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unusual facts about Rheinland


Rheinland-Pokal

It was transferred to Cologne in 2001, and from this point it was sponsored by Credit Suisse and titled the Credit Suisse Private Banking Pokal.


Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik

The Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik (Arnold Jung Locomotive Works) was a locomotive manufacturer, in particular of Feldbahn locomotives, in Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Bremen-class frigate

In 2012 the Rheinland-Pfalz was reportedly used to gather intelligence on Syrian troop movements to be passed to the Free Syrian Army assist in their attacks on the Syrian Army.

Eitorf station

All passenger trains running through the station are operated by DB Regio Rheinland.

Evangelical Church in Germany

#Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland), a united church body in the Rhineland

Frederick P. Dinkelberg

Fred Dinkelberg was born on June 30, 1858 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Maria Imer (1832-1872), who was supposedly an Italian Countess, and well-to-do contractor Philip Dinkelberg (1832-1886), born in Ramsen, Rheinland-Pfalz.

Hermann Schroeder

Schroeder was born in Bernkastel and spent the greatest part of his life’s work in the Rheinland.

Noli me tangere Casket

At the beginning of the nineteenth century Aachen and the Rheinland were under French occupation and in 1804 Empress Joséphine, wife of Napoleon, visited Aachen.

Noviomagus

Noviomagus Trevirorum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus

Seventeenth Air Force

It was announced on 12 September 2008 that Seventeenth Air Force would be reactivated, to be headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, located west of Kaiserslautern in the German federal state of Rheinland-Palatinate.

Süddeutscher Rundfunk

The merger of 1998 in the two German Länder of Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz made SDR and SWF the precursors of Südwestrundfunk SWR.

Ulrich Leman

Born in Düsseldorf, he became interested in painting at an early age and in 1919 he co-founded the group "The Young Rheinland" with other young painters of the day, including Otto Dix and Gert Heinrich Wollheim.

Verbandsliga

Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg are divided into two or three state member associations, each running their own league system.

Verbandsliga Südwest

The Amateurliga Südwest was formed in 1952 in the southern half of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

While the Oberliga covers the two states of Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz, the Verbandsliga covers only the southern half of Rheinland-Pfalz.

After the war, these regions were incorporated into the new state of Rheinland-Pfalz.

Walter Arendt

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).


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