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See also:GNESEN (See also:Polish, Gniezno) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Posen, in an undulating and fertile See also:country, on the Wrzesnia, 30 M. E.N.E. of Posen by the railway to See also:Thorn. Pop. (1905) 23,727. Besides the See also:cathedral, a handsome See also:Gothic edifice with twin towers, which contains the remains of St See also:Adalbert, there are eight See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a See also:Protestant 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:synagogue, a clerical See also:seminary and a See also:convent of the Franciscan nuns. Among the See also:industries are See also:cloth and See also:linen See also:weaving, See also:brewing and distilling. A See also:great See also:horse and See also:cattle See also:market is held here annually. Gnesen is one of the See also:oldest towns in the former See also:kingdom of See also:Poland. Its name, Gniezno, signifies " See also:nest," and points to See also:early Polish traditions. The cathedral is believed to have been founded towards the See also:close of the 9th See also:century, and, having received the bones of St Adalbert, it was visited in 5000 by the See also:emperor See also:Otto III., who made it the seat of an See also:archbishop. Here, until 1320, the See also:kings of Poland were crowned; and the archbishop, since 1416 See also:primate of Poland, acted as See also:protector pending the See also:appointment of a new 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. In 1821 the see of Posen was founded and the archbishop removed his See also:residence thither, though its cathedral See also:chapter still remains at Gnesen. After a See also:long See also:period of decay the town revived after 1815, when it came under the See also:rule of See also:Prussia.
See S. Karwowski, Gniezno (Posen, 1892).
End of Article: GNESEN (Polish, Gniezno)
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