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HOXTER , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, prettily situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Weser, and on the Prussian See also:state See also:railways Borssum-See also:Soest and Scherfede-See also:Holzminden, 32 M. N. of See also:Cassel. Pop. (1905) 7699. It has a See also:medieval 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, and interesting houses with high gables and See also:wood-carved facades of the 15th and 16th centuries. The most interesting of the churches is the See also:Protestant 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,
with a See also:pulpit dating from 1595 and a See also:font dating from 1631. There are a gymnasium, a school of See also:architecture and a See also:monument to See also:Hoffmann von Fallerslebenin the town. The Weser is crossed here by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:bridge about 500 ft. in length, erected in 1833. On the Brunsberg adjoining the town there is an old See also:watch-See also:tower, said to be the remains of a fortress built by See also:Bruno, See also:brother of See also:Widukind. Near Hoxter is the See also:castle, formerly the See also:Benedictine monastery, of See also:Corvey. The See also:principal manufactures of the town are See also:linen, See also:cotton, See also:cement and See also:gutta-percha, and there is also a considerable See also:shipping See also:trade. Hoxter (See also:Lat. Huxaria) in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Charlemagne was a See also:villa regia, and was the See also:scene of a See also:battle between him and the See also:Saxons. Under the See also:protection of the monastery of Corvey it gradually increased in prosperity, and became the See also:chief town of the principality of Corvey. Later it asserted its See also:independence and joined the Hanseatic See also:League. It suffered severely during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. After the See also:peace of Westphalia in 1648 it was See also:united to See also:Brunswick; in 1802 it was transferred to See also:Nassau; and in 1807 to the See also:kingdom of Westphalia, after the dismemberment of which, in 1814, it came into the See also:possession of See also:Prussia.
See Kampschulte, Chronik der Stadt Hoxter (Hoxter, 1872).
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