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LANDSBERG AM See also:LECH , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the See also:river Lech, 38 m. by See also:rail W. by S. of See also:Munich. Pop. (1905) 6505. It has eight See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among them the Liebfrauen Kirche dating from 1498, several monasteries, and a See also:fine 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, with frescoes by Karl von See also:Piloty and a See also:painting by See also:Hubert von Herkomer. Here also are a fine gateway, the Bayer-Tor, an agricultural and other See also:schools. See also:Brewing, tanning and the manufacture of agricultural machinery are among the See also:principal See also:industries.
See Schober, Landsberg am Lech and Umgebung (1902); and Zwerger, Geschzchte Landsbergs (1889).
LANDSBERG-AN-DER-See also:WARTHE, a town in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Brandenburg, at the confluence of the Warthe and the Kladow, So m. N.E. of See also:Berlin by rail. Pop. (1905) 36,934. It has important See also:engine and See also:boiler See also:works and See also:iron-foundries; there are also manufactures of See also:tobacco, See also:cloth, carriages, wools, See also:spirits, jute products and See also:leather. An active See also:trade is carried on in See also:wood, See also:cattle and the produce of the surrounding See also:country. Landsberg obtained civic privileges in 1257, and later was besieged by the Poles and then by the See also:Hussites.
See R. Eckert, Geschichie von Landsberg-Warthe (189o).
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