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JONKOPING , a See also:town of See also:Sweden, See also:capital of the See also:district (Mn) of Jonkoping, 230 M. S.W. of See also:Stockholm by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 23,143. It occupies a beautiful but somewhat unhealthy position between the See also:southern end of See also:Lake See also:Vetter and two small lakes, Roksjo and Munksjo. Two quarters of the town, Svenska Mad and Tyska Mad, recall 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 when the site was a See also:marsh (mad), and buildings were constructed on piles. The residential suburbs among the hills, especially Dunkehallar, are attractive and healthier than the town. 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 Kristine (c. 1650), the See also:court-houses, 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, See also:government buildings, and high school, are noteworthy. The town is one of the leading See also:industrial centres in Sweden. The match manufacture, for which it is principally famous, was founded by Johan Edvard Lundstrom in 1844. The well-known See also:brand of sdkerhets-tandstickor
(safety-matches) was introduced later. There are also textile manufactures, See also:paper-factories (on Munksjo), and See also:mechanical See also:works. There is a large See also:fire-arms factory at Huskvarna, 5.m E. See also:Water-See also:power is supplied here by a See also:fine See also:series of falls. The See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill Taberg, 8 m. S., is a See also:mass of magnetic See also:iron ore, rising 410 ft. above the surrounding See also:country, 2950 ft. See also:long and 1475 ft. broad, but the percentage of iron is See also:low as compared with the See also:rich ores of other parts, and the See also:deposit is little worked. Jonkoping is the seat of one of the three courts of See also:appeal in Sweden.
Jonkoping received the earliest extant See also:Swedish See also:charter in 1284 from See also:Magnus I. The See also:castle is mentioned in 1263, when Waldemar Birgersson married the Danish princess See also:Sophia. Jonkoping was afterwards the See also:scene of many events of moment in Scandinavian See also:history—of parliaments in 1357, 1439, and 1599; of the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of the Danish and Swedish plenipotentiaries in 1448; and of the See also:death of Sten See also:Sture, the See also:elder, in 1503. In- 1612 Gustavus See also:Adolphus caused the inhabitants to destroy their town lest it should fall'into the hands of the Danes; but it was rebuilt soon after, and in 162o received See also:special privileges from the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king. At this See also:period a textile See also:industry was started here, the first of any importance in Sweden. It was from the Dutch and See also:German workmen, introduced at this time, that the See also:quarter Tyska Mad received its name. On the loth of See also:December 1809 the plenipotentiaries of Sweden and See also:Denmark concluded See also:peace in the town.
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