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ASCHAFFENBURG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Main, at its confluence with the Aschaff, near the See also:foot of the See also:Spessart, 26 In. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Frankfort-on-Main. Pop. (Igoo) 18,0§1; (1905) 25,275. Its See also:chief buildings are the Johannisburg, built (1605—1614) by See also:Archbishop Schweikard of Cronberg, which contains a library with a number of See also:incunabula, a collection of engravings and paintings; the Stiftskirche, or See also:cathedral, founded in 98o by See also:Otto of Bavaria, but dating in the main from the See also:early 12th and the 13th centuries, in which are preserved various monuments by the Vischers, and a See also:sarcophagus,,with the See also:relics of St See also:Margaret (1540); the Capuchin See also:hospital; a See also:theatre, which was formerly the See also:house of the See also:Teutonic See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order; and several mansions of the See also:German See also:nobility. The town, which has been remarkable for its educational establishments since the loth See also:century, has a gymnasium, See also:lyceum, seminarium and other See also:schools. There is an archaeological museum in the old See also:abbey buildings. The See also:graves of Klemens See also:Brentano and his See also:brother See also:Christian (d. 1851) are in the See also:churchyard; and Wilhelm See also:Heinse is buried in the town. Coloured and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:paper, ready-made clothing, See also:cellulose, See also:tobacco, See also:lime and See also:liqueurs are the chief manufactures, while a considerable export See also:trade is done down the Main in See also:wood, See also:cattle and See also:wine.
Aschaffenburg, called in the See also:middle ages Aschafaburg and also Askenburg, was originally a See also:Roman See also:settlement. The loth and 23rd Roman legions had their station here, and on the ruins of their castrum the Frankish mayors of the See also:palace built a See also:castle. See also:Bonifacius erected a See also:chapel to St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, and founded a See also:Benedictine monastery.
A 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 See also:bridge over the Main was built by Archbishop Willigis in 989. See also:Adalbert increased the importance of the town in various ways about 1122. In 1292 a See also:synod was held here, and in 1474 an imperial See also:diet, preliminary to that of See also:Vienna, in which the See also:concordat was decided which has therefore been sometimes called the Aschaffenburg Concordat.
The town suffered greatly during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, being held in turn by the various belligerents. In 1842—1849, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis built himself to the See also:west of the town a See also:country house, called the Pompeianum, from its being an See also:imitation of the house of See also:Castor and See also:Pollux at See also:Pompeii. In 1866 the Prussians inflicted a severe defeat on the Austrians in the neighbourhood.
The principality of Aschaffenburg, deriving its name from the See also:city, comprehended an See also:area of 654 See also:English sq. m. It formed See also:part of the electorate of See also:Mainz, and in 1803 was made over to the See also:archchancellor, Archbishop See also:Charles of See also:Dalberg. In 18o6 it was annexed to the See also:grand-duchy of Frankfort; and in 1814 was transferred to Bavaria, in virtue of a treaty concluded on the 19th of See also:June between that See also:power and See also:Austria. With See also:lower See also:Franconia, it now forms a See also:district of the kingdom of Bavaria.
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