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FORCHHEIM , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, near the confluence of the Wiesent and the See also:Regnitz, 16 m. S.S.E. of See also:Bamberg. Pop. (1905) 8417. It has four See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, including the See also:Gothic Collegiate 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 and a See also:Protestant church. Among the other public buildings are the progymnasium and an orphanage. The See also:industries of the town include See also:spinning and See also:weaving, See also:bleaching and See also:dyeing, See also:bone and See also:glue See also:works, See also:brewing and See also:paper-making. The spacious See also:chateau occupies the site of the Carolingian See also:palace which was destroyed in 1246.
Forchheim is of very See also:early origin, having been the See also:residence of the Carolingian sovereigns, including See also:Charlemagne, in the 9th See also:century. Consequently many diets were held here, and here also See also:Conrad I. and See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis the See also:Child were chosen See also:German See also:kings. The town was given by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. in 1007 to the bishopric of Bamberg, and, except for a See also:short See also:period during the 11th century, it remained in the See also:possession of the bishops until 1802, when it was ceded to Bavaria. In See also:August 1796 a See also:battle took See also:place near Forchheim between the See also:French and the Austrians. The fortifications of the town were dismantled in 1838.
See Hubsch, Chronik der Stadt Forchheim (Niireniberg, 1867).
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