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GOLDBERG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia,' 14 m. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Liegnitz, on the Katzbach, an affluent of the See also:Oder. Pop. (1905) 6804. The See also:principal buildings are an old 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 dating from the beginning of the 13th See also:century, the See also:Schwabe-Priesemuth institution, completed in 1876, for the See also:board and- See also:education of orphans, and the classical school or gymnasium (founded in 1524 by See also:Duke See also:Frederick II. of Liegnitz), which in the 17th century enjoyed See also:great prosperity, and numbered See also:Wallenstein among its pupils. The See also:chief manufactures are woollen See also:cloth, See also:flannel, gloves, stockings, See also:leather and See also:beer, and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:fruit. Goldberg owes its origin and name to a See also:gold mine in the neighbourhood, which, however, has been wholly abandoned since 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 Hussite See also:wars. The town obtained civic rights in 1211. It suffered heavily from the See also:Tatars in 1241, from the See also:plague in 1334, from the See also:Hussites in 1428, and from the Saxon, Imperial and See also:Swedish forces during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. On the 27th of May 1813 a See also:battle took-See also:place near it between the See also:French and the
' Goldberg is also the name of a small town in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Mecklenburg-See also:Schwerin.
Russians; and on the 23rd and the 27th of See also:August of the same See also:year fights between the See also:allies and the French.
See See also:Sturm, Geschichte der Stadt Goldberg in Schlesien (1887). GOLD, See also:COAST, that portion of the See also:Guinea Coast (See also:West See also:Africa) which extends from Assini upon the west to the See also:river See also:Volta on the See also:east. It derives its name from the quantities of grains of gold mixed with the See also:sand of the See also:rivers traversing the See also:district. The See also:term Gold Coast is now generally identified with the See also:British Gold Coast See also:colony. This extends from 30 7' W. to 1° 14' E., the length of the coast-See also:line being about 370 M. It is bounded W. by the See also:Ivory Coast colony (French), E. by See also:Togoland (See also:German). On the See also:north the British possessions, including See also:Ashanti (q.v.) and the See also:Northern Territories, extend to the 11th degree of north See also:latitude.
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