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RMDK3YWY–FILE - An undated archive picture shows Austrian skier Franz Klammer competing in the slalom skiing event of hte 23 alpine skiing world championships 1974 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Franz Klammer will turn 60 years on 03 December 2013. Photo: HEINRICH SANDEN/Dpa
RM2A84RP3–GDR border forces stand on top of the Berlin Wall, Germany, 11 November 1989. The Wall was opened in the night 09/10 November. (dpa / IPA / Fotogramma, Berlin - 2014-10-17) ps the photo is usable in respect of the context in which it was taken, and without defamatory intent of the decorum of the people represented Editorial Usage Only
RMH47JN1–Margarete Bergmann-Lambert mit NOK-Präsident Walther Tröger am 26.07.1996 im Deutschen Haus von Atlanta. Die frühere Weltklasse-Hochspringerin Margarete 'Gretel' Bergmann ist in Atlanta Ehrengast des Nationalen Olympischen Komitees (NOK). Die heute 82jährige in den USA lebende Dame blieb 1936 als Jüdin von den Olympischen Spielen in Berlin ausgeschlossen, obwohl sie seit 1934 zu den besten deutschen Hochspringerinnen gehörte und mit 1,60 m im Vorfeld von Olympia eine Klasseleistung aufstellte. Nach den Spielen von Berlin wanderte sie in die USA aus, schlug sich in New York als Putzfrau durch u
RMMF29TW–Frankfurt Main, Deutschland. 30th Nov, 2002. An Opel sports car of the type Bitter Diplomat CD in red livery, taken in 1973 at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main. Technical data: 5354 cubic centimeters, 230 HP, 4700 revolutions per minute, 220 km/h top speed, consumption 13.8 liters per 100 kilometers, length 486 centimeters, width 185 centimeters, height 129 centimeters, selling price about 50,000 DM/dpa/Alamy Live News
RM2A84RPM–Berliners and people from all over Germany celebrate with sparklers on the Berlin Wall on November 11th 1989. After the GDR leadership had opened some border crossing points, millions of east Germans traveled to the west for short trips. (dpa / IPA / Fotogramma, Berlin - 2014-10-17) ps the photo is usable in respect of the context in which it was taken, and without defamatory intent of the decorum of the people represented Editorial Usage Only
RMMF29YE–Camp, Deutschland. 30th Nov, 2002. The highest lighthouse on the German coast near Campen in the district of Aurich was built between 1889 and 1892 and has a height of 65 meters. (Undated) | usage worldwide Credit: dpa/Alamy Live News
RMD7B9KN–Undated portrait of Professor Hermann Stuadinger, who is considered as founder of the chemistry of the macromolecules and polymers. He received the nobel prize of chemistry in 1953.
RMD9WH4E–Franz Beckenbauer wearing the national team's jersey during his time as active player (undated picture).
RMMFDH8F–The vineyards of the Baden wine village Buchholz im Breisgau will be hanged on 28.2.96 by helicopter. The product is a granulate made up of the nutrient components lime, magnesium, boron and potash. After several years, the forests in Baden-Wurttemberg have been successfully chalked by helicopter. Now, aerial fertilization is also applied to agricultural flaughs. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHM6–The highway bridge on the A23 at Itzehoe (recorded on 26.12.1996) is considered a 'needle hole'. Inaugurated in 1967, the building was designed as a two-lane crossing of the Stor, and in 1976 a third lane was added. Finance for a real expansion are currently not available, and so in the future during the holiday season, a three to four kilometer long congestion in the north must be taken into account. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHR6–A 'Bully' of the first series from the year 1956 finds great interest in the visitors of the anniversary celebration '40 years VW commercial vehicles' on 29.5.1996 in Hanover. Since then, more than seven million cars and vehicles have left the factory, which currently employs 15,000 people. Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg) wants to become the most successful manufacturer of smaller commercial vehicles in Europe. The head of this division, Bernd Wiedemann, set this goal up at a reception for the 40th anniversary of the VW Transporter plant in Hanover-Stocken. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHAW–View of the motorway junction Frankfurt. Aerial view from 4.3.1996. Motorists are advised to avoid the section from 5.3.1996 because of commencing construction work. The long-planned conversion of the cross is expected to continue until 2001. The costs are estimated at about 87 million marks by the Hessian State Office for Roads and Transportation. The construction of four motorway bridges to facilitate the Einfadeln from one highway to another, thereby future traffic congestion should be avoided. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH87–The maglev train 'Transrapid 07' races at 400 kilometers per hour over its test track. At the 14th International Magnetic Railway Conference, the Federal Ministry of Technology Bremen announced that the Transrapid line Hamburg-Berlin in 2005 should be completed. The total cost of the track was the Ministry with 8.9 billion marks. Of this, the federal government takes 5.6 billion marks for the infrastructure. The rest comes from the private sector with 3.3 billion marks. 14.5 million passengers are to be invited annually. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHR2–The maglev train 'Transrapid 07' races at 400 kilometers per hour over its test track (recorded on 27.11.1995 in Lathen/Emsland). The Transrapid project has now overcome the last parliamentary hurdle: The Federal Council gave its approval on 14 June 1996 in Bonn for the construction of the controversial magnetic levitation railway between Hamburg and Berlin. After the beginning of the regional planning procedure, the start of construction of the billions project in 1998 will take place. The world's first rapid transit railway of this kind will then operate between 2005 and 2005 between Hambu
RMMDK95H–View of the company nameplate of the Commerzbank subsidiary in Luxembourg City, 30.10.1995. | usage worldwide
RMMDK960–In the city triangle Koln, Aachen and Monchengladbach, the largest closed brown coal deposit in Europe is stored here: Here is one of the giant bucket wheel excavators, the earth masses wegraumt in the mining field Garzweiler I, to come to lie at 200 meters depth lignite. - In the coalition agreement between SPD and Grunen in North Rhine-Westphalia, the two parties agreed, after the decision of the Constitutional Court on the Garzweiler II opencast mine, to examine whether the legal basis for approval had to be changed. Until then, no one should be resettled. The SPD state government had appro
RMMDK95E–Rheinbraun has commissioned a new brown coal excavator at the Hambach opencast mine. The Bucket Wheel Excavator 293, according to Rheinbraun the most modern in the world, weighs 14,000 tonnes and costs with Absetzer 761 and 952 Tripper together 500 million marks. The 95-meter high Ungetum can demand 240,000 tons of coal daily. To operate 90 employees are employed. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH5R–Motorists had to bring a lot of patience on Ascension Thursday when their destination was in the south. As here on the highway 8 between Munich and Salzburg vacationers, who had been looking forward to a long weekend, were stuck in kilometer-long traffic jams. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH5K–The new Mercedes E 200 is in front of the Ludwigsburg Schloss Favorite. The entry-level model of the new E-Class - a diesel - is expected to come on 24.6.95 on the market. | usage worldwide
RMKECNK6–Hindu pilgrims during ritual washings in the Ganges river in Varanasi, India. Undated picture. The water of the Ganges river is holy and ritually purifying. | usage worldwide
RMMDK94N–The head office of the Victoria insurance in Dusseldorf, taken on 22.7.1998. With the completion of one of the largest construction projects after the war in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital, nearly 3000 employees of the Victoria insurance will move into the complex. In addition, the Dusseldorfer government president has his official residence in the building on the right. | usage worldwide
RMMF2BWN–The new ICT train of Deutsche Bahn is on 27.05.1998 on the test track in Wegberg-Wildenrath (North Rhine-Westphalia). On the approximately 6-kilometer route, the active tilting technology, which is to allow faster turns through curves tested. The new generation of the high-speed train, with which the railway wants to shorten travel times on the winding roads, will be used from the summer of 1999 onwards. By the end of 1999, 43 newly developed ICT trains with tilting technology were to reduce travel times by up to 20 percent, Bahn AG reported in Wegberg-Wildenrath in the Rhineland with | usage
RMMDK937–An employee walks on 21.8.1997 over the premises of the cable works in Berlin-Oberschoneweide. In front of the factory halls is a large number of cable reels. The operation of the British company will merge with a manufacturer from Holland and thereby abandon the site of the former cable factory Oberspree (KWO). As a result of this merger, about half of the 1,200 jobs will be lost. | usage worldwide
RMMDK925–View of the brown coal mining area Garzweiler I near Otzenrath, taken on 8.6.1997. The North Rhine-Westphalian state government has not violated the state constitution with its approval of the lignite mining Garzweiler II. On June 8, 1997, the Constitutional Court in Munster also dismissed the complaints of six municipalities versus the controversial major project. By the end of April, the co-governing Grunen had failed with a lawsuit in Munster. | usage worldwide
RMMFDGM4–The Frankfurt airport from the 'bird's eye view': right, the two runways, front left, Terminal 1, the rear Terminal 2 (added on 2.6.1997). Flughafen Frankfurt Main AG (FAG) recorded a record profit before taxes of DM 251.6 million last year (1995: DM 108 million). The company called lower depreciation on 4/4/97 as the main reason for development. Sales rose by just under two percent to 2.36 billion DM. It was generated with 12425 witharbeiterern (1995: 12508). FAG also recorded slight growth in passenger numbers, freight volumes and flight movements. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHN1–The ferry 'Georgots' of the Finnish-Estonian shipping company Tallink at the entrance to the port of the Finnish capital Helsinki. (Recording from 11.5.1997). | usage worldwide
RMMHRN9F–Full of colorful Easter eggs, the branches of a tree in front of a clinic in the North Hessian Bad Wildungen (Waldeck-Frankenberg district) on 18.3.1997. As part of a creative therapy, some 15 spa guests at the clinic worked several hours to hang the 2000 self-painted eggs. As every year, one hopes this time that not too many eggs of the colorful tree will be lost through theft fs12 . | usage worldwide
RMMFDHAR–The luxury cruise ship 'Galaxy', built at Papenburg's Meyer shipyard, will continue its Uberfuhrungsfahrt on the Ems to the Dutch North Sea port Emshaven in the aftert 17.10.1996 at Leer. There, the interior of the 77700 gt large ocean liner is to be completed. After extensive test drives in the North Sea, the ship will be handed over to the end of November in Hamburg. | usage worldwide
RMKNJNBX–ARCHIVE - The fashion entrepreneur Otto Kern presents his shoe collection at the International Shoe Fair (GDS) in Duesseldorf, Germany, 15 September 1996. The fashion designer has passed away at the age of 67 in Monaco. Photo: Oliver Multhaup/dpa
RMMF2BCE–For more than 10 kilometers, the vehicles accumulate on the BAB 1 at Bargteheide towards the south. The return wave of the tourists led to the overloading of diversions. The cause is a six-kilometer-long construction site between Ahrensburg and Bargteheide, where the road surface is currently being renewed. Taken on 27th July 1996. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHNF–Passengers are waiting on 27.6.1996 in front of the Frankfurt Central Station at a stop on the tram. | usage worldwide
RMMHRN7P–High-rope artist Fredy Nock balances on June 6, 1996 in Trier on the 400-meter-long steel cableway of a cable car over the Moselle. The 31-year-old artist from Zurich has been on the high wire since the age of six and is currently in Trier with the circus Flic Flac. | usage worldwide
RMMF2B7C–Travelers on a platform of the Rabat train station wait for an arriving train. Taken on June 2, 1996. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHN3–The longest limousine in the world approved for road traffic will be loaded onto a railway carriage in Bremerhaven on 16.4.1996 and will be transported by freight train to Frankfurt. The 14-meter-long, white car of the Lincoln brand arrived on April 13 from America in the seaside city. The Danger offers space for up to 16 people and is equipped with two whirlpools, four bars, a laser light show and a bedroom in the back area. The car, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records and already 'inwirkte' in a Walt Disney film, can be rented in future by interested parties including chauffeur f
RMMFDHKX–Koln, 18.1.96: employee of the Kolner Ford plant Niehl at the final month of the new Ford Fiesta. Every 40 seconds, a new Fiesta leaves the car manufacturer's belt. Every day up to 1,160 units of the youngest vehicle model are created. | usage worldwide
RMMDK96N–View through the lattice fence at the Frankfurt headquarters of the electrical company AEG. The traditional company goes out in 1996, the lights. The last chapter of the General Electricity Company, founded by Emil Rathenau in 1883, will be closed at the General Meeting on 05.06.1996 at the latest. With the sale of two core divisions to the French conglomerate Alcatel Alstom - Energy distribution with 9000 employees, plant and automation technology with 6000 workplaces - the Frankfurt headquarters with its 700 employees will also become superfluous. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH9C–The 249 m long and 32 m wide cruise ship 'Century' is, held by a tug, in the dusk before Leer. The 70,000-tonne luxury liner completed by Meyer-Werft Papenburg has mastered the first leg to the sea on the Ems. From Emden, the ship will then depart for an inspection of the underwater section and later for sea trials on the North Sea. The 'Century' will drive from November in the direction of the US shipping company 'Celebrity Cruises' each up to 1800 tourists through the island world of the Caribbean. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH57–with the aid of a warm-image camera (below), the Bavarian 'Edelweiss 1' helicopter can also track the criminals of the Bavarian riot police. The medicine ball-sized white ball, which is cooled to minus 180 degrees, can distinguish between up to two kilometers away hot and cold and thus make out about an aligned gangster in the forest. Under the pulpit of the helicopter there is also a powerful searchlight attached. The several 100,000 DM expensive, unique in Germany system that has been in use for about half a year, already made considerable search successes possible. | usage worldwide
RMMF2BCF–A plane flies at the start of the Dusseldorf airport via lighting systems. Taken on 6.9.1994. | usage worldwide
RMMDK95C–A worker at the heating press for the vulcanization of truck tires. Taken on June 8, 1994. | usage worldwide
RMMF2BBP–An airplane has moored at a passenger bridge, in the background the airport building. Taken on 6 May 1993. | usage worldwide
RMET0P96–FILE - A file picture dated 12 May 1973 shows German band leader and composer James Last as he receives eleven Golden Records at a time in Schliersee, Germany. Last has died at the age of 86 in Florida, USA, on 09 June 2015, his long-time concert organiser Semmel Concerts said on 10 June 2015. Photo: Georg Goebel/dpa
RMMF2A4A–Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel (SPD) sorts his documents during the parliamentary session on September 17, 1999 in Berlin. Coalition and opposition fought on the third day of the budget and austerity debate in the Bundestag fierce clashes. 'The opposition has no concept,' said Eichel in the final round of the first reading of the 2000 budget and the austerity package. Also in the last round Eichel and the speakers of the red-green coalition affirmed that they do not want to let the austerity package shake. In the opposite part will be ensured that the shortages increased further to 2003
RMMDK94Y–A giant excavator works through the mining area Garzweiler I, taken on 29 July 1999. In the city triangle Koln, Aachen and Monchengladbach stores the largest closed brown coal deposits in Europe. For the mining field Garzweiler (until 1987 open-pit mine Frimmersdorf) six villages with about 2800 people were resettled since 1956. | usage worldwide
RMMDK92A–A giant excavator works through the mining area Garzweiler I, taken on 29 July 1999. In the city triangle Koln, Aachen and Monchengladbach stores the largest closed brown coal deposits in Europe. For the mining field Garzweiler (until 1987 open-pit mine Frimmersdorf) six villages with about 2800 people were resettled since 1956. | usage worldwide
RMMF2BN1–To capture the human eye so, the inclusion of a photo camera in a long exposure of three minutes a nice view of the traffic on the highway A 96 Munich in the direction of Lindau: The lights of the front and rear headlights of the passing cars are called long yellow and reproduced red stripes (recorded on 29.6.1999 at Landsberg). | usage worldwide
RMMF2C4P–In rank and file are three 'smart' cars on 16.7.1998 in Barcelona. The car has been presented to media representatives from various countries for several days. In Germany, the City Coupe will be available in October in the trade. The basic version of the city car with 45 hp costs 16480 marks. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH0R–At the depot in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf on 15.6.1998 S-Bahn train of the newest generation. The 25 trains had been pulled out of service the day before (14.6.), After a wheel break had occurred on a light rail. The breakage of a wheel tire is considered as the cause of the ICE accident of Eschede. | usage worldwide
RMMDK946–A employee of the battery manufacturer Varta controlled on 27.3.1998 in Hannover, the production of 12-volt starter batteries for trucks. After years of loss, Varta has now made the turnaround. After returning to profitability in the previous year (plus DM 47 million), the Group anticipates further improvement in the current year. The operating result should grow by a good ten percent in 1998, partly as a result of cost reductions. However, the company came in the first few months because of the mild winter weather in the field of car batteries in sales 'not quite so good from the starting hol
RMMF2C2P–Brand new, intended for delivery Volkswagen, waiting on March 25, 1998 in a parking lot of the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg. | usage worldwide
RMMDK96F–A 'steel monster' resembles a bucket wheel excavator, which on January 22, 1998 calls for around 4,000 tonnes of excavated rock per hour at the brown coal mine near Schoningen near Helmstedt. Braunschweiger Kohlen-Bergwerke AG (BKB), which owns the lignite fields, celebrates its 125th anniversary next Monday (26.01.97). By 2017, lignite will be required in the Helmstedt area. | usage worldwide
RMMHRN90–Sporty summer shoes with profiled rubber soles and zip fasteners as well as funny slippers in cheesy colors with layered lightweight platform soles will be shown by Lena on January 21, 1998 in Offenbach at the presentation of the new shoe fashion. Women are moving on a lighter footing in the spring/summer of 1998 if they want to go with fashion. | usage worldwide
RMMDK970–with the unloading of the container ship 'Kate Maersk' on 14.1.1998 on the CT III of the container terminal in Bremerhaven, the Danish shipping company Maersk starts its weekly European Far East service with the designation AE1 from the Weser. Maersk had relocated the service from Hamburg after Bremerhaven. The AE1 will be operated by K-Class large container ships, which have capacity for around 6,000 standard containers. For Bremerhaven, this relocation means an increase of currently around 100,000 Maersk TEU per year. | usage worldwide
RMMDK99N–Borsenhandler do their business in floor trading on 25.11.1997 in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The offensive of computers does not stop at the symbols of capital. On November 28, 1997, Xetra - the new electronic trading system for stock exchanges - starts. How long floor trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange still proceeds after a classic pattern is difficult to predict. The forecasts range from 'two years to behind'. In the US, as well as the electronic, the floor trading in Wall Street has been maintained. Fs12 fs16 The stock market in the city on the Main met on 25.11. slightly r
RMMDK93C–Aerial view of the Hamburg plant of Daimler-Benz-Aerospace AG in Finkenwerder, taken on 28.10.1997. | usage worldwide
RMMDK97R–The building of Dresdner Bank in Dusseldorf, taken on 25.9.1997. In the search for tax-evading 'foreign savers', officials of the Dusseldorf Regional Finance Office found Dresdner Bank searches for dubious monetary transfers after Luxembourg in the order of five billion marks and for securities of more 13 billion marks, the chief financial director Peter Mayer reports in a dpa Conversation. Unknown are the sums that were brought by tax evaders personally after Luxembourg. | usage worldwide
RMMFDGXB–'Roll out' for the new Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen: after it has been pulled out of its hangar and fastened to an anchor mast, the 75 meter long Zeppelin NT (New Technology) floats on 8.8.1997 on the grounds of the fair in Friedrichshafen.The first flight The high-tech Zeppelin is scheduled for late August and withte September. Passengers - a maximum of twelve - are expected to enjoy a ride in the airship in the summer of 1988. 7200 cubic meters of incombustible helium fill the envelope of the 'silver cigar'. Pivoting propellers make the NT extra manoeuvrable and dawith sure. | usage worldwide
RMMFDGKJ–recorded on 17.7.1997 at the Frankfurt Rhein-Main-Airport, where the spanish kingdoms arrived for a short visit. Juan Carlos and his wife Sofia paid Germany a four-day state visit. | usage worldwide
RMHG6HHR–FILE - A file picture dated 30 June 1997 depicts Swiss actor Klaus Wildbolz as hotel manager Wenzel Hofer during filming for the TV series 'Schlosshotel Orth' in Gmunden, Austria. Klaus Wildbolz has died. Photo: Ursula Düren/dpa
RMHG6HH3–FILE - A file picture dated 30 June 1997 depicts Swiss actor Klaus Wildbolz during filming for the TV series 'Schlosshotel Orth' in Gmunden, Austria. Klaus Wildbolz has died. Photo: Ursula Düren/dpa
RMHG6HJ1–FILE - A file picture dated 30 June 1997 depicts Swiss actor Klaus Wildbolz (C) during filming for the TV series 'Schlosshotel Orth' with other actors Nicole R. Beutler (L), Andrea Lamatsch, Mischa Fernbach (R), and Rupert Apfl-Nussbaumer (FRONT). Klaus Wildbolz ist tot. (zu dpa «Schauspiel in Gmunden, Austria. Klaus Wildbolz has died. Photo: Ursula Düren/dpa
RMW9HKEG–Chairman and founder of the German aid organization 'German Notary-Kowithee Cap Anamur', taken on 26.6.1997 at the funeral for Lew Kopelew in Koln. Representatives of the cultural and political life in Germany have said goodbye to the coffin of the Russian writer and citizen-rights activist Kopelew, who died at the age of 85. In a memorial service at the Kolner Westfriedhof, North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister President Johannes Rau said that in his years in the Federal Republic of Germany, Kopelew had become 'a piece of our conscience' as a moral authority. The SPD politician called Kopelew a h
RMMHRN87–Racing ox 'Steffen' gallops on 25.5.1997 with his 'jockey' Johanna on her back and her father Michael on the harness over the 200-meter-long racetrack. At the 'Championships of the Upper Bavarian Rennochsen' at the Braumillerhof in Biburg (Furstenfeldbruck district), 23 representatives took part, who had to ask the all-important question 'Did he or did he not mogue?'. | usage worldwide
RMMHRNBB–From 130 meters high Jochen Schweitzer jumps on his cross machine, hanging on a bungee rope only, on 15.1.1997 from the Hamburg TV tower. The hitherto unique stunt on a 100 kilogram motorcycle is to be advertised for the Hamburg Motorcycle Days, which take place from 24 to 26 January at the exhibition center. | usage worldwide
RMMHRN9K–Steffen Borchert, originally a religious scientist, deletes on 22.11.1996 one of the colorful sarge from the offer of the alternative funeral home 'Bios', which he founded with three partners in Hanover. The young entrepreneurs want to get things going in Germany's cemeteries. 'Anyone who has lived with punk does not have to be buried with trade,' says Borchert, and true to this motto, 'Bios' tries to fulfill unusual funeral wishes, be it a techno party as a last resort. However, the quartet pushes in some cases on legal Hurden. For example, the company had to refuse a customer's request to ha
RMMFDH9F–A bus for the future will be presented at the IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover until 29.9.1996 by the Swedish exhibitor Volvo. 24.9. Forthcoming is the unusual design of the aluminum body. The driver's seat is in the withte, video cameras instead of rear-view mirrors provide information to the driver. The bus can be lowered to Burgersteighohe. The test prototype is powered by batteries and a gas turbine with integrated high-speed generator. They make about 150 hp. 80 passengers can be brought by bus (of which up to 33 are seated). | usage worldwide
RMMFDHHB–View of the new ICE 2 on 6.9.1996 at the ICE plant in Munich. The new model offers a higher seat capacity (from 482 to 566), a lower weight allows lower energy consumption (around ten percent) and the comfort has improved compared to the predecessor, so the Deutsche Bahn AG. In total, the Bahn has ordered 44 new generation trains for 1.6 billion marks. Until the timetable change 1997/98 all ICE 2 should be delivered. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHP4–An oversized cloverleaf of asphalt: The Walldorfer cross connects the motorways A 5 (Karlsruhe-Frankfurt) and A6 (Mannheim-Heilbronn) and is located near Walldorf and Hockenheim (aerial photo from 27.7.1996). The Autobahnkreuz makes itself talked about at major events at the Hockenheimring, such as the recent 'Grand Prix of Germany', or open-air concerts. Then often for hours nothing walks on Walldorfer cross. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHME–A car driver telephones on 15.7.96 during a drive in the Frankfurt city center (in the background the Messeturm and Hochhauser of the banks). The Chairman of the Bonn Transport Committee, Dionys Jobst, had spoken out in favor of a ban on telephoning during the journey, as in Switzerland, Italy or Sweden. But for the time being, everything remains the same - road users in Germany may also sit behind the wheel with mobile phones. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHWH–A employee of the VW Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg takes over on 12.07.1996 the final inspection of a VW Polo. In future, Volkswagen AG will pay a premium of up to 3,000 marks to buyers of certain new-car models for used cars without catalytic converters. When purchasing a 'Polo', 'Golf', 'Passat' or 'Sharan', the end-of-life vehicles can be given in payment. The condition for this is that the vehicle is approved for at least three months in the name of the new car purchaser this year. | usage worldwide
RMMHRN9X–On the 25th of June, 1996, these seven infants take the coming seven-sleep day quite literally on the children's ward Florence Nightingale in Dusseldorf-Kaiserswerth. After an old farmer's rule, the fate of the summer in Germany will be decided on the Seven-Dorm (27th June). According to popular wisdom, the weather has remained unchanged for seven weeks: 'It rains on the Seven-Sister Day, the rain may not give way for seven weeks'. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHW2–The first SLK sports cars for the series are currently being produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen (recorded on 14.6.96). Every day, 14 two-seater roadsters with a sophisticated folding roof made of steel, which can be tilted out within 25 seconds at the touch of a button, are created here every day. The production of the SLK replaces the previously built T-model in Bremen and secures 1,500 of the total of 13,586 jobs of the largest private employer in the state of Bremen. The delivery of the Flitzer is scheduled for 14 September. The four-meter-long sports car gives it with 136 or 193
RMMDK972–A giant excavator works its way through the mining area Garzweiler I (taken 6.6.1996). In the city triangle Koln, Aachen and Monchengladbach the largest closed brown coal deposit of Europe is stored. For the mining field Garzweiler (until 1987 open-pit mine Frimmersdorf) six villages with about 2800 people were resettled since 1956. | usage worldwide
RMMDK96P–A giant excavator works its way through the mining area Garzweiler I (taken 6.6.1996). In the city triangle Koln, Aachen and Monchengladbach the largest closed brown coal deposit of Europe is stored. For the mining field Garzweiler (until 1987 open-pit mine Frimmersdorf) six villages with about 2800 people were resettled since 1956. | usage worldwide
RMMDK962–On the grounds of Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart-Unterturkheim (added on 1.3.96), the automobile company wants to build a new engine plant for around one billion marks. Four and five-cylinder engines are to be manufactured in the new production facility. | usage worldwide
RMMFDH8D–The 'shift change' among the winter holidaymakers led on 24.2.1996 on the motorway A8 Munich-Salzburg to mile-long traffic jams. Other Bavarian motorways also reported disabilities because of heavy traffic. | usage worldwide
RMMFDHW7–With the 'Gaus' the Japanese car manufacturer withsubishi presents a new study in the field of recreational vehicles shortly before the start of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt on September 12, 1995. The car has a large, variable interior with a level ground, which offers passengers free passage through the entire cabin. The passenger door is a large, horizontally split unit that extends from the front to the rear of the 'Gaus'. At the push of a button, the upper part glides over the roof, while the lower part opens outwards and forms a step. | usage worldwide
RMMHRNA9–. Menne Westphal, 63, introduces himself to the Ihme. He lets himself be pulled on a round board. He then sets up a ladder at a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour and stands on it. The pull rope to the boat he stops with the teething. Not so easy, such a balancing act, but the rustic businessman has a lot of practice - he has been a passionate water skier for about three decades. (published July 10, 1995) | usage worldwide
RMMDK963–View of the plant of 'Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd.' (SVW). On the 10th anniversary of the joint venture 'Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company Ltd.' (SVW) on 20.4.95 was the first 'Santana 2 000', a newly developed SVW model in the presence of VW CEO Ferdinand Piech, responsible for Asia-Pacific VW management Martin Posth and the President of the Chinese joint venture partner 'Shanghai Automotive Industry', Lu Ji-An, brought off the assembly line. Furthermore, a paint shop was inaugurated. | usage worldwide
RMMF2B79–In a futuristic outfit glides on 26.10.1994 the new tram over the tracks at the 'Place Kleber' in the center of the Alsatian city Strasbourg. In the background the tower of the Strasbourg Munsters (M). The stromlinienformige railway, which was built in England, is inaugurated after test drives on 25.11.1994 solemnly. It connects 12.6 kilometers long the city center with the suburbs Illkirch-Graffenstaden and Hautepierre. | usage worldwide
RMMDK93X–A worker at the open air press for the vulcanization of truck tires. Taken on June 8, 1994. | usage worldwide
RMMDK931–staff at quality control station going through each finished tire. Taken on June 8, 1994. | usage worldwide
RMMF2C4X–Final acceptance of the finished vehicles. With the official production start of the 'Mondeo' in January 1993 also for the Belgian plant Genk of the Ford works AG began a new age. In the past two years, around 1.4 billion marks have been invested in hall extensions, state-of-the-art production facilities and new press lines of the European Mondeo production site. In 1993, around 200 'Mondeo' passenger cars are expected to run off the production line every day. Taken on April 23, 1993. | usage worldwide
RMMF2B64–Welding robot in the manufacture of the body. With the official production start of the 'Mondeo' in January 1993 also for the Belgian plant Genk of the Ford works AG began a new age. In the past two years, around 1.4 billion marks have been invested in hall extensions, state-of-the-art production facilities and new press lines of the European Mondeo production site. In 1993, around 200 'Mondeo' passenger cars are expected to run off the production line every day. Taken on April 23, 1993. | usage worldwide
RMMF2C4Y–End of the production line. With the official production start of the 'Mondeo' in January 1993 also for the Belgian plant Genk of the Ford works AG began a new age. In the past two years, around 1.4 billion marks have been invested in hall extensions, state-of-the-art production facilities and new press lines of the European Mondeo production site. In 1993, around 200 'Mondeo' passenger cars are expected to run off the production line every day. Taken on April 23, 1993. | usage worldwide
RMMF2C25–A worker sticks the type plate on the boot lid of an otherwise finished 'Mondeo' with the help of a template. With the official production start of the 'Mondeo' in January 1993 also for the Belgian plant Genk of the Ford works AG began a new age. In the past two years, around 1.4 billion marks have been invested in hall extensions, state-of-the-art production facilities and new press lines of the European Mondeo production site. In 1993, around 200 'Mondeo' passenger cars are expected to run off the production line every day. Taken on April 23, 1993. | usage worldwide
RMMF2C46–Body shells are automatically welded together by industrial robots. With the official production start of the 'Mondeo' in January 1993 also for the Belgian plant Genk of the Ford works AG began a new age. In the past two years, around 1.4 billion marks have been invested in hall extensions, state-of-the-art production facilities and new press lines of the European Mondeo production site. In 1993, around 200 'Mondeo' passenger cars are expected to run off the production line every day. Taken on April 23, 1993. | usage worldwide