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River of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1075, the Urft was called the Urdefa, in 1419 the Orfft and, in 1503, the Oyrfft. The village of Urft takes its name from the river. The Urft rises in
Urft_(river)
River in Germany and the Netherlands
2004. Ellebach Inde Kall Malefinkbach Merzbach Wurm Olef Urft In the upper reaches of the river the waters are held back by the Roer dams to form a series
Roer
Dam in Kreis Euskirchen
It was built in 1905. The dam impounds the River Urft in the district of Euskirchen to create the Urft Reservoir (Urftstausee), 2.16 km2 in area. The
Urft_Dam
Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Steinfelderheistert, Straßbüsch, Urft, Wahlen, Wallenthal, Wallenthalerhöhe, and Kall itself. Most important river within Kall is the Urft, a tributary to the Roer
Kall,_North_Rhine-Westphalia
Roman aqueduct in modern-day Germany
Aqueduct. The aqueduct began at a spring in the area of Nettersheim in the Urft river valley. It then travelled along the valley to Kall, where it had to overcome
Eifel_Aqueduct
District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The most destructive flooding occurred along the Ahr, Erft, Olef, and Urft river systems. Geographically, the south-western half of the district is inside
Euskirchen_(district)
Lake in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
located immediately below the Urft Dam, which impounds the waters of the Urft that flow from the east to create the Urft Reservoir, and immediately above
Obersee_(Rur)
River in Euskirchen, Germany
stream finally empties from the left into the Urft between the villages of Urft and Sötenich at river kilometre 22.3. Hydrographic Directory of the NRW
Kuttenbach
Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south-west of Euskirchen. The rivers Erft and Urft have their source in the municipality. The district of the city Netterheim
Nettersheim
River in Czech Republic, Poland
range near Jelenia Góra. Then the largest in Europe, surpassing even the Urft Dam built in 1905, it created a reservoir of about 4 km (2.5 mi) length.
Bóbr
River in Germany
Olef is a river in Liège, Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 27.9 kilometres (17.3 mi) long and a left-hand tributary of the Urft. It flows
Olef
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
in the Borough of Aachen) The Roer-tributary Urft and the Urft-tributary Olef are the most important rivers within Schleiden. Parts of the Kermeter and
Schleiden
Village of Schleiden in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In Gemünd the Olef has its mouth on the River Urft; hence the origin of the name of the village (Mund = [river] mouth). On the southern slopes of the Kermeter
Gemünd_(Schleiden)
Series of battles during World War II
other, smaller, structures: the Paulushof Dam holding the Obersee and the Urft Dam holding the Urftstausee. If the floodgates were opened, the resulting
Battle_of_Hürtgen_Forest
Low mountain range in Germany
only covered the smaller region roughly around the sources of the rivers Ahr, Kyll, Urft and Erft. Its name was more recently transferred to the entire region
Eifel
Type of earthquake bomb
E-boat pens, December 1944 – April 1945 8 December, 11 December 1944 The Urft Dam (30 mi (48 km) southwest of Cologne) was attacked to prevent it being
Tallboy_(bomb)
Treise Trüfte Trüggelbach Tüterbach Twiste Uelfe Uentrop Uhlenbach Untreue Urft Valme Varresbeck Vechte Veischede Verse Veybach Vichtbach Vilicher Bach Villiper
List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
List_of_rivers_of_North_Rhine-Westphalia
River in Germany
into the Urft tributary, the Olef, at about 403 m. The catchment of the Platißbachs is 38.6 km2 (14.9 sq mi) in area and drains over the Olef, Urft, Rur,
Platißbach
Reservoir Olef Dam Perlenbach Dam Rur Dam Sorpe Reservoir Steinbachtal Dam Urft Dam Wahnbach Dam Wehebach Dam Wupper Dam Altenberg Reservoir Bautzen Reservoir
List of dams and reservoirs in Germany
List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Germany
United States army general (1888–1980)
14 December, but on the Roer River rather than the Rhine, due to the flooding threat posed by Roer dams upstream. The Urft Dam (Urfttalsperre) held 161
William_Hood_Simpson
River in Germany
the Erft; Gillesbach, the tributary of the Urft, or Gillesbach, the tributary of the Wurm. List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia "Gewässerverzeichnis
Gilsbach
when the barges they were on sank. Up river on the Roer were two major dams that were still in German hands: the Urft Dam (Urfttalsperre), which was filled
American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
American_logistics_in_the_Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany
1945 battle of WWII in Germany
flooding by doing the same to dams further upstream on the Roer and the Urft. The river rose at two feet an hour and the valley downstream to the Maas stayed
Operation_Veritable
valley of the Reifferscheider Bach via Steinfeld into the valley of the River Urft. Roland Günter (1989), Kunstreiseführer Rheinland (in German), Bintlach:
Wildenburg_Castle_(Eifel)
Commission overseeing the Rhineland occupation 1920–1930
and following the crest of Forst Gemünd, then east of the railway of the Urft valley, then along Blankenheim, Waldorf, Dreis, Ulmen to and following the
Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission
Inter-Allied_Rhineland_High_Commission
Vogelsang with the valleys of the Neffgesbach and Morsbach, in the north by the Urft valley and the Urftsee lake, which separates the Dreiborn Plateau from the
Dreiborn_Plateau
Power generation via movement of water
German government did not set out building large dams such as the prewar Urft, Mohne, and Eder dams to expand hydropower: they mostly wanted to reduce
Hydropower
Forest in western Europe
between 500 and 692 m above sea level (NN) lie the sources of the Olef, Urft and Kyll. Its highest elevation is on the Weißer Stein (692 m; with ski slopes)
Zitter_Forest
Frankish gau in present day Limestone Eifel in Germany
the Rhine, Ahr, Rur, Our, Sauer and Moselle rivers. It encompasses the source regions of the rivers Erft, Urft, Kyll and Ahr, and is thus located mainly
Eifelgau
Hill in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
28), in the major unit of the Rur Eifel (282), in the subunit of the Rur-Urft-Olef valleys (282.3) and in the natural region of the Heimbach-Maubacher
Sonnenberg_(Eifel)
Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
flooding by doing the same to dams further up stream on the Roer and the Urft. The river rose at two feet an hour and the valley downstream to the Meuse stayed
Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Kranenburg,_North_Rhine-Westphalia
Railway station in Gerolstein, Germany
late. At that time it was easier to run railway lines exclusively through river valleys, where bridges and tunnels were rarely necessary. In addition, hardly
Gerolstein_station
supposed to have linked the two castles of Stolzenburg and Pielstein over the Urft. According to local legend, their knights lived in the lap of luxury, demanding
Legend_of_the_Leather_Bridge
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English
English : habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the (river) Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old English as ‘Lēofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Lēofa’.
Female
Egyptian
, the great, or, the first.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Light.
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English (now found mainly in northern Ireland)
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland) : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Northamptonshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere. The one in Northamptonshire is Old English Ludingtūn ‘settlement (tūn) associated with Luda’ (a personal name of uncertain origin); that in Cornwood, Devon, is Old English Ludantūn ‘Luda’s settlement’; that in Lincolnshire is ‘pool settlement’, from Old English luh ‘pool’, and Lutton in North Yorkshire is ‘settlement on the river Hlūde’ (see Loud) or ‘Luda’s settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Female
Hebrew
Variant form of Hebrew Urit, URITI means "fire, light."
Girl/Female
Egyptian
Represented by a cow.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Japanese
River
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English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
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Shakespearean
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl...
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Irish
Irish : shortened form of McMeans.English : habitational names from East and West Meon in Hampshire, which take their names from the Meon river. The word is Celtic but of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘swift one’.nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior in rank’, ‘of low degree’ (from Old English gemǣne), or from Middle English mene ‘moderate in behaviour’ (from Old French mëen, mean).
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Hebrew
(×וּרִית) Hebrew name URIT means "fire, light."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.Common Americanized form of French Larivière. ire.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Courtenay near Sens in northern France, or some other place similarly named, from the name of a Romano-Gallic landlord, Curtenus (a derivative of Latin curtus ‘short’) + the locative suffix -acum.English (of Norman origin) : nickname for someone with a snub nose, from Old French c(o)urt ‘short’ + nes ‘nose’ (Latin nasus).Irish : English surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Curnáin ‘descendant of Curnán’, an Old Irish personal name from a diminutive of corn ‘horn’.
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Urit, URITH means "fire, light."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
URFT RIVER
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Japanese
(守) Japanese name MAMORU means "protector."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Devalatha | தேவலதா
Divine wine
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Slovene
(Тимотеј) Slovene form of Greek Timotheos, TIMOTEJ means "to honor God."
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English
English : habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.
Male
Scottish
Short form of Scottish Gaelic Muireach ("sea warrior"), and other names beginning with Muir-, from muir, MUIR means "sea."Â
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Tamil
Providing water
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Swedish
Pure.
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French English
Divine. Mythological ancient Roman divinity Diana was noted for beauty and swiftness; often...
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Arabic, Muslim
Acquirer; Earner
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Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Sacred Grass
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adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
a.
Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
v. t.
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
n. pl.
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
a.
Having rivers; as, a rivery country.
n.
Eructation; belching.
n. .
An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
adv.
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
a.
Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
n.
Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
n.
The quality or state of being a river.
n.
The side or bank of a river.
n.
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
n.
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
v. i.
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
v. t.
To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river.
n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.