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GMUND , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg,' in a charming and fruitful valley on the Hems, here spanned by a beautiful See also:bridge, 31 M. E.N.E. of See also:Stuttgart on the railway to See also:Nordlingen. Pop. (1905) 18,699. It is surrounded by old walls, flanked with towers, and has a considerable number of See also:ancient buildings, among which are the See also:fine 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 of the See also:Holy See also:Cross; St See also:John's church, which See also:dates from the 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 of the See also:Hohenstaufen; and, situated on a height near the town, partly hewn out of the See also:rock, the See also:pilgrimage church of the Saviour. Among the See also:modern buildings are the gymnasium, the See also:drawing and See also:trade See also:schools, the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:seminary, 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:industrial See also:art museum. Clocks and watches are manufactured here and also other articles of See also:silver, while the town has a considerable trade in See also:corn, hops and See also:fruit. The scenery in the neighbourhood is very beautiful, near the town being the See also:district called Little See also:Switzerland.
Gmund was surrounded by walls in the beginning of the 12th See also:century by See also:Duke See also:Frederick of See also:Swabia. It received town rights from Frederick See also:Barbarossa, and after the extinction of the Hohenstaufen became a See also:free imperial town, It retained its See also:independence till 1803, when it came into the See also:possession of Wurttemberg. Gmund is the See also:birth-See also:place of the painter Hans= Baldung (1475—1545) and of the architect Heinrich Arler or Parler (fl. 1350). In the See also:middle ages the See also:population was about 1o,000.
See Kaiser, Gmund and See also:seine Umgebung (1888).
' There are two places of this name in See also:Austria. (I) Gmund, a town in See also:Lower Austria, containing a See also:palace belonging to the imperial See also:family, (2) a town in See also:Carinthia, with a beautiful See also:Gothic church and some interesting ruins.
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