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See also:KULM (Cu1,M) . (I) A See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of See also:West See also:Prussia, 33 M. by See also:rail N.W. of See also:Thorn, on an See also:elevation above the See also:plain, and 1 m. E. of the See also:Vistula. Pop. (1905), 11.665. It is surrounded by old walls, dating from the 13th See also:century, and contains some interesting buildings, notably its churches, of which two are See also:Roman See also:Catholic and two See also:Protestant, and its See also:medieval town-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. The See also:cadet school, founded here in 1776 by See also:Frederick the See also:Great, was removed to See also:Koslin in 189o. There are large oil See also:mills, also See also:iron foundries and See also:machine shops, as well as an important See also:trade in agricultural produce, including See also:fruit and vegetables. Kulm gives name to the See also:oldest bishopric in Prussia, although the See also:bishop resides at Pelplin. It was presented about 1220 by See also:Duke See also:Conrad of Masovia to the bishop of Prussia. Frederick II. pledged it in 1226 to the See also:Teutonic 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, to whom it owes its See also:early development. By the second See also:peace of Thorn in 1466 it passed to See also:Poland, and it was annexed to Prussia in 1772. It joined the Hanseatic See also:League, and used to carry on very extensive manufactures of See also:cloth.
(2) A See also:village of Bohemia about 3 M.
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