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ILFELD , a See also:town in See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, situated at the See also:south See also:foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the Bahrethal, 8 m. N. from See also:Nordhausen by the railway to See also:Wernigerode. Pop. 1600. It contains an Evangelical 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, a celebrated gymnasium, once a monasterial school, with a See also:fine library, and manufactures of parquet-flooring, See also:paper and See also:plaster of See also:Paris, while another See also:industry in the town is See also:brewing. It is also of some repute as a See also:health resort.
Ilfeld, as a town, See also:dates from the 14th See also:century, when it sprang up See also:round a See also:Benedictine monastery. Founded about 1190 this latter was reformed in 1545, and a See also:year later converted into the school mentioned above, which under the rectorship of See also:Michael See also:Neander (1525—1595) enjoyed a reputation for scholarship which it has maintained until to-See also:day.
See Forstemann, Monumenta rerum Ilfeldensium (Nordhausen, 1843) ; M. Neander, Bericht vom Kloster Ilfeld, edited by See also:Bouterwek (See also:Gottingen, 1873) ; and K. See also:Meyer, Geschichte See also:des Klosters Ilpetd (See also:Leipzig, 1897).
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