Lobberich is a German village in North Rhine-Westphalia, situated close to the Dutch border at Venlo. It has a population of around 14,000 inhabitants. Since 1970 the town belongs to the municipality of Nettetal. The art historian Heribert Reiners was born here in 1884.
Traditional industries are textiles and mechanical engineering, other products from Lobberich included Rokal model railways [1] and Niedieck velvet.
The district of Bautzen is a district in the state of Saxony in Germany. Its largest towns are Bautzen, Bischofswerda, Kamenz, Hoyerswerda and Radeberg. It is the biggest district in Saxony by area, and a member of the Neisse Euroregion.
Elberfeld is a municipal subdivision of the German city of Wuppertal; it was an independent town until 1929.
USS Bogue (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVHE-9) was the lead ship in the Bogue class of escort carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Bogue Sound in North Carolina. She was originally classified AVG-9, but was changed to ACV-9, 20 August 1942; CVE-9, 15 July 1943; and CVHE-9, 12 June 1955. Aircraft operating from Bogue, plus her escorts, sank eleven German and two Japanese submarines, making her the most successful anti-submarine carrier in World War II.
ROKAL is an acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, a manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line of model railway equipment in TT scale from 1947 to 1969, based in Lobberich 80 km north of Cologne, Germany at the Dutch border.
Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric suspended monorail tramway system, the Schwebebahn floating tram. Barmen was a pioneering centre for both the early industrial revolution on the European mainland, and for the socialist movement and its theory. It was the location of one of the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany, KZ Wuppertal-Barmen, later better known as Kemna concentration camp.
Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Lower Rhine region.
Leuth is a village in North Rhine-Westphalia on the Dutch border in the district of Viersen. It is the smallest part of the municipality of Nettetal and has approximately 2000 inhabitants. Its historical origin lies in the early Middle Ages.
Plaveč is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia.
German submarine U-772 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
SM U-103 was an Imperial Germany Navy Type U 57 U-boat that was rammed and sunk by HMT Olympic during the First World War. U-103 was built by AG Weser in Bremen, launched on 9 June 1917 and commissioned 15 July 1917. She completed five tours of duty under Kptlt. Claus Rücker and sank eight ships totalling 15,462 gross register tons (GRT) before being lost in the English Channel on 12 May 1918.
Oiba is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Its antipode Oiba borders Guapotá and Confines in the north; Charalá in the east; Guadalupe and Guapotá in the west; and Suaita in the south. The department capital Bucaramanga is 151 kilometres (94 mi) to the north and the national capital Bogotá 270 kilometres (170 mi) to the south.
Lichtenbroich is an urban borough of Düsseldorf. It is in the north of the city, neighbouring to Lohausen, Mörsenbroich and the airport.
Wolfgang Seifen is a German organist and composer.
Stary Ochędzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokolniki, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Sokolniki, 9 km (6 mi) east of Wieruszów, and 99 km (62 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
Stary Dzierzkówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skaryszew, within Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Skaryszew, 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Radom, and 108 km (67 mi) south of Warsaw.
Kaldenkirchen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, situated close to the Dutch border at Venlo. It is part of the municipality of Nettetal.
The Kaldenkirchen Sequoia Farm is a German arboretum that has been used as a biological institute for many years. Part of the protected area in the city of Nettetal, it is situated in the "Kaldenkirchen Grenzwald". Nettetal lies in the Lower Rhine region of Germany.
Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.
Werner-Jaeger-Halle is a theatre in Nettetal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Coordinates: 51°18′N6°16′E / 51.300°N 6.267°E
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