Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt), fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Nördlingen is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 24,000. It was first mentioned in recorded history in 898, and in 1998 the town celebrated its 1100th anniversary. The town was the location of two battles during the Thirty Years' War, which took place between 1618–1648.
Population: 19,492
Latitude: 48° 51' 4.39" N
Longitude: 10° 29' 19.25" E
The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt), fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Aalen (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaːlən]) is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Stuttgart and 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Ulm. It is the seat of the …
The Nördlinger Ries is a large circular depression in western Bavaria, Germany, located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries.
Southern Germany (German: Süddeutschland) is the region that comprises the south of Germany. While there is no specific boundary, usually it includes all of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Historically, this corresponds to the stem duchies of Swabia …
The Time pyramid (German: Zeitpyramide) is a work of public art by Manfred Laber under construction in Wemding, Germany.
The 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC railway electrification system is used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with low losses powering traction motors available since the beginning of the 20th cen…
The Battle of Schellenberg, also known as the Battle of Donauwörth, was fought on 2 July 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The engagement was part of the Duke of Marlborough's campaign to save the Habsburg capital of Vienna from a threa…
The Battle of Neresheim (11 August 1796) saw a victory of Republican French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau over the Habsburg Austrian army of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Pursued by Moreau's Army of Rhin-et-Moselle, Charles launched an at…
The Lech (Latin: Licus, Licca) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube 264 kilometres (164 mi) in length with a drainage basin of 6,600 square kilometres (2,550 sq mi). Its source is located in the Austrian state of …
Donau-Ries (Danube-Ries) is a district in Bavaria, Germany.
Bopfingen is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Ostalbkreis, between Aalen and Nördlingen. It consists of the city Bopfingen itself and its suburbs Aufhausen, Baldern, Flochberg, Kerkingen, Oberdorf, Schloßberg, Trocht…
Harburg is a city of around 6,000 inhabitants on Bavaria's Romantic Road with one of the most impressive remaining medieval castles in Germany.
The Ostalbkreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria.
Germany, Austria and Switzerland operate the largest interconnected 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz system, which has central generation, a special transmission network, central and decentral converter plants.
The Franconian Jura (German: Fränkische Alb, Fränkischer Jura, Frankenalb) is an upland in Bavaria, Germany.
Heidenheim is a district (Kreis) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The Fossa Carolina (or Karlsgraben in German) was a navigable channel connecting the Swabian Rezat river to the Altmühl river (the Rhine basin to the Danube basin). It was created during the Middle Ages long before the Ludwig Canal and the Rhine-Mai…
Neresheim Abbey or the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim (German: Abtei Neresheim or Abtei der heiligen Ulrich und Afra) is located above the town of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany.