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6 unusual facts about Niederrhein


Bernhard van Treeck

Bernhard van Treeck MD (born February 5, 1964, Kempen, Niederrhein) is a German psychiatrist and has led a clinic specialised in addictions and drug-dependency.

Geldern-Kapellen

The area Kapellen lies in the Niederrhein (Lower Rhine) in the northwest part of German Federal State of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Heinz Schlauch

Heinz Schlauch (13 November 1915 in Gera – 21 February 1945 in Niederrhein) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Lower Rhine region

Yet, while the Dutch half of the Lower Rhine geographic area is called Nederrijn in Dutch, it does practically not overlap with the German Niederrhein region, although one term is the translation of the other.

Veleda

The Roman garrison at Novaesium (now Neuss) surrendered without a fight, as did the one at Castra Vetera (near modern Xanten in Niederrhein, Germany).

Young Engineers' Satellite 2

The centres were: Samara State Aerospace University, Russia (mission analysis, GPS); University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (re-entry capsule); Hochschule Niederrhein in Krefeld, Germany (tether); University of Patras, Greece (mechanical and thermal).


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Mickeln House

Ludger Fischer: Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen am Niederrhein. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2004, ISBN 3-8313-1326-1.


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