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FORBACH , a See also:town of See also:Germany in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, on an affluent of the Rossel,and on the railway from See also:Metz to See also:Saarbrucken, 51 m. S.W. of the latter. Pop. (1905) 8193. It has a See also:Protestant and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic (See also:Gothic) 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, a See also:synagogue and a Progymnasium. Its See also:industries include the manufacture of tiles, pasteboard wares and gardening implements, while there are See also:coal mines in the vicinity. After the See also:battle on the neighbouring heights of Spicheren (6th of See also:August r87o), in which the See also:French under See also:General See also:Frossard were defeated by the Germans under General von Glumer, the town was occupied by the See also:German troops, and at the conclusion of the See also:war annexed to Germany. On the Schlossberg near the town are the ruins of the See also:castle of the See also:counts of Forbach, a See also:branch of the counts of Saarbriicken.
See Besler, Geschichte See also:des Schlosses, der Herrschaft and der Stadt Forbach (1845).
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