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Magdeburger Startgerät
The Magdeburger Startgerät (also known as the Magdeburg pilot rocket and 10-L for the 10 liters of Liquefied gas, liquid fuel it contains) is a missile that was intended to ensure the first manned rocket flight in history. Despite successful tests, the pilot flight originally planned for March 1933 never took place. After several delays, the project was finally stopped in 1934 when the Nazi Germany, National Socialists prohibited all private missile attempts (which also included the Magdeburg experiment). The idea The project was initiated in 1932 by Franz Mengering, a businessman from Magdeburg, a follower of the Hollow Earth, Hollow Earth concept. Mengering commissioned Rudolf Nebel to develop a manned rocket in order to reach the Moon 5000 kilometersm away. Nebel, on the other hand, thought it was only realistic to develop a rocket that could carry a person for a distance of 1 kilometer and at a maximum altitude of 20 kilometers. Development and testing The development of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwielowsee
Schwielowsee () is a lake in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated to the south and west of the city of Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B .... The villages of Caputh, Ferch and Geltow, on the banks of the lake, form the municipality of Schwielowsee. The lake is some long, with a maximum width of and a surface area is . It lies at an elevation of above sea level, and has a maximum depth of . The navigable River Havel flows through the eastern end of the lake, entering it at Caputh via a short channel from the Templiner See, and exiting to the north. The lake is also navigable to its south-western end at Ferch. Navigation is administered as part of the Untere Havel–Wasserstraße. References External links * Potsdamer Brandenburger Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Disestablishments In Germany
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
