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BIBERACH , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, on the Riss, a small affluent of the See also:Danube, 22 M. S.S.W. from See also:Ulm. Pop. (19o0) 8390. It is still surrounded by See also:medieval walls and towers, and is strikingly picturesque. Its See also:principal 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 See also:dates from the 12th See also:century, and it possesses a See also:hospital with See also:rich endowments. Its See also:main See also:industries are See also:cloth, See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-casting, toys and See also:zinc wares, and its See also:fruit markets are famous.
Biberach appears as a See also:village in the 8th century, and in 1312 it became a See also:free imperial See also:city. During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War it underwent various vicissitudes, and was for a while held by the Swedes. In 1707 it was captured and put to See also:ransom by the
See also:French, who afterwards, in 1796 and 1800, defeated the Austrians in the neighbourhood. In 1803 the city was deprived of its imperial freedom and assigned to See also:Baden, and in 18o6 was transferred to Wurttemberg. Biberach is the birthplace of the sculptor Johann Lorenz Natter (1705–1763) and the painter .Bernhard Neher (18o6–1886); Christoph 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 See also:Wieland, See also:born in 1733 at the neighbouring village of Oberholzheim, spent several years in the town.
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