Elbe River

River in central Europe , flowing several hundred miles from the northwestern section of the former Czechoslovakia before emptying into the North Sea .

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The Elbe created part of the former border between East Germany and West Germany .

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It marked the moment, 80 years ago, when American and Soviet soldiers met on the Elbe River in the dying days of World War Two.

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In Hamburg, the Elbe River flooded streets around the city’s fish market, with water waist-high in places.

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Among the resurgent gas projects in Europe is one planned for along the Elbe River near Hamburg that appeared doomed only late last year.

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The oldest, in the Elbe River in the Czech Republic, is believed to have been inscribed in 1616.

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“We’ve had many crises,” he said, sitting in the company’s branch office in the eastern city of Pirna, overlooking the Elbe River valley.

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