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    Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in Germany, with a maximum depth of 192.3 metres (631 ft) and an area of 16.4...
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    Walchensee is a small fishing village in the Kochel municipality (Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria) at a height of 803 metres and a population...
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    The Walchensee Power Plant (German: Walchenseekraftwerk) is a hydroelectric power station in Bavaria, Germany. It is a storage power station that is fed...
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  • Walchensee Forever is a 2020 German documentary film directed by Janna Ji Wonders [de]. Wonders chronicles the life of four generations of women from her...
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  • Urfeld am Walchensee is a village in the municipality of Kochel am See in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the northwest...
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    municipality consists of the Altjoch, Brunnenbach, Ort, Pessenbach, Pfisterberg, Walchensee and Ried districts. Apart from its scenery, the settlement is known for...
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    The Walchensee-class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel...
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    Rißbach into the Walchensee, the Rißbach flow direction having been reversed. The Isar water flows into the giant downpipes of the Walchensee Hydroelectric...
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    Old Pelton wheel from Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station, Germany....
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  • Wolfratshausen. In the high alpine south there are several mountain lakes: Walchensee (16 km2), Kochelsee (6 km2) and Sylvensteinsee (an artificial lake in...
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    notable power station is Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station in Bavaria. The station takes water from elevated Lake Walchensee to drive eight turbines...
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    Vollmar died at the country seat of Soiensaß in the settlement of Urfeld am Walchensee in 1922. In addition to a couple of books on the preservation of forests...
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    numerous nearby freshwater lakes such as Lake Starnberg, Ammersee, Chiemsee, Walchensee, Kochelsee, Tegernsee, Schliersee, Simssee, Staffelsee, Wörthsee, Kirchsee...
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    Walchensee, a lake in the Bavarian Alps where Corinth owned a house. Their lively picturing, in bright colors, tempt many to consider the Walchensee series...
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    coal-poor south. Bavaria even achieved a statewide power grid by damming the Walchensee in 1924, inspired in part by loss of coal reserves after WWI. Hydropower...
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  • current directly with the world's largest generator for single phase AC. Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station, Bavaria. Pump storage power station Langenprozelten...
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    Hanover voted to return a Lovis Corinth’s painting, “Walchensee, Johannisnacht” (“The Walchensee on St John’s eve”) which its donor, Dr. Bernhard Sprengel...
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    this lake, the water that was diverted from the upper river Isar for the Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station joins the Loisach. The Loisach then flows...
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    and Verena. In 1939 he bought a summer home for his family in Urfeld am Walchensee, in southern Germany. One of Heisenberg's sons, Martin Heisenberg, became...
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    Germanic people, as evidenced in geographic names such as Walchgau and Walchensee in Bavaria or Walensee in Switzerland. Place names containing the element...
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    439–496. ISSN 0016-8874. Bavarian Prealps subdivided into: Ester Mountains, Walchensee Mountains, Benediktenwand Group and Mangfall Mountains Karwendel: main...
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    Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station in Bavaria, Germany, has been in operation since 1924...
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    south as well as the Estergebirge with their striking Kistenkar and the Walchensee mountains including Heimgarten and Herzogstand in the southeast. To the...
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    Langhans. Anna Werner grew up in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps at Walchensee where her mother, born Norma Bucherer, celebrated her one hundredth birthday...
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  • minesweeper, launched 1963 Ammerland: submarine tender, launched 1921 Ammersee: Walchensee-class (Type 703) small coastal tanker Amrum: Sylt-class tug Angeln: transport...
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    Lovis Corinth, Walchensee im Herbst (Sammlung Leo Lewin und Ismar Littmann)....
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    Pelton wheel being installed into Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station...
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    Murnau 885 8851 Kochel am See 8856 Penzberg 8857 Benediktbeuern 8858 Walchensee 886 8860 Bernbeuren 8861 Schongau 8862 Steingaden (Obb) 8867 Rottenbuch...
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    river Isar. By here, a channel branches towards the Walchensee and so supplies the well-known Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station. Historic district of...
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    the commencement of electric power generation to the railways at the Walchensee Power Plant, and for the independent trialling and procurement of locomotives...
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