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GUBEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Prussia, at the confluence of the Lubis with the See also:Neisse, 28 m. S.S.E. of See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Oder, at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Breslau, See also:Halle and See also:Forst. Pop. (1875) 23,704; (1905) 36,666. It possesses three Evangelical churches, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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 gymnasium, a See also:modern school, a museum and a See also:theatre. The principalindustries are the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of See also:wool, See also:dyeing, tanning, and the manufacture of pottery See also:ware, hats, See also:cloth, See also:paper and machinery. The See also:vine is cultivated in the neighbourhood to some extent, and there is also some See also:trade in See also:fruit and vegetables. Guben is of Wendish origin. It is mentioned in 1207 and received civic rights in 1235. It was surrounded by walls in 1311, about which 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 came into the See also:possession of the See also:margrave of See also:Brandenburg, from whom it passed to Bohemia in 1368. It was twice devastated by the See also:Hussites, and in 1631 and 1642 it was occupied by the Swedes. By the See also:peace of See also:Prague in 1635 it came into the possession of the elector of See also:Saxony, and in 1815 it was, with the See also:rest of See also:Lower See also:Lusatia, See also:united to Prussia.
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