Europe
- 257 Silesia (Silesia)
- 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
- 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
- 2206 Gabrova (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)
- 2236 Austrasia (Austrasia, historic region from western Germany to eastern France)
- 3933 Portugal (Portugal)
- 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe)
- 8020 Erzgebirge (German name for the Ore Mountains)
- 22618 Silva Nortica (Silva Nortica, a region at the border of Austria and the Czech Republic)
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“riding flatcars to Fresno,
Across the whole country
Steep towns, flat towns, even New York,
And oceans and Europe & libraries & galleries
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—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“The confrontation between America and Europe reveals not so much a rapprochement as a distortion, an unbridgeable rift. There isn’t just a gap between us, but a whole chasm of modernity.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
“I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to ... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.... I furthermore charge you to submit to me as soon as possible a draft showing the ... measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.”
—Hermann Goering (1893–1946)