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theatre, and various benevolent institutions, besides all the usual buildings for the lodging, cure and amusement of the numerous visitors who are attracted to this, the most popular watering-place in Bavaria. In the Kurgarten, a See also:

tree-shaded expanse between the Kurhaus and the handsome colonnaded Konversations-Saal, are the three See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal springs, the Rakbczy, the Pandur and the Maxbrunnen, of which the first two, strongly impregnated with See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

salt, have a temperature of 51.26° F.; the last (50.72°) is like Selters or Seltzer See also:

WATER

water. At See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distances from the town are the intermittent artesian See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring Solensprudel, the Schonbornsprudel and the Theresienquelle; and in the same valley as Kissingen are the See also:

minor spas of Bocklet and Briickenau. The See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of Kissingen are prescribed for both See also:

INTERNAL

internal and See also:

EXTERNAL

external use in a See also:

GREAT

great variety of diseases. They are all highly charged with salt, and productive See also:

government salt-See also:

WORKS

works were at one See also:

time stationed near Kissingen. The number of persons who visit the place amounts to about 20,000 a See also:

YEAR

year. The manufactures of the town, chiefly carriages and See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, are unimportant; there is also a See also:

trade in See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine. The salt springs were known in the 9th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and their medicinal properties were recognized in the 16th, but it was only during the 19th century that Kissingen became a popular resort.

The town belonged to the See also:

COUNTS

counts of Henneberg until 1394, when it was sold to the See also:

bishop of Wurzburg. With this bishopric it passed later to Bavaria. On the loth of See also:

JULY

July 1866 the Prussians defeated the Bavarians with great slaughter near Kissingen. On the 13th of July 1874 the town was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of the fanatic Kullmann to assassinate See also:

Prince See also:

Bismarck, to whom a statue has been erected. There are also monuments to See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings See also:

Louis I. and See also:

Maximilian I. of Bavaria. See Balling, See also:

Die Heilquellen unddBader zu Kissingen ( Kissingen, 1886) ; A.

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