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ANDERNACH , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Rhine, ro m. N.W. of See also:Coblenz by the See also:main See also:line to See also:Cologne. Pop. (1900) 7889. Viewed from the See also:river it makes a somewhat gloomy, though picturesque, impression, with its See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (a See also:basilica dating from the 12th See also:century, with four towers), the See also:round See also:watch-See also:tower on the Rhine, old walls in places 15 ft. thick, and a famous See also:crane (erected 1554) for See also:lading merchandise. Among other buildings are a See also:Gothic Minorite church (now See also:Protestant), a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, and a See also:prison, formerly the See also:castle of the archbishops of Cologne. Andernach has considerable See also:industries, See also:brewing and manufactures of chemicals and perfumes, and has also a See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:wine. But its
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most notable See also:article of See also:commerce is that of See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill-stones, made of See also:lava and tufa-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, a product much used by the Dutch in the construction of their dykes.
Andernach (Antunnacum) is the old See also:Roman Castellum ante Nacum, founded by See also:Drusus and fortified in the 3rd century A.D. In 1109 Andernach received civic rights, passed in 1167 to the See also:electors of Cologne, in 1253 joined the See also:confederation of the Rhine cities and was the most See also:southern member of the Hanseatic See also:league. Here in 1474 a treaty was signed between the See also:emperor See also:Frederick III., the four electors of the Rhine and See also:France. In 1794 Andernach passed to France, but in 1815 was ceded, together with the left bank of the Rhine, to See also:Prussia.
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