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92340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfeld-S%C3%BCdharz%20Rural%20District | Mansfeld-Südharz Rural District | Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
History
The district was made by joining the old districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the boundary changes of 2007.
Towns and municipalities
References
Rural Districts of Saxony-Anhalt |
92343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalekreis | Saalekreis | Saalekreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
History
The district was established by merging the former districts of Merseburg-Querfurt and Saalkreis as part of the boundary changes of 2007.
Towns and municipalities
References |
92346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzlandkreis | Salzlandkreis | Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
History
The district was made by joining the old districts of Bernburg, Schönebeck and Aschersleben-Staßfurt (except the town Falkenstein) as part of the boundary changes of 2007
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
Das Informations-P... |
92348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendal%20%28district%29 | Stendal (district) | Stendal () is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed in 1994 by joining the old district of Stendal with the districts Osterburg and Havelberg.
Partnerships
The districts has twin town agreements with
, Yarzevo District
, Mažeikiai district
, Vårgårda
, , Lippe
Coat of arms
Tow... |
92350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenberg%20%28district%29 | Wittenberg (district) | Wittenberg is a district (Kreis) in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
History
In 1994 the district was merged with the district of Jessen and a small part of the district of Gräfenhainichen. In 2007, 27 municipalities from the former district Anhalt-Zerbst were added to the district of Wittenberg.
Coat of arms
To... |
92373 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-122 | STS-122 | STS-122 is the name of the 121st flight of the Space Shuttle, taking seven people into outer space to visit the International Space Station. The flight delivered a module to the space station, called Columbus. The Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the module. The flight started at 19:45 UTC, on 7 February 2008, from the K... |
92374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverwing%20%28novel%29 | Silverwing (novel) | Silverwing is a best-selling novel, written by Kenneth Oppel and published in Simon & Schuster. It follows the journey for a group of silver-haired bats. The tone and artistic honor for bestsellers were compared to Watership Down. The four novels became part of the series. The first book was adapted into an animated te... |
92376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through | Drive-through | A drive-through or drive-thru is a way of achieving quick service, particularly at restaurants. There are also drive-throughs at other places, such as banks or coffee shops.
Examples
Alcohol at a drive-through liquor store
Banking services at a drive-through bank
Coffee at a drive-through coffee shop
Dairy product... |
92381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Shuttle%20Columbia | Space Shuttle Columbia | The Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)was a spacecraft used by NASA to fly into outer space. It was the first Space Shuttle to fly into space, on April 12, 1981. It broke apart while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, killing all seven people who were on it at the time. The shuttle flew a total of 28 ... |
92382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MADtv | MADtv | MADtv was a television show that aired on FOX from October 14, 1995 to May 16, 2009. It is a comedic show where they perform sketches, improv and songs. It is rated TV-14 because of profane language and sexual substances. It was on air for fourteen seasons. It showed at 23:00/22:00 central.
It has been nominated for E... |
92384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%20V | Atlas V | Atlas V is an orbital launch vehicle used by the United Launch Alliance (made of two companies, Boeing and Lockheed Martin) to place satellites into orbit. It is a rocket tall, and wide. It has flown 79 times, since its first flight on August 21, 2002. It was developed from the Atlas (missile). Unlike the Space Shut... |
92387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnim | Barnim | Barnim is a district in Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The district was made in 1993 by joining the old districts of Bernau and Eberswalde.
The district is in the same place as the area of forest where noblemen started hunting in the 13 ury, but is smaller than the old region.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
... |
92393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahme-Spreewald | Dahme-Spreewald | Dahme-Spreewald is a district in Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The Spreewald region has always been a centre of Sorbian culture.
When the state of Brandenburg was newly founded in 1990, the districts of Lübben, Luckau and Königs Wusterhausen were formed. In 1993 the three districts were merged.
Coat of arms
Towns ... |
92396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe-Elster | Elbe-Elster | Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The district was established in 1993 by merging the former districts (Kreise) of Finsterwalde, Bad Liebenwerda and Herzberg.
Geography
The district is named after two rivers: The Elbe river forms the western border with Saxony. Th... |
92402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Hudson | Jennifer Hudson | Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Academy and Grammy Award-winning singer and actress. She gained fame on American Idol. She is the most successful American Idol contestant who did not win.
She went on to star as Effie White in the 2006 motion picture musical Dreamgirl... |
92406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Sutermeister | Heinrich Sutermeister | Heinrich Sutermeister (born Feuerthalen, 12 August, 1910 – died Vaux-sur-Morges, 16 March, 1995) was a Swiss composer.
When he was young he was a student at the main music school in Munich, Germany, where the famous German composer Carl Orff was his teacher. Orff strongly influenced his music. Later he returned to Swi... |
92409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Fourier | Joseph Fourier | Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (21 March 1768 – 30 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist. He is best known for starting the investigation of Fourier series. He used them for work on problems of heat flow. Fourier also helped the discovery of the greenhouse effect, by suggesting the atmosphere might act as a... |
92410 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20server | File server | A file server is a computer joined to a web network or to a home network, and that can store many files in the server's hard disk(s).
Characteristics
The file server can be a normal computer, or a Network Attached Storage, which is a special computer created to only be a file server. Often people recycle their old co... |
92415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adliswil | Adliswil | Adliswil is a municipality of the district Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zürich
Cities in Switzerland |
92417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesch%2C%20Z%C3%BCrich | Aesch, Zürich | Aesch is a municipality of the district Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Other websites
Aesch Online Official website
Municipalities of Zürich |
92419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeugst%20am%20Albis | Aeugst am Albis | Aeugst am Albis is a municipality of the district Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zürich |
92422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affoltern%20am%20Albis | Affoltern am Albis | Affoltern am Albis is a municipality of the district Affoltern in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zürich
Cities in Switzerland |
92431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino%20Severini | Gino Severini | Gino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966), was an Italian painter. He was a founding member of the Futurist movement.
As a young man, he was introduced to Impressionism. This is a type of painting that was popular in the late 1800s. In the early 1900s, he became interested in Cubism. In the 1920s, he started to... |
92432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism | Impressionism | Impressionism is a style of painting which began in France in the late 19th century. Impressionist painting shows life-like subjects painted in a broad, rapid style, with brushstrokes that are easily seen and colours that are often bright. The term 'impressionism' comes from a painting by Claude Monet, which he showed ... |
92435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Jets | New York Jets | The New York Jets are an American football team. They are a part of the National Football League (NFL). Even though they are called the New York Jets they play in New Jersey. They hail from the same stadium as the New York Giants. They have many fans in New York and New Jersey. The New York Jets started playing in 1960... |
92442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20settlements%20in%20Ontario | List of settlements in Ontario | This is a list of settlements in Ontario, Canada. Settlements are listed by the number of people living in them and by order of letters (A-Z).
1,000,000 or more
T
Toronto (2,503,281)
500,000 - 999,999
H
Hamilton (504,559)
M
Mississauga (704,000)
O
Ottawa (812,129)
Y
Regional Municipality of York (892,712)
100,000 - ... |
92444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida | Ouida | Ouida was the pen name of the English writer Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). Ramé was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, to a French father and an English mother. Her pen name came from the way she pronounced her name when she was a child.
Bibliography
Two Little ... |
92446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore%20G%C3%A9ricault | Théodore Géricault | Théodore Géricault (September 26, 1791 – January 26, 1824) was an important French painter, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. He was one of the people who started the Romantic movement.
Born in Rouen, France, Géricault was schooled in English sporting art by Carle Vernet and in classical figure co... |
92447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giada%20De%20Laurentiis | Giada De Laurentiis | Giada Pamela De Laurentiis is an Italian-American chef and host for Food Network TV shows. She was born on August 22, 1970. She is the granddaughter of movie director Dino De Laurentiis. She was born in Rome and grew up in Los Angeles.
De Laurentiis studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France.
On May 25, 2003, she mar... |
92465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Shuttle%20Challenger | Space Shuttle Challenger | Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was the second space shuttle used by NASA to fly into outer space. The shuttle broke up 73 seconds after take-off from Cape Canaveral on 28 January 1986.
All seven astronauts who were on it at the time were killed. The crash happened because a rubber tube called an o-ring did not expan... |
92466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Horizons | New Horizons | New Horizons is a space probe launched by NASA on 19 January 2006, to the dwarf planet Pluto and on an escape trajectory from the Sun. It is the first man-made spacecraft to go to Pluto. Its flight took nine years. It arrived at the Pluto-Charon system on July 14, 2015. It flew near Pluto and took photographs and mea... |
92467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simlish | Simlish | Simlish is a made-up language spoken in the Sims video games. It was created because changing the Sims' words into the players' language would cost a lot of money and would make the Sims say the same words all the time. Simlish is spoken by Sims, the characters in The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 and The Sims 4. Siml... |
92469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Tejero | Antonio Tejero | Antonio Tejero Molina (born Alhaurín el Grande, Malaga, Spain, 1932) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Guard ().
On 23 February 1981, he stormed into the parliament building with fellow military and Civil Guard officers, and held the Spanish government hostage During that time, Spain was going from dictatorship to... |
92482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conanthera | Conanthera | Conanthera is a genus of 3-4 species of small Chilean bulbous plants with small panicles of blue, purple or white and purple flowers. The plant reproduces by offsets or seed.
Other websites
Pacific Bulb Society
Asparagales |
92483 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1tima%2C%20Portugal | Fátima, Portugal | Fátima () is a city in Portugal. It is famous for the religious visions that took place there in 1917. The town itself has a population of 10,302 (2001). It is in the municipality of Ourém, in the Centro Region and sub region of Medio Tejo. It is in the district of Santarém and included in the urban agglomeration of Le... |
92485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyguard | Bodyguard | A Bodyguard is a security guard who physically protects a person against injury. Very often, important people, like heads of state, religious leaders (i.e. the Pope), actors, and powerful or rich people have bodyguards.
Personal service occupations
Security |
92486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet%20Ali%20A%C4%9Fca | Mehmet Ali Ağca | Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish criminal. He is known for shooting and wounding Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981. For this assassination attempt, he served 19 years of his life sentence in prison in Italy for attempted murder. In 2000, he was extradicted to Turkey, where he was convicted of two rob... |
92487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet | Bayonet | A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife- or dagger-shaped weapon. It is designed to be attached to a rifle barrel or similar weapon. This will turn the gun into a spear. It is a close-combat or last-resort weapon.
Bayonet charge
18th and 19th century military tactics included the use of a bayonet fixed on the in... |
92488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Lefebvre | Marcel Lefebvre | Marcel-François Lefebvre (November 29 1905 – March 25 1991), better known as Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, was a French Roman Catholic bishop. For a long time, he worked as a missionary in Africa with the Holy Ghost Fathers. After returning, he started to be against the changes within the Church. These changes were intro... |
92490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Vatican%20Council | Second Vatican Council | The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. An Ecumenical Council is a meeting of the bishops of the Church to discuss matters of Church doctrine and practice. Pope John XXIII started Vatican II in 1962 and it lasted until 1965, when... |
92497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica%20Guerin | Veronica Guerin | Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 - 26 June 1996) was an Irish journalist who was born in Dublin. She was murdered by Irish drug dealers. Her death made many Irish people angry, which brought down many drug dealers on the island. The criminal John Gilligan was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to 28 years in priso... |
92498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad%20Mosque | Umayyad Mosque | The Grand Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque (Arabic: جامع بني أمية الكبير, transl. Ğām' Banī 'Umayyah al-Kabīr), is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.It is in one of the holiest sites in the old city of Damascus. It is also very important because of its architecture.
The mosque hold... |
92500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20Orthodox%20Church%20of%20Alexandria | Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria | The Orthodox Church of Alexandria () is one of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
It is sometimes called the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria to distinguish it from the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. In Egypt, members of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate were also known as Melkite, because they remain... |
92501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes | Lourdes | Lourdes () is a town and commune in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department. It is in the first Pyrenean foothills in the Occitanie region, in southwestern France.
Lourdes was originally a small unremarkable market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. At that time the most prominent feature was the for... |
92503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromic%20prime | Palindromic prime | A palindromical prime number is a prime number that reads the same when reversed.
Palindromical prime numbers include:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 101, 131, 151, 181, 191, 313, 353, 373, 383, 727, 757, 787, 797, 919, 929, 10301, 10501, 10601, 11311, 11411, 12421, 12721, 12821, 13331, 13831, 13931, 14341, 14741, 15451, 15551, 160... |
92507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine | Shrine | A shrine is a holy or sacred place with something important inside it, such as the tomb of a religious person. Shrines are built in the surroundings of the grave of pious men. These are built to show respect and love for the one who died. People visit the shrines to pray for themselves and also for the dead. Shrines ar... |
92508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embargo | Embargo | An embargo is when a government refuses to trade with a country or a certain part of a country. This is usually because of a political problem inside the country. It differs from a blockade in not requiring a state of war or obliging other countries to stop trading.
As with other economic sanctions, an embargo stops ... |
92509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Governor%20of%20the%20Church%20of%20England | Supreme Governor of the Church of England | The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is a title which British Monarchs have to show their leadership over the Church of England. The title was first granted to Queen Elizabeth I after she passed the Act of Supremacy, which required all officials in the Church of England to state an oath of allegiance to her.
... |
92517 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havelland | Havelland | Havelland is a district in Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The district was established in 1993 by joining the old districts of Nauen and Rathenow.
Havelland is the name for the regions on the banks of the Havel river between the city of Berlin and the Elbe river. This region also includes the cities of Brandenburg an... |
92519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock%2C%20County%20Mayo | Knock, County Mayo | Knock (An Cnoc in Irish, meaning The Hill – but now more generally known in Irish as Cnoc Mhuire, "Hill of (the Virgin) Mary") is a small town in east County Mayo in Ireland. Knock's notability comes from the Knock Shrine Apparition of 1879. At 8:00PM on 21 August 1879, it was reported that the Virgin Mary, together wi... |
92523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liche%C5%84%20Stary | Licheń Stary | Licheń Stary is a village. 1200 people live there. It is on the Lichen Lake in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, 15 km north of Konin, Poland. It is often referred to as simply Licheń. Legends trace the name to the ancient Slavic pagan deity Licho, whose sanctuary was allegedly located nearby.
It is the home of the fame... |
92524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rkisch-Oderland | Märkisch-Oderland | Märkisch-Oderland is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
Geography
Much of the district is mainly agricultural land, but there is a swampy area along the Oder called the Oderbruch. The Oderbruch is about in length and in width. It was partially drained in the 18th century, and people sta... |
92526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberhavel | Oberhavel | Oberhavel is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The district was formed on 6 December 1993 by joining the old districts of Gransee and Oranienburg.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
website
Rural Districts of Brandenburg |
92529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Oberspreewald-Lausitz (Low Sorbian: Wokrejs Górne Błota-Łužyca) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
Geography
The Spree river runs through the district; along its banks there is the Spreewald, a wooded area and home of several rare animals. The district is part of the historic region o... |
92532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20Orthodox%20Patriarch%20of%20Alexandria | Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria | The Eastern Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa is the head of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria. This has been Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria since 2004.
Patriarchs |
92534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder-Spree | Oder-Spree | Oder-Spree is a Kreis (district) in the eastern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The district is named after the two major rivers in the district - the Spree, and the Oder river which is the eastern border.
History
The district was created in 1993 by joining the districts of Eisenhüttenstadt, Beeskow and Fürstenwalde, a... |
92539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn%20Island%2C%20Ontario | Cockburn Island, Ontario | Cockburn Island is an island in the Canadian province of Ontario, found in the Manitoulin District. It has the least number of people living in it while still being a municipality of Canada. It had a population of 2 people in 2006. There is an Indian reservation, or place where Indians live, on Cockburn Island.
Set... |
92540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The modern district was made in 1993 by joining the old districts Kyritz, Neuruppin and Wittstock. The district roughly covers the same territory as the two historic districts Ostprignitz and Ruppin.
Coat of arms
Towns and mu... |
92541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Morley | Thomas Morley | Thomas Morley (born at Norwich?, 1557 or 1558; died at London, October 1602) was an English composer, music theorist and organist. He was the most important English composer of madrigals. He studied the madrigals by Italian composers and created the tradition of the English madrigal, a tradition that became extrem... |
92543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Sebald%20Beham | Hans Sebald Beham | Sebald Beham (1500–1550) was a German printmaker who did his best work as an engraver. He also designed woodcuts, painted and worked as a miniaturist. He is one of the most important of the "Little Masters", a group of German artists making old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer.
His name is often gi... |
92544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam-Mittelmark | Potsdam-Mittelmark | Potsdam-Mittelmark is a Kreis (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The district was created in 1993 by joining the old districts Belzig, Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
Official website
Rural Districts of Brandenburg |
92547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinny%20jeans | Skinny jeans | Skinny jeans are a style of denim jeans that have straight legs and tend to crumple around the ankles. They are called skinny jeans because they give you a thin figure. This style was started in the 1980s to make a retro-punk look. This style came to life again in late 2006 by Avril Lavigne in one of her music videos. ... |
92548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Wilbye | John Wilbye | John Wilbye (pronounce: “WIL-bee”), (born Diss, Norfolk, baptised 7 March 1574; died Colchester, between September and November 1638), was an English composer who was famous for his madrigals.
Wilbye was the son of a tanner. He was supported financially by a rich family called Kytson. The Kytsons were very musical and... |
92551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prignitz | Prignitz | Prignitz () is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The present district was formed in 1993 by joining the old districts of Pritzwalk and Perleberg and some municipalities from the district of Kyritz. The westernmost part of the district was a part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and ... |
92555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spree-Nei%C3%9Fe | Spree-Neiße | Spree-Neiße (Lower Sorbian: Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa) is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany.
The district-free city of Cottbus is completely surrounded by the district. To the east is Poland.
The district was started in 1993 by joining the old districts Cottbus-Land, Forst, Guben and Sprembe... |
92557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shurat%20Islam | Shurat Islam | Shurat Islam, formerly known as Kharijites, was a branch of Islam. It was one of the three main branches of Islam, along with Shia Islam and Sunni Islam. Though, the branch has no followers today, the Ibadi movement is seen as a moderate current demonization of Shurat Islam. However, Ibadis reject themselves being Shur... |
92559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Weelkes | Thomas Weelkes | Thomas Weelkes (baptised in Elsted, Sussex, 25 October 1576; died London, buried 1 December 1623) was an English composer and organist. He is one of the greatest composers of madrigals of his time as well as great composer of church music.
Life
Thomas Weelkes was baptised in the little village church of Elsted in Su... |
92561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teltow-Fl%C3%A4ming | Teltow-Fläming | Teltow-Fläming is a Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district was made in December 1993 by joining the old districts of Luckenwalde, Jüterbog and Zossen, but also including small parts from other former districts such as Luckau.
Fläming-Skate is a 160 km long route specially for i... |
92563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uckermark | Uckermark | Uckermark is a Kreis (district) in the northeastern part of Brandenburg, Germany. The district has the biggest area of any district in Germany.
The current district Uckermark was made in 1993 by joining the old districts of Angermünde, Prenzlau and Templin and the city of Schwedt.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipaliti... |
92579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Knight | Black Knight | A black knight is a character fictional stories. They are soldiers or knights who do not have a lord, or the lord is secret. They do not have any heraldic standards or have painted them over with black paint. In these stories, black knights are usually evil knights that are good at fighting and usually work alone.
In... |
92580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Knight%20%28disambiguation%29 | Black Knight (disambiguation) | A Black Knight is a knight who does not serve a lord.
Black Knight can also mean:
Black Knight (Arthurian legend), any of several knights clad in black armor in Arthurian legend
Black Knight (comics), the name of several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
Black Knight (Monty Python), character in the movie Monty... |
92581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin | Paladin | A paladin or paladine was a person with a lot of power in many countries during the medieval and in early modern Europe.
The word paladin was first used in Ancient Rome for a chamberlain of the Emperor, and also for the imperial palace guard, called the Scholae Palatinae by Constantine. In the early Middle Ages, the m... |
92584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin%20%28disambiguation%29 | Paladin (disambiguation) | Paladin can mean:
Geography
Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the 16 federal states of modern Germany (Bundesländer)
Electorate of the Palatinate, a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire, with the count palatine being an elector of the HRE
Palatine Hill, center most of the seven hills of Rome
Tavola dei Paladin... |
92594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC50 | IC50 | The IC50 is a measure of how effective a drug is. It indicates how much of a particular drug or other substance is needed to inhibit a given biological process (or component of a process, i.e. an enzyme, cell, cell receptor or microorganism) by half. In other words, it is the half minimal (50%) inhibitory concentrati... |
92602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komitas%20Vardapet | Komitas Vardapet | Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet (also Gomidas Vartabed) (September 26 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire - October 22 1935, Paris, France), was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music teacher and musicologist, known as the founder of modern Armenian classical music.
H... |
92609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ober%C3%A4geri | Oberägeri | Oberägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
It can be found on a plain on the northern shore of the Ägerisee.
References
Municipalities of Zug |
92611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unter%C3%A4geri | Unterägeri | Unterägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Zug |
92613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menzingen | Menzingen | Menzingen is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Zug |
92614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baar%2C%20Switzerland | Baar, Switzerland | Baar is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zug
Cities in Switzerland |
92615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham%2C%20Switzerland | Cham, Switzerland | Cham is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official city website
Photosite with facts & figures
Cities in Switzerland
Municipalities of Zug |
92616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCnenberg | Hünenberg | Hünenberg is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Zug |
92618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinhausen%2C%20Switzerland | Steinhausen, Switzerland | Steinhausen is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zug |
92620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risch-Rotkreuz | Risch-Rotkreuz | Risch-Rotkreuz is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. Risch-Rotkreuz is well known because of the headquarter of Roche Diagnostics, two nice castles, Buonas and Freudenberg, the one of the most important train station in Switzerland, and of the Swiss Guard.
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Other websites
Official websit... |
92623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walchwil | Walchwil | Walchwil is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Zug |
92624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuheim | Neuheim | Neuheim is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Zug |
92630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20rights | Women's rights | The women's rights movement is a feminist movement, where women act to get what men have but what women have been denied. The women's rights movement has fought for things such as letting women vote, giving women access to jobs (such as doing construction work) that only men were allowed to do before, and even the rig... |
92631 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Solothurn | Canton of Solothurn | Solothurn is a canton of Switzerland. It can be found in the northwest of Switzerland. The capital is Solothurn.
Districts
There are 10 districts in Solothurn:
Bucheggberg, Amtei Wasseramt-Bucheggberg
Dorneck, Amtei Dorneck-Thierstein (unofficially Schwarzbubenland)
Gäu, Amtei Thal-Gäu
Gösgen, Amtei Olten-Gösgen ... |
92632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solothurn | Solothurn | Solothurn can mean:
Canton of Solothurn, a canton of Switzerland
Solothurn (city), the capital of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
Solothurn (district), a district of the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland |
92644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup%20truck | Pickup truck | A pickup truck is a type of vehicle that is designed to move things.
Form
The back of the truck is open, like some other types of trucks. It is very powerful for its small size. Pickup trucks have different shapes, sizes, and uses. Sometimes people would go ride in the back of the trucks to work. The back of the truc... |
92646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy%20Space%20Center | Kennedy Space Center | The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is a spaceport in Merritt Island, Florida, USA. It is one of the ten main locations of NASA.Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been the main launch center of human spaceflight of the United States. It borders on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, which helps the Spac... |
92659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradleys%20Head%20Fortification%20Complex | Bradleys Head Fortification Complex | The Bradleys Head Fortification Complex is near Toronga Park Zoo. This fort was part of Sydney Harbour’s protection plan. It [the fort] remembers a time when the colony of New South Wales became more aware of its isolation and wealth. The fort is on Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
History
They... |
92669 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnsberg%20Government%20Region | Arnsberg Government Region | Arnsberg is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the southeast of the country. It covers the Sauerland hills as well as the east part of the Ruhr area.
Other websites
Official website |
92683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altdorf%2C%20Schaffhausen | Altdorf, Schaffhausen | Altdorf was a municipality in the municipality of Thayngen and the canton of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland.
Former municipalities of Schaffhausen |
92685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargen%2C%20Schaffhausen | Bargen, Schaffhausen | Bargen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Other websites
Official site
References
Municipalities of Schaffhausen |
92686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undervelier | Undervelier | Undervelier is a former municipality of the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Undervelier, Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Glovelier and Soulce merged into the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.
Other websites
Former municipalities of Jura
2013 disestablis... |
92687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Schaffhausen | Canton of Schaffhausen | Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. The capital city of the canton is Schaffhausen.
Geography
The canton of Schaffhausen is the canton of Switzerland farthest north, located to the north of Zurich.
The Rhine Falls are the largest waterfalls in Europe and lie on the border of the canton of Schaffhausen, the ca... |
92688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellerat | Vellerat | Vellerat was a municipality in Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Rebeuvelier and Vellerat merged into the municipality of Courrendlin.
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Former municipalities of Jura |
92689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermes%2C%20Switzerland | Vermes, Switzerland | Vermes was a municipality, in the new municipality of Val Terbi and district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Former municipalities of Jura |
92692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine%20Falls | Rhine Falls | The Rhine Falls, called the Rheinfall in Switzerland, are the biggest waterfalls of Europe.
They can be found in the High Rhine in the upper parts of the river Rhine, in the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in the north part of Switzerland and close to the Ger... |
92695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggingen | Beggingen | Beggingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Schaffhausen |
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