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Brandenburg

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) of northeast Germany; area 29,476 sq km/11,381 sq mi; population (2003 est) 2,651,200. The capital is Potsdam , and other major towns include Cottbus, Brandenburg, and Frankfurt-an-der-Oder. Drained by the Havel, Spree, and Oder rivers, the region has many lakes and pine forests. The German capital Berlin is situated within Brandenburg but is an autonomous administrative unit. The main industries are iron and steel, paper, pulp, metal products, and semiconductors. Communications Berlin's rail links to the northwest and southwest pass through Brandenburg, and these have been completely modernized. Energy utilities from Brandenburg, Saxony, and Saxony-Anhalt have founded a regional telecommunications company, Regiotel. History Founded as Branibar by the Slavic tribe the Havelli, the area became a bishopric in 948 and was inherited by Albert the Bear in 1150 from its last Wendish prince. The Spree Forest, in Lower Lusatia, is inhabited by…
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Full text Article Brandenburg

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Historical region and province of Prussia . The earliest Germanic inhabitants were replaced by Slavic Wends, who in turn were overcome in the 12th century by Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg. It became one of the seven electorates of the Holy Roman Empire in 1356. Under the elector Frederick…
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Full text Article Brandenburg

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
or Brandenburg an der Ha•vel \ˌän-dər-ˈhä-fəl\. Historical region and province of Prussia; since 1945 the E section has been part of Poland, the W section part of East Germany and since 1990 reunited Germany. or Brandenburg an der Ha•vel \ˌän-dər-ˈhä-fəl\. State of Germany. See table at germany . or…
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Full text Article Brandenburg

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) of northeast Germany; area 29,476 sq km/11,381 sq mi; population (2003 est) 2,651,200. The capital is Potsdam , and other major towns include Cottbus, Brandenburg, and Frankfurt-an-der-Oder. Drained by the Havel, Spree, and Oder rivers, the region has many lakes…
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(brän'dӘnbʊrk), state (1994 est. pop. 2,540,000), c.10,400 sq mi (26,940 sq km), E Germany. Potsdam is the capital; other leading cities include Cottbus, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, and Brandenburg. The state of Brandenburg consists of the former Prussian province of Brandenburg minus those parts of the…
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© AP IMAGES/ANONYMOUS Clarence Brandenburg, a Ku...
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969), marks a turning point in the development of free speech doctrine in American constitutional law. Clarence Brandenburg had been convicted of violating a 1919 Ohio law originally aimed at suppressing communism that made it a crime to “advocate … the duty, …
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Full text Article Brandenburg v. Ohio

From Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Expression
Also known as: 395 U.S. 444; The Restraint of Speech Case, The Ku Klux Klan Rally Case At what point can free speech be restrained? Speech that advocates illegal activities became a major concern in the United States as early as 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated by a professed…
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Full text Article Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
(1683–1737), queen of George II. Daughter of John Frederick, margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach, Caroline was brought up at the courts of Dresden and Berlin after her father had died when she was 4. In 1705 she married George Augustus, electoral prince of Hanover and, from 1727, king of Great Britain. …
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Full text Article Brandenburg Concertos

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A series of six orchestral concertos in the concerto grosso style by Johann Sebastian Bach , dedicated in 1721 to the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. They are: No. 1, in F, for three oboes, two horns, bassoon, violino piccolo , strings, and continuo; No. 2, in F, for recorder, oboe, …
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Full text Article Brandenburg Gate

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
The only remaining town gate of Berlin, it is located at the western end of the avenue Unter den Linden. Carl G. Langhans (1732–1808), who built the gate (1789–93), modeled it after the propylaeum of the Athenian Acropolis. On top was the “Quadriga of Victory,” a statue of a chariot drawn by four…
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Full text Article Brandenburg v. Ohio

From American Constitutional Law: The Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments Full text Article CASES ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PRESS, AND ASSOCIATION
395 U.S. 444 (1969) Charles Brandenburg, a local Ku Klux Klan leader, was convicted under Ohio's Criminal Syndicalism Act, which prohibited “advocating the duty, necessity, or propriety of crime, sabotage, violence, or unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing industrial or political…
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