User:Ahoerstemeier/Sandbox

Contents

1 Useful stuff

2 National parks

3 Map templates

4 Working on

5 Thai ships

6 Weblinks for articles yet to write

7 Book shopping list

8 Coat of arms of municipalities in the Märkischer Kreis

8.1 Dahle
8.2 Lüdenscheid-Land
8.3 Amt Lüdenscheid
8.4 Affeln
8.5 Garbeck
8.6 Hennen

9 Template testing

9.1 Thai subdivision article group

10 Pines

Useful stuff

Taxoboxes {{R from scientific name}} {{ToLCleanup}}

National parks

See Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected Areas

Doi Inthanon National Park
Location	Chiang Mai province, Thailand
Nearest City	Chiang Mai
Latitude	18° 33' N
Longitude	98° 34' E
Area	482.4 km&sup2
Date of Establishment	1954 1972/75 enlarged
Governing Bodies	Royal Forest Department National parks division
IUCN category	II

Map templates

Working on

User:Ahoerstemeier/Monthon (now an active article)
User:Ahoerstemeier/Amphibians (to be superseeded by category:Amphibians
User:Ahoerstemeier/Former Thai provinces
User:Ahoerstemeier/Coat of arms in the Amt Hemer (now an active article)
User:Ahoerstemeier/Coat of arms in the Amt Menden
User:Ahoerstemeier/List of Thai olympic medalists
User:Ahoerstemeier/Cosmonauts (cyrillic spelling of most cosmonauts, to be added to the biography articles)
User:Ahoerstemeier/Thai UNESCO personality

Thai ships

ร.ล. = เรือหลวง (ruea luang, royal/non-public ship); H.T.M.S. = His Thai Majesty’s Ship

[1] (http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/shrine/9494/htms.html) [2] (http://www.navy.mi.th/nrdo/Chakri/king9.htm)

Weblinks for articles yet to write

Book shopping list

Obscure, or more-or-less hard to get books on SEAsia as new material for WP articles

"Must have"
- The Kingdoms of Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai. Philip Stott. ISBN 9748225283 (when it's finally available)
Want to look inside first
- Mons: A civilization of Southeast Asia. Emmanuel Guillon. Siam Society
- Early Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia. Charles Higham. ISBN 9748225704
- Travel Guide to Muang Sukhothai. Dhida Saraya. ISBN 9747727382
Maybe
- Any of the other books by Milton Osborne
- Marine Parks of Thailand, Lee & Chou, ISBN 9971008211
Out of print
- The Provincial Administration of Siam 1892-1915. Tej Bunnag. ISBN 0195803434
- National parks of Thailand. Denis Gray. ISBN 9748867099

Other sources
- Meteorological Department. The Cyclone "Gay": Report, 31 October - 4 November 1989.

Bangkok, 1989.

Coat of arms of municipalities in the Märkischer Kreis

The following texts are to be included into articles about the municipalities or Ämter once they are written.

Dahle

When the municipality Dahle planned to have a coat of arms in the early 1930s, no historical heraldic symbol was found which could be used in the coat of arms. Thus the heraldic Otto Hupp had to choose a modern symbol. The top of the shield shows the war memorial, which was build shortly before. The bottom half show the red-and-white chequered bar of the counts of the Mark. The coat of arms was granted on October 17 1935.

Lüdenscheid-Land

The coat of arms of the municipality Lüdenscheid-Land shows three silver chain links on black ground, the symbol of the noble family von Neuhoff, who had their origin in the municipality. Below is the red-and-white chequered bar as the symbol of the Mark. In the bottom part are three wavy lines, representing the three major rivers of the municipality - Rahmede, Volme and Verse. The coat of arms was granted on October 3 1935, and was designed by Otto Hupp.

The first drafts made by Otto Hupp in 1930 were not accepted by mayor of the municipality, one of them was later reused and became the coat of arms of Schalksmühle.

Amt Lüdenscheid

The coat of arms of the Amt Lüdenscheid combined symbols of the two member municipalities Lüdenscheid-Land and Hülscheid. In the top are three chain rings, the symbol of the noble family von Neuenhoff, who had their origin in the area of the municipality Lüdenscheid-Land. To the bottom are three leaves of the English holly, as a talking symbol for the municipality Hülscheid. Both symbols are separated by the red-and-white chequered bar symbolizing the dukedom Mark.

Affeln

The coat of arms of Affeln dates back to medieval times, when in 1492 archbishop Hermann of Cologne elevated the village to be a Freiheit. The oldest seal dates from the year 1538, and showed the cross of Cologne with the holy bishop Lambert of Maastricht as patron saint of the church of Affeln. At first the saint only held a crook, later it was depicted holding both a crook and a bible. In the beginning of the 20th century the municipality requested the official right to have a coat of arms, which was granted by Wilhelm II. in 1909. However later there was some confusion, as before 1935 municipalities weren't allowed to have coat of arms, also in a book by August Roth of 1924 the coat of arms was described as a plain silver cross on a red shield, without the patron saint. In 1967 finally this simplified coat of arms was granted as the official coat of arms, however it expired few years later when Affeln was incorporated into Balve.

Garbeck

The coat of arms of Garbeck shows two black horizontal bars on a silver shield. In the top bar are two silver crowns, in the bottom bar one silver crown with five peaks. The bars on silver ground are taken from the coat of arms of the family von Mengede, an old noble family from Garbeck. The crowns refers to the church which has the Three Holy Kings as their patrons.

Hennen

The coat of arms of the municipality Hennen shows three silver towers with three pinnacles each, placed on a red shield. The three towers represent the three manors (Herrensitz) Hennen, Ohle and Gerkendahl. The coat of arms was granted on September 30 1966.