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Zeitz. Pop. (1905) 38,811. The town from its hilly position is irregularly built, but many of its streets are wide, and contain a number of large and beautiful buildings. Its See also:

ancient See also:

castle is picturesquely situated on a lofty See also:

PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry See also:

rock, and is memorable as the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place from which, in 1455, Kunz von Kaufungen carried off the See also:

young princes See also:

Albert and Ernest, the founders of the See also:

PRESENT

present royal and ducal families of See also:

Saxony. Its beautiful picture See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, containing portraits of several of the famous princes of the See also:

house of See also:

WETTIN

Wettin, was almost totally destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in See also:

JANUARY

January 1905. Altenburg is the seat of the higher courts of the Saxon duchies, and possesses a See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and several churches, See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, a library, a gallery of pictures and a school of See also:

art, an infirmary and various learned See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies. There is also a museum, with natural See also:

HISTORY

history, archaeological, and art collections, and among other buildings may be mentioned St See also:

Bartholomew's See also:

church (1089), the town See also:

hall (1562–1564), a lunatic See also:

asylum, teachers' See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary and an agricultural See also:

academy. There is considerable See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle brought from the surrounding districts; and twice a See also:

YEAR

year there are large See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse fairs. Cigars, woollen goods, gloves, hats and See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain are among the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief manufactures. There are See also:

LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite mines in the vicinity.

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