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Wakenitz
The Wakenitz is a river in southeastern Schleswig-Holstein and at the border to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Wakenitz's source is the Ratzeburger See in Ratzeburg. It is about long and drains into the Trave in Lübeck. The majority of its eastern bank forms the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. After the end of World War II this river formed part of the Iron Curtain between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The Wakenitz drains an area of about . See also *List of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein *List of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern A list of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany: A * Aubach * Augraben, tributary of the Nebel * Augraben, tributary of the Tollense B * Barthe * Beke * Bietnitz * Boize * Brebowbach * Bresenitz * Brüeler Bach D * Datze * Delvenau * Dollb ... References Rivers of Schleswig-Holstein Lübeck Rivers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Rivers of Germany {{Mecklenburg ...
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Trave
The Trave () is a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is approximately long, running from its source near the village of Gießelrade in Ostholstein to Travemünde, where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It passes through Bad Segeberg, Bad Oldesloe, and Lübeck, where it is linked to the Elbe–Lübeck Canal. It is navigable for sea-going vessels from the Baltic to the Lübeck ports. The Herren Tunnel crosses the Trave, as do numerous bridges, and a ferry connects Travemünde with Priwall Peninsula, Priwall. Tributaries of the Trave include the Wakenitz and the Stepenitz (Trave), Stepenitz. Course Source and upper Trave The Trave rises in Gießelrade (a village in Ostholstein), whence it flows first southwesterly through the Wardersee to Bad Segeberg and then further south to Bad Oldesloe. There it bends eastward to just south of Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, Reinfeld, flowing past Hamberge and (a district of Lübeck) to reach Lübeck. In Lübeck The Elbe–Lübeck Canal joi ...
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Lübeck
Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-largest city in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, after its capital of Kiel. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 36th-largest city in Germany. The city lies in the Holsatian part of Schleswig-Holstein, on the mouth of the Trave, which flows into the Bay of Lübeck in the borough of Travemünde, and on the Trave's tributary Wakenitz. The island with the historic old town and the districts north of the Trave are also located in the historical region of Wagria. Lübeck is the southwesternmost city on the Baltic Sea, and the closest point of access to the Baltic from Hamburg. The city lies in the Northern Low Saxon, Holsatian dialect area of Low German. The name ''Lübeck'' ultimately stems from the Slavic languages, Slavic root (' ...
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List Of Rivers Of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
A list of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany: A * Aubach * Augraben, tributary of the Nebel * Augraben, tributary of the Tollense B * Barthe * Beke * Bietnitz * Boize * Brebowbach * Bresenitz * Brüeler Bach D * Datze * Delvenau * Dollbek * Drosedower Bek * Duwenbeek E *Elbe * Elde G * Gadebuscher Bach * Gehlsbach * Goldbach * Göwe * Groote Beek * Großer Landgraben * Grube H *Hanshäger Bach * Harkenbäk *Havel K * Kleine Sude * Kleiner Landgraben * Kösterbeck * Krainke * Küstriner Bach L * Landgraben * Linde * Löcknitz * Lößnitz M * Maurine * Meynbach * Mildenitz * Moosterbach *Motel, tributary of the Schilde *Motel, tributary of the Warnow * Mützelburger Beeke N * Nebel * Nonne O * Oberbek * Oder P * Peene * Peenestrom R * Radegast * Randow * Recknitz * Rögnitz * Ryck S * Schaale *Schilde * Schillerbach * Schmaar * Schwinge * Stege * Steinbach * Stendlitz * Stepenitz *Stör * Sude T * Tarnitz *Temse * Tiene * Tollense * Trebel U * Uecker *Unterwarn ...
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List Of Rivers Of Schleswig-Holstein
A list of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: A * Aalbek, flowing through the Hemmelsdorfer See and into the Baltic Sea * Aalbek, tributary of the Stör *Alster * Alte Schwentine * Arlau B * Barnitz * Basshornlaufgraben * Bekau * Beste * Bille * Bilsbek * Bilsener Bek * Bißnitz * Boize * Bölkau * Bondenau * Bramau * Bredenbek, tributary of the Alster * Bredenbek, tributary of the Bünzau * Broklandsau *Brokstedter Au * Buckener Au * Bünzau C * Clever Au * Corbek * Curauer Au D * Delvenau * Dosenbek * Düpenau E * Ebach * Eider *Elbe F * Fackenburger Landgraben * Flörkendorfer Mühlenau * Fuhlenau * Füsinger Au G * Gieselau * Glinder Au * Godel * Gösebek * Gronau H * Haaler Au * Hagener Au * Hanerau * Heidgraben, tributary of the Pinnau near Moorrege * Heidgraben, tributary of the Pinnau in Uetersen * Heilsau * Hohenfelder Mühlenau * Höllenau * Holstenau * Hornbeker Mühlenbach * Hudau * Husumer Mühlenau J * Jarbek * Jevenau K * Klosterdeichwetter * Kossau ...
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Ratzeburger See
is a lake in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. At an elevation of 4 m, its surface area is 14.3 km2. Amidst the lake is an island upon which the City of Ratzeburg is located, accessible from the mainland via three isthmuses. The island is home to the Old Town, including a cathedral - one of the oldest in Germany. At the end of the 17th century, the old castle at the western end of the island was completely destroyed and the site has since been degraded to a mere parking lot. During the division of Germany, the northeastern coast of the lake (between the Römnitz hamlet of Hohenleuchte and Groß Sarau hamlet of Rothenhusen) was part of the Inner German border The inner German border ( or ''deutsch–deutsche Grenze''; initially also , zonal boundary) was the frontier between the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West .... It served as a border sluice for Stasi agents to infiltrate West Germ ...
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Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were countries connected to the Soviet Union, and on the west side those that were NATO members. Economic and military alliances developed on each side of the Iron Curtain, and it became a term for the physical barriers of razor wire, Fence, fences, Fortified wall, walls, minefields, and Watchtower, watchtowers built along it. The nations to the east of the Iron Curtain were People's Republic of Poland, Poland, East Germany, Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary, Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania, People's Republic of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, People's Republic of Albania, Albania, and the USSR; however, Reunification of Germany, East Germany, Breakup of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, and the Dissolution of the USSR, USS ...
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Rivers Of Schleswig-Holstein
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ...
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German Democratic Republic
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a Socialist state, socialist "workers' and peasants' state". The Economy of East Germany, economy of the country was Central planning, centrally planned and government-owned corporation, state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, its economy became the most successful in the Eastern Bloc. Before its establishment, the country's territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the Berlin Declaration (1945), Berlin Declaration abolishing German sovereignty in World War II. The Potsdam Agreement established the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet-occupied zone, bounded on the east b ...
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West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital city of Bonn, or as the Second German Republic. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc. West Germany was formed as a political entity during the Allied occupation of Germany after World War II, established from 12 States of Germany, states formed in the three Allied zones of occupation held by the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. At the onset of the Cold War, Europe was divided between the Western and Eastern Bloc, Eastern blocs. Germany was divided into the two countries. Initially, West Germany claimed an exclusive mandate for all of Germany, representing itself as the sole democratically reorganised continuation of ...
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Ratzeburg
Ratzeburg (; Low German: ''Ratzborg'') is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by Ratzeburger See, four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the district Herzogtum Lauenburg. History The town was founded in the 11th century as Racisburg. The name is traditionally derived from the local Wends, Wendish ruler, Prince Ratibor (Polabian prince), Ratibor of the Polabians (tribe), Polabians, who was nicknamed Ratse. In the year 1044 Christian missionaries under the leadership of the monk Ansverus came into the region and built a monastery. It was destroyed in a Slavic rebellion of 1066, pagan rebellion in 1066; the monks were stoned to death. Today monuments to the missionaries in two of the town's churches commemorate these events. Ansverus was canonised in the 12th century and his relics were entombed in the Ratzeburg cathedral. Henry the Lion became the ruler of the town in 1143 and estab ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ...
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River
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ...
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