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Island for Steinhuder Meer

Islands
The lake has two islands, both of them artificial:
 * Wilhelmstein (12,500 m²) off Hagenburg was built between 1761 and 1765. It was turned into a military fortress between 1765 and 1767 by William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. It briefly also served as military school (one of its graduates was Gerhard von Scharnhorst who later became Chief of the Prussian General Staff). From 1777 until 1867 the island served as state prison of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.
 * Badeinsel Steinhude (35,000 m²) was built in 1975 using sand retrieved from the lake. It has a sandy beach which is popular during summer; a service center is available. Access to the island is via a 80m pedestrian bridge from Steinhude.

Tourism
The lake is a popular destination for locals and for vacationists. Up to three ships offer cruises; they are supplemented by smaller boats running on schedule across the lake. A bike path (ca. 22mi/35km) encircles the lake, crossing various landscapes.

List of K-bases in Korea during Korean War
List source

http://www.rao-osan.com/osan-info/WildView/What-Like/K-numbers.htm

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050428-F-1234P-002.jpg

The USAF had numerous air bases in Korea, and many of these were former Japanese airfields. The spelling of Korean locations on maps varied greatly, and villages had a Korean and a Japanese name. A "K" number identified individual airbases in both northern and southern Korea to prevent confusion among locations.

Remarks
http://www.rao-osan.com/osan-info/WildView/What-Like/K-numbers.htm

>=K-17: Starting with K-17, there are airfields in North Korea that are assigned K numbers. The reason is that some or all of these airfields were, for a period of time, under the control of United Nations forces and some were actually used for allied air operations.

11/08/03 Note: Brig Gen George Bartlett, USMC Retired, says that K-54 was on the island of Cho-do, about 120 miles north of the DMZ and 60 miles south of the Yalu River that divides North Korea and China. In his words, "We landed on the beach at low tide. There was a 30 foot tide, so much beach was exposed. We didn't have a 10,000 foot runway like K-8 and K-55, merely hard sand."
 * 1) 54.