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FRANKENTHAL , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Bavarian See also:Palatinate, on the Isenach, connected with the See also:Rhine by a See also:canal 3 M. in length, 6 in. N.W. from See also:Mannheim, and on the See also:railways See also:Neunkirchen-See also:Worms and Frankenthal-Grosskarlbach. Pop. (1905) 18,191. It has two Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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:fine See also:medieval 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, two interesting old See also:gates, remains of its former environing walls, several public monuments, including one to the veterans of the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars, and a museum. Its See also:industries include the manufacture
of machinery, casks, corks, See also:soap, dolls and See also:furniture, See also:iron- ' See also:founding and See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-founding—the famous " Kaiserglocke " of the See also:Cologne See also:cathedral was See also:cast here. Frankenthal was formerly famous for its See also:porcelain factory, established here in 1755 by See also:Paul Anton Hannong of See also:Strassburg, who sold it in 1762 to the elector See also:palatine See also:Charles See also:Theodore. Its fame is mainly due to the modellers Konrad See also:Link (1732-1802) and Johann 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 Melchior (d. 1796) (who worked at Frankenthal between 1779 and 1793). The best products of this factory are figures and See also:groups representing contemporary See also:life, or allegorical subiects in the See also:rococo See also:taste of the See also:period, and they are surpassed only by those of the more famous factory at See also:Meissen. In 1795 the factory was sold to Peter von Reccum, who removed it to Griinstadt.
Frankenthal (Franconodal) is mentioned as a See also:village in the 8th See also:century. A See also:house of Augustinian canons established here in 1119 by Erkenbert, See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of Worms, was suppressed in 1562 by the elector palatine See also:Frederick III., who gave its possessions to See also:Protestant refugees from the See also:Netherlands. In 1577 this See also:colony received town rights from the elector See also:John Casimir, whose successor fortified the See also:place. From 1623 until 1652, See also:save for two years, it was occupied by the Spaniards, and in 1688-1689 it was stormed and burned by the See also:French, the fortifications being razed. In 1697 it was reconstituted as a town, and under the elector Charles Theodore it became the See also:capital of the Palatinate. From 1798 to 1814 it was incorporated in the French See also:department of Mont See also:Tonnerre.
See Wille, Stadt is. Festung Frankenthal wahrend See also:des dreissigjahrigen Krieges (See also:Heidelberg, 1877) ; Hildenbrand, Gesch. der Sladt Frankenthal 1893). For the porcelain see Heuser, Frankenthaler Gruppen and Figuren (See also:Spires, 1899).
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