To protect the northern coast of the Frankish Empire, Charlemagne began paying Viking chieftains to protect sections of the coast from the Schlei west to the Weser River.
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The city was neither to be conquered nor to be successfully beleaguered due to its new fortifications and its access to the North Sea via the Weser river.
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The plane had taken off from an airfield at Bremerhaven Wednesday morning and crashed in the mouth of the Weser river, close to the nearby town of Nordenham.
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Only an hour by car or train from Hamburg, it sits on the banks of the Weser River near the North Sea and joined the Hanseatic League in 1358.
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The Frisian lands in those days stretched along a large part of the North Sea coast, including Friesland and two small areas east of the Weser river, Wursten and W�rden.
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But their efforts are temporarily halted when the town is invaded by rats, which have fled the neighboring city of Hamelout after the Weser River flooded and destroyed the town.
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The next day, they crossed the Weser River in assault boats and under the cover of darkness carried out a flanking manoeuvre on the Germans occupying the town of Leese.
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The next year, just prior to the Battle of the Weser River, Arminius engaged in a famous disputation with his brother Flavus, who was still serving in the Roman army.
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An Italian freighter slammed into a tanker while turning around toward sea Friday, spilling two tons of heavy oil and another six tons of coconut oil into the Weser River.
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Rescue workers were able to save three people from the Weser river by early afternoon, and they were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, the German Association for Sea Rescue said.
