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BAMBERG , a See also:town and archiepiscopal see of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria. Pop. (1885) 31,521; (1905) 45,308. It lies on an open See also:plain on the See also:river See also:Regnitz, 2 M. above its junction with the See also:Main, and 39 M. See also:north of See also:Nuremberg by See also:rail-way. The upper town is built on seven hills, each crowned by a 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, while the See also:lower, still partially surrounded by walls and ditches, is divided by the river and Ludwigskanal into three districts. The See also:cathedral is a See also:noble See also:late Romanesque See also:building with four imposing towers. It was founded in 1004 by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., finished in tor 2, afterwards partially burnt, and rebuilt in the 13th See also:century. Of its many See also:works of See also:art may be mentioned the magnificent See also:marble See also:tomb of the founder and his wife, the empress Cunigunde, carved by Tilman Riemenschneider between 1499 and 1513, and an equestrian statue of the emperor See also:Conrad III. Other noteworthy churches are the Jakobskirche, an 11th-century Romanesque See also:basilica; the St Martinskirche; the Marienkirche or Obere Pfarrkirche (1320-1387), which has now been restored to its See also:original pure See also:Gothic See also:style. The Michaelskirche, 12th-century Romanesque (restored), on the Michaelsberg, was formerly the church of a See also:Benedictine monastery secularized in 1803, which now contains
the Burgerspital, or See also:alms-See also:house, and the museum and municipal art collections. Of the See also:bridges connecting the sections of the lower town the most interesting is the Obere Brucke, completed in 1455. Halfway across this, on an artificial See also:island, is the Rathaus (rebuilt 1744—1756). The royal See also:lyceum, formerly a Jesuit See also:college, contains notable collections and the royal library of over 300,000 volumes. The picturesque Old See also:Palace (Alte Residenz) was built in 1591 on the site of an old See also:residence of the See also:counts of See also:Babenberg. The New Palace (1698—1704) was formerly occupied by the See also:prince-bishops, and from 1864 to 1867 by the deposed 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:Otto of See also:Greece. Noteworthy among the monuments of the town is the See also:Maximilian See also:fountain (188o), with statues of Maximilian I. of Bavaria, the emperor Henry II. and his wife, Conrad III. and St Otto, See also:bishop of Bamberg. At a See also:short distance from the town is the See also:Altenburg (1266 ft.), a See also:castle occupied from 1251 onwards by the bishops of Bamberg. It was destroyed in 1553 by See also:Albert, See also:margrave of See also:Brandenburg, but has been partly restored. The See also:schools include the lyceum for See also:philosophy and See also:Catholic See also:theology (a survival of the university suppressed in 1803), a See also:seminary, two gymnasia, a Realschule, and several technical schools, including one for See also:porcelain-See also:painting. The See also:industries of the town include See also:cotton See also:spinning and See also:weaving, See also:silk spinning, the manufacture of See also:tobacco, See also:ropes, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:ware, See also:furniture, &c. The See also:market gardens of the neighbourhood are famous, and there is a considerable See also:shipping See also:trade by the river and the Ludwigskanal.
Bamberg, first mentioned in 902, See also:grew up by the castle (Babenberch) which gave its name to the Babenberg See also:family (q:v.). On their extinction it passed to the Saxon house, and in 1007 the emperor Henry II. founded the see. From the See also:middle of the 13th century onward the bishops were princes of the See also:Empire. The see was secularized in 1802 and in 1803 assigned to Bavaria.
A brief See also:history of the bishopric is given in the Catholic See also:Encyclopaedia (See also:London and New See also:York, 1909), with bibliography. For See also:general and See also:special works on the town see Ulysse See also:Chevalier, Topobibliographie (See also:Montbeliard, 1894-1899), s. v.
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