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HANAU , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Main, 14 M. by See also:rail E. from See also:Frankfort and at the junction of lines to See also:Friedberg, Bebra and See also:Aschaffenburg. Pop. (,co) 531,637. It consists of an old and a new town. The streets of the former are narrow and irregular, but the latter, founded at the end of the 16th See also:century by fugitive See also:Walloons and Netherlanders, is built in the See also:form of a pentagon with broad streets See also:crossing at right angles, and possesses several See also:fine squares, among which may be mentioned the See also:market-See also:place, adorned with handsome fountains at the four corners. Among the See also:principal buildings are the See also:ancient See also:castle, formerly the See also:residence of the See also:counts of Hanau; the 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:John, dating from the 17th century, with a handsome See also:tower; the old church of St See also:Mary, containing the See also:burial vault of the counts of Hanau; the church in the new town, built by the Walloons in the beginning of the 17th century in the form of two intersecting circles; the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, the See also:synagogue, the See also:theatre, the See also:barracks, the See also:arsenal and the See also:hospital. Its educational establishments include a classical school, and a school of See also:industrial See also:art. There is a society of natural See also:history and an See also:historical society, both of which possess considerable See also:libraries and collections. Hanau is the birthplace of the See also:brothers See also:Grimm, to whom a See also:monument was erected here in 1896. In the neighbourhood of the town are the See also:palace of Philippsruhe, with an extensive See also:park and large orangeries, and the See also:spa of Wilhelmsbad.
Hanau is the principal commercial and manufacturing town in the province, and stands next to See also:Cassel in point of See also:population. It manufactures 'ornaments of various kinds, cigars, See also:leather, See also:paper, playing See also:cards, See also:silver and platina wares, See also:chocolate, See also:soap, woollen See also:cloth, hats, See also:silk, gloves, stockings, See also:ropes and matches. See also:Diamond cutting is carried on and the town has also foundries, breweries, and in the neighborhood extensive See also:powder-See also:mills. It carries on a large See also:trade in See also:wood, See also:wine and See also:corn, in addition to its articles of manufacture. _
From the number of urns, coins and other antiquities found near Hanau it would appear that it owes its origin to a Roman See also:settlement. It received municipal rights in 1393, and in 1528 it was fortified by See also:Count See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip III. who rebuilt the castle. At the end of the 16th century its prosperity received considerable impulse from the See also:accession of the Walloons and Netherlanders. During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War it was in 1631 taken by the Swedes, and in 1636 it was besieged by the imperial troops, but was relieved on the 13th of See also:June by See also:Landgrave 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 V. of Hesse-Cassel, on See also:account of which the See also:day is still commemorated by the inhabitants. See also:Napoleon on his See also:retreat from See also:Leipzig defeated the Germans under See also:Marshal See also:Wrede at Hanau, on the 3oth of See also:October 1813; and on the following day the See also:allies vacated the town, when it was entered by the See also:French. See also:Early in the 15th century Hanau became the See also:capital of a principality of the See also:Empire, which on the See also:death of Count Reinhard in 1451 was partitioned between the Hanau-Munzenberg and Hanau-See also:Lichtenberg lines, but was reunited in 1642 when the See also:elder See also:line became See also:extinct. The younger line received princely See also:rank in 1696, but as it became extinct in 1736 Hanau-Munzenberg was joined to Hesse-Cassel and Hanau-Lichtenberg to Hesse-See also:Darmstadt. In 1785 the whole province was See also:united to Hesse-Cassel, and in 1803 it became an See also:independent principality. In 1815 it again came into the See also:possession of Hesse-Cassel, and in 18'66 it was joined to See also:Prussia.
See R. Wille, Hanau See also:im dreissigjahrigen Krieg (Hanau, 1886) ; and Junghaus, Geschichte der Stadt and See also:des Kreises Hanau (1887).
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