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KEMPTEN , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria on the See also:Iller, 81 m. S.W. of See also:Munich by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 20,663. The town is well built, has many spacious squares and attractive public grounds, and contains a See also:castle, a handsome 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, a gymnasium, &c. The old See also:palace of the abbots of Kempten, dating from the end of the 17th See also:century, is now partly used as See also:barracks, and near to it is the See also:fine See also:abbey 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. The See also:industries include See also:wool-See also:spinning and See also:weaving and the manufacture of See also:paper, See also:beer, See also:machines, See also:hosiery and matches. As the commercial centre of the See also:Algau, Kempten carries on active See also:trade in See also:timber and See also:dairy produce. Numerous remains have been discovered on the Lindenberg, a 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 in the vicinity.
Kempten, identified with the See also:Roman Cambodunum, consisted in See also:early times of two towns, the old and the new. The continual hostility that existed between these was intensified by the welcome given by the old town, a See also:free imperial See also:city since 1289, to the Reformed doctrines, the new town keeping to the older faith. The See also:Benedictine abbey of Kempten, said to have been founded in 773 by Hildegarde, the wife of See also:Charlemagne, was an important See also:house. In 1360 its See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot was promoted to the dignity of a See also:prince of the See also:Empire by the See also:emperor See also:Charles IV.; the town and abbey passed to Bavaria in 1803. Here the Austrians defeated the See also:French on the 17th of See also:September 1796.
See FOrderreuther, See also:Die Stadt Kempten and ihre Umgebung (Kempten, 1901) ; Haggenmuller, Geschichte der Stadt and der gefursteten Grafschaft Kempten, vol. i. (Kempten, 1840) ; and Meirhofer, Geschichtliche Darstellung der dinkwurdigsten Schicksale der Stadt Kempten (Kempten, 1856).
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