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EICHSTATT , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, in the deep and romantic valley of the See also:Altmuhl, 35 M. S. of See also:Nuremberg, on the railway to See also:Ingolstadt and See also:Munich. Pop. (1905) 7701. The town, with its numerous See also:spires and remains of See also:medieval fortifications, is very picturesque. It has an Evangelical and seven See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among the latter the See also:cathedral of St Wilibald (first See also:bishop of Eichstatt),—with the See also:tomb of the See also:saint and numerous pictures and See also:relics,—the 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 St See also:Walpurgis, See also:sister of Wilibald, whose remains See also:rest in the See also:choir, and the Capuchin church, a copy of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre. Of its See also:secular buildings the most See also:notice-able are 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 and the Leuchtenberg See also:palace, once the See also:residence of the See also:prince bishops and later of the See also:dukes of Leuchtenberg (now occupied by the See also:court of See also:justice of the See also:district), with beautiful grounds. The Wilibaldsburg, built on a neighbouring See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in the 14th See also:century by Bishop See also:Bertold of See also:Hohenzollern, was See also:long the residence of the prince bishops of Eichstatt, and now contains an See also:historical museum. There are an episcopal See also:lyceum, a clerical See also:seminary, a classical and a See also:modern school, and numerous religious houses. The See also:industries of the town include bootmaking, See also:brewing and the See also:production of lithographic stones.
Eichstatt (See also:Lat. Aureatum or Rubilocus) was originally a Roman station which, after the See also:foundation of the bishopric by See also:Boniface in 745, See also:developed into a considerable town, which was surroundedwith walls in 9o8. The bishops of Eichstatt were princes of the See also:Empire, subject to the spiritual See also:jurisdiction of the archbishops of See also:Mainz, and ruled over considerable territories in the Circle of See also:Franconia. In 1802 the see was secularized and incorporated in Bavaria. In 1817 it was given, with the duchy of Leuchtenberg, as a mediatized domain under the Bavarian See also:crown, by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Bavaria to his son-in-See also:law See also:Eugene de See also:Beauharnais, ex-See also:viceroy of See also:Italy, henceforth styled See also:duke of Leuchtenberg. In 1855 it reverted to the Bavarian crown.
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