Germany.
Towns along the Weser, from the confluence of Werra and Fulda to the mouth are: Hannoversch Münden, Beverungen, Höxter, Holzminden, Bodenwerder, Hamelin, Hessisch-Oldendorf, Rinteln, Vlotho, Bad Oeynhausen, Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen, Nienburg, Achim, Bremen, Brake, Nordenham, Bremerhaven.
The largest tributary of the Weser is the Aller river, which joins the Weser south of Bremen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weser   (316 words)

  
 AG Weser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A.G. Weser was a shipyard on the Weser River in Bremen, Germany.
Founded November 8, 1843, A.G. Weser played significant parts in both World Wars and remained in operation until December 31, 1983, when it succumbed to the delayed effects of the oil crisis.
On October 6-7, 1944, a raid by 246 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitos severely damaged AG Weser, taking it out of action for the remainder of the war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AG_Weser   (149 words)

  
 Jericho Student Wins "Super" National Chess Tournament
Weser, who has over 50 chess trophies, started playing chess after his father Matthew taught him how to play when he was only 4 years old and Weser started competing in tournaments when he was 6.
Weser has been playing in adult tournaments since he was 7 years old and is now winning money in adult chess tournaments.
Weser is ranked in the top ten in the country in his age group.
www.antonnews.com /syossetjerichotribune/2005/05/27/news   (640 words)

  
 Weser News Clips 1: HMCS Prince Robert
The Weser is 487 feet long with a speed of 17 knots making her one of the largest and fastest of freighters.
The Weser was captured at 11:30 p.m., Sept 26.
The chief engineer of the Weser, and some of his men were just lifting glasses of liquor to their lips to drink to a safe voyage and a get-away when the Prince Robert’s searchlight came through his port.
www.airmuseum.ca /rcn/prweser01.html   (2777 words)

  
 Search Results for "Weser"
Weser, (va´zr) (KEY), river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed at Hannoversch-Munden, central Germany, by the junction of the Fulda and Werra rivers.
It is a major port and was a leading member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages.
An ancient Saxon settlement, it is a manufacturing and tourist center famous as the setting for...
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Weser   (387 words)

  
 Weser - [WSV]
der Weser für den Handel der von ihr durchflossenen Regionen seit Jahrhunderten eine Bedeutung zu.
Das Ziel, auf der Weser von Münden bis Minden Fahrwassertiefen bei niedrigster Wasserführung von 1,00 m und von Minden bis Bremen von 1,25 m zu erreichen, konnte nur teilweise und nicht immer über das ganze Jahr verwirklicht werden.
Ausbaumaßnahmen in der Weser von Hann.Münden bis Bremen in den letzten 120 Jahren
www.wsa-minden.de /wasserstrassen/weser   (2014 words)

  
 Natur, Aktiv, Erholung: Urlaub am Wasser - Deutschlands Flusslandschaften - Weser und Nebenflüsse
The mysterious landscape along the River Weser is home to many of the characters in these fairy tales, as the romantic nature and enchanting villages leading to the river`s estuary turn the Weser into a story teller.
The Weser Cycle Route is one of the most popular cycle routes in Germany, especially suitable for travelling with your children as they will be delighted with all the castles, the re-enactments of fairytales and the museums on the subject of various fairy-tales.
The Weser´s life begins with "a kiss" in Hannoversch Münden, where the Weser´s two source rivers, the Fulda and the Werra, embrace.
www.germany-tourism.de /ENG/nature_active_recreation/river_scenery_weser.htm   (402 words)

  
 Thomas M. Weser Award: International Student and Scholar Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Each year since, the Weser Award has recognized an international student who has made a significant contribution to the life of the University in the footsteps of Thomas M. Weser.
Weser's death drew national attention to the crime rate at Vanderbilt and shocked the University community.
Weser Award winners are typically active in student organizations and community service projects outside of the classroom and maintain a solid record of academic performance at the undergraduate or graduate level.
www.vanderbilt.edu /ISSS/weser_award.html   (341 words)

  
 Holiday Destination Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) - Weserbergland
The Weser cycle route is one of the most popular cycle routes in Germany.
The cycle route connects the picturesque Weserbergland, the flatter land of the middle Weser and the harbour town of Bremen, beyond which the route leads along the embankment of the Lower Weser to the mouth of the river where it flows into the Nordsee.
First mentioned in records in 822, this town on the Weser is characterised by its houses in the style of the Weser Renaissance and its medieval streets.
www.niedersachsen-tourism.de /en/regionen-staedte/regionen/weserbergland/index.php   (1030 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Weser, on U.S Highway 183 fourteen miles north of Goliad in northern Goliad County, was settled in 1881 and named after the ship that brought the first Polish immigrants to Galveston in 1854.
(The ship, in turn, was named for the river in Germany.) The Weser post office was established in 1881, and by 1885 the town had a Lutheran church and school, a steam gristmill and cotton gin, a general store, telegraph facilities, and daily stage service to Cuero and Goliad.
Only one cotton gin was listed at Weser in 1914, and the number of businesses declined to two by 1931.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/WW/hnw35.html   (308 words)

  
 Weser pictures and videos on Webshots
Weser river-where the piper led all the rats to drown a...
Sandy Weser and Jamie C. A cafe on the Weser River where Dr. Stollmann treated u...
Weser Rennaisance Style of house in Detmold of the 18th...
www.webshots.com /search?query=Weser   (186 words)

  
 TSR: Historical Markers Guide: Goliad County: Weser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Many German and Polish immigrants came to Texas in the 19th century on a ship named "Weser." Arriving at the Port of Galveston, a number of the pioneer settlers made their way overland to this area, establishing a community in the 1850s and 1860s.
The population of Weser consisted primarily of farmers and ranchers and their families.
By the 1930s only two businesses remained in Weser, and the population had dropped to 50, a figure that remained steady for the remainder of the 20th century.
www.texas-settlement.org /markers/goliad/39.html   (268 words)

  
 Weser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the joining of the Fulda and Werra rivers, it flows through Bremen to the North Sea, and has a length of 440 km.
Towns at the Weser, from the source to the mouth: Hannoversch Münden, Beverungen, Höxter, Holzminden, Bodenwerder, Hamelin, Hessisch-Oldendorf, Rinteln, Vlotho, Bad Oeynhausen, Porta Westfalica, Minden, Petershagen, Nienburg, Achim, Bremen, Brake, Nordenham, Bremerhaven.
The largest tributary of the Weser is the Aller river, that joins the Weser before Bremen.
www.theezine.net /w/weser.html   (152 words)

  
 Weser - Resultados de la búsqueda - prodigy MSN Encarta
Weser - Resultados de la búsqueda - prodigy MSN Encarta
Weser, río del noroeste de Alemania, de unos 400 km de longitud.
Bremerhaven, ciudad del noroeste de Alemania, en el distrito de Bremen, en la confluencia de los ríos Weser y Geeste, cerca del mar del Norte y de la...
mx.encarta.msn.com /Weser.html   (110 words)

  
 A PUSH TO REVAMP THE IMF By Alan Friedman
Koch Weser, 55, rejected claims that he did not have enough political clout to run the IMF and called on France to back his candidacy in public.
Koch Weser said that the problem of the IMF was not the quality of its work but that it was considered in the U.S. Congress as a contentious institution.
Koch Weser was also keen to stress the importance of the recently formed Group of 20, an ad hoc group including the Group of Seven plus key emerging market countries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
www.ttc.org /cgi-binloc/searchTTC.cgi?displayZop+3351   (874 words)

  
 Weserbergland - official website for tourism, travel, vacation
The Weser cycle route belongs to the most popular bicycle routes in Germany and has already since 2 years, the top position of the bicycle analysis of the ADFC.
The Weser winds through the scenery and invites to active experience.
Impressive castles in the style of the weser renaissance with an exciting and impressive history present visitors a trip through time in different epochs.
www.weserbergland-tourismus.de /en   (246 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Weser
The city is also a tourist center, known as the scene of the legend of the...
It is one of the largest fishing ports in Europe and is a major freight port.
Rising in the Rhon Mountains, it flows north to unite with the Werra River at Munden and form the Weser River.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Weser&StartAt=11   (732 words)

  
 Weser - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Weser, river, north-western Germany, about 400 km (300 mi) long, and formed by the confluence of the Werra and Fulda rivers.
In his Ecclesiastical History, written in the early 8th century, the Venerable Bede names the three principal peoples involved in the migration as...
Bremen (city), city in north-west Germany, major port, and capital of the state of Bremen, on the River Weser, near the North Sea.
au.encarta.msn.com /Weser.html   (83 words)

  
 Palmer List of Merchant Vessels - We
The steamship WESER, the second of four vessels of this name owned by Norddeutscher Lloyd, was built by Caird and Co, Greenock (yard #137), and was launched on 19 March 1867.
Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Wenke, arrived at New York on 26 November 1869, from Bremen 13 November, via Southampton 16 November, with merchandise and 356 passengers, to Oelrichs and Co; had "light variable westerly winds" on the voyage.
Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship WESER, Capt. Willigerod, arrived at New York on 12 October 1872, at 4:50 A.M., from Bremen 28 September, via Southampton 1 October (3 P.M.), with merchandise and 809 passengers.
www.geocities.com /mppraetorius/com-we.htm   (2964 words)

  
 Informationen über das Einzugsgebiet der Weser in NRW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Informationen über das Einzugsgebiet der Weser in NRW
Die Weser ensteht durch die Vereinigung von Fulda und Werra bei Hann.
Die Erhebung und Bewertung der Daten erfolgt auf der Arbeitsebene, für die das Flussgebiet Weser in Bearbeitungsgebiete eingeteilt ist.
www.weser.nrw.de /weser.htm   (262 words)

  
 Lighthouses of Germany: Bremen and the Weser
The light was downgraded in 1964, when Alte Weser took over its function as the landfall light for Bremerhaven.
Located on a sandy peninsula, the Warflether Sand, on the southwest side of the Weser about 3 km (2 mi) southeast of the Berne lights; the peninsula is a protected natural area.
Located on the south side of the Weser at the entrance to the Neustädter Hafen (New City Harbor) in Bremen.
www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/deu1b.htm   (4697 words)

  
 Chief Executive, The: Do we really need more legal help? - Flip Side - Rubin Weser vs. City University of New York - ...
Determined to keep his dream alive, and convinced that he had been the victim of age discrimination, Weser sued the university, claiming he had suffered discrimination because he was white, male and Jewish.
The suit was dismissed in a lower court, but Weser appealed and his case recently reached a federal appeals court in Manhattan.
According to the school, Weser scored between 127 and 133 on a scale of 120 to 180, putting him in the bottom 5 percent of all test takers.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m4070/is_2002_Dec/ai_95199248   (717 words)

  
 Weser
The Rathaus, or town hall, is an example of what the guidebook calls “Weser Renaissance” which is a style often repeated in public buildings along the Weser.
My wife (very wise indeed), Maxa will tell you that there is always a bakery close to any steepled church and there is. (Mind you, not that I don’t always believe her, but she also told me that any town large enough for a steepled church is also large enough for a Pension.
As we cross the Weser into Verden, we note a sign to a tourist/historical site that is undoubtedly the early settlement at the confluence of the Aller and the Weser.
www.bicyclegermany.com /Weser.htm   (7346 words)

  
 Weser Drywall Contractors | Drywall Hangers in Weser, TX
Weser drywall contractors are qualified to do several different tasks for many diverse home projects.
Whether you desire renovation, installation, remodeling, repair, or new construction, Weser drywall contractors are able to work on any interior or exterior wall.
Plus many are also capable of studding and framing walls to cut out the middle man. This kind of work is often messy and complicated, but you certainly want the job done correctly since it is so crucial for home structuring and the walls are the first thing people see when entering your house.
www.servicemagic.com /c.Drywall-Plaster.Weser.TX.-12025.html   (208 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Weser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Weser, Wolf, Winnebago and Westward : The Romberg, Ahlswede, Patzlaff, Kester, Knoke, Giebel and Allied Families of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest by John G. Kester (Hardcover - May 1, 1999)
Weser, Ems, Ostfriesische Inseln: Bremen, Oldenburg, Bremerhaven, Emden (Grieben-Reiseführer ; Bd.
European commerce, shewing new and secure channels of trade with the continent of Europe: Detailing the produce, manufactures, and commerce of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark and Germany; as well as the trade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Ems; with a g by J. Jepson.
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Weser&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (434 words)

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