Birken
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Birken may refer to:
- Birken, British ColumbiaBirken, British ColumbiaBirken is an unincorporated community, located at Birken Lake in the Gates Valley of the Lillooet Country in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, approximately midway in the route known as the Long Portage or Pemberton Pass, which connects the Pemberton Valley to the Fraser Canyon via...
, a city in southern British Columbia, Canada - Birkenhead RiverBirkenhead RiverThe Birkenhead River, formerly known as the Portage River, the Pole River and the Mosquito River, is a major tributary of the Lillooet River, which via Harrison Lake and the Harrison River is one of the major tributaries of the lower Fraser River...
in BC, Canada - Birkenhead PeakBirkenhead PeakBirkenhead Peak, commonly known as Mount Birkenhead and sometimes Birkenhead Mountain and also Mount Birken, 2506 m prominence: 1781 m, is a mountain in the Gates Valley region of the Lillooet Country of the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada...
, a mountain near the river of the same name in BC, Canada - Birken LakeBirken LakeGates Lake, also known as Birken Lake, Tenass Lake, Halfway Lake, and Summit Lake, is a small lake located at the summit of the Pemberton Portage area of the one-time Lakes Route through the Coast Mountains, located at the summit of a low pass connecting the Upper and Lower Lillooet Country of the...
in BC, Canada - "Birken," or "Birka," both German words for the BirchBirchBirch is a tree or shrub of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa...
tree - Birken Forest Buddhist MonasteryBirken Forest Buddhist MonasteryBirken Forest Buddhist Monastery, or Sītavana , is a Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition near Kamloops, British Columbia. It serves as a training centre for monastics and also a retreat facility for laypeople...
, a Buddhist monastery near Kamloops, BC, Canada - BirkebeinerrennetBirkebeinerrennetBirkebeinerrennet is a long-distance cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It is Norway's race in the Worldloppet Ski Federation....
, a long-distance cross-country ski race in Norway - Birken (Radevormwald), near RadevormwaldRadevormwaldRadevormwald is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the oldest towns in the Bergischen Land, formerly the County and Duchy of Berg.-Geography:Radevormwald is located about 50 km east of Cologne...
, Germany - Birken (Morsbach), near MorsbachMorsbachMorsbach is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:It is located about 50 km east of Cologne, in the southern corner of the Oberbergischen Kreis on the border of North Rhine-Westphalia to Rhineland-Palatinate .-Neighbouring places:North:...
, Germany - Sigmund von Birken, German author, member of the Fruitbearing SocietyFruitbearing SocietyThe Fruitbearing Society was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility to emulate the idea of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence and similar groups already thriving in Italy, to be followed in later years also in France and Britain...