The Battle of Lüneburg Heath (also called the Battle of Ebstorf) was a conflict between the army of King Louis the Younger and the Norse Great Heathen...
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against Norse warriors in the Battle of Lüneburg Heath and is venerated as one of the Ebsdorf Martyrs. He was the eldest son of the Saxon count Liudolf (died...
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880 Battle of Lüneburg Heath. Hedwig's husband remained a loyal supporter of the Carolingian dynasty, while he rose to the position of a Saxon duke (Herzog)...
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called the Battle of Lüneburg Heath) which pitted the army of Louis III of France against the Great Heathen Army of Norsemen. This battle was documented...
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churches. February 2 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath. The Saxons are routed in...
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Otto the Illustrious (redirect from Otto I of Saxony)
' He succeeded his brother Bruno as duke of Saxony after the latter's death in the Battle of Lüneburg Heath (Ebsdorf) on 2 February 880, while fighting...
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was named after the Burgundian earl Osdag, who was killed in the Battle of Lüneburg Heath against Norsemen on 2 February 880 near Ebstorf, 1144 years ago...
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The Martyrs of Ebsdorf were the Saxon combatants killed in the winter of 880 CE at the Battle of Lüneburg Heath near Ebstorf, Lower Saxony. They were...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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February 2 (redirect from 2nd of February)
Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law". 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France...
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Double Summer Time, at Lüneburg Heath, south of Hamburg, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in...
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Thingmen (category Military units and formations of the Middle Ages)
of men and many had not had the opportunity to distinguish themselves in battle. Consequently, he decided to select those that were the most prominent in...
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churches. February 2 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath. The Saxons are routed in...
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Soltau (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from June 2012)
(German pronunciation: [ˈzɔltaʊ]) is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000...
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The Principality of Lüneburg (later also referred to as Celle) was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire...
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North West Europe campaign (category Western European theatre of World War II)
military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands, north west Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath, (situated between the cities of Hamburg, Hanover...
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Winsen an der Aller (category Lüneburg Heath)
district of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. Winsen has around 12,900 inhabitants and lies on the southern perimeter of the Lüneburg Heath, on the...
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Wolfenbüttel (redirect from Battle of Wolfenbuettel)
the Lüneburg Heath in the north. The Elm-Lappwald Nature Park and the Asse hill range stretch east and southeast of the town. With a population of about...
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The bombing of Lüneburg were a series of American aerial bombing attacks on the city of Lüneburg during World War II. A total of 19 air raids were held...
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Celle (section Incorporation of municipalities)
tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle (Schloss Celle) built in the...
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Eberhard Kinzel (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class)
Kinzel was part of the delegation that participated in the negotiations for the German surrender with Field-Marshal Montgomery at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945...
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Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (category Recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross)
the armed forces to be present at the signing of the German instruments of surrender in Luneburg Heath on 4 May 1945, in Reims on 7 May and in Berlin...
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the German military surrender of all German forces in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath in Northwest Germany. The campaign...
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Ellingen and Wieheholz belong to the municipality of Wiedingen. Wiedingen lies on the Lüneburg Heath northwest of Soltau on the River Soltau. The B 71 federal...
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Bergen-Hohne Training Area (category Lüneburg Heath)
training area in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath, in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It covers an area of 284 square kilometres (70,000...
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Lübeck, where news of the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath came on 4 May, followed by the German Instrument of Surrender on 9 May. "Royal Artillery". MacDonald...
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Altensalzkoth (category Lüneburg Heath)
Saxon town of Bergen in north Germany. It belongs to the parish of Eversen in the district of Celle on the Lüneburg Heath. It lies 13 km north of Celle on...
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Munster Training Area (category Lüneburg Heath)
Truppenübungsplatz Munster) is a military training area in Germany on the Lüneburg Heath. It comprises two separate areas with different purposes: Munster North...
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Canute was killed at the Bloodfeast of Roskilde in August 1157. Sweyn was defeated by Valdemar in the Battle of Grathe Heath (Slaget på Grathe Hede) on 23 October...
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Gebhard Ludwig Himmler (category Technical University of Munich alumni)
Lüneburg Heath. In 1948 he was moved to an internment camp in Ungererstraße in Munich. Following his release in 1948, he worked on the manufacture of...
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