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Solingen Alligators

The Solingen Alligators are a german baseball and softball club from Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 1991 and the first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2003 season.

TuS Haltern
TuS Haltern

Turn und Sportverein Haltern am See von 1882 e.V., commonly referred to as TuS Haltern, is a German association football club based in Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was the first station for several players and coaches of the Bundesliga.

Solingen
Solingen

Solingen ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366, is after Wuppertal the second largest city in the Bergisches Land.

1993 Solingen arson attack
1993 Solingen arson attack

The Solingen arson attack was one of the most severe instances of xenophobic violence in modern Germany. On the night of 28–29 May 1993, four young German men belonging to the far right skinhead scene, with neo-Nazi ties, set fire to the house of a large Turkish family in Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Solingen Hauptbahnhof
Solingen Hauptbahnhof

Solingen Hauptbahnhof is the only railway station in Solingen, Germany, to be served by ICE and IC long distance trains. Solingen-Mitte station serves central Solingen, but only has Regionalbahn trains.

Solingen Vogelpark station
Solingen Vogelpark station

Solingen Vogelpark station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Düsseldorf–Solingen railway, which was opened on was opened on 3 January 1894 by the Prussian state railways.

Solingen Grünewald station
Solingen Grünewald station

Solingen Grünewald station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway.

Solingen Mitte station
Solingen Mitte station

Solingen Mitte station is in the city of Solingen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway.

Solingen-Schaberg station
Solingen-Schaberg station

Solingen-Schaberg station is a station on the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway in the Solingen district of Schaberg in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It is served by line S 7 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, branded as Der Müngstener, operated every 20 minutes from Monday to Friday and generally every half hour on weekends and at off-peak times, using vehicles.Until 15 December 1913 the station was served by Regional-Express service RB 47, operated by DB Regio NRW, normally with two-carriage sets of class 628.4.

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II
Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II

Solingen – Remscheid – Wuppertal II is one of the 299 single member constituencies used for the German parliament, the Bundestag. It is one of sixty four districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Halterneck
Halterneck

Halterneck is a style of women's clothing strap that runs from the front of the garment around the back of the neck, and leaves most of the back uncovered. The name comes from livestock halters.

Haltern am See
Haltern am See

Haltern am See is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx.

Haltern Hills

The Haltern Hills comprise the three ridges of Hohe Mark (146 m), Borkenberge (133 m) and Haard (154 m) located respectively northwest, east and south of the German town of Haltern am See in Westphalia. They are the only submontane subunit in the major natural region of Westmünsterland, and are found in the southeast of the region.