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See also:GYOR (Ger. Raab) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, See also:capital of a See also:county of the same name, 88 m. W. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (Igoo)
27,758. It is situated at the confluence of the Raab with the See also:Danube, and is composed of the inner town and three suburbs. Gyor is a well-built town, and is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop. Amongst its See also:principal buildings are the See also:cathedral, dating from the 12th See also:century, and rebuilt in 1639-1654; the bishop's See also:palace; the 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; the Roman Catholic See also:seminary for priests and several churches. There are manufactures of See also:cloth, machinery and See also:tobacco, and an active See also:trade in See also:grain and horses. Twenty See also:miles by rail W.S.W. of the town is situated Csorna, a See also:village with a Premonstratensian See also:abbey, whose archives contain numerous valuable See also:historical documents.
Gyor is one of the See also:oldest towns in Hungary and occupies the site of the Roman Arabona. It was already a See also:place of some importance in the loth century, and its bishopric was created in the 11th century. It was a strongly fortified town which resisted successfully the attacks of the See also:Turks, into whose hands it See also:fell by treachery in 1594, but they retained See also:possession of it only for four years. See also:Montecucculi made Gyor a first-class fortress, and it remained so until 1783, when it was abandoned. At the beginning of the 19th century, the fortifications were re-erected, but were easily taken by the See also:French in 1809, and were again stormed by the Austrians on the 28th of See also:June 1849.
About 11 m. S.E. of Gyor on a See also:spur of the Bakony See also:Forest lies the famous See also:Benedictine abbey of Pannonhalma (Ger. St Martinsberg; See also:Lat. See also:Mons Sancti See also:Martini), one of the oldest and wealthiest abbeys of Hungary. It was founded by 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 St See also:Stephen, and the See also:original See also:deed from loos is preserved in the archives of the abbey. The See also:present See also:building is a See also:block of palaces, containing a beautiful 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, some of its parts dating from the 12th century, and lies on a 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 1200 ft. high. The church has a See also:tower 130 ft. high. In the See also:convent there are a seminary for priests, a normal school, a gymnasium and a library of 120,000 vols. The See also:chief See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot has the See also:rank of a bishop, and is a member of the Upper See also:House of the Hungarian See also:parliament, while in spiritual matters he is subordinate immediately to the Roman See also:curia.
End of Article: GYOR (Ger. Raab)
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