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FULDA , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, between the RhSn and the See also:Vogel-Gebirge, 69 m. N.E. from See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main on the railway to Bebra. Although irregularly built the town is pleasantly situated, and contains two See also:fine squares, on one of which stands a fine statue of St See also:Boniface. The See also:present See also:cathedral was built at the beginning of the 18th See also:century on the See also:model 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's at See also:Rome, but it has an See also:ancient See also:crypt, which contains the bones of St Bonif See also:ace and was restored in 1892. Opposite the cathedral is the former monastery of St See also:Michael, now the episcopal See also:palace. The Michaelskirche, attached to it, is a small See also:round 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 built, in See also:imitation of the See also:Holy See also:Sepulchre, in 822 and restored in 1853. Of other buildings may be mentioned the Library, with upwards of 8o,000 printed books and many valuable See also:MSS., the stately palace with its gardens and orangery, the former See also:Benedictine nunnery (founded 1625, and now used as a See also:seminary), and the Minorite friary (1238) now used as a See also:furniture warehouse. Among the See also:secular buildings are the fine Schloss, the Bibliothek, the 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 and the See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office. There are several See also:schools, a See also:hospital founded in the 13th century, and some new See also:artillery See also:barracks. Many See also:industries are carried on in Fulda. These include See also:weaving and See also:dyeing, the manufacture of See also:linen, See also:plush and other textiles and See also:brewing. There are also railway See also:works in the town. A large See also:trade is done in See also:cattle and See also:grain, many markets being held here. Fine views are obtained from several hills in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood, among these being the Frauenberg, the Petersberg and the Kalvarienberg.
Fulda owes its existence to its famous See also:abbey. It became a town in 1208, and during the See also:middle ages there were many struggles between the abbots and the townsfolk. During the Peasants' See also:War it was captured by the rebels and during the Seven Years' War by the Hanoverians. It came finally into the See also:possession of See also:Prussia in 1866. From 1734 to 1804 Fulda was the seat of a university, and latterly many assemblies of See also:German bishops have been held in the town.
The See also:great Benedictine abbey of Fulda occupies the See also:place in the ecclesiastical See also:history of Germany which See also:Monte Cassino holds in See also:Italy, St See also:Gall in See also:South Germany, See also:Corvey in See also:Saxony, See also:Tours in See also:France and See also:Iona in See also:Scotland. Founded in 744 at the instigation of St Boniface by his See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil See also:Sturm, who was the first See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot, it became the centre of a great missionary See also:work. It was liberally endowed with See also:land by the princes of the Carolingian See also:house and others, and soon became one of the most famous and wealthy establishments of its See also:kind. About 968 the See also:pope declared thatits abbot was See also:primate of all the abbots in Germany and See also:Gaul, and later he became a See also:prince of the See also:Empire. Fulda was specially famous for its school, which was the centre of the theological learning of the See also:early middle ages. Among the teachers here were See also:Alcuin, Hrabanus Maurus, who was abbot from 822 to 842, and Walafrid See also:Strabo. Early in the loth century the monastery was reformed by introducing monks from Scotland, who were responsible for restoring in its old strictness the Benedictine See also:rule. Later the abbey lost some of its lands and also its high position, and some 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 before the See also:Reformation the days of its See also:glory were over. Johann von Henneberg, who was abbot from 1529 to 1541, showed some sympathy with the teaching of the re-formers, but the See also:Counter-Reformation made great progress here under Abbot Balthasar von Dernbach. Gustavus See also:Adolphus gave the abbey as a principality to 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, See also:landgrave of Hesse, but William's rule only lasted for ten years. In 1752 the abbot was raised to the See also:rank of a See also:bishop, and Fulda ranked as a prince-bishopric. This was secularized in 1802, and in See also:quick See also:succession it belonged to the prince of See also:Orange, the 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 of France and the See also:grand-duchy of Frankfort. In 1816 the greater See also:part of the principality was ceded by Prussia to Hesse-See also:Cassel, a smaller portion being See also:united with See also:Bavaria. Sharing the See also:fate of Hesse-Cassel, this larger portion was annexed by Prussia in 1866. In 1829 a new bishopric was founded at Fulda.
For the town see A. See also:Hartmann, Zeitgeschichte'von Fulda (Fulda, 1895) ; J. See also:Schneider, Fa hrer durch See also:die Stadt Fulda (Fulda, 1899) ; and 6hronik von Fulda and dessen Umgebungen (1839). For the history of the abbey see See also:Gegenbaur, Das Kloster Fulda See also:im Karolinger Zeitalter (Fulda, 1871—1874); See also:Arndt, Geschichte See also:des Hochstifts Fulda (Fulda, 186o) ; and the FuldaerGeschichtsblatter (1902 fol.).
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