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	Weser River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Weser is a river of north-western Germany.
		A large reservoir on the Eder river, the main tributary of the Fulda, is used to regulate water levels on the Weser so as to ensure adequate depth for shipping throughout the year.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weser (472 words)

	Weser - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Weser, river, northwestern Germany, 439 km (273 mi) long, and formed by the confluence of the Werra and Fulda rivers.
		Bremerhaven, city in northwestern Germany, in the state of Bremen, at the junction of the Weser and Geeste rivers, near the North Sea and the city...
		Bremen (city), city in northwestern Germany, capital of the state of Bremen, on the Weser River, near the North Sea.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Weser.html (96 words)

	Weser - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WESER [Weser], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed at Hannoversch-Münden, central Germany, by the junction of the Fulda and Werra rivers.
		The Hunte and Aller rivers are among its chief tributaries.
		Navigable to Kassel on the Fulda River, the Weser is connected by the Midland canal system with the Rhine, the Ems, and the Elbe rivers.
	www.highbeam.com /doc/1E1:Weser/Weser.html?refid=ip_hf (113 words)

	Aller
		The Aller is a river in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany.
		It is a tributary of the Weser river and 211 km in length.
		The river's source is located near Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Aller.html (91 words)

	Search Results for "Weser" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		80,423), North Rhine-Westphalia, NW Germany, a port on the Weser River and the Midland Canal.
		131,490), in the state of Bremen, NW Germany, at the mouth of the Weser River, near the North Sea.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Weser (277 words)

	Active holidays and nature - Wateradventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Idyllic river route along the Fulda: from the source in the Rhön to the Werra-Kuss, and along the Weser to Bad Karlshafen.
		The Weser is also known as the river of fairytales, passing many famous sagas and faces.
		The river changes course constantly, with variety enhanced by small rapids and locks, as well as the unique shipping tunnel and is just as suited to the beginner as to the expert canoeist.
	www.hessen-tourismus.de /en/active_nature/wateradventure.htm (648 words)

	Did I Ever Tell You...?
		On reaching the safety of the far bank, and with the width of the Weser to preserve her honour, she turned and shouted "Kommen sie mit mein Haus!".
		When I first saw one of these devices in operation its simplicity and effectiveness just astonished me. The Weser is a fairly large river with a fast current and is therefore a significant impediment to the local people who need to go from one side to the other during their normal lives.
		On either bank is a steel pylon over which a steel cable extends across the river, at a height sufficient to avoid interference with the mast or superstructure of any vessel on the water.
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	Search Results for "Weser"
		It is a major port and was a leading member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages.
		...A city of northwest Germany at the mouth of the Weser River near the North Sea.
		...A region of northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt and Weser rivers.
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Weser (373 words)

	Holiday Destination Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) - Weserbergland
		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.
		The "White Baroque town in the country" Bad Karlshafen is situated at the confluence of the rivers Weser and Diemel.
	www.niedersachsen-tourism.de /en/regionen-staedte/regionen/weserbergland/index.php (1030 words)

	AllRefer.com - Westphalia, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The region of Westphalia occupies, roughly, a triangle formed by a line drawn eastward from the Rhine River at the Dutch border to the Weser River at Minden, a line drawn from Minden southwestward to Siegen (near the border with Hesse), and a line drawn to the northwest from Siegen and parallel to the Rhine.
		The region is drained by the Ems, Weser, Ruhr, and Lippe rivers; it is hilly in the east and south and forms a low plain in the northwest.
		The Ruhr district is connected with the Ems River by the Dortmund-Ems Canal and with the Elbe River by the Midland Canal.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/Westphal.html (287 words)

	Unterweser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The left branch of Weser river and Elsfleth port.
		The white house with a red roof, at the path to the mole, is the residence of the Weser pilots in Bremerhaven.
		Low tide: Fedderwardersiel at the left side of the mouth of Weser river.
	www.sonic.net /~boedeker/anna/unterweser.htm (293 words)

	Bremen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is situated on the Weser River some 43 miles (70 km) from the North Sea, is one of the largest ports of Germany, and is one of the more dynamic of that nation's cities.
		The earliest settlement (called Breme or Bremum) on the right bank of the river was favoured by an advantageous position at the junction of important early trading routes from the Rhine River to the Elbe and from the North Sea to southern Germany.
		The market rights—including customs and coinage—that were conferred on Bremen in 965 brought increased mercantile activity, and the young city soon became one of the commanding religious and economic centres of northern Germany, especially after entering the Hanseatic League—an economic and political association of the rising urban mercantile class—in 1358.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Bremen/Bremen.html (1757 words)

	Weser
		It is close to one of the locks in the river.
		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.
		Mile 11.8 (19.0 km): Cross the Ochtum River and just a half-mile down the path on the left is a monument to some local dignitaries who fought and died (along with their serfs) in 1234.
	www.bicyclegermany.com /Weser.htm (7320 words)

	Spotlight feature: 100 years of Bremerhaven Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The earliest settlement (called Breme or Bremum) on the right bank east side of the Weser estuary, on both banks of the Geest River, at its junction with Weser, was an advantageous position of important early trading routes from the Rhine River to the Elbe and from the North Sea to southern Germany.
		The Weser ports (Bremen, Bremerhaven) are second to that of Germany's major port, Hamburg, in both total tonnage and containers handled, and has an important general cargo trade.
		Because the Elbe River leads to the port of Hamburg in what was West Germany and the Oder River to Szczecin (Stettin) in Poland, East Germany developed a new deep-sea port at Rostock, which was served by motorway and rail but had no waterway link.
	www.kiac-usa.com /Bremerhaven.html (1229 words)

	Keyports Bremen, Bremerhaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		River Weser pilotage area is divided into two districts.
		River pilotage includes berthing and unberthing in the ports south of Bremerhaven.
		Under normal weather conditions the pilot vessel is standing by 5 nautical miles north of Wangerooge lighthouse at buoys Weser 3/Jade 2.
	www.bremen-ports.de /evopage/index.php?id=115&languageid=1 (575 words)

	Stadt Minden - Historische Stadt voller Leben
		Minden is situated at the crossing of the river Weser and the Mittelland Canal (a man-made canal) which lies in a beautiful landscape of hills and plains.
		The river Weser was and remains one of the most important life lines of the city.
		In addition to Mindens' position as bishop's see, crossing trade routes and the river contributed crucially to the fact that Minden developed into an important intellectual and economic centre in north-west Germany in the Middle Ages.
	www.minden.de /sites/stadtportrait/portrait_englisch.html (706 words)

	The Miracle of the Rhine
		Between 1970 and 1974, the river’s oxygen content was still between only two and four milligrams per litre—too low to support the growth of any organism.
		The salt level in the river Weser, polluted by potash discharges from the Werra, sometimes reached 3,000 mg/litre.
		The hydrological basin of the 1,600-kilometer-long Tennessee River, a branch of the Ohio, drains sections of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky.
	www.unesco.org /courier/2000_06/uk/planet.htm (2415 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 104th Infantry Division
		After defending the west bank of the Rhine, the Division crossed the river at Honnef, 22 March 1945, and attacked to the east of the Remagen bridgehead.
		After regrouping, it advanced to the east and crossed the Weser River on the 8th, blocking enemy exits from the Harz Mountains.
		The sector to the Mulde River was cleared by the 21st, and after vigorous patrolling, the Division contacted the Red Army at Pretzsch, 26 April.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/104id.htm (550 words)

	1757 Campaign in Northwest Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hanoverians refused to move forward to defend the Rhine, and the Prussian fortress of Wesel and the line of the Lippe River were abandoned to the French advance in April.
		The French, now under Richelieu, captured the forts along the Weser River and took Brunswick and the city of Hanover, forcing the government to evacuate to Stade.
		Instead, he advanced on Bremen, taking the city and Harburg across the river from Hamburg, forcing Cumberland into the peninsula formed by the Elbe and the Weser, at the tip of which is Stade.
	members.cox.net /johnahamill/1757nw.html (306 words)

	Minden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It lies along the Weser River, near a narrow defile known as the Porta Westfalica where the river quits the mountains and enters the North German Plain.
		The medieval churches of St. Martin and St. Mary and a number of "Weser Renaissance" houses survived.
		An important road and rail traffic centre, Minden is the junction of waterways where the remarkable Mittelland Canal aqueduct bridges the Weser.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Minden/Minden.html (223 words)

	Weser bike path (8 days guided) - cycling tour
		The river Weser is one of the most important German rivers.
		Starting point of this tour is the idyllic half timbered town Hannover Münden - where the rivers Werra and Fulda joint together to form the river Weser.
		The Weser River Cycle Path follows mainly side roads with only scarce traffic as well as dedicated asphalted cycle paths and country roads.
	www.bicyclingworld.com /templates/tour.aspx?rqTourID=1524 (239 words)

	Battle of Idistaviso (16 AD)
		The army sailed down the Rhine river, through canals to the North Sea, than along the coast to the River Ems, where they disembarked and marched upriver into Germania.
		They were met near the River Weser by a German confederation of Cherusi, Semnones and Langobardi tribes lead by the rebel Arminius (aka Hermann the German), the former Roman auxiliary officer who had lead Varus into the German trap at Teutoberg Wald.
		After a Roman cavalry foray across the Weser was repulsed, Germanicus moved decisively, bridging and crossing the river in force before Arminius could attack.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/Idistaviso16AD (810 words)

	Antique Maps of Germany (page 7) - Alte Landkarten von Deutschland (Seite 7)
		A bit lower is the mouth of the Weser and part of the course of the Weser as far as Neustadt and Blumenau.
		In the upper left is the confluence of the Weser and Lippe Rivers.
		The course of the Rhine river is the central theme of this map.
	www.philographikon.com /mapsgermany7.html (1047 words)

	The world's top weser river websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Further downstream, the river is linked to the Dortmund-Ems canal via the Küsten canal, and another canal links the river at Bremerhaven to the Elbe River.
		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, which joins the Weser before Bremen.
	www.websbiggest.com /dir-wiki.cfm?cat=weser_river&tab=discuss (284 words)

	Weser - Search Results - MSN 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.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Weser.html (100 words)

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