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Explore Bissen in Germany

Bissen in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia is a town in Germany - some 310 mi or ( 499 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Bissen

Current time in Bissen is now 07:46 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: The Hague, Haarlem, Arnhem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Since you are here already, make sure to check out The Hague . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Bissen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Mönchengladbach - Rheydt Teil 2

8:33 min by michaelbolten
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Schloss Rheydt, Schmölderpark, Musikmeile Bahnhofstraße ..

Folk & More - Bericht auf CityVision Mönchengladbach

2:36 min by FolkAndMoreMG
Views: 970 Rating: 5.00

Dies ist der TV-Beitrag vom CityVision vom 14.1.2011 über den Folk & More Music Club und die schöne Konzertveranstaltung mit Tom Daun. Der Folk & More Music Club bietet feinste unplugged Music in gemü ..


Blumenkorso Mönchengladbach Rheydt 2010 - Teil 1

14:47 min by go2this
Views: 884 Rating: 1.00

Venezianische Gondeln, holländische Windmühlen, weiße Schwäne und fleißige Bienen mit Herzchen-Popo -- das alles gibt es in der Rheydter City. Rund 35.000 Menschen haben es gesehen. Sie kamen am Sonnt ..

Blumenkorso Mönchengladbach Rheydt 2010 - Teil 2

10:02 min by go2this
Views: 749 Rating: 0.00

Venezianische Gondeln, holländische Windmühlen, weiße Schwäne und fleißige Bienen mit Herzchen-Popo -- das alles gibt es in der Rheydter City. Rund 35.000 Menschen haben es gesehen. Sie kamen am Sonnt ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Odenkirchen

Odenkirchen is a former town in Germany, presently part of the city Mönchengladbach. It is situated on the river Niers, 21 miles by rail south-west of Düsseldorf. It has a railway station, on the line from Mönchengladbach to Grevenbroich and Cologne. Pop. (2000) 19,993. Odenkirchen became a town in 1856. See Wiedemann, Geschichte der ehemaligen Herrschaft und des Hauses Odenkirchen (Odenkirchen, 1879).

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Located at 51.12 6.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia

Giesenkirchen

Giesenkirchen is a district in the city of Mönchengladbach in the eastern part of the Lower Rhine region, Germany. Up to 22 October 2009 it was a separate borough of Mönchengladbach. Previously it had been part of Rheydt, which was suburbanized with Mönchengladbach in 1975. On 30 June 2007, Giesenkirchen had 15,853 inhabitants. Of these, 9,130 lived in the district of Giesenkirchen-Mitte, 4,431 in Giesenkirchen-Nord and 2,292 in Schelsen.

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Located at 51.16 6.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Articles created via the Article Wizard, Mönchengladbach

Bagger 288

Bagger 288 (Excavator 288), built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine. When its construction was completed in 1978, Bagger 288 superseded NASA's Crawler-Transporter, used to carry the Space Shuttle and Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle (itself built by excavator manufacturer Marion Power Shovel Company), as the largest land vehicle in the world, at 13,500 tons.

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Located at 51.06 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Engineering vehicles, Mining equipment, Mining in Germany, Tracked vehicles

Roer (department)

Roer is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present day Germany and the Netherlands. It was named after the river Rur, which flows through the département. It was formed in 1795, when the Southern Netherlands and the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by the French.

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Located at 51.17 6.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Former departments of France in Germany, Former departments of France in the Netherlands, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, History of the Rhineland

Garzweiler surface mine

The Tagebau Garzweiler is a large surface mine in the German federated state of North-Rhine Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. The mine currently has a size of 48 km² and got its name from the village of Garzweiler which previously existed at this location.

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Located at 51.05 6.51 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Coal mines in Germany, Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, RWE