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Lüneburg Heath
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Lüneburg Heath, situated some 40 km. (25 mi.) south-east of Hamburg. Here on 4 May 1945, in the presence of
Montgomery, a German delegation led by
General-Admiral von Friedeburg signed the tactical surrender of all German forces in Denmark, north-west Germany, and the Netherlands. This meant, from that date,
Grand Admiral Dönitz, based at Flensburg, was ruling Germany while technically a prisoner-of-war.
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Letter from Flensburg: Germany's Klezmer craze.
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 4/7/1997; ; 700+ words
; FLENSBURG I don't remember ever hearing of the north German town of Flensburg until shortly before my recent trip there. But...your license is taken away." So now I knew. Flensburg is 80 miles almost due north of Hamburg, at the...
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A letter from Line: the Flensburg antiquities and the Danish-Prussian/Austrian war of 1864.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...begin the extraordinary story of the Flensburg Collection, largest provincial museum...Denmark, with the letter from Line:(1) Flensburg, February the 20th [1864] 'Dear Madam...English and French at the grammar school in Flensburg [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED...
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Sander Hansen concentrating most of its operations in Flensburg.(contracts of Sander Hansen A/S and KRONES)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...retrofit jobs to the KRONES plant in Flensburg. This means it will be integrated into...subsidiary had been moved from Copenhagen to Flensburg. With immediate effect, too, the responsibility...able to utilise the synergies at the Flensburg plant more flexibly, since its structure...
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Patent No. 7,615,265 Issued on Nov. 10, Assigned to Mitsubishi Hitec Paper Flensburg for Inkjet Printing Recording Material (German Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/11/2009; 517 words
; ...13 -- Gerhard Stork and Makato Kato, both of Flensburg, Germany, and Karsten Lerius of Munkbrarup, Germany...patent has been assigned to Mitsubishi Hitec Paper Flensburg GmbH, Flensburg. According to the abstract released by the U...
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DFDS A/S orders new ro/ro vessel from Flensburg Shipyard.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 4/22/2002; 500 words
; ...22 April 2002-DFDS A/S orders new ro/ro vessel from Flensburg Shipyard (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http...DFDS Tor Line had ordered a fifth ro/ro newbuilding from Flensburg Shipyard in Germany. The new vessel is to be delivered at...
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Why did Flensburg live on but it's Bathgate no more?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 5/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...skilled workforce at Bathgate, had the facility been selected for closure sparing, at least for the time being, the plant at Flensburg, Germany? Motorola said in a statement that "the process we have gone through has been difficult and complex. Motorola...
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Tender Notice: Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg in Kooperation mit dem Archaeologischen Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein Seeks Urban Planning, Architectural Services (Germany)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/10/2009; 339 words
; SCHLESWIG, Germany, July 10 -- Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg in Kooperation mit dem Archaeologischen Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein said it was soliciting urban planning and landscape architectural...
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Flensburg favourite to secure ferries contract
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; INDUSTRY sources in Germany hinted yesterday that the Flensburger Schiffbau yard, near the Danish border, is the leading contender to win the Ministry of Defence contract for roll-on, roll-off ferries. The yard confirmed it had bid for the contract and was "hopeful" of landing the deal, which would
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German job offer insults sacked workers.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...the smooth transfer of products to the Flensburg plant, which was kept open as Motorola...Enterprise Minister Wendy Alexander. Flensburg, in northern Germany, will survive...worker told how she was asked to go to Flensburg on a temporary basis. She said: "My...
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Albumin characterized with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization TOF-MS.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 10/31/2003; 700+ words
; ...fingerprinting of tryptic peptides," said John Flensburg and Makonnen Belew at Amersham Bioscience...relative to their natural counterparts." Flensburg and Belew published their study in the...information can be obtained by contacting John Flensburg, Amersham Bioscience AB, Bjorkgatan...
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Flensburg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Flensburg , city (1994 pop. 87,990), Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany, on the Flensburg Fjord, an arm of the Baltic Sea, at the...smoked-fish plants, and paper factories. Flensburg was chartered in 1284 and acquired commercial...
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Karl Doenitz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...s death, Doenitz was appointed Reich president and supreme commander of the armed forces. He set up his government in Flensburg-Murwik on the northern German border with Denmark. For a mere 20 days Doenitz served as the last leader of the Third Reich...
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Lord Haw-Haw
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...Berlin and broadcast his final shows from Hamburg. When allied forces moved to occupy the city, Joyce retreated to nearby Flensburg and was captured. He was shot in the leg in the process of trying to escape into a patch of woods. Joyce was turned over...
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Fink (Fincke), Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Fink (Fincke), Thomas ( b . Flensburg, Denmark[now Germany], 6 January 1561; d . Copenhagen, Denmark, 24 April 1656) mathematics, astronomy, medicine . The...
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Hansen, Peter Andreas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...his older contemporary Friedrich Bessel, he arrived at it by a detour through trade. He was apprenticed to a clockmaker at Flensburg and eventually qualified as a master craftsman of this art, for a time becoming a clockmaker in his native town. During...
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