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BRUCHSAL , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden, prettily situated on the Saalbach, 14 M. N. from See also:Karlsruhe, and an important junction on the See also:main railway from See also:Mannheim to See also:Constance. Pop. (Igoe)), including a small See also:garrison, 13,555. There are an Evangelical and four See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among the latter that of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, the See also:burial-See also:place of the bishopsof See also:Spires, whose princely See also:residence (now used as a See also:prison) lies in the vicinity. Bruchsal has a See also:fine See also:palace, with beautiful grounds attached, a town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a classical, a See also:modern and a commercial school, and manufactures of machinery, See also:paper, See also:tobacco, See also:soap and See also:beer, and does a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine. Bruchsal (mentioned in 937 as Bruxolegum) was originally a royal See also:villa (Konigshof) belonging to the emperors and See also:German See also:kings. Given in 1002 to See also:Otto, See also:duke of See also:Franconia, it was inherited by the See also:cadet See also:line of Spires, the See also:head of which, 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 III., gave it to the see of Spires in 1095. From 1105 onward it became the summer residence of the bishops, who in 1190 bought the Vogtei (advocateship) from the See also:counts of Caiw, and the place rapidly See also:developed into a town. It remained in the See also:possession of the bishops till 1802, when by the treaty of See also:Luneville it was ceded, with other lands of the bishopric on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, to Baden. The Peasants' See also:War during the See also:Reformation See also:period first See also:broke out in Bruchsal. In 1609 it was captured by the elector See also:palatine, and in 1676 and 1698 it was burnt down by the See also:French. In 1849 it was the See also:scene of an engagement between the Prussians and the Baden revolutionists.
See Rossler,Geschichte der Stadt Bruchsal (2nd ed., Bruchsal,1894).
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