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siege mines

German translation: Belagerungsmine / Belagerungsstollen

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English term or phrase:siege mine
German translation:Belagerungsmine / Belagerungsstollen
Entered by: Wenke Geddert

16:20 May 8, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - History
English term or phrase: siege mines
Aus einer Broschüre:

"Explore 800 years of history brought to life in the imaginative historical exhibition, excavated pre-Norman houses, fortifications, siege mines, and the battlement walks. The sights, scenes and sounds of the Castle and its environs all combine to recreate the atmosphere of the era."

Danke!
Wenke Geddert
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:36
Belagerungsmine / Belagerungsstollen
Explanation:
Mine durchaus auch als Kampfmittel (zB bei der Türkenbelagerung von Wien) als unter die Festungsmauern gegrabener Stollen und mit Sprengstoff gefüllt - recht effektiv
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Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 01:36
Grading comment
Herzlichen Dank!
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4 +7Belagerungsmine / Belagerungsstollen
Hans G. Liepert


  

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Belagerungsmine / Belagerungsstollen


Explanation:
Mine durchaus auch als Kampfmittel (zB bei der Türkenbelagerung von Wien) als unter die Festungsmauern gegrabener Stollen und mit Sprengstoff gefüllt - recht effektiv

Hans G. Liepert
Switzerland
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Herzlichen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uwe Bizer (X): Genau. Ähnlich auch bei Herr der Ringe.
2 mins
  -> danke
agree  Olaf Reibedanz
2 mins
  -> danke
agree  Katrin Hollberg: Upps, da war ich zu lahm... Ja, schau mal hier nach: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belagerung
4 mins
  -> Genau, zu langsam, so verliert man die schönste Schlacht! ;O)
agree  Matthias Quaschning-Kirsch
18 mins
  -> danke
agree  Condi_: COA003
4 hrs
  -> danke
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
9 hrs
  -> danke
agree  Sandra Becker
14 hrs
  -> danke
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