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DUREN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the right See also:bank of the Roer, 19 M. E. from See also:Aix-la-Chapelle on the See also:main See also:line of railway to See also:Cologne. Pop. (1905) 29,270. It has two See also:Protestant and six See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among the latter the See also:Gothic St Annakirche, said to contain a portion of the See also:head of the See also:saint, to the See also:shrine of which frequent pilgrimages are made. There are several high-grade See also:schools, monuments to the See also:emperor 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 I., See also:Bismarck and See also:Moltke, and, in the 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, a collection of antiquities. It is the seat of considerable manufactures, notably See also:cloth, See also:paper, See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:carpet, artificial See also:wool, See also:sugar, See also:iron wares and needles.
Duren derives its name, not, as was 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 believed, from the Marcodurum of the Ubii, mentioned in See also:Tacitus, but from the Dura or Duria, assemblies held by the See also:Carolingians in the 8th See also:century. It received civic rights See also:early in the 13th century. Hypothecated by the emperor See also:Frederick II. to See also:Count William of See also:Julich, it became incorporated with the duchy of that name, and with it passed to See also:Prussia in 1816.
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