Dijkgraaf (official) (redirect from Deichgraf)
A dijkgraaf (lit. 'dike-warden, dike-reeve'), sometimes called a watergraaf, is the chair of a Dutch water board. The dijkgraaf is the equivalent of a...
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the sea side so as to reduce their windage during floods. When local Deichgraf Tede Volkerts fires one of his hands, Hauke applies for the job and is...
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sinecure by nobleman or courtiers, or functional officials such as the Deichgraf (in a polder management organization). German nobility History of Germany...
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Normandy In Germany, land reclaimed by diking is called a koog. The German Deichgraf system was similar to the Dutch and is widely known from Theodor Storm's...
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of watercourses through dykes, ditches, controls etc.; also in German Deichgraf, synonymous with Deichhauptmann, "dike captain"). Since Louis VII (1137–80)...
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– Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Deichgraf 31 2327 Fehmarn – Puttgarden – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund...
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texture and a vigilant avoidance of sentimentality." He singled out "Der Deichgraf" for praise, remarking: "The piece opens with a stern rumble of pianism...
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Buxtehude Erz-Abt zu Harsefeld (The Archabbot of Harsefeld) in Harsefeld Deichgraf (The Dijkgraaf, 2000, Krautsand De ole Schipper (The Old Mariner), Estebrügge...
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