ISBN: 978-5-8726-6688-2

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Waldenburg is a town in Germany, eastwards of Heilbronn in Hohenlohe (district), Baden-Wurttemberg.The first recorded mention of Waldenburg dates from 1253. By 1330 it was a free city. Plague and war reduced the population during the Thirty Years' War. The Confederation of the Rhine of 1806 annexed Waldenburg into the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, and the city has been part of the Federal Republic of Germany state of Baden-W?rttemberg since 1952.In April 1945 the city was almost completely destroyed by United States artillery during World War II. Postwar efforts have reconstructed some historic buildings.The ancient castle still belongs to the Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst family that built...

ISBN: 978-6-1312-4159-8
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wambierzyce (German: Albendorf, Czech: Vambe?ice), the "Silesian Jerusalem", is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in southern Poland. The village is situated at an altitude of 370–410 m in the picturesque Cedron valley on the eastern slopes of the Table Mountains in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The place was first mentioned in 1330 Alberndorf, 1398 Alberdorf, 1418 Alberti villa, 1560 Alberichsdorf, which then evolved into the (German) name Albendorf. Czech pilgrims from Bohemia and Moravia called the place Vambe?ice. When Lower Silesia became part of Poland in 1945/1946, the Polish name Wambierzyce became the official name of the village. Today Wambierzyce is part of the district called...

ISBN: 978-6-1324-7075-1
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Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Assyria originated in the 23rd century BC, its earliest king Tudiya being a contemporary of Ibrium of Ebla. It evolved from the Akkadian Empire of the late 3rd millennium BC. Assyria was a strong nation under the rule of Ilushuma (1945–1906 BC), who founded colonies in Asia Minor and raided Isin and other Sumero-Akkadian states in southern Mesopotamia. Under Shamshi-Adad I (1813–1791 BC) and his successor Ishme-Dagan (1790–1754 BC), Assyria was the seat of a regional empire controlling northern Mesopotamia and regions in Asia Minor and northern Syria. From 1365 to 1076 BC, Assyria became a major empire and world power, rivalling Egypt. Kings such as Ashur-uballit I (1365 BC – 1330 BC),...

ISBN: 978-5-5093-9053-1