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Lusitania, ship
(Encyclopedia) Lusitania, liner under British registration, sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. In the sinking, 1,198 persons lost their lives, 128 of whom were U.S.…Flensburg
(Encyclopedia) Flensburg Flensburg flĕnsˈb&oobreve;rkh [key], city, Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, on the…Moselle, river, France, Luxembourg, and Germany
(Encyclopedia) Moselle, Ger. Mosel, river, 320 mi (515 km) long, rising in the Vosges Mts., NE France, and winding generally N past Épinal and Metz. Leaving France, it forms part of the border…Fuchs, Klaus Emil
(Encyclopedia) Fuchs, Klaus EmilFuchs, Klaus Emilf&oobreve;ks, f&oomacr;ks [key], 1912–88, British physicist and Communist spy, b. Germany. In 1933 he fled Germany for England, where he…Hohenzollern, former province, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Hohenzollern, former province of Germany. After 1945 it became part of the temporary state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which was included in the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.…Lippe, former state, Germany
(Encyclopedia) LippeLippelĭpˈə [key], former state, N central Germany, between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser River. It was incorporated in 1947 into the state of North Rhine–Westphalia. Detmold…Jülich, former duchy, Germany
(Encyclopedia) JülichJülichyüˈlĭkh [key], former duchy, Germany, between Cologne and Aachen. At first a county, Jülich was raised to a duchy in 1356, and in 1423 it was united with the county of Berg…Brunswick, former state, Germany
(Encyclopedia) BrunswickBrunswickbrŭnzˈwĭk [key], Ger. BraunschweigBrunswickbrounˈshfīk [key], former state, central Germany, surrounded by the former Prussian provinces of Saxony, Hanover, and…Victoria, empress of Germany
(Encyclopedia) Victoria (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa), 1840–1901, empress of Germany, daughter of Victoria of England. In 1858 she married the German crown prince (later Emperor Frederick III).…Baden, former state, Germany
(Encyclopedia) BadenBadenbäˈdən [key], former state, SW Germany. Karlsruhe was the capital. Stretching from the Main River in the northeast across the lower Neckar valley and along the right bank of…Trending
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