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Hochkirch
(Encyclopedia) HochkirchHochkirchhōkhˈkĭrkh [key], village, Dresden dist., E central Germany. At Hochkirch in 1758 the Austrians under Daun defeated Frederick II of Prussia. In 1813, Napoleon I…Lake Placid
(Encyclopedia) Lake Placid, village (1990 pop. 2,485), Essex co., NE N.Y.; settled 1850, inc. 1900. In the Adirondack Mts. at an altitude of 1,800 ft (549 m), the village surrounds Mirror Lake. It is…Lidice
(Encyclopedia) LidiceLidicelĭˈdyĭtsĕ [key], village, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia. In reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Germans “liquidated” (1942) Lidice by killing all the…Skara Brae
(Encyclopedia) Skara BraeSkara Braeskârˈə brā [key], Stone Age village, on Mainland in the Orkney Islands, N Scotland. Dating from c.3200 to 2200 b.c., the village was preserved under a sand dune…Elk Grove Village
(Encyclopedia) Elk Grove Village, village (2020 pop. 32,812), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1956. With a population of…Domrémy-la-Pucelle
(Encyclopedia) Domrémy-la-PucelleDomrémy-la-PucelledôNrāmēˈ-lä-püsĕlˈ [key], village, Vosges dept., E France, in Lorraine, on the Meuse River. Joan of Arc was born (1412?) in the village. The house…Dybbøl
(Encyclopedia) DybbølDybbøldübˈöl [key], Ger. Düppel, village, Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, on the Flensborg Fjord. The Danes were defeated at Dybbøl in 1849 by Saxon and Bavarian troops and in 1864…Yasnaya Polyana
(Encyclopedia) Yasnaya PolyanaYasnaya Polyanayäˈsnīə pəlyäˈnə [key], village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate…Saint Marys City
(Encyclopedia) Saint Marys City, village (1990 pop. 3,200), St. Marys co., S Md., on the St. Marys River; est. 1634 as Maryland's first town. English colonists purchased a Native American village,…Mürren
(Encyclopedia) MürrenMürrenmürˈən [key], village, Bern canton, S central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. It is a health and sports center with a splendid view of the Jungfrau and neighboring peaks…Trending
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