The Elbe (German: [ˈɛlbə] ; Czech: Labe [ˈlabɛ] ; Low German: Ilv or Elv; Upper and Lower Sorbian: Łobjo, pronounced [ˈwɔbʲɔ]) is one of the major rivers...
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Ilse Elvenes (28 December 1882 – 13 September 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients...
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Look up elbe or Elbe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Elbe is a river in the Czech Republic and Germany. Elbe may also refer to: Elbe (Eder), a river...
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Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end...
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The Elbe Valley (German: Elbtal or Elbetal) is most often used as a term for that section of the river valley in which most of the quarters of Dresden...
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The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands (German: Elbsandsteingebirge, pronounced [ɛlpˈz̥antʃtaɪnɡəˌbɪʁɡə]; Czech: Děčinská...
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The New Elbe Tunnel (German: Neuer Elbtunnel), often simply called Elbtunnel, is a subterranean Elbe River crossing in northern Germany located in Hamburg...
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The Elbe marshes (German: Elbmarsch) are an extensive region of marsh or polderland along the lower and middle reaches of the River Elbe in northern Germany...
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The Elbe–Lübeck Canal (German pronunciation) (also known as the Elbe–Trave Canal) is an artificial waterway in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It...
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Elbe Air Lufttransport GmbH, usually just known as Elbe Air, was a corporate charter airline from Germany, which offered worldwide on-demand flight services...
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Black Elster, where it empties into the Elbe. The International Bicycle Trail R2 runs through Elster along the Elbe. A reaction ferry is still used here...
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Pascal Elbé (born 13 March 1967) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Pascal Elbé was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, to a family of middle-class...
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Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz...
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Electricity sector in Germany (redirect from Elbe Crossing 1)
are two powerline crossings of the Elbe river near Stade, whose pylons are among the tallest structures in Europe. Elbe Crossing 1 is a group of masts providing...
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Aken (Elbe) (German pronunciation: [ˈaːkən] ) is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town is located at the left...
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Elbe (/ˈɛlbiː/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 39 at the 2020 census. Known as Brown's...
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Gerda Wegener (section Lili Elbe)
at times and many were inspired by her partner, transgender painter Lili Elbe. Wegener employed these works in the styles of Art Nouveau and later Art...
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Schönebeck (redirect from Schönebeck (Elbe))
officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 14 kilometres...
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Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. The town lies to the north of the Löcknitz River, not far from where...
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Lili Elbe is an opera in two acts composed by Tobias Picker, with a libretto by Aryeh Lev Stollman, starring Lucia Lucas as Lili Elbe. Based on the life...
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coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Elbe Project (German: Elbe-Projekt) was the name of the first commercial, static high voltage...
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Polabian Slavs (redirect from Elbe Slavs)
as Elbe Slavs and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river...
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Schönhausen (redirect from Schönhausen (Elbe))
("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land. The village is situated on a terminal moraine, stretching along the eastern bank of the Elbe River. It is located...
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Elbe Germanic, also called Irminonic or Erminonic, is a term introduced by the German linguist Friedrich Maurer (1898–1984) in his book, Nordgermanen und...
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river in Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, a right tributary of the Elbe. Its source is near Linau, north of the Hahnheide forest. It then flows south...
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The Elbe Germans (German: Elbgermanen) or Elbe Germanic peoples were Germanic tribes whose settlement area, based on archaeological finds, lay either side...
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It stretches from the Grenen spit in the north to the confluence of the Elbe and the Sude in the southeast. The historic southern border river of Jutland...
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Sonderkommando "Elbe" was the name of a World War II Luftwaffe task force assigned to bring down heavy bombers by ramming them in mid-air. Its sole mission...
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Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel colloquially or St. Pauli Elbtunnel officially), which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian...
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