query: Which countries are connected by the Rhine?

positive: Austria Austria (/ˈɒːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç]), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich, About this sound listen ), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.5 million people  in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,879 square kilometres (32,386 sq mi).

positive: Düsseldorf Düsseldorf (German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔɐ̯f], Low German: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p]) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and center of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region with a population of 11 million people.Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located within the Blue Banana, the city is headquarters to five Fortune Global 500 and several DAX companies.

positive: Glatt (Rhine) Glatt (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlat]) is the name of a lesser affluent to the High Rhine in the Unterland of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is 38.5 kilometres (23.9 mi) long and flows out from the Greifensee thru the Glatt Valley, discharging into the Rhine by Glattfelden. Whereas the upper reaches are only gently inclined, the stream gets steeper beneath, forming banks of bed load.The earliest mention of the Glatt (fluvii, qui dicitur glat) dates to 1034.

positive: Kingdom of France The Kingdom of France (French: Royaume de France) was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Western Europe, the predecessor of the modern French Republic. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe,  a great power since the Late Middle Ages and the Hundred Years' War. It was also an early colonial power, with significant possessions in North America.France originated as West Francia (Francia Occidentalis), the western half of the Carolingian empire, with the Treaty of Verdun (843).

positive: Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (/ˈlɪktənstaɪn/; LIK-tin-styn; German: [ˈlɪçtn̩ʃtaɪn]), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Central Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy with the rank of principality, headed by the Prince of Liechtenstein.Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north.

positive: Nederrijn Nederrijn "\Nether Rhine"; not to be confused with the section called Lower Rhine further upstream) is the name of the Dutch part of the River Rhine from the confluence at the town of Angeren of the cut-off Rhine bend of Oude Rijn and the Pannerdens Kanaal (which was dug to form the new connection between the Waal and Nederrijn branches). The city of Arnhem lies on the right (north) bank of the river Nederrijn, just past the point where the River IJssel branches off.

positive: Netherlands The Netherlands (/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərˌlɑnt]) is the main "constituent country" (Dutch: land) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a small, densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom and Germany.

positive: Rhine-Ruhr The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany with over 11 million inhabitants. It is of polycentric nature and the only megacity in Germany. It covers an area of 7,110 square kilometers and lies entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

positive: Rhine The Rhine  is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss- Liechtenstein border, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands.

positive: Ruhr (river) The Ruhr is a medium-size river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine.

positive: Siegburg/Bonn station Siegburg/Bonn station is located in the town of Siegburg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway and the Sieg Railway. Its name is attributed to the fact that the station was rebuilt for the high-speed line in order to serve Bonn. It is connected to Bonn by the Siegburg line of the Bonn Stadtbahn every 10 or 15 minutes.The station is located in the network area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association, VRS).

positive: States of Germany Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land). Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty.With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.

positive: Three Countries Bridge The Three Countries Bridge (German: Dreiländerbrücke, French: La passerelle des Trois Pays) is an arch bridge which crosses the Rhine between the commune of Huningue (France) and Weil am Rhein (Germany), within the Basel (Switzerland) metropolitan area. It is the world's longest single-span bridge dedicated exclusively to carrying pedestrians and cyclists.

positive: Upper Rhine The Upper Rhine (German: Oberrhein) is the section of the Rhine in the Upper Rhine Plain between Basel, Switzerland and Bingen, Germany. The river is marked by Rhine-kilometers 170 to 529 (the scale beginning in Konstanz and ending in Rotterdam).The "Upper Rhine" is one of four sections (High Rhine, Upper Rhine, Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine) of the river between Lake Constance and the North Sea.

negative: Aachen Aachen (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaːxən]), also known as Bad Aachen (Ripuarian: Óche, Limburgish: Aoke, French: Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch: Aken, Latin: Aquisgranum) is a German spa and border town located between the Eifel, South Limburg (Netherlands) and High Fens (Belgium) regions in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

negative: Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine Adolf of the Rhine (German: Adolf der Redliche von der Pfalz) (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen–29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1319–1327.He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. He didn’t really rule because his uncle Louis IV occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf’s brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.

negative: Alans The Alans, or the Alani, occasionally termed Alauni or Halani were an Iranian nomadic pastoral people of antiquity.The name Alan is an Iranian dialectical form of Aryan, a common self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. Possibly related to the Massagetae, the Alans have been connected by modern historians with the Central Asian Yancai and Aorsi of Chinese and Roman sources respectively.

negative: Altenbochum Altenbochum is a statistical area and a district of the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. Altenbochum is East of the central business district. Altenbochum lies between Gleisdreieck and Laer. Altenbochum is connected to Gelsenkirchen by tram.

negative: Altlußheim Altlußheim is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.Altlußheim sits in the Rhine rift directly on the right bank of a meandering of the Rhine, where the Kriegbach flows into the Rhine.West of the municipality, on the opposite side of the Rhine in the Rhineland-Palatinate is the city of Speyer. Altlußheim is connected to Speyer by federal highway (Bundesstraße) B 39. Less than a kilometer to the East lies Neulußheim. To the South is Oberhausen-Rheinhausen.

negative: Amateur Shortwave Radio Amateur Shortwave Radio is a live album by Over the Rhine, released in 1999, compiled by Linford Detweiler to mark the 10th anniversary of the band's first recordings in 1989.

negative: Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl The Augustusburg and Falkenlust palaces is a historical building complex in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which have been listed as a UNESCO cultural World Heritage Site since 1984.  They are connected by the spacious gardens and trees of the Schlosspark.Augustusburg Palace and its parks also serve as a venue for the Brühl Palace Concerts.

negative: Avers Rhine The Avers Rhine (German: Averserrhein, Romansh: Ragn da Ferrera) is a tributary of the Hinterrhein in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden.

negative: Azpeitia Railway Museum The Azpeitia Railway Museum (Basque Railway Museum) in Azpeitia, Basque Country, Spain, has a collection of steam locomotives and other rolling stock as well as other items, connected with the Basque narrow gauge railways. The museum is located at the station in Azpeitia.The museum railway between Azpeitia and Lasao, is not any longer connected with the rest of the Basque railway network. The museum and the museum railway to Lasao are run by Euskotren.

negative: Barthel Schink Bartholomäus (Barthel) Schink (November 27, 1927 – November 10, 1944) was a member of the  Edelweiss Pirates, active in the Ehrenfeld Group (Ehrenfeld is a suburb of Cologne) in Cologne, which resisted the Nazi regime. He was among the 12 members of that group who were publicly hanged in Cologne by the Gestapo on 10 November 1944. Although they were not tried, the group was accused of killing five people and planning an attack on the EL-DE Haus, the local Gestapo headquarters.

negative: Basel Institute for Immunology The Basel Institute for Immunology (BII) was founded in 1969 as a basic research institute in immunology located at 487 Grenzacherstrasse, Basel, Switzerland on the Rhine River down the street from the main Hoffmann-La Roche campus near the Swiss-German border.  The institute opened its doors in 1971.  The institute was a unique concept in the history of mechanisms for funding basic science and the relationship between basic science and industry.

negative: Besides (Over the Rhine album) Besides is a compilation of outtakes, previously unreleased songs, and live recordings by Over the Rhine, released in 1997.  While initially intended as a fan club release (the text 'For Rhinelanders Only' appears prominently on the back jewel case insert), the disc has been available at shows and through the band's website consistently since its release.

negative: Biber (Rhine) The Biber is a small river on the border between Germany and Switzerland.  The source is located at Watterdingen in the municipality Tengen, district of Constance in Baden-Wuerttemberg.  After about 24 kilometres (15 mi) the Biber river flows into the Rhine at the Bibermühle (Biber Mill) west of Hemishofen in the Canton of Schaffhausen.  The Biber is the largest tributary of the High Rhine on the stretch between Stein am Rhein and Schaffhausen.

negative: Bijlands Kanaal The Bijlands Kanaal (Bijland Canal) is a canal in the Dutch province of Gelderland, near the Dutch-German border. It is currently by far the most important river-stretch of the Rhine when that major river enters the Netherlands.It was dug between 1773 and 1776 to cut off a large bend in river Waal to improve water regulation. This bend, and comparable waters, are currently only minor streams. They are known as the minor Oude Waal and De Bijland, and the larger Oude Rijn.

negative: Birsig The Birsig is a rather small river in eastern France and northern Switzerland. Its source is in the village Biederthal, in the French Haut-Rhin department, near the Swiss border. The Birsig is about 21 kilometres (13 mi) long, and its watershed area is about 82 square kilometres (32 sq mi). It flows variably through Swiss and French territory and through the Birsig Valley.

negative: Bochum-Nord station Bochum Nord station was a station on the Ostring (east ring) in the city of Bochum in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built by the Rhenish Railway Company between 1871 and 1874 and opened on 15 October 1874.

negative: Burg Castle (Solingen) Burg Castle (German: Schloss Burg), located in Burg an der Wupper (Solingen), is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a popular tourist attraction. Its early history is closely connected to the rise of the Duchy of Berg.

negative: Canal de la Bruche The Canal de la Bruche is a canal in eastern France that originally connected Soultz-les-Bains, near Molsheim, to the city of Strasbourg. It was built in 1682 by the famous military engineer Vauban, principally to transport sandstone from the quarries of Soultz for use in the construction of the fortifications of Strasbourg.

negative: Changes Come Changes Come is a live album by Over the Rhine, released in 2004, documenting their 2003 tour in support of Ohio.

negative: Cologne Cologne (English pronunciation: /kəˈloʊn/; German Köln [kœln], Colognian: Kölle [ˈkœɫə]), Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich), is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the Rhine River, fewer than eighty kilometers from Belgium.

negative: Connected (TV series) Connected is an American documentary web series on AOL On, executive produced by Morgan Spurlock. The first season, in which 6 NYC stories are included, was released on March 31, 2015. The show was adapted from the Israeli version with the same name MEHUBARIM מחוברים. The show's creators are Ram Landes and Doron Zabari and the director is Ami Teer.The show follows 6 participants, each from a different background who film themselves with no crew involved, only using a hand held video camera.

negative: Connected space In topology and related branches of mathematics, a connected space is a topological space that cannot be represented as the union of two or more disjoint nonempty open subsets. Connectedness is one of the principal topological properties that is used to distinguish topological spaces.

negative: Crestasee Crestasee (Romansh: Lag da Cresta) is a small lake shared by the municipalities of Flims and Trin in the Grisons, Switzerland. From 1892 a guest house on its northern end served as pension and still is a restaurant today in its original state.There is no tributary to the lake and whilst walking along its shores you may be surprised by finding the lake both sides of you, realizing, that the holes between the rocks lying around the lake are filled with water.

negative: Darmstadt Darmstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈdaʁmʃtat]) is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has a population of approximately 150,000 (2013). The Darmstadt Larger Urban Zone has 430,993 inhabitants.Darmstadt holds the official title "City of Science" (German: Wissenschaftsstadt) as it is a major centre of scientific institutions, universities and high technology companies.

negative: Dawn French Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is an English actress, writer, and comedian, best known for starring in and writing for the comedy sketch show French and Saunders with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. French has been nominated for seven BAFTA Awards and also won a Fellowship BAFTA with Jennifer Saunders.

negative: Discount Fireworks Discount Fireworks is the first compilation by Over the Rhine, released in 2007.  It was the band's final release for Back Porch Records, the label for which they had been recording since 2000. The album contains 14 previously released songs and a 2006 recording of "Last Night On Earth Again," an unreleased song from the Ohio sessions.

negative: Dortmund-Mengede station Dortmund-Mengede station is located in the Dortmund suburb of Mengede in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The station was opened in 1848 as part of the  trunk line of the former Cologne-Minden Railway Company.Mengede station is used by a range of passenger services and includes an area to the north-west of the passenger station that is used for shunting and freight. Four tracks are available for passenger operations.

negative: Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd station Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd station is a station with a large area of rail tracks in Duisburg in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is connected to several important railway lines. In addition, several tracks connect to Duisburg Central Station and various industrial tracks connect with the station area. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station.

negative: Düren station Düren station is located to the north of the centre of Düren and is the largest station in the city and the district of Düren. It is located at the intersection of the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line with the lines to  Linnich, Heimbach and Euskirchen.  Until 1992 it was also connected to the Erft Railway.The train is served by Regional-Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It is the terminus of line S12 Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

negative: Düsseldorf-Heerdt Heerdt is one of the older parts of the city of Düsseldorf. Heerdt and its neighbouring quarters Oberkassel, Niederkassel and Lörick on the left side of the river Rhine, opposite to the other districts of Düsseldorf and the central district.Heerdt is connected to the centre of the city by three bridges, the Oberkassler Brücke, the Rheinkniebrücke and the Theodor-Heuss-Brücke.

negative: Enclave and exclave An enclave is any portion of a state that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state.  An exclave is a portion of a state geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory.  Many enclaves are also exclaves.Enclave is sometimes used improperly to denote a territory that is only partly surrounded by another state.

negative: Erft The Erft (pronounced [ʔɛɐ̯ft]) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine  (left tributary). Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef-Cardinal-Frings-bridge. The river is 103 kilometres (64 mi) long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally.

negative: Erich Klausener Erich Klausener (January 25, 1885, June 30, 1934) was a politician  German  Catholic who was killed in the Night of the Long Knives as part of the purge  Nazis of opposition to Nazism.

negative: Eve (Over the Rhine album) Eve is Over the Rhine's third studio album, released in 1994, and the band's final release on I.R.S. Records.

negative: Fabric of Saint Peter The Fabric of Saint Peter is an "Institution Connected with the Holy See" and as such is not strictly part of the Roman Curia. The office was founded in 1908 as the Sacred Congregation of the Reverend Basilica of St. Peter and had its named changed in 1967 by Pope Paul VI to the Reverend Fabric of St. Peter and finally since 1984 to its current name.Article 192 of Pastor Bonus describes the Fabric of St.

negative: Farmhouse A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary residence in a rural or agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses were often combined with space for animals called a housebarn. Other farmhouses may be connected to one or more barns, built to form a courtyard, or with each farm building separate from each other.

negative: Flehe Bridge The Flehe Bridge, is a single tower cable stayed bridge located in Düsseldorf, over the Rhine. It connects the A 46 motorway from the left bank of the Rhine (Neuss, Aachen, Heinsberg district, the Netherlands) with the Bergisches Land on the right bank (Wuppertal, Solingen, Hagen) and the south of Düsseldorf. It forms at the same time the southern part of the ring of motorways around Düsseldorf.  It includes a pedestrian and cyclist strip.

negative: Frutz The Frutz River is a 19 km long river, which flows in western direction through the "Laterns" Valley in the area of Feldkirch to the Rhine. At Rankweil the river divides into a side and main arm. The smaller one has an own name called "Ehbach". Near the mouth both arms merge again into one arm and then merge with the Rhine.Bigger locations on the River are: Sulz Koblach Rankweil

negative: Goch station Goch is a railway station in the town of Goch, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

negative: Good Dog, Bad Dog Good Dog, Bad Dog is the fourth studio album by Over the Rhine, released independently in 1996, and reissued with a slightly altered tracklisting by Virgin/Backporch in 2000.

negative: Grand Duchy of Hesse The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein), or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen)—as it was also known after 1816—was an independent country and member state of the German Confederation as of 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy which it remained until 1918, when the monarchy was overthrown. Hesse lost its independence when it joined the German Reich in 1871.

negative: Grevelingen Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen) is a former Rhine-Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland that has become a lake due to the Delta Works.It is situated between the former islands of Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland) and Schouwen-Duiveland (Zeeland) which are connected by the Brouwersdam on the west and the Grevelingendam on the east.Connexxion bus service 104 crosses the Brouwersdam, bus service 133 (and others) the Grevelingendam.

negative: Grid-connected photovoltaic power system A grid-connected photovoltaic power system, or grid-connected PV system is an electricity generating solar PV system that is connected to the utility grid. A grid-connected PV system consist of solar panels, one or several inverters, a power conditioning unit and grid connection equipment. They range from small residential and commercial rooftop systems to large utility-scale solar power stations.

negative: Hans Graf von Sponeck Hans Graf von Sponeck or Hans Emil Otto Graf von Sponeck (12 February 1888 – 23 July 1944) was a German Generalleutnant during World War II who was imprisoned for disobeying orders and later executed. He was the father of Hans von Sponeck.

negative: Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine Henry V, the Elder of Brunswick (German: Heinrich der Ältere von Braunschweig; c. 1173 – 28 April 1227), a member of the House of Welf, was Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1195 until 1213.

negative: Henry of Laach Henry of Laach (In German: Heinrich von Laach) was the first count palatine of the Rhine (1085/1087–1095). Henry was the son of Herman I, count of Gleiberg. Henry was a follower of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. He had lands in the southeastern Eifel and on the Moselle River.

negative: Het Scheur Het Scheur (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈsxøːr]; Dutch for "The Rip") is a branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta in South Holland, Netherlands, that flows west from the confluence of the Oude Maas and Nieuwe Maas branches past the towns of Rozenburg and Maassluis.

negative: High Rhine The High Rhine (German: Hochrhein) is the name used in Germany for the part of the Rhine River that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel.The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine in Basel.

negative: Hinterrhein (river) The Hinterrhein (English: Posterior Rhine) is one of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (less in length but bigger by volume) in the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, flowing from the village Hinterrhein near the San Bernardino pass through the Rheinwald valley into a gorge called Roflaschlucht. In this gorge an equally sized tributary, the Avers Rhine, adds waters from the very remote Avers valley and its side valley Valle di Lei on Italian territory.

negative: Hobbamock Hobbamock was a Native American who served as a guide, interpreter, and aide to the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Like Tisquantom, better known as Squanto, Hobbamock was essential to the survival and diplomatic success of the English in New England. Hobbamock actually played a much larger role in relations with the English than Squanto played, although Squanto tends to get most of the attention in history books.

negative: India–Malaysia relations India–Malaysia relations (Malay Hubungan India-Malaysia) refers to bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, India and Malaysia. India has a high commission in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has a high commission in New Delhi and a consulate general in Chennai and Mumbai. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Asian Union and G15. India and Malaysia are also connected by various cultural and historical ties that date back to antiquity.

negative: Isenach The Isenach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the northeastern Palatine region of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is nearly 36 kilometres (22 mi) long.

negative: Italy Italy (/ˈɪtəli/; Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot). With 61 million inhabitants, it is the  4th most populous EU member state.

negative: Jakob Sporrenberg Jakob Sporrenberg (16 September 1902 – 6 December 1952) was a SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei in Minsk, Belarus and Lublin, Poland. After the war, Sporrenberg stood trial in Poland and was convicted in 1950 of war crimes and sentenced to death. He was executed in December 1952.

negative: K'o-sa The K'o-sa (Chinese: 可萨; pinyin: Kěsà) was a Uyghur tribe mentioned by ancient Chinese texts. D.M. Dunlop believed that they were connected with the Khazars and thus postulated an Uyghur rather than Hunnish origin for that people. The K'o-sa, whose belonged to a Tujue tribe, were first mentioned under Du Huan's accounts on Tongdian and possess the areas north of Syria and the Byzantine Empire.

negative: Karlrobert Kreiten Karlrobert Kreiten (26 June 1916, Bonn, Rhine Province - 7 September 1943) was a German pianist, though holding Dutch citizenship his entire life due to his Dutch father.He was seen by Wilhelm Furtwängler and others as one of the most talented young pianists in Germany. Born in Bonn, his German mother was the classical singer Emmy Kreiten, née Liebergesell, who sang under the stage name Emmy Kreiten-Barido. His Dutch father Theo Kreiten, was a composer, concert pianist, and writer.

negative: Kaub Kaub (old spelling: Caub) is a town in Germany, state Rhineland-Palatinate, district Rhein-Lahn-Kreis. It is part of the municipality (Verbandsgemeinde) Loreley. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 50 km west from Wiesbaden. It is connected to Wiesbaden and Koblenz by railway. Population 1100. It has a Roman Catholic and an Evangelical church, and a statue of General Blücher.

negative: Kevelaer station Kevelaer is a railway station in the town of Kevelaer, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

negative: Khalyzians The Chalyzians or Khalyzians or Khalis or Khwalis (Arabic: Khwarezmian, Byzantine Greek: Χαλίσιοι, Khalisioi, Magyar: Káliz) were a people mentioned by the 12th-century Byzantine historian John Kinnamos. Kinnamos in his epitome twice mentions Khalisioi in the Hungarian army. He first describes them as practising Mosaic law; though whether they were actually Jews is unclear because other editions state that they were Muslims.

negative: Kleve station Kleve is a railway station in the town of Kleve, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

negative: Köln Messe/Deutz station Köln Messe/Deutz station (called Köln-Deutz until November 2004, Colognian: Düx, pronounced [dʏks]) is an important railway junction for long-distance rail and local services in the Cologne district of Deutz in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is situated close to the eastern bank of the Rhine and connected via the Hohenzollern Bridge to Köln Hauptbahnhof, the city's main station, which is just a few hundred metres away.

negative: Lauter (Rhine) The Lauter (in its upper course also: Wieslauter) is a river in Germany and France, left tributary of the Rhine. Its length is 55 kilometres (34 mi). It is formed by the confluence of two headstreams (Scheidbach and Wartenbach) north of Hinterweidenthal in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

negative: Lek (river) The Lek (Dutch pronunciation: [lɛk]) is a river in the western Netherlands of some 60 km in length. It is the continuation of the Nederrijn after the Kromme Rijn branches off at the town of Wijk bij Duurstede. The main westbound waterway is hereafter called the Lek River.

negative: List of bridges over the Rhine This is a list of railway bridges over the Rhine

negative: List of countries and territories by land borders This is a list of countries and territories by land borders. For each country or territory, the number of unique land boundaries and the identity of other countries and territories that neighbour it are listed. The length of each land border is included, as is the sum total of each country and territory's total land boundaries.Countries or territories that are connected only by bridges or other man-made causeways are not considered to have land borders.

negative: List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL The following is a list of terrorist incidents and arrests outside Iraq and Syria that have been connected to or have been said by reliable sources to be inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

negative: Lochbach (Itter) Lochbach (Itter)  is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The origin of the Lochbach are a couple of sources near Solingen-Gräfrath and flows in Ohligs, another municipal district of Solingen, into the Itter.The Lochbach valley is famous for 11 traditional water powered groundwood mills which are typical for the Country of Berg.

negative: Low Countries The Low Countries (Dutch:  de Lage Landen, French:  les Pays-Bas) is a coastal region in western Europe, consisting especially of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, and Ems rivers where much of the land is at or below sea level.

negative: Lower Rhine The Lower Rhine (German: Niederrhein; kilometers 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine River) flows from Bonn, Germany, to the North Sea at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands (including the Nederrijn or "Nether Rhine" within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta); alternatively, Lower Rhine may be cited as the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop, to the exclusion of the Nederrijn.Almost immediately after entering the Netherlands, the Rhine splits into many branches.

negative: Ludendorff Bridge The Ludendorff Bridge (sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was in early March 1945 one of two remaining bridges across the River Rhine in Germany when it was captured during the Battle of Remagen by United States Army forces during the closing weeks of World War II.

negative: Ludwig Gehre Ludwig Gehre (5 October 1895 – 9 April 1945) was an officer and resistance fighter involved in the preparation of an assassination attempt against Hitler.

negative: Mainz-Kastel Mainz-Kastel is a district of the city Wiesbaden, which is the capital of the German state Hesse in western Germany.Kastel is the historical bridgehead of Mainz, the capital of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and is located on the right side of the Rhine river. Kastel faces the historical center of Mainz and the two cities are connected by a road bridge.

negative: Mainz-Mombach station Mainz-Mombach station is one of two railway stations in the suburb of Mombach of the German town of Mainz. Due to its central location it is the primary station of the suburb besides the halt “Waggonfabrik”. The station is a part of the West Rhine Railway and borders the Wye: Gleisdreieck Mainz, leading to the Kaiserbrücke (Mainz) and the main station Mainz.It is served by RegionalBahn and Mittelrheinbahn electrified standard gauge trains.

negative: Massasoit Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c. 1581 – 1661),was the sachem, or leader, of the Wampanoag, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit means Great Sachem.

negative: Merwede The Merwede (etymology uncertain, possibly derived from the ancient Dutch Merwe or Merowe, a word meaning "wide water") is the name of several connected stretches of river in The Netherlands, between the cities of Woudrichem, Dordrecht and Papendrecht. The river is part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and is mostly fed by the river Rhine.At first, a disconnected branch of the Meuse river joins the Waal at Woudrichem to form the Boven Merwede (Upper Merwede).

negative: Mythology in the Low Countries The mythology of the Low Countries, modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, has its roots in the mythologies of pre-Christian Gaulish (Gallo-Roman) and Germanic cultures, predating the region's Christianization by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages.In the time of the Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages, the Low Countries resident peoples included: Germanic tribes north of the Rhine River (Low Franconians, Frisians, Tubanti, Canninefates, Batavians), as well as the decidedly more Celtic and Gallo-Roman Belgae tribes of Gallia Belgica south of the Rhine.

negative: Niers The Niers is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, right tributary to the river Meuse. Its source is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). The Niers flows through Mönchengladbach, Viersen, Wachtendonk, Geldern and Goch before flowing into the Meuse just across the border with the Netherlands, in Gennep. Its total length is 116 km - 108 km in Germany, 8 km in the Netherlands.

negative: North European Plain The North European Plain (German: Norddeutsches Tiefland or German: Norddeutsche Tiefebene), or Middle European Plain (Polish: Nizina Środkowoeuropejska, Russian: Среднеевропейская равнина) is a geomorphological region in Europe, mostly in Poland, Germany, Denmark and Netherlands (Low Countries).It consists of the low plains between the Hercynian Europe (Central European Highlands) to the south and coastlines of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the north.

negative: North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen) [ˈnɔʁtʁaɪ̯n vɛstˈfaːlən]) is the most populous state of Germany, as well as the fourth largest by area. North Rhine-Westphalia was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly parts of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf; the biggest city is Cologne. Four of Germany's ten biggest cities—Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, and Essen—are located in North Rhine-Westphalia.

negative: Oeffelt Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, part of the Boxmeer municipality, about 5 km north of Boxmeer town and 6 km west of the border with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.Oeffelt was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Boxmeer.The settlement Oeffelt was first mentioned in a document in 1075 as Uflo.

negative: Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Not to be confused with Duke Otto II 1061-1070, Duke of Bavaria (as Otto II). Otto II of Bavaria (German: Otto II der Erlauchte , Herzog von Bayern, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) (7 April 1206 in Kelheim – 29 November 1253) was the Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Electorate of the Palatinate). He was a son of Louis I and Ludmilla of Bohemia and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.

negative: Patience (Over the Rhine album) Patience is Over the Rhine's second studio album, released independently in 1992, and re-released in 1993 as the band's first release on I.R.S. Records.

negative: Pete Quaife Peter Alexander Greenlaw "Pete" Quaife (31 December 1943 – 23 June 2010) was an English musician, artist and author. He was a founding member and the original bass guitarist for The Kinks, from 1963 until 1969.  He also sang backing vocals on some of their records.Quaife founded a group known as The Ravens in 1963 with brothers Ray and Dave Davies. Around late 1963/early 1964, they changed their name to The Kinks, and hired Mick Avory as a drummer.

negative: Peter Kürten Peter Kürten (26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer known as both  The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf.In the years prior to these assaults, Kürten had amassed a lengthy criminal record for offenses including arson, theft and attempted murder.

negative: Regiobahn GmbH The Regiobahn is a German railway company founded in 1992 which operates the line S28 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn between Kaarst and Mettmann.The S28 is the only "private" S-Bahn line in Northrhine-Westphalia and except for the Breisgau and Ortenau S-Bahns the only privately operated S-Bahn in Germany until December 2010. "Private" railways in Germany are not operated by Deutsche Bahn, but are instead owned by state and local governments.

negative: Rein da Curnera The Rein da Curnera (in German: Curnerarhein) is a right tributary of the Anterior Rhine and one of the main tributaries of the Rhine (see Sources of the Rhine).  It is fed from multiple sources and glaciers at the southern end of the valley.  The river is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and flows north through the Val Curnera.  Approximately in the middle of its route, a dam was constructed by Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG (the local hydropower company), which formed Lai da Curnera.

negative: Rein da Maighels The Rein da Maighels (German: Maighelserrhein) is one of the main tributaries of the Rhine (see Sources of the Rhine) and is a tributary to the Rein da Curnera.  The firm Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG has built a hydropower dam creating a reservoir, called the Lai da Curnera, into which both rivers now flow.The origin of the Rein da Maighels is the Maghels Glacier (Romansh: Glatscher da Maighels) on the Piz Ravetsch near the point where the cantons of Graubünden, Ticino and Uri meet.

negative: Remagen Remagen is a town in Germany in the Land Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one-hour drive from Cologne, just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the left (western) bank of the River Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer. Remagen has many beautiful and well-maintained buildings, churches, castles and monuments.

negative: Rettbergsaue The Rettbergsaue (translated from German as “Rettberg Island”) is a natural island in the Rhine River at Wiesbaden, Germany.  It is situated between the main channel of the Rhine to the north and a smaller channel, the Wachsbleicharm, in the south. The Wachsbleicharm forms the border between the federal states of Hesse (of which Wiesbaden is the capital) and Rhineland-Palatinate.The island is about 3,100 meters (10,200 ft) long and up to 400 m (1,300 ft) wide.

negative: Rheinbahn The Rheinbahn is a public transport provider operating in and around Düsseldorf. Its network consists of 7 Stadtbahn (light rail) lines as well as 13 tram and 92 bus services and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The total rail network length is 342 kilometres (213 mi).

negative: Rheinberg Rheinberg is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx.

negative: Rheinhöhenweg Trail The Rheinhöhenweg Trail is a popular hiking trail on the mountains of theRhine Valley. It leads from the Lower Rhine in Bonn passing the Loreley up to the Upper Rhine. There is a Rheinhöhenweg Trail on both sides of the Rhine River. On the left side it goes from Bonn to Alsheim, which is to the south of Mainz, with a total length of 240 km. On the right side it goes from Bonn-Beuel to Wiesbaden with a total length of 272 km. Both trails together have a combined length of over 500 km.

negative: Rhine Orange Rheinorange (Rhine Orange) is the name of a sculpture erected in  Duisburg-Neuenkamp in 1992 at the point where the  Ruhr flows into the Rhine at 'Rheinkilometer 780', i.e. 780 km from the source of the Rhine. It was constructed from steel by the sculptor Lutz Fritsch from Köln.It is 25 m tall, 7 m wide and 1 m thick, and weights 83 tonnes.

negative: Riemke Riemke is a major district of the city of Bochum, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Riemke borders to the city of Herne. The other districts of Bochum, Riemke borders to are Bergen-Hiltrop, Grumme and Hofstede.Riemke is known for the large Nokia works, that was expanded in recent years.Riemke was mentioned for the first time as "Rymbecke" in the 9th century.

negative: Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine Rudolf II "the blind" (8 August 1306 in Wolfratshausen – 4 October 1353 in Neustadt) was Count Palatine of the Rhine (see Palatinate) from 1329 to 1353.He was the son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and Matilde of Nassau, daughter of King Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. His uncle was Emperor Louis IV.During his childhood, his father and his uncle fought over their inheritance.

negative: Röhr (river) Röhr (German pronunciation: [ˈʁøːɐ̯]) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.It is a western tributary of the Ruhr river, which becomes a tributary of the Rhine.TributariesThe Sorpe is a western tributary stream of the Röhr, located in Hochsauerlandkreis.

negative: Schierstein Bridge The Schierstein Bridge (German: Schiersteiner Brücke) is 1,282-meter (4,206 ft) long, four-lane highway bridge in Germany.  It carries Bundesautobahn 643 over the Rhine River between Mainz-Mombach, Rhineland-Palatinate and Wiesbaden-Schierstein, Hesse (Rhine kilometrage 504.45). Crossing two arms of the Rhine and the intervening island of Rettbergsaue, the bridge is made of six individual structures, including 100 m (330 ft) from prestressed concrete.

negative: Seeztal The Seeztal is a valley of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, extending to the east of Lake Walen for some 10 km, formed by the Seez river. The valley appears to be a left branch off the Rhine valley at Sargans, but there is a divide at Mels. Situated in the Seeztal are the municipalities of  Walenstadt (425 m), Flums (453 m) and Mels (500 m).Running along the valley are the A3 motorway and the Chur-Zürich railway line.

negative: Silo Tower Basel The Silo Tower of Basel is located in the Swiss city of Basel, in the Rhine harbour of Kleinhueningen, near the Dreilaendereck. The silo tower was built in 1923 by a Swiss shipping company.  Its viewing platform stands at a height of 52 metres (about 160 feet), which offers a  view of the Rhine, the Rhine harbour, the city of Basel, and the Sundgauer hill country.  In the distance, one may appreciate details in Germany and France.

negative: Snow Angels (album) Snow Angels is the ninth studio album, and second Christmas album, by Over the Rhine, released independently in  2006.  The album was released by Great Speckled Dog on October 2, 2007.Snow Angels was released ten years after the group's first Christmas disc, 1996's The Darkest Night of the Year.  While Darkest Night was largely composed of interpretations of traditional Christmas songs, Snow Angels was almost entirely original material.

negative: Switzerland Switzerland (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/; German: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts];  French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvittsera]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a country in Europe.

negative: The Connected Baby The Connected Baby (stylized as the connected baby) is a 2011 documentary film produced by Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, a developmental psychologist based at the University of Dundee, Scotland.  The film-maker was Jonathan Robertson. The film had its premiere on 25 July 2011 at the Dundee Contemporary Arts centre in Scotland.

negative: The Darkest Night of the Year The Darkest Night Of The Year is a Christmas album by the group Over the Rhine, released independently in 1996.  It is their fifth studio album overall, and the last to feature the band's original lineup.The album features six interpretations of traditional Christmas songs, three original instrumentals, three vocal compositions, and a second version of "Silent Night" featuring Terri Templeton, who was touring with Over The Rhine as a secondary vocalist at the time.

negative: The Trumpet Child The Trumpet Child is the tenth studio album by Over the Rhine, released in  2007.  In addition to the CD, the album was also released on 180-gram vinyl.

negative: Till We Have Faces (Over the Rhine album) Till We Have Faces is Over the Rhine's debut album, released independently in 1991, and re-released in 1995 on I.R.S. Records.The re-release substitutes two live recordings for the original studio versions, and adds a bonus track, \Downfall\"."

negative: Vaalserberg The Vaalserberg "\Mount of Vaals") is a hill with a height of 322.7 metres (1,059 ft) above NAP and the highest point in mainland Netherlands.

negative: Vecht (Utrecht) The Vecht is a Rhine branch in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is sometimes called Utrechtse Vecht to avoid confusion with its Overijssel counterpart. The area along the river is called the "Vechtstreek".The Vecht originates in the city of Utrecht, where the Kromme Rijn stream forks into two branches: the Leidse Rijn/Oude Rijn branch to the west and the Vecht to the north.

negative: Vorderrhein (river) The Vorderrhein (English: Anterior Rhine; in the local Sursilvan language: Rein Anteriur) is one of the two sources of the Rhine.  Its catchment area of 1,512 square kilometres (584 square miles) is located predominantly in the Canton of Graubünden (Switzerland). The Vorderrhein is about 76 kilometres (47 mi) long, thus more than 5% longer than the Hinterrhein (each measured to the farthest source).

negative: Watch on the Rhine Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American film drama directed by Herman Shumlin, starring Bette Davis. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play of the same title by Lillian Hellman.

negative: Watch on the Rhine (novel) Watch on the Rhine is a military science fiction novel by John Ringo and  Tom Kratman, the seventh entry in Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata series.The novel focuses on the invasion of Europe by the alien Posleen, with an emphasis on Germany. Part of the technology brought to humans by the Galactics is the ability to rejuvenate old soldiers, so that countries can draw on their combat experiences.

negative: Weeze railway station Weeze is a railway station in the village of Weeze, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn.

negative: Weingarten (Baden) About this sound Weingarten  (Baden) is a municipality in the district of Karlsruhe in southwestern Germany, situated at the transition from the Kraichgau to the Rhine valley. Its name means vine garden in German.

negative: Wewelsburg Wewelsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈveːvəlsˌbʊɐ̯k]) is a Renaissance castle located in the village of Wewelsburg, which is a district of the town of Büren, Westphalia, in the Landkreis of Paderborn in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The castle has a triangular layout - three round towers connected by massive walls. After 1934, it was used by the SS under Heinrich Himmler and was to be expanded into the central SS-cult-site.

negative: Willi Graf Willi Graf (2 January 1918 in Kuchenheim near Euskirchen – 12 October 1943 in Munich) was a Roman Catholic member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resistance group in Nazi Germany.Willi Graf's family moved to Saarbrücken in 1922, where his father ran a wine wholesaler, and was the manager of the Johannishof, the second largest banquet hall in Saarbrücken. Graf went to school at the Ludwigsgymnasium.

negative: Wuppertal-Ronsdorf station Wuppertal-Ronsdorf station is a station on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. It is unusual in that it was once connected to lines with three different gauges.