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See also:EISLEBEN (See also:Lat. Islebia) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, 24 M. W. by N. from See also:Halle, on the railway to See also:Nordhausen and See also:Cassel. Pop. (1905) 23,898. It is divided into an old and a new town (Altstadt and See also:Neustadt). Among its See also:principal buildings are 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:Andrew (Andreaskirche), which contains numerous monuments of the See also:counts of See also:Mansfeld; the church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul (Peter-Paulkirche), containing the See also:font in which See also:Luther was baptized; the royal gymnasium (classical school), founded by Luther shortly before his See also:death in 1546; and the See also:hospital. Eisleben is celebrated as the See also:place where Luther was See also:born and died. The See also:house in which he was born was burned in 1689, but was rebuilt in 1693 as a See also:free school for orphans. This school See also:fell into decay under the regime of the See also:kingdom of See also:Westphalia, but was restored in 1817 by 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 See also:Frederick 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 III. of See also:Prussia, who, in 1819, transferred it to a new See also:building behind the old house. The house in which Luther died was restored towards the end of the loth See also:century, and his death chamber. is still preserved. A See also:bronze statue of Luther by See also:Rudolf Siemering (1835-1905) was unveiled in 1883. Eisleben has See also:long been the centre of an important See also:mining See also:district (Luther was a miner's son), the principal products being See also:silver and See also:copper. It possesses smelting See also:works and a school of mining.
The earliest See also:record of Eisleben is dated 974. In 1045, at which 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 it belonged to the counts of Mansfeld, it received the right to hold markets, See also:coin See also:money, and See also:levy tolls. From1531 to 1710 it was the seat of the See also:cadet See also:line of the counts of Mansfeld-Eisleben. After the extinction of the See also:main line of the counts of Mansfeld, Eisleben fell to Saxony, and, in the See also:partition of Saxony by the See also:congress of See also:Vienna in 1815, was assigned to Prussia.
See G. Grossler, Urkundliche Gesch. Eislebens bis zum Ende See also:des 12. Jahrhunderts (Halle, 1875) ; Chronicon Islebiense; Eisleben Stadtchronik aus den Jahren 1520-1738, edited from the See also:original, with notes by Grossler and See also:Sommer (Eisleben, 1882).
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