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HOHENLIMBURG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, on the Lenne, in the Prussian prov. of See also:Westphalia, 30 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Dortmund. Pop. (1905) 12,790. It has two 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 and a See also:synagogue. The town is the seat of various See also:iron 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:industries, while See also:dyeing, See also:cloth-making and See also:linen-See also:weaving are also carried on here. It is the See also:chief town of the See also:county of See also:Limburg, and formerly belonged to the See also:counts of Limburg, a See also:family which became See also:extinct in 1508. Later it passed to the counts of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. The See also:castle of Hohenlimburg, which overlooks the town, is now the See also:residence of See also:Prince Adolf of Bentheim-Tecklenburg.
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