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KONIGSWINTER , a See also:town and summer resort of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the right See also:bank of the Rhine, 24 M. S.S.E. of See also:Cologne by the railway to See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main, at the See also:foot of the See also:Siebengebirge. Pop. (1905), 3944• The romantic Drachenfels (Ioio ft.), crowned by the ruins of a See also:castle built See also:early in the 12th See also:century by the See also:archbishop of Cologne, rises behind the town. From the See also:summit, to which there is a funicular railway, there is a magnificent view, celebrated by See also:Byron in Childe Harold's See also:Pilgrimage. A See also:cave in 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 is said to have sheltered the See also:dragon which was slain by the See also:hero Siegfried. The See also:mountain is quarried, and from 1267 onward supplied See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone (See also:trachyte) for the See also:building of Cologne See also:cathedral. The castle of Drachenburg, built in 1883, is on the See also:north See also:side of the hill. Konigswinter has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and an Evangelical 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, some small manufactures and a little See also:shipping. It has a See also:monument to the poet, Wolfgang See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
Muller. Near the town are the rains of the See also:abbey of Heisterbach.
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