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See also:DEGGENDORF, or DECKENDORF , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, 25 M. N.W. of See also:Passau, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Danube, which is there crossed by two See also:iron See also:bridges. Pop. (1905) 7154. It is situated at the See also:lower end of the beautiful valley of the Peribach, and in itself it is a well-built and attractive town. It possesses an old town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall dating from 1566, a See also:hospital, a lunatic See also:asylum, an orphanage, and a large 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 rebuilt in 1756; but the See also:chief See also:interest centres in the church of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre, built in 1337, which attracts thousands of pilgrims to its Porta Caeli or Gnadenpforte (See also:Gate of See also:Mercy) opened annually on Michaelmas See also:eve and closed again on the 4th of See also:October. In 1837, on the celebration of the 5ooth anniversary of this solemnity, the number of pilgrims was reckoned at nearly See also:loo,000. Such importance as the town possesses is now rather commercial than religious, it being a See also:depot for the See also:timber See also:trade of the Bavarian See also:forest, a station for the Danube steamboat See also:company, and the seat of several See also:mills, breweries, See also:potteries and other See also:industrial establishments. On the bank of the Danube outside the town are the remains of the See also:castle of Findelstein; and on the Geiersberg (1243 ft.), in the immediate vicinity, stands another old See also:pilgrimage church. About 6 m. to the See also:north is the See also:village of Metten, with a See also:Benedictine monastery founded by See also:Charlemagne in 8or, restored as an See also:abbey in 184o by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis I. of Bavaria, and well known as an educational institution. The first mention of Deggendorf occurs in 868, and it appears as a town in 1212. See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (d. 1290) of the See also:Landshut See also:branch of the ruling See also:family of Bavaria made it the seat of a See also:custom-See also:house; and in 1331 it became the, See also:residence of Henry III. of Natternberg (d. 1333), so called from a castle in the neighbourhood. In 1337 a wholesale See also:massacre of the See also:Jews, who were accused of having thrown the sacred See also:host of the church of the Holy Sepulchre into a well, took See also:place in the town; and it is probably from about this date that the pilgrimage above mentioned came into See also:vogue. The town was captured by the See also:Swedish forces in 1633, and in the See also:war of the See also:Austrian See also:Succession it was more than once laid in ashes.
See See also:Gruber and See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
Muller, Der bayerische Wald (See also:Regensburg, 1851); Mittermuller, See also:Die See also:hell. Hostien and die Juden in Deggendorf (See also:Land-shut, 1866) ; and Das Kloster Metten (See also:Straubing, 1857).
DE HAAS, MAURITZ See also:FREDERICK HENDRICK (1832–1895), See also:American marine painter, was See also:born on the 12th of See also:December 1832 in See also:Rotterdam, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. He studied See also:art in the Rotterdam See also:Academy and at The See also:Hague, under Bosboom and Louis See also:Meyer, and in 1851–1852 in See also:London, following the See also:English See also:water-colourists of the See also:day. In 1857 he received an artist's See also:commission in the Dutch See also:navy, but in 1859, under the' patronage of See also:August See also:Belmont, who had recently been See also:minister of the See also:United States at The Hague, he resigned and removed to New See also:York See also:city. He became an See also:associate of the See also:National Academy in 1863 and an academician in 1867, and exhibited annually in the academy, and in 1866 he was one of the founders of the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. He died on the 23rd of See also:November 1895. His " See also:Farragut Passing the Forts at the See also:Battle of New See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans " and " The Rapids above See also:Niagara," which were exhibited at the See also:Paris Exposition of 1878, were his best known but not his most typical See also:works, for his favourite subjects were See also:storm and See also:wreck, See also:wind and heavy surf, and less often moonlight on the coasts of Holland, of See also:Jersey, of New See also:England, and of See also:Long See also:Island, and on the English Channel.
His See also:brother, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE HAAS (1830-1880), who emigrated to New York in 1854, was also a marine painter.
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