May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Wattenmeer":
Society: 22 Feb 11
North Frisians lit their traditional Biikebrennen bonfires on Monday night, celebrating the new year and warding off evil winter spirits in one of northern Germany’s most important folk festivals.
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Society: 20 Oct 10
Meet Germany’s most singular postal worker: Over the last nine years Knud Knudsen has gained a following for his twice-weekly barefoot treks across the country's North Sea tidal mudflats to deliver letters to a lone island couple.
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Society: 13 Aug 10
Though his catches may be meagre, a lone pensioner is single-handedly keeping the centuries-old tradition of tidal flat crab fishing via dog sled alive on Germany's North Sea coast.
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National: 1 Jul 10
As the devastating oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues gush, German coastal authorities prepared to deal with a similar accident with a large-scale clean-up and rescue exercise this week.
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Sport: 20 Jul 09
More than 35,000 people came out to see the 35th annual Duhner Wattrennen, a series of horse races that took place on the tidal flats near Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony on Sunday.
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Society: 29 Jun 09
The majority of Dresden residents advocate a renewed effort to get their city back on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list after losing the title last week, a survey by daily Sächsische Zeitung found on Monday.
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National: 26 Jun 09
Germany’s Wattenmeer – North Sea mudflats - feeding grounds for millions of migratory birds, was made a UNESCO world natural heritage site on Friday. The decision comes a day after Dresden was stripped of its title.
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National: 21 Jun 09
More than half of the people in Dresden do not care if their city loses its UNESCO world cultural heritage title, threatened by the building of a controversial bridge over the Elbe River.
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National: 18 Jun 09
A fire on an uninhabited North Sea island and national park has destroyed thousands of bird nests, an official confirmed Thursday.
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