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Aachen was the administrative centre for the coal-mining industries in neighbouring places to the northeast ; it never played any role in brown coal mining, however, neither in administrative or industrial terms.

Aachen's railway station, the Hauptbahnhof ( Central Station ), was constructed in 1841 at the Cologne-Aachen railway line and replaced in 1905, moving it significantly closer to the city centre.

At the centre of Alfred's reformed military defence system was a network of fortresses, or burhs, distributed at strategic points throughout the kingdom.

In early manhood ( c. 464 – 461 BC ) he went to Athens, which was rapidly becoming the centre of Greek culture.

From the Renaissance onward the chained nude figure of Andromeda typically was the centre of interest, and often she was shown alone, fearfully awaiting the monster.

It was known as Asuristan during this period, and became a main centre of the Church of the East ( now the Assyrian Church of the East ), with a flourishing Syriac ( Assyrian ) Christian culture which exists there to this day.

The second Abbasid caliph, Al Mansur ( 754 – 775 ) founded the city of Baghdad to act as a centre of learning, and included in its design a library-translation centre known as Bayt al-Hikma ‘ Storehouse of Wisdom ’, which continued to receive development from his heirs and was to provide a major impetus for Arabic-Persian translations of Hellenistic astrological texts.

Kabul University was a centre for political debate and activism during that time.

Nuremberg was then an important and prosperous city, a centre for publishing and many luxury trades.

In the summer of 2001 a new visitors ' centre was opened to the public beside the Abbey's west front.

An archaeological investigation of the site of the visitors ' centre before building started revealed the foundations of the medieval precinct wall, with a gateway, and stonework discarded during manufacture, showing that the area was the site of the masons ' yard while the Abbey was being built.

Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture: it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, again in 1885, and in 1956 at Aberdare Park where the Gorsedd standing stones still exist.

Abersychan was a thriving industrial centre in the 19th century and early 20th century, particularly for iron production.

The centre of this cult was in uten-ha / Sa-ka / Cynopolis, a place whose Greek name simply means " city of dogs ".

The Council recognized expert help was required to help shape what the town centre should look like over the next 10 – 15 years and how to make this happen.

In antiquity, Arcturus was closer to the centre of the constellation.

The town was redeveloped in the 1970s with a new town centre layout and traffic system.

The modern beef breed was developed in the 1950s by Professor Hanset, working at an artificial insemination centre in Liege province.

Both Benedict Biscop and Ceolfrith had acquired books from the Continent, and in Bede's day the monastery was a renowned centre of learning.

By 16: 00, with the enemy troops besieged in Blenheim and Oberglau, the Allied centre of 81 squadrons ( nine squadrons had been transferred from Cutts ' column ), supported by 18 battalions was firmly planted amidst the French line of 64 squadrons and nine battalions of raw recruits.

With the battle still not won, Marlborough had to rebuke one of his cavalry officers who was attempting to leave the field – " Sir, you are under a mistake, the enemy lies that way ..." Now, at the Duke's command, the second Allied line under von Bulow and the Count of Ost-Friese was ordered forward, and, driving through the centre, the Allies finally put Tallard's tired horse to rout, not without cost.

Call centre staff are often organised into a multi-tier support system for more efficient handling of calls.

This he organised as a single centre for Italian statistical services.

At the same time, the university became a centre for the organised women's liberation movement, which emerged in the 1970s.

A music festival, Auto, was organised ( held at Rotherham's Magna centre ) where they played their last gig before embarking on a 9-year hiatus.

Since then events such as a French market have been organised to bring more footfall into the town centre.

The Festival of the Tenth Summer in July 1986, organised by Factory Records, helped to consolidate Manchester's standing as a centre for alternative pop-culture.

At the same time, the university became a centre for the organised women's liberation movement, which emerged in the 1970s.

At the same time, the university became a centre for the organised women's liberation movement, which emerged in the 1970s.

In the 17th century the town was at the centre of the Puritan emigration to America, and the local rector, John White, organised the settlement of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

On January 31, 1919, a massive rally organised by the trade unions took place on George Square in the centre of Glasgow.

The Primordials brought the Unshaped Chaos that was at the time, and formed it into the Creation – a flat world of finite extent, dominated by five elemental forces organised into poles in the furthest reaches of the four cardinal directions, as well as one pole in the centre of the others.

According to Polish sources ( published in 1969 ) The area remained the main centre of activity by Polish minority in the region and in 1923 Związek Polaków na obszar Kaszubski was founded in the city In 1928 Jan Bauer, a Polish teacher organised Polish language lessons, and reinvigorated the Polish movement in the city, which resulted in repressions by German state, and his eventual conviction and exile from Germany in 1932, founding himself at the outbreak of Second World War in Berlin he was arrested and murdered by Germans in 1940.

He retired in 1903 after four decades at the centre of organised science in New Zealand.

The IRB was organised into circles, a “ circle ” was analogous to a regiment, that the “ centre ” or A, who might be considered equivalent to a colonel, who chose nine B ’ s, or captains, who in their turn chose nine C ’ s, or sergeants, who in their turn chose nine D ’ s, who constituted the rank and file.

Vincent organised various social activities and the eager response of the community showed the importance of the church as a social centre.

The satirical magazine Private Eye alleged that members of the FCS at Aberystwyth wore springbok jerseys, racially abused ethnic minority bar staff at the student bar and organised a night out in Aberystwyth town centre to celebrate the anniversary of Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany.

The St Crispin Street Fair was an annual fun fair held in town centre streets of Northampton, England organised by the Northampton Borough Council.

Since 2003 Divo has organised an annual international festival of Dada and In the summer of 2008 he set up a new art centre in the city of Kolín, close to Prague, together with his wife, Sonja Vectomov.

This centre is home to nearly all of Estepona's organised events including product presentations, fairs, commercial exhibitions, concerts and more.

Captain Fazekas immediately organised the centre platoon to help and personally led and fought towards the action area.

In Autumn every year the population rises by several thousand for one day at the Rathdowney Heritage Festival, organised by the Rathdowney and District Historical Association ( RADHA ), who also run an information centre with information on natural heritage, indigenous heritage and history of white settlement from the time of the first pioneers to present day.

Local people founded the Support Campaign for the Octagon Theatre, and under the slogan " Keep theatre made in Bolton " collected 12, 000 signatures and organised several support events, including a protest march through the town centre and two benefit concerts.

The RNVR was organised in ' Divisions ' whose names were taken from the place where the main centre was situated.

According to German statistics Poles constituted 72 % of population in 1825 and 62 % in 1861 ; Gerard Labuda gives the number of 1500 Poles and 590 Germans living in the city in 1825 During the January Uprising in Russian Empire, Barczewo was the local centre of supplying medicine, food and even firearms to Polish rebels, with the Polish society in the city becoming active in war effort and led by August Sokołowski In 1885 a mass rally was organised by Poles, demanding among others that Polish children should be allowed to use their language in education