Biegen

Die beste Probe, ob die Farbe genug Temperir - oder Gummiwasser habe, ist die, wenn man ein wenig davon auf einem Stückchen Papier trocknen läßt, und dann nachsieht, ob sich die Farbe verwischen läßt, in welchem Falle sie zu wenig hat, oder ob sie beym Biegen abspringt, da sie denn zuviel Gummiwasser enthält.

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

The following morning the Regiment moved by light cavalry from Dirty Bucket Camp to Road Camp at St. Jan-tor Biegen (Belgium) and remained there one day and a half, resting and bathing.

History 119th Infantry, 60th Brigade, 30th Division, U.S.A. Operations in Belgium and France, 1917-1 1918

A blue bird of happiness: Far from being a handicap, painted plumage appears to be a babe magnet - at least for this stork in Biegen, Germany.

SFGate: Top News Stories SF Gate Staff 2010

But this year in Biegen, about an hour east of Berlin, residents were astonished when one stork returned with bright blue feathers!

TreeHugger 2010

Now, only days after the blue stork's first appearance in Biegen, residents and spectators are greatly relieved to watch as the strange stork has been joined in the traditional mating rituals (photo below) by a female of the traditional black-and-white variety.

TreeHugger 2010

But this year in Biegen, about an hour east of Berlin, residents were astonished when one stork returned with bright blue feathers!

TreeHugger 2010

Now, only days after the blue stork's first appearance in Biegen, residents and spectators are greatly relieved to watch as the strange stork has been joined in the traditional mating rituals by a female of the normal black-and-white variety.

TreeHugger 2010