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(Encyclopedia) Amberg Amberg ämˈbĕrk [key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Vils River. The large iron mines have been worked since the Middle Ages. Until 1810,…Württemberg-Baden
(Encyclopedia) Württemberg-BadenWürttemberg-Badenvürˈtəmbĕrk-bäˈdən [key], former state, c.6,060 sq mi (15,700 sq km), SW Germany. Stuttgart was the capital. The state was formed after 1945 and…Wyant, Alexander Helwig
(Encyclopedia) Wyant, Alexander HelwigWyant, Alexander Helwigwīˈənt [key], 1836–92, American landscape painter, b. Tuscarawas co., Ohio, studied in Cincinnati and in Germany. He was influenced by…Buchenwald
(Encyclopedia) BuchenwaldBuchenwaldb&oomacr;ˈkhənvältˌ [key], village, Thuringia, S central Germany, in the Buchenwald forest, near Weimar. It was the site of a large concentration camp…Carus, Paul
(Encyclopedia) Carus, Paul, 1852–1919, American philosopher, born and educated in Germany. For many years he was editor of the Open Court and the Monist, periodicals devoted to philosophy and…Berlin, Free University of
(Encyclopedia) Berlin, Free University of, at Berlin, Germany; founded in 1948 by students and faculty seceding from Humboldt Univ. in East Berlin. Supported by both the city of Berlin and the German…Bitterfeld
(Encyclopedia) Bitterfeld Bitterfeld bĭˈtərfĕlt [key], city, Saxony-Anhalt district, E Germany, on the Mulde River. It…Weissenfels
(Encyclopedia) WeissenfelsWeissenfelsvīsˈənfĕls [key], city (1994 pop. 34,816), Saxony-Anhalt, E central Germany, on the Saale River. It is an industrial city and a rail junction. Manufactures…Wałbrzych
(Encyclopedia) WałbrzychWałbrzychvälˈbzhĭkh [key], Ger. Waldenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 141,300), Dolnośląskie prov., SW Poland. Coal mining, chemical production, metallurgy, and textile milling are…Stirling, Sir James Frazer
(Encyclopedia) Stirling, Sir James Frazer, 1924–92, British architect., b. Glasgow, grad. Univ. of Liverpool school of architecture (1950). Settling in London, Stirling worked in partnership (1956–63…Trending
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