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Wooden, lyre-shaped lucet, with in-progress square cord. A lucet is a tool used in cordmaking or braiding which is believed to date back to the Viking [1] and Medieval [2] periods, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing, [1] or to hang items from the belt. [3] Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy.
Outside the Piedmont, the Waldenses joined the local Protestant churches in Bohemia, France, and Germany. After they came out of seclusion and reports were made of sedition on their part, French King Francis I on 1 January 1545 issued the "Arrêt de Mérindol", and assembled an army against the Waldensians of Provence.
The system was powered by a 24-kilowatt generator, based around a 51-horsepower (38 kW) 8-cylinder engine, giving a current of 200 amperes at 110 volts. The searchlight was attached to the generator by a cable 200 meters long. The system had a detection range of about 8 kilometers for targets at an altitude of between 4000 and 5000 meters. [6]
The history of Germany from 1990 to the present spans the period following German reunification, when West Germany and East Germany were reunited after being divided during the Cold War. Germany after 1990 is referred to by historians as the Berlin Republic ( Berliner Republik ).
Lützerath (German pronunciation: [ˈlʏt͜səʁaːt] ⓘ) was a hamlet in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, between Aachen and Düsseldorf. [2] In 2013, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the expansion of the Garzweiler surface mine; in January 2023, Lützerath was eradicated to make way for the opencast mining of Garzweiler II ; it will eventually be replaced with ...
A model of a SAR-Lupe satellite on top of a Russian Kosmos-3M rocket. SAR-Lupe is Germany's first reconnaissance satellite system and is used for military purposes. SAR is an abbreviation for synthetic-aperture radar, and "Lupe" is German for magnifying glass.
Blaupunkt GmbH (listen ⓘ) was a German manufacturer, producing mostly car-audio gear and other electronic equipment.Owned by Robert Bosch GmbH from 1933 until 1 March 2009, it was sold to Aurelius AG of Germany.
[1] The Michelin Guide first launched in Germany in 1910. [4] As of the 2024 guide, there are 24 restaurants with a Michelin-star rating in the five states making up Eastern Germany, not including Berlin, - Brandenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. All restaurants in the region have a one star designation.