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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 (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small See also:town of Hall in See also:Tirol and See also:Bad-Hall, a See also:health resort in Upper See also:Austria) , a town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, situated in a deep valley on both sides of the Kocher; and on the railway from See also:Heilbronn to Krailsheim, 35 M. N.E. of See also:Stuttgart. Pop. (1905) 9400. It possesses four Evangelical churches (of which the Michaeliskirche See also:dates from the 15th See also:century and has See also:fine See also:medieval See also:carving), 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 handsome town hall and classical and See also:modern See also:schools. A See also:short distance See also:south from the town is the royal See also:castle of Komburg, formerly a See also:Benedictine See also:abbey and now used as a See also:garrison for invalid soldiers, with a church dating from the 12th century. The town is chiefly known for its See also:production of See also:salt, which is converted into brine and piped from Wilhelmsgluck mine, 5 M. distant. Connected with the salt-See also:works there is a salt-See also:bath and whey-See also:diet See also:establishment. The See also:industries of the town also include See also:cotton-See also:spinning, See also:iron See also:founding, tanning, and the manufacture of See also:soap, See also:starch, brushes, See also:machines, carriages and See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal See also:ware.
Hall was See also:early of importance on See also:account of its salt-mines, which were held as a See also:fief of the See also:Empire by the so-called Salzgrafen (Salt-See also:graves), of whom the earliest known, the See also:counts of Westheim, had their seat in the castle of Hall. Later the town belonged to the Knights See also:Templars. It was made a See also:free imperial See also:city in 1276 by See also:Rudolph of See also:Habsburg. In 1802 it came into the See also:possession of Wurttemberg.
End of Article: 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)
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