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LAUBAN , a See also:town of See also:Germany in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, is situated in a picturesque valley, at the junction of the lines of railway from See also:Gorlitz and Soren, 16 m. E. of the former. Pop. (1905) 14,624. Lauban has a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and two Evangelical churches, a 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, dating from 1541, a conventual See also:house of the 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 of St Magdalene, dating from the 14th See also:century, a municipal library and museum, two hospitals, an orphanage and several See also:schools. Its See also:industrial establishments comprise See also:tobacco, See also:yarn, See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread, See also:linen and woollen See also:cloth manufactories, See also:bleaching and See also:dyeing See also:works, breweries and oil and See also:flour See also:mills.
Lauban was founded in the loth and fortified in the 13th century; in 1427 and 1431 it was devastated by the See also:Hussites, and in 164o by the Swedes. In 1761 it was the headquarters of See also:Frederick the See also:Great, and in 1815 it was the last Saxon town that made its submission to See also:Prussia.
See Berkel, Geschichte der Stadt Lauban (Lauban, 1896).
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