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BERCHTESGADEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, beautifully situated on the See also:south-eastern confines of the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, 1700 ft. above the See also:sea on the See also:southern declivity of the Untersberg, 6 m. S.S.E. from See also:Reichenhall by See also:rail. Pop. (woo) 10,046. It is celebrated for its extensive mines of See also:rock-See also:salt, which were worked as See also:early as 1174. The town contains three old churches, of which the early See also:Gothic See also:abbey 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 with its Romanesque See also:cloister is most notable, and some See also:good houses. Apart from the salt-mines, its See also:industries include toys and other small articles of See also:wood, See also:horn and See also:ivory, for which the See also:place has See also:long been famous. The See also:district of Berchtesgaden was formerly an independei t spiritual principality, founded in 'too and secularized in 1803. The abbey is now a royal See also:castle, and in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood a See also:hunting-See also:lodge was built by 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:Maximilian II. in 1852.
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