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LANDSHUT , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Isar, 40 M. N.E. of See also:Munich on the See also:main See also:line of See also:rail-way to See also:Regensburg. Pop. (loos) 24,217. Landshut is still a See also:quaint, picturesque See also:place; it consists of an old and a new town and of four suburbs, one See also:part of it lying on an See also:island in the Isar. It contains a See also:fine See also:street, the Altstadt, and several interesting See also:medieval buildings. Among its eleven churches the most See also:note-worthy are those of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, with a See also:tower 432 ft. high, of St Jodocus, and of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost, or the See also:Hospital 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, all three begun before 1410. The former Dominican See also:convent, founded in 1271, once the seat of the university, is now used as public offices. The See also:post-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, formerly the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:house of the Estates, a See also:building adorned with old frescoes; the royal See also:palace, which contains some very fine See also:Renaissance See also:work; and the 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, built in 1446 and restored in 1860, are also noteworthy. The town has monuments to the Bavarian 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, See also:Maximilian II., and to other famous men; it contains a botanical See also:garden and a public See also:park. On a 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 overlooking Landshut is the See also:castle of Trausnitz, called also See also:Burg Landshut, formerly a stronghold of the See also:dukes of See also:Lower Bavaria, whose See also:burial-place was at Seligenthal also near the town. The See also:original building was erected See also:early in the 13th See also:century, but the See also:chapel, the See also:oldest part now existing, See also:dates from the 14th century. The upper part of the castle has been made habitable. The See also:industries of Landshut are not important; they include See also:brewing, tanning and See also:spinning, and the manufacture of See also:tobacco and See also:cloth. See also:Market gardening and an extensive See also:trade in See also:grain are also carried on.
Landshut was founded about 1204, and from 1255 to 1503 it was the See also:principal See also:residence of the dukes of Lower Bavaria and of their successors, the dukes of Bavaria-Landshut. During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War it was captured several times by the Swedes and in the 18th century by the Austrians. In See also:April 1809 See also:Napoleon defeated the Austrians here arld the town was stormed by his troops. From 1800 to 1826 the university, formerly at See also:Ingolstadt and now at Munich, was located at Lands-hut. Owing to the three helmets which See also:form its arms the town is sometimes called " Dreihelm Stadt."
See Staudenraus, Chronik der Stadt Landshut, (Landshut 1832); Wiesend, Topographische Geschichte von Landshut (Landshut, 1858) ; See also:Rosenthal, Zur Rechtsgeschichte der Stddte Landshut and See also:Straubing (Wurzberg, 1883) ; Kalcher, Fiuhrer durch Landshut (Landshut, 1887) ; Haack, See also:Die gotische Architektur and Plastik der Stadt Lands-hut (Munich, 1894); and Geschichte der Stadt Landshut (Landshut, 1835).
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