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See also:KOPENICK (CoPENICK) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, on an See also:island in the See also:Spree, 9 M. S.E. from See also:Berlin by the railway to See also:Furstenwalde. Pop. (1905), 27,721. It contains a royal See also:residence, which was built on the site of a See also:palace which belonged to the See also:great elector, See also:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William. This is surrounded by gardens and contains a See also:fine banqueting 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 and a See also:chapel. Other buildings are 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 and a teachers' See also:seminary. The varied See also:industries embrace the manufacture of See also:glass, linoleum, sealing-See also:wax and See also:ink. In the vicinity is Spindlersfeld, with important dye-See also:works.
Kopenick, which See also:dates from the 12th See also:century, received municipal rights in 1225. Shortly afterwards, it became the See also:bone of contention between Brandenburg and See also:Meissen, but, at the issue of the See also:feud, remained with the former, becoming a favourite residence of the See also:electors of Brandenburg. In the palace the famous See also:court See also:martial was held in 1730, which condemned the See also:crown-See also:prince of See also:Prussia, afterwards Frederick the Great, to See also:death. In 1906 the See also:place derived ephemeral fame from the daring feat of a cobbler, one Wilhelm Voigt, who, attired as a See also:captain in the See also:army, accompanied by soldiers, whom
XV. 2qhis apparent See also:rank deceived, took the See also:mayor prisoner, on a fictitious See also:charge of having falsified accounts and absconded with a considerable sum of municipal See also:money. The " captain of Kopenick " was arrested, tried, and sentenced to a See also:term of imprisonment.
See See also:Graf zu Dohna, Kurfiirstliche See also:Schlosser in der See also:Mark Brandenburg (Berlin, 1890).
End of Article: KOPENICK (CoPENICK)
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