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    43917°N 13.57556°E / 54.43917; 13.57556 The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the...
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    Prora (German: Bahnhof Prora) is a railway station in the town of Prora, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Lietzow-Binz railway...
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    Prora Ost (German: Bahnhof Prora Ost) is a railway station in the town of Prora, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Lietzow-Binz...
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    organization's programs were suspended and several projects, such as the Prora holiday resort, were never completed. On November 27, 1933, Strength through...
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    heart of the island, Muttland, by the bar of Schmale Heide between Binz-Prora and Sassnitz-Mukran and by a rail and road embankment at Lietzow. The Schmale...
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  • spa and summer resort complexes. The most ambitious was the 4.5 km long Prora complex on Rugen island, which was to have 20,000 beds, and would have been...
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  • The Efogi tree frog (Litoria prora) is a species of frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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    explains the family name Zaproridae; from the Greek za, an intensifier, and prora meaning "prow". The species name silneus is a reference to Silenus, a figure...
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    between it and the sea, is the four and a half kilometre long complex of Prora. The line ends at the station of Binz at the northern edge of the village...
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    the land climbs to just over 100 m above sea level (NN). The resort of Prora belongs to Binz. The annual precipitation is 611 mm and is relatively low...
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  • the National People's Army, formed in 1962. The battalion was based in Prora on Rügen island (1962–82) and later near Potsdam (1982–90). Numerous military...
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    Falowiec. Byker Wall, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Corviale [it], Rome, Italy Prora, Rügen, Germany Park Hill, Sheffield, UK Karl Marx-Hof, Vienna, Austria...
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    has its own symbolism. The iron prow-head of the gondola, called "fero da prorà" or "dolfin", is needed to balance the weight of the gondolier at the stern...
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    was the first human-built object to enter outer space. The Colossus of Prora is a 3 km long string of houses built with the intention of becoming a huge...
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    complexes at Ordensburg Krössinsee, Ordensburg Vogelsang and Chiemsee; Prora, the massive Nazi Kraft durch Freude seaside spa on the island of Rügen;...
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  • (Braunschweig) Alfeld (Leine) 0,05 87.8 Sachrang 0,01 87.8 Film-Begleitton Autokino Prora 87.9 MDR Kultur Inselsberg 60 87.9 domradio Studio Nahe Bretzenheim 0,15...
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    tent (skēnē) that covered the captain's berth (krab[b]at[t]os). The prow (prōra) featured an elevated forecastle (pseudopation), below which the siphon...
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    largest office building Apple Park Bharat Mandapam The Squaire Colossus of Prora, originally 4.5 km (2.8 mi) in length. Estonian National Museum SAS Frösundavik...
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    Olympiastadion in Berlin The NS-Ordensburgen Krössinsee, Sonthofen and Vogelsang The Prora building complex in Rügen The Theater Saarbrücken in Saarbrücken The Mausoleum...
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    his wife is credited with some of the tunes. Skirving was a farmer at "Prora" but he was not keen to write and spent much of his time playing golf, socialising...
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  • entitled Fecunda Ratis ("The Richly Laden Ship"), divided into two parts, the "Prora" (Prow), containing proverbs and classical and secular stories, and the...
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    spring break at discounted rates. Novalja (Zrće Beach) Pouch Rugia (Binz/Prora) and Usedom islands (Kaiser Spa) Mykonos Siófok (Lake Balaton) Rimini Ibiza...
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    documentation centre at the planned "Strength Through Joy" beach resort Prora on the island of Rügen in Germany. In 2004, Stan Neumann directed a documentary...
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    apokalipse. ARBOS-Edition, Arnoldstein- Klagenfurt – Salzburg – Vienna – Prora – Prague 2015, ISBN 978-3-9503173-3-6 Герберт Ганчахер Виктор Ульман – Свидетель...
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    The Disobedience of Death ARBOS, Vienna-Salzburg-Klagenfurt-Arnoldstein-Prora 2007/2008). A Czech translation of the book has been published at Prague...
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  • (プロジェクトA子), Japan (1986) Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story, Canada (2004) Prora, Switzerland/Germany (2012) Protect Me From What I Want, UK (2009) Proteus...
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    monthly soldier's magazine Armeerundschau. The former Nazi holiday complex at Prora, on the island of Rügen, contains a number of museum displays. One of these...
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  • The flint fields on Germany's biggest island, Rügen, between Mukran and Prora in the northern part of the heath of Schmale Heide are part of the Stone...
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  • and won design competitions for the renovation of the youth hostel in Prora (East Germany, 2004) and a "modest" concert hall in Raiding (Austria, 2005)...
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    Nazi-built Kraft durch Freude ('strength through joy') building complex at Prora which is a protected monument. In the vicinity of the station, in a 4000 m2...
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