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ITZEHOE , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein, on the StSr, a navigable tributary of the See also:Elbe, 32 M. See also:north-See also:west of See also:Hamburg and 15 M. north of Gliickstadt. Pop. (1900) 15,649. 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:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, dating from the 12th See also:century, and the See also:building in which the Holstein estates formerly met, are noteworthy. The town has a See also:convent founded in 1256, a high school, a See also:hospital and other benevolent institutions. Itzehoe is a busy commercial See also:place. Its See also:sugar refineries are among the largest in Germany. Ironfounding, See also:shipbuilding and See also:wool-See also:spinning are also carried on, and the manufactures include machinery, See also:tobacco, fishing-nets, See also:chicory, See also:soap, See also:cement and See also:beer. Fishing employs some of the inhabitants, and the markets for See also:cattle and horses are important. A considerable See also:trade is carried on in agricultural products and See also:wood, chiefly with Hamburg and See also:Altona.
Itzehoe is the See also:oldest town in Holstein. Its See also:nucleus was a See also:castle, built in 809 by Egbert, one of See also:Charlemagne's See also:counts, against the Danes. The community which sprang up around it was diversely called Esseveldoburg, Eselsfleth and Ezeho. In 1201 the town was destroyed, but it was restored in 1224. To the new town the See also:Lubeck rights were granted by See also:Adolphus IV. in 1238, and to the old town in 1303. During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War Itzehoe was twice destroyed by the Swedes, in 1644 and 1657, but was rebuilt on each occasion. It passed to See also:Prussia in 1867,with the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein.
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