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See also:CAUB, or KAUB , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, 28 M. N.W. from See also:Wiesbaden, on the railway from See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main to See also:Cologne. Pop. 2200. It has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and an Evangelical 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, and a statue of See also:Blucher. The See also:trade mainly consists of the wines of the See also:district. On a See also:crag above the town stands the
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imposing ruin of Gutenfels, and facing it, on a See also:rock in the See also:middle of the Rhine, the small See also:castle Pfalz, or Pfalzgrafenstein, where, according to See also:legend, the See also:Palatine countesses awaited their confinement, but which in reality .served as a See also:toll-See also:gate for merchandise on the Rhine.
Caub, first mentioned in the See also:year 983, originally belonged to the lords of Falkenstein, passed in 1277 to the Rhenish See also:Palatinate, and attained civic rights in 1324. Here Blucher crossed the Rhine with the Prussian and See also:Russian armies, on New Year's See also:night 1813-1814, in pursuit of the See also:French.
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