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GORLITZ , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Neisse, 62 m. E. from See also:Dresden on the railway to See also:Breslau, and at the junction of lines to See also:Berlin, See also:Zittau and See also:Halle. Pop. (1885) 55,702, (1905) 80,931. The Neisse at this point is crossed by a railway See also:bridge 165o ft. See also:long and 12o ft. high, with 32 See also:arches. Gorlitz is one of the handsomest, and, owing to the extensive forests of 70,000 acres, which are the See also:property of the See also:municipality, one of the wealthiest towns in Germany. It is surrounded by beautiful walks and See also:fine gardens, and although its old walls and towers have now been demolished, many of its See also:ancient buildings remain to See also:form a picturesque contrast with the signs of See also:modern See also:industry. From the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill called Landskrone, about 1500 ft. high, an extensive prospect is obtained of the surrounding See also:country. The See also:principal buildings are the fine See also:Gothic 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 St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul, dating from the 15th See also:century, with two stately towers, a famous ojgan and a very heavy See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell; the Frauen Kirche, erected about the end of the 15th century, and possessing a fine portal and See also:choir in pierced See also:work; the Kloster Kirche, restored in 1868, with handsome choir stalls and a carved See also:altar dating from 1383; and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, founded in 1853, in the Roman See also:style of See also:architecture, with beautiful See also:glass windows and oil-paintings. The old 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 (Rathaus) contains a very valuable library, having at its entrance a fine See also:flight of steps. There is
also a new town hall which was erected in 1904–1906. Other buildings are: the old See also:bastion, named Kaisertrutz, now used as a guardhouse and armoury; the gymnasium buildings in the Gothic style erected in 1851; the Ruhmeshalle with the Kaiser See also:Friedrich museum, the See also:house of the estates of the province (Standehaus), two theatres and the See also:barracks. Near the town is the See also:chapel of the See also:Holy See also:Cross, where there is a See also:model of the Holy See also:Sepulchre at See also:Jerusalem made during the 15th century. In the public See also:park there is a bust of See also:Schiller, a See also:monument to See also:Alexander von See also:Humboldt, and a statue of the mystic See also:Jakob Bohme (1575–1624); a monument has been erected in the town in See also:commemoration of the See also:war of 1870-71, and also one to the See also:emperor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. and a statue of See also:Prince See also:Frederick See also:Charles. In connexion with the natural See also:history society there is a valuable museum, and the scientific See also:institute possesses a large library and a See also:rich collection of antiquities, coins and articles of virtu. Gorlitz, next to Breslau, is the largest and most flourishing commercial town of Silesia, and is also regarded as classic ground for the study of See also:German See also:Renaissance architecture. Besides See also:cloth, which forms its See also:staple See also:article of See also:commerce, it has. manufactories of various See also:linen and woollen wares, See also:machines, railway wagons, glass, See also:sago, See also:tobacco, See also:leather, chemicals and tiles.
Gorlitz existed as a See also:village from a very See also:early See also:period, and at the beginning of the 12th century received civic rights. It was then known as Drebenau, but on being rebuilt after its destruction by See also:fire in 1131 it received the name of Zgorzelice. About the end of the 12th century it was strongly fortified, and for a See also:short 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 it was the See also:capital of a duchy of Gorlitz. It was several times besieged and taken during the See also:Thirty Years' War, and it also suffered considerably in the Seven Years' War. In the See also:battle which took See also:place near it between the Austrians and Prussians on the 7th of See also:September 1757, Hans Karl von See also:Winterfeldt, the See also:general of Frederick the See also:Great, was slain. In 1815 the town, with the greater See also:part of Upper See also:Lusatia, came into the See also:possession of See also:Prussia.
See See also:Neumann, Geschichte von Gorlitz (185o).
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