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HEILBRONN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Wurttemberg, situated in a pleasant and fruitful valley on the See also:Neckar, 33 M. by See also:rail N. of See also:Stuttgart, and at the junction of lines to Jagdsfeld, See also:Crailsheim and Eppingen. Pop. (1905), 40,026. In the older See also:part of the town the streets are narrow, and contain a number of high turreted houses with quaintly adorned gables. The old fortifications have now been demolished, and their site is occupied by promenades, outside of which are the more See also:modern parts of the town with wide streets and many handsome buildings. The See also:principal public buildings are 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:Kilian (restored 1886-1895) in the See also:Gothic and See also:Renaissance styles, begun about 1919 and completed in 1529, with an elegant See also:tower 210 ft. high, a beautiful See also:choir, and a finely carved See also:altar; 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 (Rathaus), founded in 1540, and possessing a curious See also:clock made in 158o, and a collection of interesting letters and other documents; the See also:house of the See also:Teutonic knights (Deutsches Haus), now used as a See also:court of See also:law; the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Joseph, formerly the church of the Teutonic See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
Order; the tower
von See also:Berlichingen was confined in 1519; a See also:fine See also:synagogue; an See also:historical museum and several monuments, among them those to the emperors 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. and See also:Frederick I., to See also:Bismarck, to See also:Schiller and to See also:Robert von See also:Mayer (1814-1878), a native of the town, famous for his discoveries concerning See also:heat. The educational establishments include a gymnasium, a commercial school and an agricultural See also:academy. The town in a commercial point of view is the most important in Wurttemberg, and possesses an immense variety of manufactures, of which the principal are See also:gold, See also:silver, See also:steel and See also:iron wares, See also:machines, See also:sugar of See also:lead, See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white lead, See also:vinegar, See also:beer, sugar, See also:tobacco, See also:soap, oil, See also:cement, chemicals, artificial manure, See also:glue, soda, See also:tapestry, See also:paper and See also:cloth. Grapes, See also:fruit, vegetables and flowering shrubs are largely grown in the neighbourhood, and there are large quarries for See also:sandstone and See also:gypsum and extensive See also:salt-See also:works. By means of the Neckar a considerable See also:trade is carried on in See also:wood, bark, See also:leather, agricultural produce, fruit and See also:cattle.
Heilbronn occupies the site of an old Roman See also:settlement; it is first mentioned in 741, and the Carolingian princes had a See also:palace here. It owes its name—originally Heiligbronn, or See also:holy See also:spring—to a spring of See also:water which until 1857 was to be seen issuing from under the high altar of the church of St Kilian. Heilbronn obtained privileges from 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 IV. and from See also:Rudolph I. and became a See also:free imperial See also:city in 136o. It was frequently besieged during the See also:middle ages, and it suffered greatly during the Peasants' See also:War, the See also:Thirty Years' War, and the various See also:wars with See also:France. In See also:April 1633 a See also:convention was entered into here between Oxenstierna, the Swabian and Frankish estates and the See also:French, See also:English and Dutch ambassadors, as a result of which the Heilbronn treaty, for the See also:prosecution of the Thirty Years' War, was concluded. In 1802 Heilbronn was annexed by Wurttemberg.
See See also:Jager, Geschichte von Heilbronn (Heilbronn, 1828) ; Kuttler, Heilbronn, See also:seine Umgebungen and seine Geschichte (Heilbronn, 1859); Diirr, Heilbronner Chronik (See also:Halle, 1896) ; Schliz, See also:Die Entstehung der Stadtgemeinde Heilbronn (See also:Leipzig, 19o3); and A. Kesel, Der Heilbronner Konvent (Halle, 1878).
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