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Spiegelau
Spiegelau is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany. It lies in the heart of the Bavarian Forest. Subdivisions There are 33 villages in the municipality: There are also the ''Gemarkungen'' of Spiegelau, Oberkreuzberg and Klingenbrunn. Transport Spiegelau lies on Zwiesel–Grafenau railway and its station was formerly the junction to the Spiegelau Forest Railway which supporting the major logging industry in the area. See also *Bavarian Forest National Park The Bavarian Forest National Park (german: Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald) is a national park in the Bavarian Forest, Eastern Bavarian Forest immediately on Germany's border with the Czech Republic. It was founded on 7 October 1970 as the first Na ... References Freyung-Grafenau {{FreyungGrafenau-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberkreuzberg
Oberkreuzberg is a village in the municipality of Spiegelau Spiegelau is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany. It lies in the heart of the Bavarian Forest. Subdivisions There are 33 villages in the municipality: There are also the ''Gemarkungen'' of Spiegelau, Obe ... in the Lower Bavarian district of Freyung-Grafenau in Germany. Until 1978 it was an independent municipality . Lage The parish village (''Pfarrdorf'') lies at a height of 780 metres about 2 kilometres southwest of Spiegelau on the southern side of a mountain ridge up to 790 metres high with good views. Literature * Ulrich Pietrusky, Donatus Moosauer: ''Der Bayerische Wald – im Fluge neu entdeckt'', Verlag Morsak, Grafenau, 1985, {{ISBN, 3-87553-228-7 * Helmut Döringer: ''Vor 25 Jahren wurde Oberkreuzberg zu einem Teil der Gemeinde Spiegelau'' References category:Freyung-Grafenau category:1395 establishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavarian Forest
The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest ( German: ' or ''Bayerwald''; bar, Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is continued on the Czech side by the Bohemian Forest (Czech: ''Šumava''). Most of the Bavarian Forest lies within the province of Lower Bavaria, but the northern part lies within Upper Palatinate. In the south it reaches the border with Upper Austria. Geologically and geomorphologically, the Bavarian Forest is part of the Bohemian Forest - the highest of the truncated highlands of the Bohemian Massif. The area along the Czech border has been designated as the Bavarian Forest National Park (240 km2), established in 1970 as the first national park in Germany. Another 3,008 km2 has been designated as the Bavarian Forest Nature Park, established 1967, and another 1,738 km2 as the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freyung-Grafenau
Freyung-Grafenau is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Passau, Deggendorf and Regen, the Czech Republic and by Austria. History The district was established in 1972, by merging the former districts of Grafenau and Wolfstein. In medieval times Wolfstein (east of the Ilz River) was the property of the bishop of Passau and the site of Wolfstein Castle, now a ''schloss''. Grafenau (west of the Ilz River) successively belonged to different countries, before it was annexed by Bavaria in 1438. Wolfstein became a part of Bavaria two years after the dissolution of the clerical states in Germany (1803). Geography Freyung-Grafenau is the easternmost district of Bavaria. It is located in the southern parts of the Bavarian Forest and is partially occupied by the Bavarian Forest National Park. The source of the Ilz River is situated in the district. Coat of arms The wolf represents the area of Wolfstein, while the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John The Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Baptista; cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ or ; ar, يوحنا المعمدان; myz, ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡀࡍࡀ, Iuhana Maṣbana. The name "John" is the Anglicized form, via French, Latin and then Greek, of the Hebrew, "Yochanan", which means "YHWH is gracious"., group="note" ( – ) was a mission preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure Funk, Robert W. & the Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmberg (Spiegelau)
Palmberg is a Swedish surname, used also in Finland. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan-Ove Palmberg (born 1943), Swedish engineer *Johannes Palmberg Johannes Palmberg (c.1640–1691) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and priest. He published the early Swedish textbook in botany, ’’Serta Florea Svecana’’ or ’’Swenske Örtekrantz’’, a Flora with alphabetically arranged pic ... ( 1640–1691), Swedish botanist, physician, and priest * João Pedro Palmberg (born 2003), Brazilian football midfielder {{surname Swedish-language surnames Finland Swedish surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochsenkopf (Spiegelau)
Ochsenkopf, German for "ox's head", may refer to: * Ochsenkopf (Malbun), a mountain on the border of Liechtenstein and Austria * Ochsenkopf (Fichtel Mountains), a mountain in Upper Franconia, Bavaria * Ochsenkopf (Jägerhaus), a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany * Ochsenkopf (Rittersgrün), a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany * Ochsenkopf (Kitzbühel Alps), a mountain of the Alps * Ochsenkopf Transmitter The Ochsenkopf Transmitter (german: Sender Ochsenkopf) is a radio and TV tower of reinforced concrete, which was built in 1958 on the summit of the Ochsenkopf mountain, the second-highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge mountain chain in Northe ..., a radio and TV transmitter for the Bayerischer Rundfunk See also * Hoher Ochsenkopf, a mountain in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mühlberg (Spiegelau) (1863–1925), German painter
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Mühlberg may refer to: Places *Mühlberg, Brandenburg, a town in the Elbe-Elster district, Brandenburg *Mühlberg, Thuringia, a village in the Gotha district, Thuringia *Mühlberg (Neustadt an der Waldnaab), a quarter of the town Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria *Frankfurt Mühlberg station, a S-Bahn station in Frankfurt am Main *several hills and mountains are named Mühlberg Other uses *the Battle of Mühlberg, which took in place near Mühlberg, Brandenburg in 1547 *Georg Mühlberg Georg Mühlberg (5 February 1863 – 1 January 1925) was a German painter, draftsman and illustrator. Mühlberg illustrated especially children's literature, including fables (''Hey Paul'', ''100 Fables for Children''), fairy tales and magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
