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    Xanten (German pronunciation: [ˈksantn̩] , Low Rhenish: Santen) is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district...
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    Norbert of Xanten, O. Praem (c. 1075 – 6 June 1134) (Xanten-Magdeburg), also known as Norbert Gennep, was a bishop of the Catholic Church, founder of the...
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    Xanten Charterhouse (German: Karthaus Xanten) is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The monastery...
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  • The Treaty of Xanten (German: Vertrag von Xanten) was signed in the Lower Rhine town of Xanten on 12 November 1614 between Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine...
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    Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine. The legionary camps of Vetera were part of the Lower...
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  • as Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring and Sword of Xanten) is a 2004 German television film directed by Uli Edel and starring Benno...
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    Viktor of Xanten was a 4th century martyr and saint recognized by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since the 12th century, his...
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    Xanten Cathedral (German: Xantener Dom), sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral (German: St.-Viktor-Dom), is a Catholic church situated in Xanten, a historic...
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    German positions in the Hochwald forested ridge [de], before advancing on Xanten. They linked up with the Ninth US Army at Berendonk, near Geldern on 3 March...
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    Statue of Saints Norbert of Xanten, Wenceslas and Sigismund...
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    The Annales Xantenses or Annals of Xanten are a series of annals which adapt and continue the Royal Frankish Annals. Their first editor, Georg Pertz, thought...
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    885,000 in its metropolitan area. After Neuss, Trier, Worms, Cologne and Xanten, Augsburg is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded in 15 BC by the Romans...
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    Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82992-2. pp. 72–73 "Die Jahrbücher von Fulda und Xanten, p. 62". Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 17 January...
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    not far from the Rhine began to build the city of "Troy" (Colonia Traiana-Xanten). — Fredegar, Chronicle of Fredegar (7th c. CE) According to historian Patrick...
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    Statue of Trajan in front of the Amphitheater of Colonia Ulpia Traiana in the Xanten Archaeological Park...
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    modern Netherlands, but describes Siegfried's kingdom around the city of Xanten. The late medieval Heldenbuch-Prosa identifies "Niederland" with the area...
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    The Xanten Horse-Phalerae is the name of a set of Roman silvered bronze horse-trappings found in Xanten, Germany. The set is now in the British Museum's...
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  • to Germania Inferior, where they shared the base camp of Castra Vetera (Xanten) with V Alaudae. Both Legio V and Legio XXI were involved in a mutiny in...
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    of harness, with his name on it has been found at Castra Vetera, modern Xanten, then a large Roman army and naval base on the lower Rhine. Pliny's last...
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    Defender of the Holy Sepulchre (1099–1100). In the 12th century, Norbert of Xanten established a community of his Premonstratensian canons at St. Michael's...
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  • a.k.a. Ring of the Nibelungs. a.k.a. Curse of the Ring. a.k.a. Sword of Xanten. German-British-Italian co-production Deadly Diversion [de] Curt Faudon...
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    as Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring and Sword of Xanten), is based in some of the same material Richard Wagner used for his music...
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    produce brass by cementation have been found on Roman period sites including Xanten and Nidda in Germany, Lyon in France and at a number of sites in Britain...
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    metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu. highest: Wengeberg in Breckerfeld, lowest: Xanten Ruhr, Regionalverband (9 January 2018). "Zensus 2011" (in German). www.metropoleruhr...
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    horizon. Sights include the historic town centers of Cleves and Xanten, as well as Xanten's Roman archeological museum, the castle "Schloss Moyland" in Bedburg-Hau...
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  • units following the Roman invasion of Britain leads the XV Primigenia to Xanten, in a camp shared with the V Alaude. In 47 both legions were involved in...
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    Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa invaded Germania. The legion was transferred to or Xanten by Augustus' stepson Drusus and it took part in his Germanic campaigns....
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    Benedikt Negro Born Benedikt Plümpe Xanten, Germany Occupation(s) Mime, clown, actor...
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  • Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring, and Sword of Xanten, a fantasy film directed by Uli Eden. See also Nibelungenlied This disambiguation...
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