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See also:ELTVILLE (ELFELD) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, 5 m. S.W. from See also:Wiesbaden, on the railway See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main-See also:Cologne, and with a See also:branch to See also:Schlangenbad. Pop. 3700. It has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Protestant 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, ruins of a feudal See also:castle, a Latin school, and a See also:monument to See also:Gutenberg. It has a considerable See also:trade in the wines of the See also:district and two manufactories of sparkling wines. Eltville (originally Adeldvile, See also:Lat. Altavilla) is first mentioned in a See also:record of the See also:year 882. It was given'by the See also:emperor See also:Otto I. to the archbishops of See also:Mainz, who often resided here. It received town rights in 1331 and was a See also:place of importance during the See also:middle ages. In 1465 Gutenberg set up his See also:press at Eltville, under the patronage of See also:Archbishop See also:Adolphus of Nassau, shortly afterwards handing over its use to the See also:brothers Heinrich and Nikolaus Bechtermiinz. Several costly See also:early examples of printed books issued by this press survive, the earliest being the Vocabularium Latino-Teutonicum, first printed in 1467.
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