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unusual facts about River Elbe



Associated Humber Lines

Grounded off River Elbe in February 1947 and suffered rudder and propellor damage.

Battle of Rathenow

The town of Rathenow was also occupied by Swedish troops, because Wrangel wanted to launch a crossing of the River Elbe at Havelberg from Rathenow and join forces with Hanoverian troops.

Drawehn

The Klötzie (also the Elbhöhen or "Elbe Heights") is the northern edge of the ridge, up to 70 metres high, which slopes steeply down to the glacial valley of the River Elbe between Hitzacker and Neu Darchau.

Land Hadeln

Land Hadeln is a historic landscape and former administrative district in North Germany with its seat in Otterndorf on the lower reaches of the River Elbe, in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between the estuaries of the Elbe and Weser.

Lauenburg–Hohnstorf ferry

The Lauenburg-Hohnstorf Ferry (German: Trajekt Lauenburg-Hohnstorf or Lauenburg-Hohnstorfer Elb-Traject-Anstalt) was a railway ferry over the River Elbe between Hohnstorf on the left bank of the Elbe in the old Kingdom of Hanover (which became the Prussian province of Hanover in 1866) and Lauenburg in the Duchy of Lauenburg on the right bank which was then part of Denmark.

Růžovský vrch

The Růžovský vrch, also Růžák (German: Rosenberg) is the dominant mountain (619 m) in the Bohemian Switzerland east of the River Elbe in the Czech Republic.

SS Kaffraria

Whilst under the command of Captain W. Barron, the SS Kaffraria ran aground in the river Elbe at Otterndorf, Germany on 7 January 1891.

Stoličná hora

The west flank of the hill runs down to the River Elbe, which here at the Stoličná hora enters its deeply incised, narrow valley through the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.


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4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division

The 4th Guards Tank Corps was among the first to reach the river Elbe, and participated in the capture of Dresden; having made a sudden redeployment to Czechoslovakia, the Corps finished the fighting during the Second World War in the suburbs of Prague.

Brná nad Labem

It is located in landscape park České středohoří on the right side of river Labe.

Duchy of Friedland

Throughout the duchy Wallenstein's financier Hans de Witte set up and controlled silver, copper and lead mines, iron forges, armament factories and river Labe transportation system, all geared up to supply warlord's forces.

Friedrich Schorlemmer

Born in Wittenberge on the river Elbe, Friedrich Schorlemmer grew up in the small town of Werben in the region of Altmark, just south of it.

Hamwarde

The town was an objective of, and was eventually captured by, the 2nd Bn, Gordon Highlanders, 227th Highland Brigade, part of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division during the operations to cross the River Elbe in April 1945.

Jürgen Wagner

The Division was then involved in numerous battles and suffered some heavy losses from Berlin back to the river Elbe, for which in December 1944 Wagner was awarded the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross.

Pardubice District

Among the city's tourist attractions are the historical center of Pardubice, Kunětice Mountain Castle, the baroque castle in Choltice, the African museum dedicated to Emil Holub in Holice and the recreational area around the river Elbe.

Ptolemy's world map

The most prominent feature of the map is the peninsula Jutland placed north of the river Albis Trêva, west of the Saxonôn Nesôi (archipelago), east of the Skandiai Nêsoi, which itself lies west of a larger island Skandia.

Siegfried, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen

In his new position of Duke of Saxony he held the Land of Hadeln around Otterndorf, south of the river Elbe right opposite of Ditmarsh on the north bank.

The Sea of Ice

In the winter of 1820–21, Friedrich made extensive oil studies of ice floes on the river Elbe, near Dresden.

University Hospital Dresden

The hospital is situated in the Johannstadt part of the city, in the suburb east of the old town, between the Großer Garten park and the river Elbe.

Wackerbarth-Palais

The palace was situated in the city, north of the River Elbe, at the former Beaumontplatz near Neustädter Markt.

Wust, Saxony-Anhalt

The village is situated in the northern Saxony-Anhalt not far from the river Elbe, near the old town Tangermünde which was a favourite place of Kaiser Karl IV in 14th century.