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See also:BURGDORF (Fr. See also:Berthoud) , an See also:industrial See also:town in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Bern. It is built on the See also:left See also:bank of the Emme and is 14 M. by See also:rail N.E. of Bern. The See also:lower (or See also:modern) town is connected by a curious See also:spiral See also:street with the upper (or old) town. The latter is picturesquely perched on a 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, at a height of 1942 ft. above See also:sea-level (or 167 ft. above the See also:river); it is crowned by. the See also:ancient See also:castle and by the 15th-See also:century 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, in the former of which See also:Pestalozzi set up his educational See also:establishment between 1798 and 1804. A large See also:trade is carried on at Burgdorf in the See also:cheese of the Emmenthal, while among the industrial establishments are railway See also:works, and factories of See also:cloth, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lead and tinfoil. In 1900 the See also:population was 8404, practically all Protestants and See also:German-speaking. A See also:fine view of the Bernese See also:Alps is obtained from the castle, while a still finer one may be enjoyed from the Lueg hill (2917 ft.), See also:north-See also:east of the town. The castle See also:dates from the days of the See also:dukes of Zaringen (11th-12th centuries), the last of whom (Berchtold V.) built walls See also:round the town at its See also:foot, and granted it a See also:charter of liberties. On the extinction (1218) of that See also:dynasty both castle and town passed to the See also:counts of Kyburg, and from them, with the See also:rest of their possessions, in 1272 by See also:marriage to the See also:cadet See also:line of the Habsburgs. By that line they were sold in 1384, with See also:Thun, to the town of Bern, whose bailiffs' ruled in the castle till 1798. (W. A. B.
End of Article: BURGDORF (Fr. Berthoud)
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