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...

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...

sinecure by nobleman or courtiers, or functional officials such as the Deichgraf (in a polder management organization). German nobility History of Germany...

of watercourses through dykes, ditches, controls etc.; also in German Deichgraf, synonymous with Deichhauptmann, "dike captain"). Since Louis VII (1137–80)...

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...

– Bremen – Münster – Dortmund – Cologne – Koblenz – Mainz – Frankfurt Deichgraf 31 2327 Fehmarn – Puttgarden – Lübeck – Hamburg – Bremen – Münster – Dortmund...

texture and a vigilant avoidance of sentimentality." He singled out "Der Deichgraf" for praise, remarking: "The piece opens with a stern rumble of pianism...

Buxtehude Erz-Abt zu Harsefeld (The Archabbot of Harsefeld) in Harsefeld Deichgraf (The Dijkgraaf, 2000, Krautsand De ole Schipper (The Old Mariner), Estebrügge...