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GLUCKSTADT , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, at the confluence of the small See also:river Rhin, and 28 m. N.W. of See also:Altona, on the railway from See also:Itzehoe to See also:Elmshorn. Pop. (1905) 6586. It has a See also:Protestant 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 handsome 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 (restored in 1873–1874), a gymnasium, a provincial See also:prison and a See also:penitentiary. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in See also:commerce and fishing; but the frequent losses from inundations have greatly retarded the prosperity of the town. Gluckstadt was founded by See also:Christian IV. of See also:Denmark in 1617, and fortified in 162o. It soon became an important trading centre. In 1627–28 it was besieged for fifteen See also:weeks by the imperialists under See also:Tilly, without success. In 1814 it was blockaded by the See also:allies and capitulated, whereupon its fortifications were demolished. In 183o it was made a See also:free See also:port. It came into the See also:possession of See also:Prussia together with the See also:rest of Schleswig-Holstein in 1866.
See Lucht, Gluckstadl. Beitrage zur Geschichte dieser Sladt (See also:Kiel, 1854).
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