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Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen

The Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen), also called the Festung im Oder-Warthe-Bogen or Ostwall (East Wall), and in Polish the Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony (Międzyrzecz Fortification Region), was a fortified military defence line of Nazi Germany between the Oder and Warta rivers.


Barry Dennen

He has also done voices for many video games, including Fatman in Metal Gear Solid 2, Police Chief Bogen in Grim Fandango, Mimir in the recent video game Too Human, Dean Domino in Fallout: New Vegas expansion "Dead Money", 'the Dark One' in The Mark of Kri, Chaos Knight, Phantom Lancer, and Rubick in Dota 2

Cut the Wire

Gary Barnacle, Andy Longhurst, Arran Ahmun, Ben Hoffnung, Bernie Clarke, Betsy Cook, Bub Roberts, Chuck Sabo, Danny Thompson, Taif Ball, Dave Knopfler, Forest Thomas, Graham Edwards, Jane James, Joel Bogen, John Munroe, Mick Jackson, Nick Williams, Pino Palladino

Frederick, Duke of Bohemia

Ludmilla (died 14 August 1240), married Adalbert VI, count of Bogen, and then Louis I, Duke of Bavaria

Gerhard Koeppel

"Die historischen Reliefs der römischen Kaiserzeit VII: Der Bogen des Septimius Severus, die Decennalienbasis und der Konstantinsbogen," Bonner Jahrbücher 190:1-64.

Gilly, Gilly, Ossenfeffer, Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea

"Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning and published in 1954.

Joe McNally

McNally’s advertising, marketing and promotional work includes FedEx, Nikon, Sony, Land's End, General Electric, MetLife, Bogen, Adidas, Kelby Media Group, Wildlife Conservation Society, Epson, and American Ballet Theatre.

Krško Castle

In that year Adalbert of Bogen pawned it to Archbishop of Salzburg Adalbert III, a relative of his wife, for 800 Freising marks.

Lenco Turntables

Vintage Swiss made Lenco and Lenco OEM/re-badged Barthe, Benjamin, Bogen, Goldring, Grundig, Komet, and Voxon turntables used a vertical "idler-drive" to rotate the platter, as opposed to a belt drive or more recent direct drive turntables.

Marie Juchacz

After finishing school in Landsberg an der Warthe (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland), Juchacz, whose beliefs were Protestant, began work in 1893, first as a maid, and then for a short time as factory staff.

Never Before, Never Again

Miss Piggy sang this song after winning the Miss Bogen County Beauty Pageant (and after noticing Kermit the Frog in the crowd) in The Muppet Movie, fantasizing life with Kermit.

Windberg Abbey

Windberg Abbey was founded by Count Albert I of Bogen with the assistance of Bishop Otto of Bamberg on the site of the original seat of the Counts of Bogen.


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