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    Bitburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪtˌbʊʁk] ; French: Bitbourg; Luxembourgish: Béibreg [ˈbəɪbʀəɕ]) is a city in Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate...
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  • The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (Luxembourgish: Äifelkrees Béibreg-Prüm) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and...
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    The Bitburg controversy concerned a ceremonial visit by Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President of the United States, to a German military cemetery in...
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  • "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is a protest song by American punk rock band the Ramones. It was issued as a single in the UK by Beggars Banquet Records in mid-1985...
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    Bitburg Airport (German: Flugplatz Bitburg) (IATA: BBJ, ICAO: EDRB) is a commercial airport serving Bitburg, a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate state...
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  • Bitburg Middle-High School (generally referred to as BMHS), originally opened in 1956, was part of the Kaiserslautern School District and had a student...
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  • Berlin Bitburg Elementary School, Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate Bitburg Middle School, Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate Bitburg High School, Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate...
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  • Bitburg-Land is a former Verbandsgemeinde (municipal association) in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was situated around...
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  • (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" saw the Ramones criticizing U.S. President Ronald Reagan for his controversial visit to a military cemetery in Bitburg, Germany, despite...
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    The Bitburg Reservoir (German: Stausee Bitburg) is a flood retention basin on the River Prüm in Biersdorf am See and Wiersdorf in the Eifel mountains of...
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    Bitburg-Erdorf station is a station on the Eifel Railway in Bitburg in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Nims–Sauer Valley railway (Nims-Sauertalbahn)...
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  • district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm, part of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg-Land, Rhineland-Palatinate Hamm am Rhein, part of...
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    Meuse to the Moselle. By the time of the reign of Henry V the Blonde, Bitburg, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Durbuy, Arlon, Thionville, Marville, Longwy, and...
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    accepted an invitation for Reagan to visit a German military cemetery in Bitburg and to place a wreath alongside West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Deaver...
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    supported President Reagan's plan to visit a German military cemetery at Bitburg in 1985, where among buried Wehrmacht soldiers were the graves of 48 Waffen...
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    Brewery (Bitburger Brauerei Th. Simon GmbH) is a large German brewery in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate. Founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn, its Pilsner...
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    sent to flight training, and assigned to the 22nd Fighter Day Squadron at Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, where he flew the F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre...
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    municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Direktwahlen 2019, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz...
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  • The devastating Bitburg tank explosion took place on 23 September 1954 at the then NATO air base near the city Bitburg, in the municipality of Niederstedem...
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  • Germany in the district Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate Speicher (Verbandsgemeinde), a collective municipality in Bitburg-Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate...
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    "Commando", "Wart Hog", "Rockaway Beach", "Poison Heart" and "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" (also known as "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down"). The latter won the...
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    Military Ceremony at Bitburg Air Base in the Federal Republic of Germany". 5 May 1985. "Reagan joins Kohl in brief memorial at Bitburg graves". The New York...
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    The band's main release of 1985 was the British single "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg"; though it was available in the United States only as an import, it was...
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    Battalion was garrisoned in Bitburg and the 1st Battalion was sent to Saarburg. The final Luxembourg forces in Germany, in Bitburg, left in 1955. The Soviet...
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    and Family Housing Bismarck Kaserne Schwäbisch Gmünd closed 1991 Bitburg Air Base Bitburg closed 1994 Butzbach Kaserne Butzbach closed 2008 Cambrai-Fritsch...
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    Sbach 342 (XA42) On Bitburg Airport, Germany, 2010. Role Aerobatic monoplane Type of aircraft National origin Germany Manufacturer XtremeAir GmbH Number...
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    to a cemetery where the interred included members of the Waffen SS (see Bitburg controversy). Shortly before Reagan's visit on May 5, there had been a...
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    Birkenfeld (BIR) Cochem-Zell (COC, ZEL) Donnersbergkreis (KIB, ROK) Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (BIT, PRÜ) Germersheim (GER) Kaiserslautern (KL) Kusel (KUS) Mainz-Bingen...
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    Hamm is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Hamm consists of only a few houses along the Hauptstrasse...
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    Kyllburg (category Bitburg-Prüm)
    Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel mountains, on the river Kyll, approximately 10 km north-east of Bitburg....
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