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See also:GITSCHIN (See also:Czech Jicin) , a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 65 m. N.E. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 9790, mostly Czech. The See also:parish 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 was begun by See also:Wallenstein after the See also:model of the pilgrims' church of See also:Santiago de Compostela in See also:Spain, but not completed till 1655. The See also:castle, which stands next to the church, was built by Wallenstein and finished in 163o. It was here that the See also:emperor See also:Francis I. of Austria signed the treaty of 1813 by which he threw in his See also:lot with the See also:Allies against See also:Napoleon. Wallenstein was interred at the neighbouring Carthusian monastery, but in 1639 the See also:head and right See also:hand were taken by See also:General Bailer to See also:Sweden, and in 1702 the other remains were removed by See also:Count See also:Vincent of Waldstein to his hereditary burying ground at Munchengratz. Gitschin was originally the See also:village of Zidineves and received its See also:present name when it was raised to the dignity of a town by See also:Wenceslaus II. in 1302. The See also:place belonged to various See also:noble Bohemian families, and in the 17th See also:century came into the hands of Wallenstein, who made it the See also:capital of the duchy of See also:Friedland and did much to improve and extend it. His See also:murder, and the miseries of the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, brought it very See also:low; and it passed through several hands before it was bought by See also:Prince Trauttmannsdorf, to whose See also:family it still belongs. On the 29th of See also:June 1866 the Prussians gained here a See also:great victory over the Austrians. This victory made possible the junction of the first and second Prussian See also:army See also:corps, and had as an ultimate result the See also:Austrian defeat at See also:Koniggratz.
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