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See also:LEITMERITZ (See also:Czech, Litomer`See also:ice) , a See also:town and episcopal see of Bohemia, 45 M. N. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 13,075, mostly See also:German. It lies on the right See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, which becomes here navigable for steamers and is spanned by an See also:iron See also:bridge 1700 ft. in length. The See also:fine See also:cathedral, founded in 1057, was built in 1671 and contains some valuable paintings. The library of the episcopal See also:palace, built between 1694 and 1701, possesses the See also:oldest maps of Bohemia made in 1518 by Nicolaus See also:Claudianus of See also:Jung-See also:Bunzlau. Of the other churches that of All See also:Saints See also:dates from the 13th See also:century. 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, with its remarkable See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell See also:tower, dates from the 15th century. Leitmeritz is situated in the midst of a very fertile See also:country, called the " Bohemian See also:Paradise," which produces See also:great quantities of See also:corn, See also:fruit, hops and wines. The See also:beer brewed here enjoys a high reputation. On the opposite bank of the See also:river, where the See also:Eger discharges itself into the Elbe, lies Theresienstadt (pop. 7046), an important See also:garrison town. It was formerly an important fortress, erected in 1780 by the See also:emperor See also:Joseph II. and named after his See also:mother Maria See also:Theresa, but the fortress was dismantled in 1882.
Leitmeritz was originally the See also:castle of a royal See also:count and is first mentioned, in 993, in the See also:foundation See also:charter of the See also:convent of St See also:Margaret near Prague. In 1248 it received a town charter, and was governed by the See also:laws of See also:Magdeburg until the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Ferdinand I., having a See also:special See also:court of See also:jurisdiction over all the royal towns where this See also:law obtained. The town reached its highest degree of prosperity under See also:Charles IV., who bestowed upon it large tracts of See also:forest, agricultural See also:land and vineyards. In the Hussite See also:wars, after its See also:capture by the utraquist, Leitmeritz remained true to " the See also:Chalice," shared also in the revolt against Ferdinand I., and suffered in See also:con-sequence. It was still more unfortunate during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, in the course of which most of the See also:Protestant inhabitants See also:left it; the See also:property of the Bohemian refugees being given to German immigrants. The See also:present bishopric was established in 1655.
End of Article: LEITMERITZ (Czech, Litomer`ice)
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