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DURKHEIM , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Bavarian See also:Palatinate, near the See also:foot of the See also:Hardt Mountains, and at the entrance of the valley of the Isenach, 15 M. N.W. of See also:Spires on the railway Monsheim-See also:Neustadt. Pop. 6300. It possesses two Evangelical churches and one See also:Roman See also:Catholic, a 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 occupying the site of the See also:castle of the princes of See also:Leiningen-Hartenburg, an antiquarian and a scientific society, a public library and a high school. It is well known as a See also:health resort, for the See also:grape cure and for the See also:baths of the brine springs of Philippshalle, in the neighbourhood, which not only See also:supply the bathing See also:establishment, but produce considerable quantities of marketable See also:salt. There is a brisk See also:trade in See also:wine and oil; See also:tobacco, See also:glass and See also:paper are manufactured.
As a dependency of the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of See also:Limburg, which was built and endowed by See also:Conrad II., Durkheim or Thurnigheim came into the See also:possession of the See also:counts of Leiningen, who in the 14th See also:century made it the seat of a fortress, and enclosed it with See also:wall and ditch. In the three following centuries it had its full See also:share of the military vicissitudes of the Palatinate; but it was rebuilt after the See also:French invasion of 1689, and greatly fostered by its counts in the beginning of next century. In 1794 its new castle was sacked by the French, and in 1849 it was the See also:scene of a contest between the Prussians and the insurrectionists. The ruins of the Benedictine abbey of Limburg See also:lie about x m. S.W. of the town; and in the neighbourhood rises the Kastanienberg, with the See also:ancient See also:rude See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone fortification of the Heidenmauer or See also:Heathen's Wall.
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