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* 1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
Rungholt was situated on the island of Strand, which was rent asunder by another storm tide in 1634, and of which the islets of Pellworm, Nordstrand and Nordstrandischmoor are the only remaining fragments.
The island of Strand vanished in the Burchardi flood, another disastrous storm in 1634: subsequent to this storm surge, there were many small islets instead of Strand.
In medieval times the present-day peninsula Nordstrand and Pellworm as well as the Halligen were part of the large island of Strand.
Pellworm ( Mooring North Frisian: Pälweerm ) and the peninsula of Nordstrand ( Mooring: Nordströön ) are the remains of the submerged island of Strand.
The main town of this sunken island was Rungholt, thought to be the largest town in the surrounding area, but it was totally destroyed and submerged by a storm in 1362, 272 years before another storm destroyed Strand itself.
Møn also has a number of popular beach resorts, particularly in East Møn with Ulvshale to the north and Råbylille Strand, Klintholm Havn and Hårbølle on the south side of the island.
The Farø Bridges ( The Farø High Bridge and the Farø Low Bridge ) opened in 1985, and connect the two municipalies from the town of Bakkebølle Strand over Farø island ( part of Møn municipality ) to Falster near the town of Sortsøgab.
The church stands on what is now a traffic island to the north of Somerset House, King's College London's Strand campus building and The Temple, and south of Bush House.
In medieval times Pellworm was a part of the larger island of Strand which was torn into pieces in a disastrous storm tide in 1634.
In medieval times Nordstrand was a part of the larger island of Strand which was torn into pieces in a disastrous storm tide in 1634.
The fire started around 2 AM on the island of Aspøya, in the Aalesund Preserving Co .’ s factory, which was located where Lower Strand Street 39 ( Nedre Strandgate 39 ) is located today.
Dollymount Strand, the 5 km beach on the island, is a popular walking and recreational area for Dubliners.
The church is on an island at the junction of Park Avenue and St Johns Road, which continues east towards the sea at Sandymount Strand.
* Strand, an island off the German coast with the town Rungholt, eroded away by storm surges before being washed away by a final flood in 1634.
South Coronado, which is not an island but the terminus of a peninsula known as the Silver Strand, became the city of Coronado.
Sortland Bridge () is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Sortlandssundet strait between the village of Strand on Hinnøya island and the town of Sortland on Langøya island.
An immense storm tide of the North Sea swept far inland from the Netherlands to Denmark, breaking up islands, making parts of the main land into islands, and wiping out entire towns and districts, such as Rungholt on the island of Strand in North Frisia.
Much of the island of Strand washed away, forming the islands Nordstrand, Pellworm and several Halligen.
In combination with half a spring tide, the wind was pushing the water against the coastline with such a force that the first dike broke in the Stintebüll parish on Strand island at 10 p. m. About two hours past midnight the water had reached its peak level.
On Strand alone, at least 6, 123 people lost their lives due to 44 dike breaches, which relates to two thirds of the entire population of the island.

Strand and ),
The Co-chairs of the Green Party of the United States are currently ( 2010 December ): Theresa El-Amin ( NC ), Mike Feinstein ( CA ), Farheen Hakeem ( MN ), Julie Jacobson ( HI ), Jason Nabewaniec ( NY ), David Strand ( MN ), and Craig Thorsen ( CA ).
He also has a South African spider named after him, Araneus drygalskii ( Strand, 1909 ), based on material collected on the Gauss expedition.
The final route ( in heavy rain ) took the following course: Hammersmith, Kensington ( blocked ), Kensington Gore ( blocked ), Hyde Park, Park Lane ( blocked ), return to Hyde Park where soldiers forced the gates open, Cumberland Gate ( blocked ), Edgware Road, Tottenham Court Road, Drury Lane, the Strand, and from there was forced into the city centre.
Former Poets: Kay Ryan, Charles Simic, Ted Kooser, Louise Glück, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Karl Shapiro, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur, Joseph Brodsky, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Hass, Donald Hall, Robert Pinsky ( three terms ), Mark Strand, Audre Lorde, and Maxine Kumin, among others.
The cliffs from Backways Cove, south of Trebarwith Strand to Willapark just to the south of Boscastle are part of the Tintagel Cliffs SSSI ( a Site of Special Scientific Interest ), designated for both its maritime heaths and geological features.
With Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird ( 1847 – 1923, later 11th Baron Kinnaird ) and Thomas Henry William Pelham ( 1847 – 1916 ), he rented rooms in York Place ( formerly Of Alley ), off The Strand in central London, for a boys ' school, initially a day school, which subsequently began to open in the evenings.
It featured an introduction by her friend William Butler Yeats, who wrote several pieces based on the legend, including the plays On Baile's Strand ( 1904 ), The Green Helmet ( 1910 ), At the Hawk's Well ( 1917 ), The Only Jealousy of Emer ( 1919 ) and The Death of Cuchulain ( 1939 ), and a poem, Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea ( 1892 ).
The Atlantic coastline, also called Waccamaw Neck, including the communities of Murrells Inlet, Litchfield, Pawleys Island and DeBordieu, is part of " The Grand Strand " ( beach ), which includes Myrtle Beach to the north.
: See Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway for detailed histories of the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway ( GNP & BR ), the Great Northern & Strand Railway ( GN & SR ), and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway ( B & PCR ).
The church of St John the Divine, Kennington, which was to be described by the poet John Betjeman as " the most magnificent church in South London ", was designed by George Edmund Street ( architect of the Royal Courts of Justice on Strand, London ), and was built between 1871 and 1874.
* The Strand ( Ballycastle Beach ), which has a European Blue Flag.
Paul Strand, pitcher ( 6-2 ), World Champion Boston Braves, born in Carbonado, 1893.

Strand and German
Casement — disappointed with the level of support offered by the Germans — returned to Ireland on a German U-boat and was captured upon landing at Banna Strand in Tralee Bay.
He worked as a saddler and coach-builder in different German cities, then moved to Paris, and then London, where in 1795 he established a print-shop and drawing-school in The Strand.
Together with the Wiedingharde, the Bökingharde, the isle of Strand and Sylt, Osterland in 1426 signed the " Compact of the Seven Hundreds " ( German: Siebenhardenbeliebung ) with Duke Henry IV of Schleswig, which stated that the Hundreds intended to keep their judicial autonomy.
Although Dublin escaped the mass bombing of the war due to Ireland's neutrality, the German air-force bombed Dublin on May 31, 1941, and hit the North Stranda working-class district in the north inner city – killing 34 Irish civilians and wounding another 90.
The name ' strand ' for Ave. B was coined by a German immigrant named Michael William Shaw who opened a jewelry store on the corner of 23rd and Ave. B. Shaw, not liking the name " Ave. B ", changed the name of the street on his stationery to " Strand ", thinking that the name ( named after a street in London ) would have higher-class connotations for his jewelry store.
Historically, Banna Strand is associated with Roger Casement who was captured on 21 April 1916, having landed from a German U-Boat.
It is said that Grand Strand term was coined by The Myrtle Beach Sun columnist Claude Dunnagan in 1949. and " Strand " itself derives from the German, meaning " beach ".
Dublin escaped the mass bombing of the war due to Ireland's neutrality, though some bombs were dropped by the German air-force and hit North Strand a working-class district.

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