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Thale is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany. [1]

91 relations: Albrecht Becker, Alliance 90/The Greens, Allrode, Alpine slide, Altenbrak, Axel von dem Bussche, Berlin, Bernhard Rensch, Blankenburg (Harz), Bode (river), Bode Gorge, Bonhoeffer family, Brandenburg-Prussia, Brocken, Bundesstraße 6n, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Clara Zetkin, County of Regenstein, Die Harzreise, Duchy of Saxony, Dyke Ditch, Eastphalia, Eintracht Braunschweig, Ferrous metallurgy, Frederick the Great, Free Democratic Party (Germany), Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil, Friedrichsbrunn, German Peasants' War, Germany, Gojko Mitić, Hammer mill, Hans Schemm, Harald Duschek, Harz, Harz (district), Harzer Hexenstieg, Heinrich Heine, Henry the Fowler, Herford Abbey, Hexentanzplatz (Harz), Homburg Watchtower, Hubertus Spring, Ironworks, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Karl Liebknecht, Kingdom of Prussia, Latin, Leni Riefenstahl, Lower Saxony, ..., Magdeburg–Thale railway, Matilda of Ringelheim, Monopoly, Naturschutzgebiet, Neinstedt, Niger, Osterode am Harz, Peace of Westphalia, Principality of Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg Abbey, Radon, Roßtrappe, Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt, Rosa Luxemburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Seesen, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Stahlhelm, Stecklenberg, Teufelsmauer, Thale Hauptbahnhof, The Left (Germany), Theodor Fontane, Thirty Years' War, Tillabéri, Torfhaus, Town privileges, Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt, Treseburg, Upper Harz Ponds, Vitreous enamel, Volker Herold, Walpurgis Hall, Weddersleben, Wegeleben, Werner Oberländer, Westerhausen, Wild man, World War II. Expand index (41 more) »

Albrecht Becker

Albrecht Becker (14 November 1906 – 22 April 2002) was a German production designer, photographer, and actor, who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality.

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Alliance 90/The Greens

Alliance 90/The Greens, often simply Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or Grüne), is a green political party in Germany that was formed from the merger of the German Green Party (founded in West Germany in 1980 and merged with the East Greens in 1990) and Alliance 90 (founded during the Revolution of 1989–1990 in East Germany) in 1993.

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Allrode

Allrode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Alpine slide

An alpine slide (sometimes denoted with its German name Sommerrodelbahn) is a long chute on the side of a hill, usually built by ski resorts to supplement summer income.

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Altenbrak

Altenbrak is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Axel von dem Bussche

Axel von dem Bussche (Baron Axel von dem Bussche-Streithorst b. 24 April 1919 – d. 26 January 1993) was a German officer during World War II who was a member of the German Resistance.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Bernhard Rensch

Bernhard Rensch (21 January 1900 – 4 April 1990) was a German evolutionary biologist and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India.

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Blankenburg (Harz)

Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, southwest of Halberstadt.

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Bode (river)

The Bode is a river in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a left tributary of the Saale.

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Bode Gorge

The Bode Gorge (Bodetal) is a long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.

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Bonhoeffer family

The Bonhoeffer family is a German family originally descending from Nijmegen and documented in Schwäbisch Hall from 1513 onwards.

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Brandenburg-Prussia

Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preußen) is the historiographic denomination for the Early Modern realm of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollerns between 1618 and 1701.

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Brocken

The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany; it is located near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe.

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Bundesstraße 6n

The Bundesstraße 6n is a German federal road that runs east-west from the Vienenburg district of Goslar to Bernburg, where it connects to the A14.

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Christian Democratic Union of Germany

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Germany.

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Clara Zetkin

Clara Zetkin (née Eissner; 5 July 1857 – 20 June 1933) was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights.

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County of Regenstein

The County of Regenstein was a mediaeval statelet of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Die Harzreise

Die Harzreise ("The Harz Journey") is a travel report by German poet and author Heinrich Heine on a journey to the Harz mountains.

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Duchy of Saxony

The Duchy of Saxony (Hartogdom Sassen, Herzogtum Sachsen) was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804.

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Dyke Ditch

The Dyke Ditch (Dammgraben) is the longest artificial ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany.

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Eastphalia

Eastphalia (Ostfalen; Eastphalian: Oostfalen) is a historical region in northern Germany, encompassing the eastern Gaue (shires) of the historic stem duchy of Saxony, roughly confined by the River Leine in the west and the Elbe and Saale in the east.

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Eintracht Braunschweig

Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig or BTSV, is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony.

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Ferrous metallurgy

Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786, the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king.

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Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP) is a liberal and classical liberal political party in Germany.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil

Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil (28 March 1783, in Rammelburg – 4 September 1859, in Warmbrunn) was a German forester.

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Friedrichsbrunn

Friedrichsbrunn is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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German Peasants' War

The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gojko Mitić

Gojko Mitić (Гojкo Митић; born June 13, 1940 in Strojkovce near Leskovac, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian director, actor, stuntman, and author.

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Hammer mill

A hammer mill, hammer forge or hammer works was a workshop in the pre-industrial era that was typically used to manufacture semi-finished, wrought iron products or, sometimes, finished agricultural or mining tools, or military weapons.

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Hans Schemm

Hans Schemm (6 October 1891 in Bayreuth – 5 March 1935 in Bayreuth) was a Gauleiter in Nazi Germany.

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Harald Duschek

Harald Duschek (born 5 May 1956) is a East German former ski jumper.

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Harz

The Harz is a Mittelgebirge that has the highest elevations in Northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.

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Harz (district)

Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Harzer Hexenstieg

The Harz Witches' Trail (Harzer Hexenstieg) is a footpath, just under 100 km long, in Germany that runs from Osterode through the Harz mountains and over its highest peak, the Brocken, to Thale.

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Heinrich Heine

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic.

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Henry the Fowler

Henry the Fowler (Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler; Henricus Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the elected king of East Francia (Germany) from 919 until his death in 936.

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Herford Abbey

Herford Abbey (Frauenstift Herford) was the oldest women's religious house in the Duchy of Saxony.

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Hexentanzplatz (Harz)

The Hexentanzplatz (literally “Witches′ Dance Floor”) in the Harz mountains is a plateau, which lies high above the Bode Gorge, opposite the Rosstrappe in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Homburg Watchtower

The Homburg Watchtower (Homburgswarte) is an observation tower on the site of a Germanic refuge castle (Fliehburg) near the Hexentanzplatz above the town of Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.

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Hubertus Spring

The Hubertus Spring (Hubertusquelle) is a "healing spring" (Heilquelle) in the Harz Mountains of central Germany whose waters contain radon.

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Ironworks

An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.

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Juvisy-sur-Orge

Juvisy-sur-Orge is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

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Karl Liebknecht

Karl Liebknecht (13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany.

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Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leni Riefenstahl

Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Neddersassen) is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany.

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Magdeburg–Thale railway

The Magdeburg–Thale railway is a predominantly single-track, non-electrified main line railway that connects Thale, in the northern Harz, with Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Its eastern section between Magdeburg and Halberstadt was opened in 1843 and it is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

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Matilda of Ringelheim

Saint Matilda (– 14 March 968) was Duchess of Saxony from 912 and German queen (Queen of the Franks) from 919 by her marriage with Henry the Fowler, the first king of the Ottonian dynasty.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek μόνος mónos and πωλεῖν pōleîn) exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity.

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Naturschutzgebiet

A Naturschutzgebiet (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the Bundesnaturschutzgesetz or BNatSchG).

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Neinstedt

Neinstedt is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, in the Harz area.

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Niger

Niger, also called the Niger officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the Niger River.

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Osterode am Harz

For the town in East Prussia formerly called Osterode, see Ostróda. Osterode am Harz often simply called Osterode, is a town in south-eastern Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains.

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Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede) was a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster that virtually ended the European wars of religion.

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Principality of Halberstadt

The Principality of Halberstadt (Fürstentum Halberstadt) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Brandenburg-Prussia.

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Province of Saxony

The Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony (Preußische Sachsen) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945.

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Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Quedlinburg Abbey

Quedlinburg Abbey (Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Radon

Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86.

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Roßtrappe

The Roßtrappe is a granite crag in the Harz mountains of central Germany.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Halberstadt

The Bishopric of Halberstadt was a Roman Catholic diocese (Bistum Halberstadt; 804–1648) Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

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Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg (Róża Luksemburg; also Rozalia Luxenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist, anti-war activist, and revolutionary socialist who became a naturalized German citizen at the age of 28.

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Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt,, official: Land Sachsen-Anhalt) is a landlocked federal state of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia.

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Seesen

Seesen is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) is a social-democratic political party in Germany.

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Stahlhelm

Stahlhelm (plural Stahlhelme) is German for "steel helmet".

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Stecklenberg

Stecklenberg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Teufelsmauer

The Teufelsmauer (Devil's Wall) is a rock formation made of hard sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous in the northern part of the Harz Foreland in central Germany.

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Thale Hauptbahnhof

Thale Hauptbahnhof is a station on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the town of Thale in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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The Left (Germany)

The Left (Die Linke), also commonly referred to as the Left Party (die Linkspartei), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany.

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Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane (30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist writer.

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.

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Tillabéri

Tillabéri (var. Tillabéry) is a town in northwest Niger.

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Torfhaus

Torfhaus is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of Germany and lies at a height of about.

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Town privileges

Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.

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Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt

Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt (formerly: Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt) is a regional railway company, a subsidiary of Transdev Germany.

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Treseburg

Treseburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Upper Harz Ponds

The Upper Harz Ponds (Oberharzer Teiche) are found mainly around the mining town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld and the nearby villages of Buntenbock and Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz mountains of central Germany.

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Vitreous enamel

Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between.

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Volker Herold

Volker Herold (born 29 January 1959 in Thale) is a German actor and director.

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Walpurgis Hall

The Walpurgis Hall (Walpurgishalle) is a hall on the Witches' Dance Floor near Thale in the Harz mountains, Germany, built in the Old Germanic style by Hermann Hendrich and Bernhard Sehring.

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Weddersleben

Weddersleben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, in the Harz area.

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Wegeleben

Wegeleben is a town in the Harz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Werner Oberländer

Werner Oberländer (born 28 November 1921; died 2002) was a German footballer and manager.

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Westerhausen

Westerhausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Wild man

The wild man (also wildman, or "wildman of the woods") is a mythical figure that appears in the artwork and literature of medieval Europe, comparable to the satyr or faun type in classical mythology and to Silvanus, the Roman god of the woodlands.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thale

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