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KONIGSTEIN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, situated in a deep valley on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, at the influx of the Biela, in the centre of Saxon See also:Switzerland, 2.5 M. S.E. of See also:Dresden by the railway to See also:Bodenbach and Testchen. It contains a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and a See also:Protestant 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, a See also:monument to the composer See also:Julius See also:Otto, and has some small manufactures of machinery, celluloid, See also:paper, See also:vinegar and buttons. It is chiefly remarkable for the huge fortress, lying immediately to the See also:north-See also:west of the town, which crowns a See also:sandstone See also:rock rising abruptly from the Elbe to a height of 750 ft. Across the Elbe lies the Lilienstein, a similar formation, but unfortified. The fortress of Konigstein was probably a Slav stronghold as See also:early as the 12th See also:century, but it is not mentioned in See also:chronicles before the See also:year 1241, when it was a See also:fief of Bohemia. In 1401 it passed to the margraves of See also:Meissen and by the treaty of See also:Eger in 1459 it was formally ceded by Bohemia to Saxony. About 1540 the See also:works were strengthened, and the See also:place was used as a point d'appui against inroads from Bohemia. Hence the phrase frequently employed by historians that Konigstein is " the See also:key to Bohemia." As a fact, the See also:main road from Dresden into that See also:country lies across the hills several See also:miles to the See also:south-west, and the fortress has exercised little, if any, See also:influence in strategic operations, either during the See also:middle ages or in See also:modern times. It was further strengthened under the See also:electors See also:Christian I., See also:John See also:George I. and See also:Frederick See also:Augustus II. of Saxony, the last of whom completed it in its See also:present See also:form. During the Prussian invasion of Saxony in 1756 it served as a place of See also:refuge for 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 of See also:Poland, Augustus III., as it did also in 1849, during the Dresden insurrection of May in that year, to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II. and his ministers. It was occupied by the Prussians in 1867, who retained See also:possession of it until the See also:peace of 1871. It is garrisoned by detachments of several Saxon See also:infantry regiments, and serves as a treasure See also:house for the See also:state and also as a place of detention for See also:officers sentenced to fortress imprisonment. A remarkable feature of the place is a well, hewn out of the solid rock to a See also:depth of 470 ft.
See Klemm, Der Konigstein in alter and neuer Zeit (See also:Leipzig, 1905) ; and Gautsch, Aelteste Geschichte der sdchsischen Schweiz (Dresden, 188o).
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