Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia - Danube
The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian; Дунав/Dunav in Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Economics Of The Danube
Danube - Drinking water. Along its path, the Danube is a source of drinking water for about ten million people. In Baden-Württemberg, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Geology
Although the headwaters of the Danube are relatively small today, geologically, the Danube is much older than the Rhine, with which its c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube Delta: Encyclopedia - Danube Delta
The Danube Delta (Delta Dunării in Romanian), located in Dobrogea, Romania and a small part in Odes'ka oblast', Ukraine, is the largest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Islands Of Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islands Of Hungary - Danube
List of islands of Hungary - In Budapest from north to south. Palotai-sziget (in fact, it's a peninsula today) Nép-sziget (connected ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube School: Encyclopedia - Danube School
The Danube School (German:Donauschule or Donaustil) is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bayern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Modern Navigation
The Danube is navigable by ocean ships from the Black Sea to Brăila, in Romania and by river ships to Kelheim; smaller craft can navigat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube-bucharest Canal: Encyclopedia - Danube-bucharest Canal
The Danube-Bucharest Canal is a 73 kilometers-long canal project that is supposed to link Bucharest, Romania to the Danube via Argeş Riv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube-black Sea Canal: Encyclopedia - Danube-black Sea Canal
The Danube-Black Sea Canal is a canal in Romania which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and Năvodari (norther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yantra River: Encyclopedia - Yantra River
Yantra is a river in Bulgaria. It flows into the river Danube near Svishtov. The city Veliko Turnovo lies on the banks of the river Yantr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brigach: Encyclopedia - Brigach
The Brigach is the shorter of the two German rivers that form the Danube river. It has its source at 925 m above sea level in St. Georgen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breg: Encyclopedia - Breg
The Breg is the longer of the two German rivers that form the Danube river. Its spring is situated at 1078 m above sea level in the Black...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 376: Encyclopedia - 376
376 - Events. Visigoths appear on the Danube and request entry into the Roman Empire in their flight from the Huns 376 - Births. C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bastroe Channel: Encyclopedia - Bastroe Channel
The Bastroe Channel (a.k.a. Bastroe Canal, Bystroye or Bystroe Channel, etc.) is a proposed project by Ukraine in the Danube Delta. Accor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpathian Germans: Encyclopedia - Carpathian Germans
Carpathian Germans (German: Karpatendeutsche, Slovak: karpatskí Nemci), sometimes simply called Slovak Germans (German: Slowakeideutsche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wien: Encyclopedia - Wien
Wien can refer to: The German name for the city of Vienna, the capital of Austria. See Vienna. A river in Austria, flowing into the Danu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caraş River: Encyclopedia - Caraş River
Caraş (Romanian: Caraş, Serbian: Karaš or Караш) is a river in Southeastern Europe that rises in the Aninei Mountains, Romania an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bavarian Geographer: Encyclopedia - Bavarian Geographer
The Bavarian Geographer is the author of an anonymous medieval document prepared in ca. 850 probably in Regensburg and stored in the Muni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vit: Encyclopedia - Vit
Vit (Bulgarian Вит) is a river in Northern Bulgaria with a length of 189 km. The source of Vit is in Stara Planina at an altitude of 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danubian: Encyclopedia - Danubian
Danubian may refer to: Danube river and the peoples and countries living near to it; Danubian culture, a neolithic European culture; Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedea River: Encyclopedia - Vedea River
The Vedea is a river in the southern part of Romania that rises from the Cotmeana Plateau and runs into the Danube, having a total length...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube Delta: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube Delta - Geography
Every year, the alluvium deposited by the Danube increases the width of the Delta by around 40 meters, making it extremely dynamic. Near ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube Swabians: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube Swabians - History
Danube Swabians - Origins. Beginning in the 12th century, German merchants and miners began to settle in the Kingdom of Hungary at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Gate Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Gate Danube - The Gorges
The first narrowing of the Danube lies beyond the (Romanian) isle of Moldova Veche and is known as the Golubac gorge. It is 14.5 km ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube New York - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,098 people, 398 households, and 280 families residing in the town. The population density is 14.4/...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube Swabians: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube Swabians - Culture
The Danube Swabian culture is a melting pot of southern German regional customs, with a large degree of Balkan, mostly Hungarian, influen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube Delta: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube Delta - Nature
It hosts over 1,200 varieties of plants, 300 species of birds as well as 45 freshwater fish species in its numerous lakes and marshes. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube New York - History
The town was first settled around 1730. The Town of Danube was formed in 1817 from the Town of Minden (in Montgomery County). The town wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Gate Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Gate Danube - The Dam
The construction of the joint Romanian-Yugoslavian megaproject that would finally tame the river commenced in 1964. In 1972 the Iron Gate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Bridges In Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Bridges In Hungary - On The Danube
List of bridges in Hungary - In Budapest. (from north to south) Újpest railway bridge Árpád Bridge Margaret Bridge Széchenyi Chain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube New York: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube New York - Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 76.8 km² (29.6 mi²). 76.1 km² (29.4 mi²) of it is land and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Gate Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Gate Danube - The Channel
The riverbed rocks and the associated rapids made the gorge valley an infamous passage in shipping. In German, the passage is still known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Gate Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Gate Danube - Ada Kaleh
The isle of Ada Kaleh is probably the most evocative victim of the Djerdap dam's construction. A Turkish enclave, it had a mosque and a t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Human Geography
Land-use patterns in Austria change from Alpine to non-Alpine regions. Approximately one-tenth of Austria is barren or unproductive, that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro - Railways
total: 4,059 km standard gauge: (1435 mm) 4,059 km (1,364 km electrified) (2002) narrow gauge: Some narrow gauge railways are being rein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Landform Regions
Geographic coordinates: 47°20′N 13°20′E Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro - Ports And Harbors
Transportation in Serbia and Montenegro - At Danube. Belgrade, Novi Sad, Pancevo Transportation in Serbia and Montenegro - Adriatic Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Climate
The Alps serve as a watershed for Europe's three major kinds of weather systems that influence Austrian weather. The Atlantic maritime cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Area And Boundaries
Area: Total: 83,858 km² Land: 82,738 km² Water: 1,120 km² Area comparative Australia comparative: slightly smaller than Tasmania Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Austria: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Austria - Ecological Concerns
Austrians face a number of ecological problems in the 1990s. One of the most pressing is the pollution caused by the staggering increase ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Danube Frontier: Hungary Is Defeated Greece Flourishes
On his northern frontier Manuel expended considerable effort to preserve the conquests made by Basil II over one hundred years earlier an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro: Encyclopedia Ii - Transportation In Serbia And Montenegro - Air Transport
There are 45 airports in Serbia and Montenegro (2002 data): Seven of them are large enough to be listed with IATA Airport Codes: Belgrad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biberach District: Encyclopedia Ii - Biberach District - Geography
The district consists of hilly countryside between the rivers of the Danube and the Iller. The Danube crosses the district in its western...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satu Mare: Encyclopedia Ii - Satu Mare - Population
According to the 2002 census, Satu Mare has a total population of 115,142, the ethnic breakdown is as follows: Romanian: 66,638 (57.87%)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tulcea County: Encyclopedia Ii - Tulcea County - Tourism
Tourism is an important activity in the county, the Danube Delta being one of the most visited areas in Romania. The main touristical des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabia - Famous Swabians
Swabia - Historical. Georg Faust (protagonist of tales and dramas) Johannes Kepler (astronomer and mathematician) Friedrich Schiller (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabia - History
Swabia, whose name derives from the Suebi, a Germanic tribe that inhabited the region, was one of the original stem duchies of the German...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabia - Famous Swabians
Swabia - Historical. Georg Faust (protagonist of tales and dramas) Johannes Kepler (astronomer and mathematician) Friedrich Schiller (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Swabia - History
Swabia (the name derives from the Suebi, a Germanic tribe that inhabited the region) was one of the original stem duchies of the German K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Accession To The Throne
Having distinguished himself in his father's war against the Seljuk Turks, in 1143 Manuel was nominated emperor by his father, in prefere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Second Crusade And Raynald Of Chatillon
The first test of Manuel's reign came in 1144, when he was faced with a demand by Raymond, Prince of Antioch for the cession of Cilician ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Italian Campaign And Pope Alexander Iii
In the same year the emperor made war upon Roger II of Sicily, whose fleet had captured Corfu and plundered the Greek towns, but in 1148 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Manuel's Invasion Of Egypt
Control of Egypt was a decades-old dream of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Only a Byzantine alliance could accomplish this goal, howe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alb-donau-kreis: Encyclopedia Ii - Alb-donau-kreis - Geography
The city of Ulm is surrounded by the district. It is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district, although it is not part of the di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Kilij Arslan Ii And The Seljuk Turks
Manuel had made an agreement with the Seljuks, following his earlier victory over them, that certain frontier regions, including the city...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Character
Manuel was a brave general and an even more skillful diplomat and statesman. Famous for his charisma and his love of the West, he became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Assessment
As a young man, Manuel had been determined to restore by force of arms the predominance of the Byzantine Empire in the Mediterranean coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ialomiţa County: Encyclopedia Ii - Ialomiţa County - Geography
This county has a total area of 4,453 km². The county is situated in the Bărăgan Plain, all the area is flat crossed by small rivers w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Family
Manuel had two wives. His first marriage, in 1146, was to Bertha of Sulzbach, a sister-in-law of Conrad III of Germany. She died in 1159....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - The Second Crusade And Raynald Of Chatillon
The first test of Manuel's reign came in 1144, when he was faced with a demand by Raymond, Prince of Antioch for the cession of Cilician ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Istria: Encyclopedia Ii - Istria - History
The name is derived from the Illyrian tribe of the Histri, which Strabo refers to as living in the region. The Romans described the Histr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Character
Manuel was a brave general and an even more skillful diplomat and statesman. Famous for his charisma and his love of the West, he became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manuel I Comnenus: Encyclopedia Ii - Manuel I Comnenus - Assessment
In spite of his military prowess Manuel achieved but in a slight degree his object of restoring the Byzantine Empire. In fact he succeede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teleorman County: Encyclopedia Ii - Teleorman County - Geography
This county has a total area of 5,790 km². Two distinctive elements can be found: In the North and center there are plains from the Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rivers Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rivers Of Europe - Black Sea
The rivers in this section are sorted west (Istanbul) to east (Sochi). In Romania: Danube (in Sulina)- Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hunga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romania: Encyclopedia Ii - Romania - Geography
Main article: Geography of Romania A large part of Romania's borders with Serbia and Bulgaria is formed by the Danube. The Danube is join...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Evacuation
Main article: World War II evacuation and expulsion. Late towards the end of the war German authorities ordered the evacuation of areas c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Renaissance Painting: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Renaissance Painting - Themes And Symbolism
The works of art of this period features mainly religious themes (the Church was the main client of these artists), but also some purely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Nazi-soviet Population Transfers
Main article: Nazi-Soviet population transfers. Following the Nazi-Soviet pact, Soviet leader Josef Stalin permitted the departure of Ger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Emigration Of Germans From Eastern Europe
Main article: Emigration of Germans from Eastern Europe. Between 1950 and 1990, 1.4 million people emigrated from Poland to Germany claim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga German: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga German - The Twentieth Century
After the Russian Revolution, the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Autonome Sozialistische Sowjet-Republik der Wolga-De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dolj County: Encyclopedia Ii - Dolj County - Geography
This county has a total area of 7,414 km². The entire area is flat, a plain with the Danube on the South forming a wide valey, and cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga German: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga German - The Present Day
The Volga Germans never returned to the Volga region. After the war, many settled in the Ural Mountains, Siberia, Kazakhstan (2% of today...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mehedinţi County: Encyclopedia Ii - Mehedinţi County - Tourism
The main turistical destinations are: The city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin - the ruins of Trajan's first bridge over the Danube The city of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cernavodă: Encyclopedia Ii - Cernavodă - Economy
The city is a Danube fluvial port, and it houses the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, a CANDU reactor providing about 10% of Romania's ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Exodus From Eastern Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - German Exodus From Eastern Europe - Expulsion
Main article: Expulsion of Germans after World War II. The remaining ethnic German residents, some of whom had become German citizens dur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. For more info please use the main article; October 8, 1912 the Fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga German: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga German - Volga Germans In North America
Volga Germans emigrated to the United States and Canada and settled mainly in the Great Plains; Alberta, eastern Colorado, Kansas, Manito...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volga German: Encyclopedia Ii - Volga German - Volga Germans In North America
Volga Germans emigrated to the United States and Canada and settled mainly in the Great Plains; Alberta, eastern Colorado, Kansas, Manito...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. Main article: First Balkan War For more info please use the main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. Main article: First Balkan War For more info please use the main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Danube: Encyclopedia Ii - Danube - Cultural Significance
The Danube is mentioned in the title of a famous waltz by Austrian composer Johann Strauss, An der schönen, blauen Donau (By the Beautif...   » Read the article