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See also:KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec) , the See also:capital of the See also:Austrian duchy of See also:Carinthia, 212 M. S.W. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 24,314. It is picturesquely situated on the See also:river Glan, which is in communication with the Worther-see by the 3 M. See also:long Lend See also:canal. Among the more noteworthy buildings are the See also:parish 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 FEgidius (1709), with a See also:tower 298 ft. in height; the See also:cathedral of SS See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and See also:Paul (1582-1593, burnt 1723, restored 1725); the churches of the See also:Benedictines (1613), of the See also:Capuchins (1646), and of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of St See also:Elizabeth (1710). To these must be added the See also:palace of the See also:prince-See also:bishop of Gurk, the See also:burg or See also:castle, existing in its See also:present See also:form since 1777; and the Landhaus or See also:house of See also:assembly, dating from the end of the 14th See also:century, and containing a museum of natural See also:history, and collection of minerals, antiquities, See also:seals, paintings and sculptures. The most interesting public See also:monument is the See also:great Lindwurm or See also:Dragon, See also:standing in the See also:principal square (1590). The See also:industrial establishments comprise See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:lead factories, See also:machine and See also:iron foundries, and See also:commerce is active, especially in the See also:mineral products of the region.
Upon the Zollfeld to the See also:north of the See also:city once stood the See also:ancient See also:Roman See also:town of Virunum. During the See also:Middle Ages Klagenfurt became the See also:property of the See also:crown, but by a patent of See also:Maximilian I. of the 24th of See also:April 151$, it was conceded to the Carinthian estates, and has since then taken the See also:place of St See also:Veit as capital of Carinthia. In 1535, 1636, 1723 and 1796 Klagenfurt suffered from destructive fires, and in 1690 from the effects of an See also:earthquake. On the 29th of See also:March 1797 the See also:French took the city, and upon the following See also:day it was occupied by See also:Napoleon as his headquarters.
End of Article: KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)
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