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See also:BUDWEIS (See also:Czech Budejovice) , a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 8o m. S.S.W. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 39,630. It is situated at the junction of the Maltsch with the Moldau, which here becomes navigable, and possesses a beautiful square, lined with See also:fine arcaded buildings, the See also:principal one being the 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, built in 1730 in See also:Renaissance See also:style. Other interesting buildings are the See also:cathedral with its detached See also:tower, dating from 1500, and the Marien-Kirche with fine cloisters. Budweis has a large, varied and growing See also:industry, which comprises the manufacture of chemicals, matches, See also:paper, machinery, bricks and tiles, See also:corn and saw See also:mills, See also:boat-See also:building, 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-See also:founding and See also:black-See also:lead pencils. It is the principal commercial centre of See also:South Bohemia, being an important railway junction, as well as a See also:river See also:port, and carries on a large See also:trade in corn, See also:timber, See also:lignite, See also:salt, See also:industrial products and See also:beer, the latter mostly exported to See also:America. Ic is the see of a See also:bishop since 1783, and is the centre of a See also:German See also:enclave in Czech
Bohemia. But the Czech See also:element is steadily increasing, and the See also:population of the town was in 1908 6o% Czech. The railway from Budweis to See also:Linz, laid in 1827 for See also:horse-cars, was the first See also:line constructed in Austria. A little to the See also:north, in the Moldau valley, stands the beautiful See also:castle of Frauenberg, belonging to See also:Prince See also:Schwarzenberg. It stands on the site formerly occupied by a 13th-See also:century castle, and was built in the See also:middle of the 19th century, of ter the See also:model of See also:Windsor Castle.
The old town of Budweis was founded in the 13th century by Budivoj Vitkovec, See also:father of Zavis of Falkenstein. In 1265 Ottokar II. founded the new town, which was soon afterwards created a royal See also:city. See also:Charles IV. and his son See also:Wenceslaus granted the town many privileges. Although mainly See also:Catholic, Budweis declared for 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 See also:Podebrad, and in 1468 was taken by the crusaders under Zdenko of Stenberg. From this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the town remained faithful to the royal cause, and in 1547 was granted by the See also:emperor See also:Ferdinand the See also:privilege of ranking at the See also:diet next to Prague and See also:Pilsen. After the outbreak of the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War Budweis was confirmed in all its privileges.
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