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HUNINGEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, on a See also:branch of the Rhine-See also:Rhone See also:canal, and 3 M. N. of See also:Basel by See also:rail. Pop. (19o5) 3304• The Rhine is here crossed by an See also:iron railway See also:bridge. The town boasts a handsome 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 has manufactures of See also:silk, watches, chemicals and cigars. Huningen is an See also:ancient See also:place and See also:grew up See also:round a stronghold placed to guard the passage of the Rhine. It was wrested from the Imperialists by the See also:duke of See also:Lauenburg in 1634, and subsequently passed by See also:purchase to See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. of See also:France. It was fortified by See also:Vauban (1679–1681) and a bridge was built across the Rhine. The fortress capitulated to the Austrians on the 26th of See also:August 1815 and the See also:works were shortly afterwards dismantled. In 1871, the town passed, with Alsace-Lorraine, to the See also:German See also:empire.
See Tschamber, Geschichte der Stadt and ehemaligen Festung Huningen (St See also:Ludwig, 1894) ; and Latruffe, Huningue et See also:Bale devant See also:les traites de 1815 (See also:Paris, 1863).
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