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See also:BREGENZ (anc. Brigantium) , the See also:capital of the See also:Austrian, See also:province of See also:Vorarlberg, as well as of the administrative See also:district of Bregenz. In 'goo its See also:population was 7595, See also:German-speaking and See also:Roman See also:Catholic. It is situated at the See also:south-See also:east See also:angle of the See also:Lake of See also:Constance, and, besides communications by See also:water with the other towns on the shores of that lake, is connected by See also:rail with See also:Feldkirch on the Arlberg See also:line (24 m.) and with See also:Munich. The old See also:town is on a hillock, crowned by the See also:ancient See also:castle, while the new town is built on the level ground at the See also:foot of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill. The See also:fine 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 (dedicated to St See also:Gall) stands on another See also:mound more to the south. In the See also:local museum are collections of various kinds, especially of the Roman antiquities which have been dug up on the site of the old town. The position of the town on the lake has always made it an important See also:port and commercial centre. Nowadays the See also:main See also:trade is in See also:grain, but much is done also in See also:cattle and in the products of the See also:cotton-See also:spinning factories of Vorarlberg.
We hear of See also:counts of Bregenz as See also:early as the loth See also:century, their heirs in the early 13th century being the counts of See also:Montfort (a castle See also:north of Feldkirch), who gradually acquired most of the surrounding See also:country (including Feldkirch and Bludenz). But little by little the Habsburgers, counts of See also:Tirol since 1363
bought from them most of their domains—first Feldkirch in 1375, next Bludenz and the Montafon valley in 1394, finally the See also:county of Bregenz in two parts, acquired in 1451 and 1523. In 1408 the Appenzellers were defeated before Bregenz, while in 1647, during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, the town was sacked by the Swedes under See also:Wrangel.
(W. A. B.
End of Article: BREGENZ (anc. Brigantium)
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