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Saxon Siberia
Saxon Siberia (german: Sächsisches Sibirien) is a term referring to the higher regions of the Western Ore Mountains and the Vogtland in Central Europe. The term was first coined in the 18th century. The region was given this name because of the harsh climate experienced on the upper part of the mountain range. In 1732 an Austrian Rectification Commission described the weather at Gottesgab immediately next to the Saxon-Bohemian border as follows: "''Gottesgab is a place ..lying in the bleakest forests just within Saxon territory, where not even oats grow, nor weeds, nor sloes, nor briars. Summer is not known here at all. The local region typically lies for eight months long under snow, which in many areas is piled several ells high by severe storm winds; in addition, fog comes down so thickly that travellers often lose their way and freeze to death miserably in the snow... ''" Comparisons of the Ore Mountains with Siberia, due to their harsh conditions, were encountered by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Ore Mountains
The Western Ore Mountains (german: Westerzgebirge) is a natural region that forms the westernmost part of the Ore Mountains in the German state of Saxony. It is also part of the major landscape unit known as the Saxon Highlands and Uplands. It extends eastwards to include the valley of the Schwarzwasser, and, below its mouth, that of the Zwickauer Mulde, and incorporates the western parts of the former major units known as the Lower and Upper Western Ore Mountains (''Unteres und Oberes Westerzgebirge''), no. 423, as well as the Southern Slopes of the Ore Mountains (''Südabdachung des Erzgebirges''), no. 420. In the current classification system of natural regions, the Western Ore Mountains only covers the western part of the region that bore the same name in the preceding system, whilst the eastern part of that region is now part of the Central Ore Mountains. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Saxony
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin, as well as the overall List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th largest city and largest non-capital city in the European Union with a population of over 1.85 million. Hamburg's urban area has a population of around 2.5 million and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, which has a population of over 5.1 million people in total. The city lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries, the River Alster and the Bille (Elbe), River Bille. One of Germany's 16 States of Germany, federated states, Hamburg is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The official name reflects History of Hamburg, Hamburg's history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ore Mountain Club
The Ore Mountain Club (german: Erzgebirgsverein) is one of the oldest and most tradition-steeped local history, mountain and hiking clubs in Germany. The club was founded in 1878. After the Second World War the club and its many branches were banned by the East German authorities, but it was refounded in West Germany in Frankfurt am Main in 1955. Only after the political events of ''Die Wende'' in 1990 was it newly founded in the Ore Mountains. At the end of 2008 the club had over 3,859 members in 61 branches. Before 1945 there were more than 25,000 members. In 1929 the Ore Mountain Club even had over 28,000 members in 156 branches and managed several accommodation houses on the Fichtelberg near Oberwiesenthal and the Schwartenberg between Seiffen and Neuhausen/Erzgeb. Today the Ore Mountain Club has 12 woodcarving and 30 bobbin lacemaking groups (''Schnitzgruppen'' and ''Klöppelgruppen''). In 2008 its members did 220,000 hours of voluntary work. The club's trail rangers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Schumann
Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann (March 2, 1773 – August 10, 1826) was a German bookseller and publisher. His best-known work is the 18-volume Lexicon of Saxony, which was completed after his death by Albert Schiffner. He wrote ''Junker Kurt von Krötenstein's verliebte Heldenfahrt'' (''Lord Kurt von Krötenstein's Hero's Journey of Love'') under the pen name of Legaillard. Schumann was born on 2 March 1773, as the oldest of 6 siblings to the couple Johann Friedrich Schumann and Christiane Magdalena Bohme. The family worked as a pastor in Endschutz, and had little money around, due to this August Schumann was unable to achieve higher education. He was the father of the composer Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a .... References 1773 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schneckenstein (Tannenbergsthal)
The Schneckenstein is 23-metre-high rock formation near the village of the same name in Saxony, southeastern Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou .... Its summit is 883 metres above sea level. Rock formations of Saxony {{Saxony-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tannenbergsthal
Tannenbergsthal is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 October 2009, along with Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, it is part of the municipality Muldenhammer. Overview Located in the western part of the Ore Mountains, it is also a part of the Vogtland. The village counts Europe's only topaz rock and a nearby show mine. The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, originally the Crown Jewels of England, are a collection of royal ceremonial objects kept in the Tower of London which include the Coronation of the British monarch, coronation regalia and vestments worn ... contain Tannenbergsthal topazes. References External links Former municipalities in Saxony Vogtlandkreis {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz
Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 October 2009, along with Tannenbergsthal and Hammerbrücke, it is part of the municipality Muldenhammer. Personalities *Sigmund Jähn Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. Early life Jähn was born on 13 F ... (1937-2019), first German cosmonaut Gallery File:Morgenroethe.png, Morgenröthe File:Vogtlandsee5.jpg, Vogtlandsee References External links * * * Former municipalities in Saxony Vogtlandkreis {{Vogtlandkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glassworks
Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Glass container production Broadly, modern glass container factories are three-part operations: the "batch house", the "hot end", and the "cold end". The batch house handles the raw materials; the hot end handles the manufacture proper—the forehearth, forming machines, and annealing ovens; and the cold end handles the product-inspection and packaging equipment. Batch processing system (batch house) Batch processing is one of the initial steps of the glass-making process. The batch house simply houses the raw materials in large silos (fed by truck or railcar), and holds anywhere from 1–5 days of material. Some batch systems include material processing such as raw material screening/sieve, drying, or pre-heating (i.e. cullet). Whether automated or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildenthal (Eibenstock)
Wildenthal is a village in the town of Eibenstock in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Saxony, Saxon Ore Mountains of Central Germany. Location The state-recognised resort lies in a deeply incised valley of the Große Bockau river at the foot of the 1019-metre-high Auersberg within the Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park. The village lies at an elevation of between 720 and 1019 metres above Normalnull, sea level (NN). The hamlet of Oberwildenthal on the state road to Johanngeorgenstadt also belongs to the town subdivision of Wildenthal. A link road to Carlsfeld (Eibenstock), Carlsfeld branches off in the village. History From 1952 to 1990, Wildenthal was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany. References External links Official home page of the Eibenstock village of Wildenthal * {{authority control Ore Mountains Former municipalities in Saxony Erzgebirgskreis Hammer mills of Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogtland
Vogtland (; cz, Fojtsko) is a region spanning the German states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia and north-western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It overlaps with and is largely contained within Euregio Egrensis. The name alludes to the former leadership by the Vögte ("advocates" or "lords protector") of Weida, Gera and Plauen. Geography Natural geography The landscape of the Vogtland is sometimes referred to as idyllic, bearing in mind its fields, meadows and wooded hilltops. In the south and southeast, Vogtland rises to a low or mid-height mountain range also called ''Oberes Vogtland'', or Upper Vogtland. Here, monocultural coniferous forest is the predominant form of vegetation. The Vogtland's highest mountain is Schneehübel, reaching 974 metres; another remarkable landmark is the Schneckenstein, 883 m above sea level, which gained some renown for its (falsely) alleged unique abundance of topaz crystals. Its mountains spread from Ore Mountains in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
