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COTTBUS , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, on the See also:Spree, 72 M. S.E. of See also:Berlin by the See also:main railway to See also:Gorlitz, and at the intersection of the lines See also:Halle-See also:Sagan and See also:Grossenhain-See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Oder. Pop. (1905) 46,269. It has four See also:Protestant churches, 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 and a See also:synagogue. The See also:chief See also:industry of the town is the manufacture of See also:cloth, which has flourished here for centuries and now employs more than 6000 hands. See also:Wool-See also:spinning, See also:cotton-spinning and the manufacture of See also:tobacco, machinery, See also:beer, See also:brandy, &c., are also carried on. The town is also a considerable trading centre, and is the seat of a chamber of See also:commerce and of a See also:branch of the Imperial See also:Bank (Reichsbank). In the Stadtwald, See also:close to the town, is a See also:women's See also:hospital for diseases of the lungs, a See also:government institution in connexion with the See also:state See also:system of See also:insurance against incapacity and old See also:age. At Branitz, a neighbouring See also:village, are the magnificent See also:chateau and See also:park of See also:Prince Piickler-Muskau.
At one 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 Cottbus formed an See also:independent lordship of the See also:Empire, but in 1462 it passed by the treaty of See also:Guben to See also:Brandenburg. From 1807 to 1813 it belonged to the kingdom of See also:Saxony.
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