Runkel, the Glossary
Table of Contents
75 relations: Alliance 90/The Greens, Amt, Amtmann, Arfurt, Arfurt (Lahn) station, Beselich, Brewery, Bridge, Bundesautobahn 3, Burgmann, Cast iron, Castle, Chapel, Child care, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Church (building), Cologne, County of Wied, Courthouse, Duchy of Berg, England, Evangelical Church in Germany, Fire department, Fire station, Fountain, France, Frankfurt, German Flatts, New York, Germany, Gießen station, Gristmill, Gymnasium (school), Hauptschule, Hesse, Hudson River, Hydroelectricity, Interchange (road), Kindergarten, Koblenz Hauptbahnhof, Lahn, Lahntal railway, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Latin school, Limburg (Lahn) station, Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg-Weilburg, List of statistical offices in Germany, Mohawk Valley, Palatine Bridge, New York, Philip Melanchthon, ... Expand index (25 more) »
- Limburg-Weilburg
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), often simply referred to as Greens (Grüne), is a green political party in Germany.
See Runkel and Alliance 90/The Greens
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe.
See Runkel and Amt
Amtmann
The Amtmann or Ammann (in Switzerland) was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was akin to that of a bailiff.
Arfurt
Arfurt is a village on the river Lahn.
Arfurt (Lahn) station
Arfurt (Lahn) is a station (classified as a halt) in the Runkel district of Arfurt in the German state of Hesse on the Lahn Valley Railway (Lahntalbahn).
See Runkel and Arfurt (Lahn) station
Beselich
Beselich is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Runkel and Beselich are Limburg-Weilburg.
Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath.
Bundesautobahn 3
is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau.
See Runkel and Bundesautobahn 3
Burgmann
From the 12th century in central Europe, a Burgmann (plural: Burgmannen or modern term Burgmänner, Latin: oppidanus, castrensus) was a knight ministeriales or member of the nobility who was obliged to guard and defend castles.
Cast iron
Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
Chapel
A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.
Child care
Childcare, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks to 18 years.
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands; CDU) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany.
See Runkel and Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Church (building)
A church, church building, or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities.
See Runkel and Church (building)
Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
County of Wied
The County of Wied was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire located on the river Wied where it meets the Rhine.
Courthouse
A courthouse or court house is a structure which houses judicial functions for a governmental entity such as a state, region, province, county, prefecture, regency, or similar governmental unit.
Duchy of Berg
Berg was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD), also known as the Protestant Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional Churches in Germany, collectively encompassing the vast majority of the country's Protestants.
See Runkel and Evangelical Church in Germany
Fire department
A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
See Runkel and Fire department
Fire station
A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.
Fountain
A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.
German Flatts, New York
German Flatts is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States.
See Runkel and German Flatts, New York
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gießen station
Gießen railway station (Bahnhof Gießen) is the main railway station in Gießen, Hesse, Germany.
Gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.
Gymnasium (school)
Gymnasium (and variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university.
See Runkel and Gymnasium (school)
Hauptschule
A Hauptschule ("general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (Grundschule), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification of Education.
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia (Hessen), officially the State of Hesse (Land Hessen), is a state in Germany.
See Runkel and Hesse
Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
See Runkel and Hydroelectricity
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, using a system of interconnecting roadways to permit traffic on at least one of the routes to pass through the junction without interruption from crossing traffic streams.
See Runkel and Interchange (road)
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
See Runkel and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
Lahn
The Lahn is a, right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany.
See Runkel and Lahn
Lahntal railway
The Lahntal railway or Lahn Valley Railway (German: Lahntalbahn) is a railway line between Niederlahnstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Wetzlar in Hesse, partly following the Lahn valley (Lahntal).
See Runkel and Lahntal railway
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt) was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by a younger branch of the House of Hesse.
See Runkel and Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
Latin school
The Latin school was the grammar school of 14th- to 19th-century Europe, though the latter term was much more common in England.
Limburg (Lahn) station
Limburg (Lahn) station is a station in the city of Limburg an der Lahn in the German state of Hesse.
See Runkel and Limburg (Lahn) station
Limburg an der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated Limburg a. d. Lahn) is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Runkel and Limburg an der Lahn are Limburg-Weilburg and towns in Hesse.
See Runkel and Limburg an der Lahn
Limburg-Weilburg
Limburg-Weilburg is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.
See Runkel and Limburg-Weilburg
List of statistical offices in Germany
The statistical offices of the German states (German: Statistische Landesämter) carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office.
See Runkel and List of statistical offices in Germany
Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District.
Palatine Bridge, New York
Palatine Bridge is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States.
See Runkel and Palatine Bridge, New York
Philip Melanchthon
Philip Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems.
See Runkel and Philip Melanchthon
Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America.
Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
Province of New York
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783.
See Runkel and Province of New York
Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Real school
Real school (Realschule) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Regionalbahn
The Regionalbahn (lit. Regional train; abbreviated RB) is a type of local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany.
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) is a transport association that covers the public transport network of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in Germany.
See Runkel and Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
See Runkel and Rhine
Runkel Castle
Runkel Castle (Burg Runkel), a ruined hill castle from the High Middle Ages, is located in the city of Runkel in the Landkreis of Limburg-Weilburg in the state of Hesse.
Savings and loan association
A savings and loan association (S&L), or thrift institution, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage and other loans.
See Runkel and Savings and loan association
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands,; SPD) is a social democratic political party in Germany.
See Runkel and Social Democratic Party of Germany
Taunus
The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north west of Frankfurt and north of Wiesbaden.
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
See Runkel and Thirty Years' War
Timber framing
Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.
Tithe
A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.
See Runkel and Tithe
Villmar
Villmar is a market village and municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Runkel and Villmar are Limburg-Weilburg.
Viticulture
Viticulture (vitis cultura, "vine-growing"), viniculture (vinis cultura, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes.
Water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
Weilburg
Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg. Runkel and Weilburg are Limburg-Weilburg and towns in Hesse.
Weinbach
Weinbach is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Runkel and Weinbach are Limburg-Weilburg.
Westerwald
The Westerwald (literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Wetzlar station
Wetzlar station is a through railway station in the city of Wetzlar in the German state of Hesse.
See Runkel and Wetzlar station
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
See also
Limburg-Weilburg
- Bad Camberg
- Barony of Westerburg
- Beselich
- Brechen
- Dietkirchen
- Dornburg, Hesse
- Eberbach Pax
- Elbtal
- Elz, Hesse
- Hünfelden
- Hadamar
- Hochtaunus
- Löhnberg
- Langenbach (Weilmünster)
- Limburg Staurotheke
- Limburg an der Lahn
- Limburg-Weilburg
- Lindenholzhausen
- Mengerskirchen
- Merenberg
- RSV Würges
- Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg
- Runkel
- SV Rot-Weiß Hadamar
- Seeweiher
- Selters (Taunus)
- TuS Dehrn
- Villmar
- Waldbrunn, Hesse
- Weilburg
- Weilmünster
- Weinbach
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runkel
Also known as Ennerich, Schadeck (Runkel).
, Phylloxera, Physician, Primary school, Province of New York, Prussia, Real school, Reformation, Regionalbahn, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, Rhine, Runkel Castle, Savings and loan association, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Taunus, Thirty Years' War, Timber framing, Tithe, Villmar, Viticulture, Water supply, Weilburg, Weinbach, Westerwald, Wetzlar station, World War II.