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Schleswig, former duchy, Germany and Denmark
(Encyclopedia) SchleswigSchleswigshlĕsˈvĭkh [key], Dan. Slesvig, former duchy, N Germany and S Denmark, occupying the southern part of Jutland. The Eider River separates it from Holstein. German…Inn, river, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany
(Encyclopedia) InnInnĭn [key], river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising near the Lake of Sils, SE Switzerland. It flows NE through the Engadine valley, then through W Austria, past Innsbruck and Solbad…Hanover, former kingdom and province, Germany
(Encyclopedia) HanoverHanoverhănˈōvər [key], Ger. Hannover, former independent kingdom and former province of Germany; Lower Saxony, NW Germany. Very irregular in outline, Hanover stretched from the…Rudolstadt
(Encyclopedia) RudolstadtRudolstadtr&oomacr;ˈdôlshtätˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 29,536), Thuringia, E central Germany, on the Thuringian Saale River. Manufactures include china, chemicals, and…Tarnowskie Góry
(Encyclopedia) Tarnowskie GóryTarnowskie Górytärnôfˈskyĕ g&oomacr;ˈrĭ [key], town (1993 est. pop. 77,700), Śląskie prov., S Poland. It is an industrial center where metal goods, mining and…Altona
(Encyclopedia) AltonaAltonaälˈtōnä [key], part of Hamburg, N Germany, a port on the Elbe River. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and tobacco products. There are fisheries, and the…Göppingen
(Encyclopedia) Göppingen Göppingen göpˈĭng-ən [key], city, Baden-Württemberg, S Germany. Its manufactures include…Jagow, Gottlieb von
(Encyclopedia) Jagow, Gottlieb vonJagow, Gottlieb vongôtˈlēp fən yäˈgō [key], 1863–1935, German diplomat and foreign minister (1913–16). In the negotiations preceding World War I he sought to give…Lützen
(Encyclopedia) LützenLützenlütˈsən [key], town, Saxony, S central Germany. There, in the Thirty Years War, Gustavus II of Sweden defeated (1632) General Albrecht Wallenstein, but was killed in the…Mieszko II
(Encyclopedia) Mieszko II or Mieczyslaw II, 990–1034, king of Poland (1025–34), son and successor of Boleslaus I. His reign was marked by internal and external strife. Moravia was lost to Bohemia,…Trending
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