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LIEGNITZ , a See also:

TOWN

town in See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

SILESIA

Silesia, picturesquely situated on the Katzbach, just aboveits junction with the Schwarzwasser, and 40 M. W.N.W. of See also:

BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line of railway to See also:

Berlin via See also:

SOMMERFELD

Sommerfeld. Pop. (1885) 43,347, (1905) 59,710. It consists of an old town, surrounded by pleasant, shady promenades, and several well- built suburbs. The most prominent See also:

BUILDING

building is the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, formerly the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

dukes of Liegnitz, rebuilt after a See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1835 and now used as the administrative offices of the See also:

DISTRICT

district. The See also:

Ritter Akademie, founded by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Joseph I. in 1708 for the See also:

EDUCATION

education of the See also:

young Silesian nobles, was reconstructed as a gymnasium in 181o. The See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

church of St See also:

John, with two See also:

FINE

fine towers, contains the See also:

BURIAL

burial vault of the dukes. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal Lutheran church, that of SS. See also:

Peter and See also:

Paul (restored in 1892-1894), See also:

DATES

dates from the 14th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The manufactures are considerable, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief articles made being See also:

CLOTH

cloth, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

leather, See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, pianos and machinery. Its See also:

trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and its See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-markets are like-See also:

wise important.

The large See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market gardens in the suburbs grow vegetables of considerable See also:

ANNUAL

annual value. Liegnitz is first mentioned in an See also:

HISTORICAL

historical document in the See also:

YEAR

year 1004. In 1163 it became the seat of the dukes of Liegnitz, who greatly improved and enlarged it. The dukes were members of the illustrious Piast See also:

FAMILY

family, which gave many See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings to See also:

Poland. During the See also:

THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

War Liegnitz was taken by the Swedes, but was soon recaptured by the Imperialists. The Saxon See also:

army also defeated the imperial troops near Liegnitz in 1634. On the See also:

DEATH

death of the last See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Liegnitz in 1675, the duchy came into the See also:

possession of the See also:

EMPIRE

Empire, which retained it until the Prussian See also:

CONQUEST

conquest of Silesia in 1742. On the i 5th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1760 See also:

Frederick the See also:

GREAT

Great gained a decisive victory near Liegnitz over the Austrians, and in August 1813 Blucherdefeated the See also:

French in the neighbourhood at the See also:

BATTLE

battle of the Katzbach. During the 19th century Liegnitz rapidly increased in See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population and prosperity. In 1906 the See also:

German autumn manoeuvres were held over the terrain formerly the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the great battles already mentioned. See Schuchard, See also:

Die Stadt Liegnitz (Berlin, 1868) ; Sammter and Kraffert, Chronik von Liegnitz (Liegnitz, 1861—1893); Jander, Liegnitz in seinem Entwickelungs ange (Liegnitz, 1905) ; and F1ihree See also:

FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Liegnitz and See also:

seine Umgebung (Liegnitz, 1897) ; and the Urkundenbuch der Stadt Liegnitz bis 1455, edited by Schirrmacher (Liegnitz, 1866).

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