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"The Trabant is a car that was produced by former East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony. It was the most common vehicle in East Germany, and was also exported to countries both inside and outside the Eastern Bloc. It was advertised as having room for four adults and luggage in a compact and durable shell; and being relatively fast."
"Haus der Geschichte (officially 'Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland', i. e. "House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a museum of contemporary history in Bonn, Germany. With around one million visitors every year, it is one of the most popular German museums."
Source: wikipedia.org
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"Düsseldorf often Dusseldorf in English sources, is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial center, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organizes nearly one fifth of premier trade shows.
Düsseldorf is known for its academy of fine arts (Joseph Beuys, Emanuel Leutze, August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Andreas Gursky), its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music (Kraftwerk) and its Japanese community. On the river Rhine, Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February / March. It is one of the central cities of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area. Mercer's 2019 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world."
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Mercer’s 19th Quality of Living ranking (2019)
01 Vienna
02 Zurich
03 Vancouver
04 Munich
05 Auckland
06 Dusseldorf
07 Frankfurt
08 Copenhagen
09 Geneva
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"KölnTriangle (formerly also known as LVR-Turm) is a 103.2 metres (339ft.) tall building in Deutz, Cologne, and a prominent landmark in Cologne. The building was designed by Dörte Gatermann of Cologne-based architecture firm Gatermann & Schossig and completed in 2006. Its south facade consists of a double-facade, allowing natural ventilation even at high floors. Next to the high-rise structure, part of KölnTriangle is also a much larger 6-storey office block with a total gross floor area of 84.300 m².
KölnTriangle is headquarters of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The top floor and roof houses a publicly accessible observation deck with panorama views all over Cologne, in particular Cologne Cathedral, directly opposite the Rhine."
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"Het Huys ter Horst is een kasteelruïne ten noorden van Horst, gemeente Horst aan de Maas.
De eerste vermelding van een Florken van der Horst in het leenaktenboek van de Graven van Gelre is uit 1326 en hij is misschien de stichter van het kasteel. Dit ook gezien de resultaten van de opgravingen, die wijzen op omstreeks 1300 als de vroegste stichtingsdatum. De heerlijke rechten van het dorp Horst (in die tijd Berkele geheten) had hij niet, die behoorden toe aan de heren van Meerlo.
De heer Johan van Meerlo (ook geheten van Mirlaer) kocht omstreeks 1360 het kasteel en na zijn dood werd het gesplitst. De ene helft kwam in handen van de Hertog van Gelre en de andere helft in die van Johan van Broeckhuysen. Omstreeks 1400 ging de Hertog het kasteel als dienstwoning gebruiken voor zijn Ambtman in het ambt Kessel. In principe waren er dus twee heren, maar in de praktijk was het er vaak één aangezien de hertog zijn deel verpachtte aan de andere.
In 1514 kocht de hertog de andere helft van de Heren van Meerlo en kwam aan de tweeherigheid een eind. Aangezien de lucratieve functie van ambtman ook nog doorverkocht kon worden, waren na de Van Broeckhuysens en twee andere personen, Johan van Wittenhorst en zijn nazaten de bewoners van ter Horst. Johan baron van Wittenhorst, heer van Sonsveld, Drongelen en Oyen was getrouwd met Adriana van Beieren-Schagen. Willem Vincent van Wittenhorst, de zoon van Johan en Adriana liet het middeleeuwse kasteel in 1664 geheel verbouwen en moderniseren naar ontwerp van Christoffel Verhoff. Hij kocht ook de heerlijke rechten van de Koning van Spanje, tevens Hertog van Gelre. Het kasteel vererfde vervolgens naar de familie von Fürstenberg in 1738.
Onder de zonderlinge Frans Clemens von Fürstenberg verviel het kasteel en werd het onbewoonbaar. Hijzelf trok in bij een van zijn pachters en overleed daar in 1827. In 1842 werd de bouwval gesloopt, wat enige jaren duurde. Via zijn dochter was het restant vererfd naar graaf Otto von Westerholt, die dit verkreeg uit de erfdeling in 1860. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd het als vijandelijk Duits vermogen onteigend en in 1950 aan Staatsbosbeheer overgedragen. Via ruiling kwam het in 1961 in handen van de gemeente Horst, die het restant van het kasteel in 2003 liet herstellen en toegankelijk maakte (met een uitzichttoren). Tussen 1969 en 1976 werden er bij de ruïne opgravingen verricht."
Source: wikipedia.nl
Central Station, Musical Dome and Hohenzollern Bridge, View from the "PANORAMA KölnTriangle" www.blick-auf-koeln.de
Daniel Libeskind's "Kö-Bogen" Project: office and retail center in downtown Duesseldorf
The Schadow Monument, a classicistic portrait bust by August Wittig, was erected on Schadow Square in 1869 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Art Academy. From 1826 to 1859 he was director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Duesseldorf.
"Tintern Abbey was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on 9 May 1131. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales. Falling into ruin after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the remains were celebrated in poetry and often painted by visitors from the 18th century onwards. In 1984 Cadw took over responsibility for the site.
The present-day remains of Tintern are a mixture of building works covering a 400-year period between 1136 and 1536."
Source: wikipedia.org
Media Harbor / Medienhafen
"Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank Owen Goldberg; 28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles.
A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".
Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati campus; Experience Music Project in Seattle; New World Center in Miami Beach; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and the museum MARTa Herford in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Cinémathèque française in Paris; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City."
Source: wikipedia.org
Media Harbor / Medienhafen
"Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank Owen Goldberg; 28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles.
A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".
Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati campus; Experience Music Project in Seattle; New World Center in Miami Beach; Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and the museum MARTa Herford in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Cinémathèque française in Paris; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City."
Source: wikipedia.org