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See also:BRUNN (See also:Czech Brno) , the See also:capital of the See also:Austrian margraviate and crownland of See also:Moravia, 89 m. N. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 108,944, of whom 70% are Germans and 30% are Czechs. Briinn is situated for the most See also:part between two hills at the confluence of the Schwarzawa and the Zwittawa, and consists of
the old See also:town and extensive suburbs. On one of the hills, known as the Spielberg (945 ft.), stands a See also:castle which has See also:long been used as a See also:prison, famous for its connexion with Silvio See also:Pellico, who was confined within its walls from 1822 to 1830. The fortifications of the old town have now been entirely removed, giving See also:place to handsome gardens and well-built streets, which put it in communication with its adjoining suburbs. The old town, although comparatively small, with narrow and crooked but well-paved streets, contains the most important buildings in the See also:city. The Rathaus, which See also:dates from 1511, has a See also:fine See also:Gothic portal, and contains several interesting antiquities. The ecclesiastical buildings comprise the See also:cathedral 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, situated on the See also:lower 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 fine Gothic 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 of St See also:Jacob, built in the 15th See also:century, with its See also:iron See also:tower added in 1845, and a remarkable collection of See also:early prints; the church of the Augustinian friars, dating from the 14th century; and that of the Minorites, with its frescoes, its See also:holy See also:stair and its Loretto-See also:house. Amongst the new buildings are the 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 of the provincial See also:diet, opened in 1881; a handsome new See also:synagogue; the See also:national museum of Moravia and See also:Silesia and several high educational establishments, including a technical See also:academy and a theological See also:seminary, which are the remnants of the former university of Brunn. It is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop and of a See also:Protestant See also:consistory. Brunn, which is sometimes styled "the Austrian See also:Manchester," is one of the most See also:industrial towns of See also:Austria and the See also:chief seat of the See also:cloth See also:industry See also:ill the whole See also:empire. Other important branches of industry are: the manufacture of various woollen, See also:cotton and See also:silk goods, See also:leather, the machinery required in the textile factories, See also:brewing, distilling and milling, and the See also:production of See also:sugar, oil, gloves and hardware. It is also an important railway junction and carries on a very active See also:trade.
Brunn probably dates from the 9th century. In the 11th century it was bestowed by See also:Duke Wratislas II. on his son See also:Otto. A place of See also:great strength, it held out successfully against sieges —in 1428 by the See also:Hussites, in 1467 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:George of Bohemia, in 1645 by the See also:Swedish See also:general Torstenson, and in 1742 by the Prussians. In 1805 it was the headquarters of See also:Napoleon before the See also:battle of See also:Austerlitz.
See Trautenberger, See also:Die Chronik der Landeshauptstadt Brunn (Minn, 1893–1897, 5 vols.).
End of Article: BRUNN (Czech Brno)
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