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Selma Alabama

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I totally should have known it was Alabama when you posted.

This is a middle eastern city. More hints to come later this evening if nobody takes a shot with just that.

[LLv34_Snefens]

The old city wall is quite destinct. It's Golgata in Jerusalem. I'll be right back with a new map.

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Back to war related stuff.
These two fortresses on each side of the river played a central role in a battle fought by Danish soldiers.

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Back to war related stuff.
These two fortresses on each side of the river played a central role in a battle fought by Danish soldiers.

i dont have google earth set up at the moment. any possibility to giving timeline hints?

[Reschke]

How in the heck did you get that one? TxMom? Nevermind just being rhetorical there.

BTW your image is the old city in Jerusalem and more specifically just north of the old temple area.

[LLv34_Snefens]

The left fortress was built by Danes in 1256, but was since improved vastly by Sweden up throgh 17th Century. The right fortress is built in 1492.

Although these fortresses have seen many wars, the one I was referring to was World War 2, where both were heavily damaged, but since restored.

[Reschke]

Thought I would add a little history of that interesting area instead of just saying where it was Snefens.

Narva River was used as a trade route during the Viking Age

Viking Age
Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the eighth to eleventh centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland,..., from 5th to 11th century. It was an offshoot of the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks

Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks
The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks was a trade route that connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus' and the Byzantine Empire. The route allowed traders along the route to establish a direct prosperous trade with Byzantium, and prompted some of them to settle in the territories of....

Narva has been for centuries an important border river. Beginning from the 13th century it was the border of Medieval Livonia and the Novgorod Republic

Novgorod Republic
The Novgorod Republic was a large mediæval Russian state which stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Ural Mountains between the 12th and 15th centuries, centred on the city of Novgorod.... Though in earlier periods Narva was part of a larger buffer zone between the two territories, gradually the river emerged as the exact border.

Castles built on the riverbanks (Narva Hermann Castle
Hermann Castle
Hermann Castle is a castle in Narva, eastern Estonia. It was founded in 1256 by the Danes and the first stone castle was built in the beginning of the 14th century..., founded in the beginning of 14th century, Ivangorod fortress

Ivangorod fortress
Ivangorod Fortress is a Russian medieval castle established by Ivan III in 1492 and since then grown into the town of Ivangorod.The fortress overlooks the Narva River opposite the Narva Hermann Castle and the Estonian city of Narva.- History :..., established in 1492 and Vasknarva Castle, first built in the 14th century) were one of the main reasons behind this. Treaties from the 15th century between the Livonian Order

Livonian Order
The Livonian Order was an autonomous Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order and a member of the Livonian Confederation from 1435–1561. After being defeated by Samogitians in the 1236 Battle of Schaulen , the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword were incorporated into the Teutonic...and Novgorod Republic also recognize Narva River as the border. During Swedish Estonia

Swedish Estonia
The Duchy of Estonia , also known as Swedish Estonia, was a dominion of Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721, when it was ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad, following the outcome in the Great Northern War. The dominion arose when the northern parts of present-day Estonia were united under..., when Ingria

Ingria
Ingria is a historical region in the eastern Baltic, now part of Russia, comprising the southern bank of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipus in the west, and Lake Ladoga and the western bank of the Volkhov river in the east...was also part of Sweden, importance of the river as a border diminished. During the Russian Empire

Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union..., since the end of the Great Northern War

Great Northern War
The Great Northern War was a war in which the so-called Northern Alliance composed of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Poland-Lithuania and Saxony engaged Sweden for the supremacy in the Baltic Sea. The war ended with a defeat for Sweden in 1721, leaving Russia as the new major power in the Baltic Sea and...until the establishment of the Republic of Estonia in 1918, Narva River was the border of Governorate of Estonia and Saint Petersburg Governorate

Saint Petersburg Governorate
Saint Petersburg Governorate or Government of Saint Petersburg was a governorate of the Russian Empire...., with the exception of the town of Narva

Narva
Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.-Early history:..., which was part of the latter. According to the Treaty of Tartu

Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian) Tartu Peace Treaty or Treaty of Tartu was a peace treaty between Estonia and Russian SFSR signed in February 2, 1920 ending the Estonian War of Independence..., signed in 1920, the Estonian-Russian border went slightly east of the river, up to 10 km. In 1944 the former Estonian territory east of the river was transferred to Russian SFSR

Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Soviet republics of the Soviet Union and became the Russian...and Narva was thus established as the eastern border of Estonian SSR

Estonian SSR
The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic , often abbreviated as Estonian SSR or ESSR, was a republic of the Soviet Union, administered by and subordinated to the Government of the Soviet Union..., an internal border within USSR. In 1991 the same border became the de facto border of Estonia and Russia. Although no official border treaty has been ratified ever since, today Narva River is the eastern border of the European Union

European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 Member States, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community...and Schengen Zone

Schengen Agreement
The Schengen Agreement is a treaty signed between five of the ten member states of the European Community in 1985. It was supplemented by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement some five years later....

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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Narva_River

[Reschke]

This city in Central Asia has a river flowing along the eastern and southern sides and the river flows to the west. More hints might be given if needed but they would truly give it away.

[LLv34_Snefens]

Bajkonur, although the space-program base itself is 20 miles to the north.

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Another fortress, again in WW2.

[Reschke]

Brest-Litovsk

Fortress overlooking the River Bug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Brest_Fortress#cite_note-Ple245-7

A German wartime film highlighting the capture of Brest-Litovsk fortress:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwWOzT8Yqec&feature=related

 

[Reschke]

The brewery in this town has a rather unique slogan...the brewery is on the southern end of the town and I worked for the steel manufacturer on the north end of town. Town is in Europe.

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The brewery in this town has a rather unique slogan...the brewery is on the southern end of the town and I worked for the steel manufacturer on the north end of town. Town is in Europe.

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In germany?

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In germany?

Yes it is in Germany...that should narrow it down some.

OK to narrow it down even more...This town and brewery was relatively untouched by allied bombing raids during WW2 unlike many other breweries. Also its in the western part of Germany.