See also:DOBERAN, or DOBBERAN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin, about 2 M. from the shores of the Baltic and 7 W. of See also:Rostock by See also:rail. Pop. 5000. Besides the ruins of a Cistercian See also:abbey founded by Pribislaus, See also:prince of Mecklenburg, in 1173, and secularized in 1552, it possesses an Evangelical See also:Gothic 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 of the 14th See also:century, one of the finest in See also:north Germany, a grand-ducal See also:palace, a See also:theatre, an See also:exchange and a See also:concert 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. Owing to its delightful situation amid See also:beech forests and to its chalybeate See also:waters, Doberan has become a favourite summer resort. Numerous See also:villa residences have been erected and promenades and groves laid out. In 1793 See also:Duke See also:Frederick See also:Francis caused the first seaside watering-See also:place in Germany to be established on the neighbouring See also:coast, 4 M. distant, at the spot where the Heiligen-Damm, a See also:great See also:bank of rocks about loon ft. broad and 15 ft. high, stretches out into the See also:sea and forms an excellent bathing ground. Though no longer so popular as in the See also:early See also:part of the 19th century, it is still frequented, and is connected with Doberan by a See also:tramway.
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