Elbe
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The Elbe (; Czech: Labe [ˈlabɛ]; German: Elbe [ˈɛlbə]; Low German: Elv, historically in English also Elve) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 kilometres (680 mi).The Elbe's major tributaries include the rivers Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohře.The Elbe river basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of 148,268 square kilometres (57,247 sq mi), the fourth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries, with its largest parts in Germany (65.5%) and the Czech Republic (33.7%). Much smaller parts lie in Austria (0.6%) and Poland (0.2%). The basin is inhabited by 24.4 million people.
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Elbe
River in Europe
- Desc: The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia, then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe
- Type: Thing, RiverBodyOfWater, BodyOfWater, Place, TouristAttraction
- Result Score: 104.22
Town in Germany
- Desc: Lauenburg, or Lauenburg an der Elbe, is a town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauenburg
- Type: Thing, Place, AdministrativeArea, City
- Result Score: 34.04
Bridge in Hamburg, Germany
- Desc: Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg, Germany. The 426 m long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m beneath the surface, two 6 m diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Tunnel_(1911)
- Type: Thing, Place, TouristAttraction
- Result Score: 33.63
Danish painter
- Desc: Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish transgender woman and among the early recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
Elbe was born Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, and was a successful painter under that name. During this time she also presented as Lili and was introduced publicly as Einar's cousin.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe
- Type: Person, Thing
- Result Score: 31.39
Route in Hamburg, Germany
Town in Germany
Flood
- Desc: In August 2002 a flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damage of billions of euros in Russia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_European_floods
- Type: Event, Thing
- Result Score: 27.03
German rural district
German state
Elbe
Municipality in Germany
Town in the Czech Republic
- Desc: Děčín is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region in the north of the Czech Republic. It is the largest town and administrative seat of the Děčín District. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland, then controlled by Nazi Germany.
- URL: http://www.decin.cz/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%9B%C4%8D%C3%ADn
- Type: Thing, Place, AdministrativeArea, City
- Result Score: 25.52
French actor
German borough
- Desc: Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy and Denmark's only real harbour directly to the North Sea.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altona,_Hamburg
- Type: Thing, Place
- Result Score: 25.00
Town in Germany
- Desc: Dannenberg is a town in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the river Elbe, approx. 30 km north of Salzwedel, and 50 km south-east of Lüneburg. Dannenberg has a population of 8,147 inhabitants.
Dannenberg is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.
It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde Elbtalaue.
- URL: http://www.dannenberg.de
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannenberg_(Elbe)
- Type: Place, Thing, AdministrativeArea, City
- Result Score: 24.82
Highland in the Czech Republic
- Desc: The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe sandstone highlands is a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Sandstone_Mountains
- Type: Thing, Mountain, TouristAttraction, Place
- Result Score: 24.01
Municipality in Germany
- Desc: Boizenburg is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, 53 km west of Ludwigslust, 25 km northeast of Lüneburg and 50 km east of Hamburg.
- URL: http://www.boizenburg.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boizenburg
- Type: Thing, City, AdministrativeArea, Place
- Result Score: 23.87
Elbe
Concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
- Desc: The Elbphilharmonie is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. It is one of the largest and acoustically most advanced concert halls in the world. It is popularly nicknamed Elphi.
- URL: http://www.elbphilharmonie.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbphilharmonie
- Type: Thing, TouristAttraction, CivicStructure, Place, Organization
- Result Score: 23.45
Elbe
Municipality in Germany
Municipality in Germany
Aerospace company
Town in Germany
- Desc: Schönebeck is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 14 kilometres southeast of Magdeburg.
For much of the twentieth century it was noted for its large salt mine.
- URL: http://www.schoenebeck.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nebeck
- Type: Thing, AdministrativeArea, Place, City
- Result Score: 22.25
River in Germany
- Desc: The Dove Elbe is a closed anabranch of the Unterelbe, the lower part of the river Elbe.
The inflow is blocked by a dike since 1438. The lower end was shortened by a redirection of the Norderelbe in 1579.
Its Low German name translates to "deaf Elbe"; it is etymologically unrelated to the bird.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Elbe
- Type: BodyOfWater, Place, Thing, RiverBodyOfWater, TouristAttraction
- Result Score: 21.43
City in the Czech Republic
Shopping mall in Hamburg, Germany
- Type: Place, Thing
- Result Score: 20.59
Town in Germany
- Desc: Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers south-west of Berlin, and has a population of 48,501.
- URL: http://www.wittenberg.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenberg
- Type: Thing, City, AdministrativeArea, Place, LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings
- Result Score: 20.43
Elbe
Census-designated place in Washington
Valley in Germany
- Desc: The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape and former World Heritage Site stretching along the Elbe river in Dresden, the state capital of Saxony, Germany.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Elbe_Valley
- Type: Thing, Place, TouristAttraction, LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings
- Result Score: 19.83
1949 film
- Desc: Encounter at the Elbe is a Soviet movie released in 1949 from Mosfilm, describing the conflict, spying, and collaboration between the Soviet Army advancing from the east and the U.S. Army advancing from the west.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_at_the_Elbe
- Type: Movie, Thing
- Result Score: 19.41
Region
- Desc: The Elbe marshes are an extensive region of marsh or polderland along the lower and middle reaches of the River Elbe in northern Germany.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_Marshes
- Type: Thing, Place
- Result Score: 19.39
German athlete
- Desc: Jenny Elbe is a German athlete specialising in the triple jump. She represented her country at several major international competitions making the final at the 2013 European Indoor Championships and 2014 European Championships.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Elbe
- Type: Person, Thing
- Result Score: 19.07
River
- Desc: The Unterelbe or, in English usually the Lower Elbe, refers to the lower reaches of the river Elbe in Germany influenced by the tides.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterelbe
- Type: TouristAttraction, Place, RiverBodyOfWater, BodyOfWater, Thing
- Result Score: 19.00
Municipality in Germany
- Desc: Amt Neuhaus is a municipality in the District of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Amt means "municipal office" in German. The original "municipal office of Neuhaus" existed since at least the 17th century until 1885, consecutively as part of Saxe-Lauenburg, Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Kingdom of Hanover, and the Prussian Province of Hanover.
- URL: http://www.amt-neuhaus.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amt_Neuhaus
- Type: Thing, Place, AdministrativeArea, City
- Result Score: 18.58
German state
Transit line
- Desc: The Lower Elbe Railway, is a railway line between Hamburg and Cuxhaven in northwestern Germany, which was opened in 1881 by the Lower Elbe Railway Company. At 103.6 kilometres of length, the line runs close to the southern bank of the Lower Elbe river.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Elbe_Railway
- Type: Place, Thing
- Result Score: 17.69
Elbe
River in Germany
- Desc: Elbe is a river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Eder near Fritzlar.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_(Eder)
- Type: BodyOfWater, Thing, RiverBodyOfWater, TouristAttraction, Place
- Result Score: 17.36
River in Germany
- Desc: Gose Elbe is a river of Hamburg, Germany. It was an anabranch of the Elbe, but the inflow closed by a dike in 1390. It flows into the Dove Elbe near Reitbrook.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gose_Elbe
- Type: Thing, RiverBodyOfWater, BodyOfWater, Place
- Result Score: 17.36
Elbe
Ship
- Desc: Elbe, was a 1,693 ton, three-masted, iron sailing ship with a length of 257 feet, breadth of 38.2 feet and depth of 23.1 feet. She was built by Russel & Company in Glasgow for the Nourse Line, named after the River Elbe the longest river in Germany and launched in July 1887.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe_(ship)
- Type: Thing
- Result Score: 17.30
Waterway in Germany
- Desc: The Elbe–Havel Canal is a 56-kilometre-long waterway in Germany. It links Magdeburg, on the River Elbe, with Brandenburg on the River Havel.
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe%E2%80%93Havel_Canal
- Type: Thing, BodyOfWater, TouristAttraction, Place
- Result Score: 16.97
Elbe
Town in Germany
- Desc: Lenzen (Elbe) is a small town in the district of Prignitz, in Brandenburg, Germany. The town lies to the north of the Löcknitz River, not far from where the Löcknitz flows into the Elbe. It is part of the Amt Lenzen-Elbtalaue.
- URL: http://www.lenzenelbe.de/
- Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenzen_(Elbe)
- Type: City, Thing, AdministrativeArea, Place
- Result Score: 16.84
Elbe
Town in Germany
Elbe
Theater in Hamburg, Germany
- Type: Thing, Place
- Result Score: 16.57