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CALW or KALW, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, on the Nagold, 34 M. S.W. of See also:Stuttgart by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 4943. It contains a See also:Protestant and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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, two See also:schools, missionary institution, and a See also:fine
1 Adherents and members in scattered hamlets and attending different See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-houses or chapels, often combine to See also:form one society or church.
public library. The See also:industries include See also:spinning and See also:weaving operations in See also:wool and See also:cotton. Carpets, cigars and See also:leather are also manufactured. The See also:timber See also:trade, chiefly with the Nether-lands, is important. The See also:place is in favour as a See also:health resort.
The name of Calw appears first in 1037. In the See also:middle ages the town was under the dominion of a powerful See also:family of See also:counts, whose possessions finally passed to Wurttemberg in 1345. In 1634 the town was taken by the Bavarians, and in 1692 by the See also:French.
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