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COSEL , or KosEL, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, at the junction of the Klodnitz' and the See also:Oder, 29 M. S.E. of See also:Oppeln by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 7085. It has an Evangelical 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, an old See also:chateau and a See also:grammar-school (Progymnasium). Its See also:industries are of some importance, including a manufactory of See also:cellulose (employing 1200 hands), See also:steam saw- and See also:flour-See also:mills and a See also:petroleum refinery. There is a lively See also:trade by See also:river.
The first See also:record of Cosel See also:dates from 1286. From 1306 to 1359 it was the seat of an See also:independent duchy held by a See also:cadet See also:line of the See also:dukes of See also:Teschen. In 1532 it See also:fell to the See also:emperor, was several times besieged during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, and came into Prussian See also:possession by the treaty of See also:Breslau in 1942. See also:Frederick IL converted it into a fortress, which was besieged in vain by the Austrians in 1758, 1759, 1760 and 1762. In 1807 it withstood another See also:siege, by the Bavarian See also:allies of See also:Napoleon. The fortifications were razed and their site converted into promenades in 1894.
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