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Detroit, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Detroit dĭtroitˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 639,111), seat of Wayne co., SE Mich., on the Detro...Bilderdijk, Willem
(Encyclopedia)Bilderdijk, Willem wĭlˈəm bĭlˈdərdīk [key], 1756–1831, Dutch poet. He tutored Louis Bonaparte in Dutch and later conducted a small private college at Leiden, where his pupils included Isaäc ...Frank, Anne
(Encyclopedia)Frank, Anne, 1929–45, German diarist, b. Frankfurt as Anneliese Marie Frank. In order to escape Nazi persecution, her family emigrated (1933) to Amsterdam, where her father Otto became a business ow...Frankfurt an der Oder
(Encyclopedia)Frankfurt an der Oder än dĕr ōˈdər [key], city, Brandenburg, E Germany, a port on the Oder River, at the ...Mülheim an der Ruhr
(Encyclopedia)Mülheim an der Ruhr mülˈhīm än dĕr ro͞or [key] or Mülheim, city (1994 pop. 177,175), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Ruhr River. It is an industrial center of the Ruhr district and...Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
(Encyclopedia)Neustadt an der Weinstrasse noiˈshtät än dĕr vīnˈshträsə [key], city (1994 pop. 53,782), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany; chartered 1275. It is the center of the Rhenish Palatinate wine trade...Marburg an der Lahn
(Encyclopedia)Marburg an der Lahn märˈbo͝ork än dĕr län [key] or Marburg, city (1994 pop. 76,582), Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn River. It is chiefly known for its Protestant university, founded in 1527 by Phil...Landsberg an der Warthe
(Encyclopedia)Landsberg an der Warthe: see Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. ...Bruck an der Mur
(Encyclopedia)Bruck an der Mur bro͝ok än dĕr mo͞or [key], city, in Styria prov., E central Austria, at the confluence of the ...von der Leyen, Ursula
(Encyclopedia)von der Leyen, Ursula, 1958–, German politician, b. Brussels, Belgium, as Ursula Albrecht. She studied economics and medicine, worked (1988–92) at Hanover Medical School's (MHH) gynecological clin...Browse by Subject
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