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GOSLAR , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, romantically situated on the Gose, an affluent of the Oker, at the See also:north See also:foot of the Harz, 24 M. S.E. of See also:Hildesheim and 31 M. S:W. from See also:Brunswick, by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 17,817. It is surrounded by walls and is of See also:antique See also:appearance. Among the noteworthy buildings are the " Zwinger," a See also:tower with walls 23 ft. thick; the See also:market 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, in the Romanesque See also:style, restored since its partial destruction by See also:fire in 1844, and containing the town archives and a library in which are some of See also:Luther's See also:manuscripts; 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), possessing many interesting antiquities; the Kaiserworth (formerly the hall of the tailors'. gild and now an See also:inn) with the statues of eight of the See also:German emperors; and the Kaiserhaus, the See also:oldest See also:secular See also:building in Germany, built by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. before 1050 and often the See also:residence of his successors. This was restored in 1867-1878 at the cost of the Prussian See also:government, and was adorned with frescoes portraying events in German See also:history. Other buildings of See also:interest are:—the small See also:chapel which is all that remains since 1820 of the old and famous See also:cathedral of St See also:Simon and St See also:Jude founded by Henry III. about 1040, containing among other See also:relics of the cathedral . an old See also:altar supposed to be that of the idol Kredo which formerly stood on the Burgberg near See also:Neustadt-See also:Harzburg; the church of the former See also:Benedictine monastery of St See also:Mary, or Neuwerk, of the 12th See also:century, in the Romanesque style, with See also:wall-paintings of considerable merit; and the See also:house of the bakers' gild now an hotel, the birthplace of See also:Marshal See also:Saxe. There are four Evangelical churches, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, a See also:synagogue, several See also:schools, a natural See also:science museum, containing a collection of Harz minerals, the Fenkner museum of antiquities' and a number of small See also:foundations. The town has equestrian statues of the emperor See also:Frederick I. and of the German 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. The See also:population is chiefly occupied in connexion with the See also:sulphur, See also:copper, See also:silver and other mines in the neighbourhood. The town has also been See also:long noted for its See also:beer, and possesses some small manufactures and a considerable See also:trade in See also:fruit.
Goslar is believed to have been founded by Henry the See also:Fowler about 920, and when in 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 See also:Otto the See also:Great the See also:mineral treasures in the neighbourhood were discovered it increased rapidly in prosperity. It was often the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of German diets, twenty-three of which are said to have been held here, and was frequently the residence of the emperors. About 1350 it joined the Hanseatic See also:League. In the See also:middle of the 14th century, the famous Goslar statutes, a See also:code of See also:laws, which was adopted by many other towns, was published. The town was unsuccessfully besieged in 1625, during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, but was taken by the Swedes in 1632 and nearly destroyed by fire. Further conflagrations in 1728 and 1780 gave a severe See also:blow to its prosperity. It was a See also:free town till 1802, when it
came into the See also:possession of See also:Prussia. In 1807 it was joined to See also:Westphalia, in 1816 to Hanover and in 1866 it was, along with Hanover, re-See also:united to Prussia.
See T. See also:Erdmann, See also:Die alte Kaiserstadt Goslar and ihre Umgebung in Geschichte, See also:Sage and Bild (Goslar, 1892); See also:Crusius, Geschichte der vormals kaiserlichen freien See also:Reichstadt Goslar (1842—1843); A. Wolfstieg, Verfassungsgeschichte von Goslar (See also:Berlin, 1885); T. Asche, Die Kaiserpfalz zu Goslar (1892); See also:Neuburg, Goslars Bergbau bis 1552 (Hanover, 1892); and the Urkundenbuch der Stadt Goslar, edited by G. See also:Bode (See also:Halle, 1893-1900). For the Goslarische Statuten see the edition published by GSschen (Berlin, 1840).
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