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The Island In The North
Sylt is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Frisia. Sylt is the northernmost island of Germany, the northernmost town is List and the northern part of the…
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Home Of Diplomacy
Although the site has been continuously inhabited since the 2nd century BCE, the world “Kremlin” was first mentioned in the year 1331. It contained the Tsar palace, was later the seat of the Soviet government and nowadays of the President and government of the Russian Federation. The word “Kremlin” means…
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The Natural Gas Company
The Ruhrgas AG, later E.ON Ruhrgas, was Germany’s largest natural gas company. It was founded in 1926 and bought by the energy company E.ON in 2003. For a while Ruhrgas was a shareholder of Gazprom. The Russian company has always been a reliable partner and even compensated losses when certain…
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Legendary Mercedes-Benz
The Mercedes-Benz 190 E or 190 D was the first smaller Mercedes and predecessor of the C-Class. Designed by Bruno Sacco, head of styling at Mercedes-Benz from 1975 to 1999, the W201 debuted at the 1982 Paris Motor Show. Manufactured in both Bremen and Sindelfingen, Germany, production reached 1,879,629 over…
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It Is Running and Running
The VW Beetle, or Volkswagen Type 1 as it was officially called, was the most popular car in Germany until its successor Golf was released, and it is one of the most popular cars of all times. Its production period of 65 years is the longest for any single generation…
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Developing Multipolar World
The BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa decided during their summit in South Africa from 22 till 24 August 2023 to admit the countries Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the community from 1 January 2024 onwards. Due to that admission it…
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Terremoto em Marrocos / Terremoto en Marruecos
Terremoto em Marrocos Um terremoto de magnitude 6,8 atingiu Marrocos em 8 de setembro de 2023. O epicentro foi localizado a 73 km a sudoeste de Marrakech, perto da cidade de Ighli. Marrocos está situado na Falha Transformante Açores-Gibraltar, que marca a fronteira entre a Placa Africana e a Placa…
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Erdbeben in Marokko / Séisme au Maroc
Erdbeben in Marokko Am 8. September 2023 erschütterte ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,8 Marokko. Das Epizentrum lag 73 km südwestlich von Marrakesch, in der Nähe der Stadt Ighli. Marokko liegt an der Azoren-Gibraltar-Transformstörung, der Grenze zwischen der Afrikanischen und der Eurasischen Platte. Das Beben beschädigte oder zerstörte Gebäude in Marrakesch…
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Earthquake Near Marrakesh In Morocco
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has struck Morocco on 8 September 2023, the epicentre was located 73 km southwest of Marrakesh, near the town of Ighli. Morocco is located at the Azores-Gibraltar Transform Fault which is the boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake…
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Chinese Wall Construction
Why is the Chinese Wall still there? It seems to be an unusual question but normally brick constructions should only last one hundred years, and the Chinese Wall in its current state was built during the early Ming dynasty in the 15th century. The reason is not the bricks, they…
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On The Island Sylt
On the way to and from the Morsum Kliff at the eastern side of the island of Sylt. It has been described as one of the most important geological monuments in Germany and stretches for almost two kilometres along the northeastern coast. It is important to stay on the paths…
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Palace Of The Republic
The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin was the seat of the parliament of the GDR or DDR, the German Democratic Republic, the communistic country of East Germany which existed from 1949 till 1990. The Palace was constructed in 1976 and was demolished between 2006 and 2008.…
