# A stroll through Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660 "2019-03-07T00:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 36
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> **[Nördlingen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlingen)** > > Nördlingen (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: \[ˈnœʁtlɪŋən\] ⓘ; Alemannic German: Nearle or Nerle) is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 20,674. It is located approximately 115 km (71 mi) east of Stuttgart, and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of Munich. It was built in a... > **[Ofnet Caves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofnet_Caves)** > > The Ofnet Caves (German: Ofnethöhlen) are the remains of an underground karst system on the edge of the Nördlinger Ries in Germany. They are located on a limestone hill near Nördlingen, Bavaria. The caves became famous in 1908 when 33 prehistoric human skulls were discovered. The skulls were dated to the Mesolithic period. > There are two caves (or rock shelters) called the Grosse and Kleine Ofnet (Large and Small Ofnet). > In the Grosse Ofnet in 1908 archaeologist R. R. Schmidt found two dish-sha... > **[Nördlinger Ries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries)** > > The Nördlinger Ries (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German pronunciation: \[ˈnœʁtlɪŋɐ ˈʁiːs\]) is an impact crater and large circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Württemberg. It is located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries. The city of Nördlingen is located within the depression, about 6 kilometr Ri... ---
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> **[Nördlinger Ries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries)** > > The Nördlinger Ries (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German pronunciation: \[ˈnœʁtlɪŋɐ ˈʁiːs\]) is an impact crater and large circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Württemberg. It is located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries. The city of Nördlingen is located within the depression, about 6 kilometr Ri... > **[Battle of the Ries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ries)** > > The battle of the Ries of 13 May 841 was a major engagement of the Carolingian civil war of 840–843. King Louis the German surprised and routed the army of Count Adalbert of Metz on the banks of the river Wörnitz in the Ries. Adalbert, who had been charged by the emperor Lothar I with preventing Louis from breaking out of Bavaria, was killed in the fighting. The victory allowed Louis to join up with King Charles the Bald and defeat Lothar in the battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye in late June. The bat... > **[Pepin II of Aquitaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippin_II_of_Aquitaine)** > > Pepin II, called the Younger (823 – after 864 in Senlis), was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father, Pepin I. Pepin II was eldest son of Pepin I and Ingeltrude, daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie. He was a grandson of the Emperor Louis the Pious. Pepin was elected king upon his father's death by the nobles of Aquitaine who were keen to establish their independence from the Empire. However, his grandfather Louis the Pious had appointed his son Charles the Ba... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=35)