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<td><span style="display:none">Vereinigtes Konigreich</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Vereinigtes Königreich</a>
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<td><span id="Cowes" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:50.7595,-1.3002"><span title="Breitengrad">50°&nbsp;46′&nbsp;<abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">1°&nbsp;18′&nbsp;<abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">50.7595</span><span class="longitude">-1.3002</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td><a href="National_Grid_(Ordnance_Survey)" title="National Grid (Ordnance Survey)">OS National Grid</a>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/os/coor_g/?pagename=Cowes&amp;params=SZ493958_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000">SZ493958</a>
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<td>Hampshire
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<td>10.405 <span style="font-size:80%; white-space:nowrap;">(Stand: 2011<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2011_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</span>
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<td>PO31
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<td>01983
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<td><a href="Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>
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<td>00MW007
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<p><b>Cowes</b> (manchmal auch <i>West Cowes</i>) ist eine kleine Hafenstadt an der Nordküste der Insel <a href="Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> mit etwa 10.405 Einwohnern<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und damit der drittgrößte Ort der Insel. Cowes ist der Fährhafen für alle Verbindungen zum <a href="England" title="England">englischen</a> Festland. Über den <a href="Solent" class="mw-redirect" title="Solent">Solent</a> nach <a href="Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> verkehrt eine Hochgeschwindigkeitsfähre (<a href="Katamaran" title="Katamaran">Katamaran</a>).
</p><p>Bekannt ist der Ort vor allem durch die seit 1826 jährlich im August stattfindende <a href="Regatta" title="Regatta">Segelregatta</a> <i><a href="Cowes_Week" title="Cowes Week">Cowes Week</a></i> mit rund 20.000 Besuchern. Sie wurde von der altehrwürdigen <a href="Royal_Yacht_Squadron" title="Royal Yacht Squadron">Royal Yacht Squadron</a> (RYS) initiiert, die ein Clubhouse im Cowes Castle unterhält. In der großen <a href="Marina_(Hafen)" title="Marina (Hafen)">Marina</a> hat der <a href="Royal_Ocean_Racing_Club" title="Royal Ocean Racing Club">Royal Ocean Racing Club</a> (RORC), der seit 1957 alle zwei Jahre den <a href="Admiral%E2%80%99s_Cup" title="Admiral’s Cup">Admiral’s Cup</a> mit dem <a href="Fastnet-Rennen" class="mw-redirect" title="Fastnet-Rennen">Fastnet Race</a> ausrichtet, ein Clubhaus.
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<p>Größter Wirtschaftszweig ist der <a href="Schiffbau" title="Schiffbau">Schiffbau</a> und die Segelmacherei. <a href="Beken_of_Cowes" title="Beken of Cowes">Beken of Cowes</a> trägt bis heute mit Yachtfotografien zur Bekanntheit bei.
</p><p>In <a href="East_Cowes" title="East Cowes">East Cowes</a>, einer eigenständigen Stadt mit rund 6.000 Einwohnern am gegenüberliegenden Ufer des Flusses Medina, besaß Königin <a href="Victoria_(Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich)" title="Victoria (Vereinigtes Königreich)">Victoria</a> die Sommerresidenz <a href="Osborne_House" title="Osborne House">Osborne House</a>. Ebenfalls in East Cowes befand sich auch der Firmensitz und die Produktion der Firma <a href="Saunders-Roe" title="Saunders-Roe">Saunders-Roe</a>, die <a href="Flugboot" title="Flugboot">Flugboote</a> gefertigt hat. Diese beide Städte sind mit einer <a href="F%C3%A4hre#Angetriebene_Seil-_und_Kettenfähren" title="Fähre">Kettenfähre</a> verbunden.
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<div style="position: absolute; left:106px; top: 188px;"><a href="Freshwater" title="Freshwater">Freshwater</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:57px; top: 202px;">Totland</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:148px; top: 174px;"><a href="Yarmouth_(Isle_of_Wight)" title="Yarmouth (Isle of Wight)">Yarmouth</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:197px; top: 160px;">Shalfleet</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:242.5px; top: 177.5px;">Calbourne,<br>Newtown and<br>Porchfield</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:337px; top: 48px;">Gurnard</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:368.5px; top: 34px;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cowes</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:407px; top: 27px;"><a href="East_Cowes" title="East Cowes">East<br>Cowes</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:407px; top: 69px;">Whippingham</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:351px; top: 74.6px;">Northwood</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:323px; top: 149.5px;">Newport and Carisbrooke</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:421px; top: 202px;">Arreton</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:396.5px; top: 240.5px;">Rookley</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:351px; top: 219.5px;">Chillerton<br>and<br>Gatcombe</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:414px; top: 286px;">Godshill</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:477px; top: 314px;"><a href="Wroxall_(Isle_of_Wight)" title="Wroxall (Isle of Wight)">Wroxall</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:491px; top: 223px;">Newchurch</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:561px; top: 174px;"><a href="Brading" title="Brading">Brading</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:547px; top: 104px;"><a href="Ryde" title="Ryde">Ryde</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:449px; top: 90px;"><a href="Wootton_Bridge" title="Wootton Bridge">Wootton<br>Bridge</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:484px; top: 83px;">Fish-<br>bourne</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:477px; top: 146px;">Havenstreet<br>and Ashey</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:596px; top: 111px;">Nettlestone<br>and Seaview</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:613.5px; top: 149.5px;">St. Helens</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:617px; top: 181px;"><a href="Bembridge" title="Bembridge">Bembridge</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:561px; top: 223px;"><a href="Sandown" title="Sandown">Sandown</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:540px; top: 247.5px;">Lake</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:505px; top: 293px;"><a href="Shanklin" title="Shanklin">Shanklin</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:463px; top: 349px;"><a href="Ventnor" title="Ventnor">Ventnor</a></div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:393px; top: 342px;">Niton and<br>Whitwell</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:351px; top: 328px;">Chale</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:316px; top: 272px;">Shorwell</div>
<div style="position: absolute; left:232px; top: 251px;">Brighstone</div>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persönlichkeiten"><span id="Pers.C3.B6nlichkeiten"></span>Persönlichkeiten</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Söhne_und_Töchter_der_Stadt"><span id="S.C3.B6hne_und_T.C3.B6chter_der_Stadt"></span>Söhne und Töchter der Stadt</h3></div>
<ul><li><a href="Thomas_Arnold_(Theologe)" title="Thomas Arnold (Theologe)">Thomas Arnold</a> (1795–1842), Theologe und Pädagoge</li>
<li><a href="Beken_of_Cowes" title="Beken of Cowes">Beken of Cowes</a>, ab 1888 ansässige Familie von Pharmazeuten und Yachtfotografen</li>
<li><a href="Frederick_Hughes_(Segler)" title="Frederick Hughes (Segler)">Frederick Hughes</a> (1866–1956), Regattasegler</li>
<li><a href="William_Attrill" title="William Attrill">William Attrill</a> (1868–1939), Cricket- und Fußballspieler</li>
<li><a href="Uffa_Fox" title="Uffa Fox">Uffa Fox</a> (1898–1972), Segler, Yachtkonstrukteur und Bootsbauer</li>
<li><a href="Colin_Ratsey" title="Colin Ratsey">Colin Ratsey</a> (1906–1984), Regattasegler</li>
<li><a href="Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (* 1948), Schauspieler</li>
<li><a href="Declan_Ronan_Lang" title="Declan Ronan Lang">Declan Ronan Lang</a> (* 1950), römisch-katholischer Geistlicher, Bischof von Clifton</li>
<li><a href="Mark_King_(Musiker)" title="Mark King (Musiker)">Mark King</a> (* 1958), Bassist und Leader der Band <a href="Level_42" title="Level 42">Level 42</a></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cowes,_Isle_of_Wight?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Cowes</a></span></b>&nbsp;– Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cowes.co.uk/">Offizielle Website</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skandiacowesweek.co.uk/">Cowes Week</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.skipperguide.de/wiki/Cowes">Revierinformationen zu Cowes</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-Census_2011-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Census_2011_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&amp;b=11122389&amp;c=Cowes&amp;d=16&amp;e=62&amp;g=6402075&amp;i=1001x1003x1032x1004&amp;m=0&amp;r=1&amp;s=1473110401349&amp;enc=1&amp;nsjs=true&amp;nsck=false&amp;nssvg=false&amp;nswid=1773">Census 2011</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&amp;b=11122389&amp;c=Cowes&amp;d=16&amp;e=62&amp;g=6402075&amp;i=1001x1003x1032x1004&amp;m=0&amp;r=1&amp;s=1473110401349&amp;enc=1&amp;nsjs=true&amp;nsck=false&amp;nssvg=false&amp;nswid=1773">Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics</a></span>
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