In November 1944 Himmler was put in command of the eastern bank of the Upper Rhine.
The opening of the opera, in particular, was memorable, with the Rheinmaidens swimming in the Rhine.
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Spokesmen for Ms. Merkel strenuously deny that North Rhine-Westphalia influenced her tactics on Greece.
There's no magic in the Yangtse River any more than the Volga, Rhine or Hudson.
The Land of North-Rhine Westphalia recently resolved to sell its 17.5% stake in WestLB.
The North Rhine-Westphalia electoral results will have pundits and pollsters predicting its significance for the capital.
Yet across the Rhine the preference is for plodding progress rather than grands projets.
The leaders gathered on a footbridge over the Rhine River separating France and Germany.
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In early May a Christian-liberal coalition lost an election in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
The Labour Minister for Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, Guntram Schneider, voiced scepticism about the initiative, however.
The Manor's farm supplies milk and dairy products from its Meuse Rhine Issel and Dairy Short-horn cows.
"It's the single harbor which is connected with Danube, with the Rhine-Main-Danube canal and with Rotterdam, " he added.
Her center-right coalition faced a crucial regional election on May 9 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
Time off: Plays master of the house at his stately 19th- century Grand Hotel Quellenhof in the Rhine Valley.
The bitter result for my party in North Rhine-Westphalia jeopardises the political basis for the continuation of our task.
The eastern states have around 11m voters, fewer than in North Rhine-Westphalia alone.
German authorities suspect a batch of lasagne sent from Luxembourg to a retailer in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Now all eyes are on the election to be held on May 22nd in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.
The North Rhine-Westphalian election could also have big implications for the ruling coalition, both at national and at state level.
The French are even farther down the slippery slope to fines than their friends on the other side of the Rhine.
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The complex at Ludwigshafen, across the Rhine from Mannheim, comprises up to 250 individual chemical factories turning out 8, 000 different products.
Stretching some 200km east of the Rhine, from Karlsruhe almost to the Swiss border, the Black Forest is something of a misnomer.
Yet, from the wrought iron door hardware to the centuries-old walls to the fine Rhine Wine, none of this technology was visible.
He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Ruhr and crossed the Rhine River into Nazi Germany.
As the train steamed along the Rhine Valley, the river sparkling in the sunshine, Slovak documentary maker Matej Minac told his story.
There is a precedent: in 1949, North Rhine-Westphalia's members cast split votes.
PKK. It was they who let the rally go ahead, since they help run the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Dortmund lies.
RAG, which receives generous coal subsidies, must be approved by both the federal government and that of its home state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Last year, her party lost its majority in the Upper House after failing to hold on to another highly populated region, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Beuys lived here from 1959 until his death in 1986, primarily in Oberkassel, the leafy district across the Rhine from the Old Town.
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