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Baden-Württemberg

(Encyclopedia)Baden-Württemberg bäˈdən-wûrˈtəmbûrg, Ger. vürˈtəmbĕrkˌ [key], state, 13...

Cuxhaven

(Encyclopedia)Cuxhaven ko͝oksˈhäfən [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, at the mouth of the Elbe River. A ...

Frankenwald

(Encyclopedia)Frankenwald frängˈkənvält [key], Eng. Franconian Forest, wooded plateau, in central Germany, between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian Forest. Döbraberg is the highest (2,608 ft/795 m) point....

Itzehoe

(Encyclopedia)Itzehoe ĭtˈsəhō [key], city, Schleswig-Holstein, N central Germany, on the Stör River. I...

Hohentwiel

(Encyclopedia)Hohentwiel hōəntvēlˈ [key], mountain, 2,260 ft (689 m) high, in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany. On the summit of Hohentwiel are the ruins of an ancient castle that was the seat of the dukes of Swa...

Pankow

(Encyclopedia)Pankow pängˈkō [key], district of Berlin, E central Germany, on the Panke River. It is an industrial center and was the seat of the East German government before German reunification in 1990. Panko...

Wattenscheid

(Encyclopedia)Wattenscheid vätˈənshītˌ [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, an industrial center of the Ruhr district. Its manufactures include metal goods, electrical equipment, and textiles. ...

Wittstock

(Encyclopedia)Wittstock vĭtˈshtôk [key], town, Brandenburg, NE Germany. Manufactures include woolen textiles, machinery, and forest products. At Wittstock in 1636 the Swedes under Baner defeated the Saxon and im...

Bernhardi, Friedrich von

(Encyclopedia)Bernhardi, Friedrich von frēˈdrĭkh fən bĕrnhärˈdē [key], 1849–1930, German general and military writer. His book Germany and the Next War (1912, tr. 1912) was widely publicized by the Allies...

Stolberg

(Encyclopedia)Stolberg shtôlˈbĕrkhˌ [key], city (1994 pop. 58,028), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany; chartered 1856. It is a center of the German brass industry, which was started (c.1600) there by Protesta...