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DURLACH , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden, 22 M. by See also:rail from Carlsruhe, with which it is connected by a See also:canal and an See also:avenue of poplars, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Pfinz, at the See also:foot of the vineyard-covered Thurmberg, which is crowned by a See also:watch-See also:tower and to the See also:summit of which a funicular railway ascends. Pop. (1905) 6207. It possesses a See also:castle erected in 1565 and now used as See also:barracks, an See also:ancient 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 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 with an excellent See also:organ, a high-grade school, an See also:orphan See also:asylum, and in the See also:market-See also:place a statue of the See also:margrave See also:Charles II. It has manufactures of sewing-See also:machines, brushes, chemicals, See also:tobacco, See also:beer, See also:vinegar and See also:chicory; and considerable See also:trade in market produce.
Durlach was bestowed by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick II. on the margrave See also:Hermann V. of See also:Zahringen as an allodial See also:possession, but afterwards came into the hands of See also:Rudolph of See also:Habsburg. It was chosen as his See also:residence by the margrave Charles II. in 1565, and retained this distinction till the See also:foundation of Carlsruhe in 1715, though it was almost totally destroyed by the See also:French in 1688. In 1846 it was the seat of a See also:congress of the Liberalparty of the Baden See also:parliament; and in 1849 it was the See also:scene of an encounter between the Prussians and the insurgents. See also:Reichenbach the mechanician, and E. L. Posselt (1763—1804) the historian, were natives of the town.
See Fecht, Geschichte der Stadt Durlach (See also:Heidelberg, 1869).
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