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LINDAU , a See also:town and See also:pleasure resort in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, and the central point of the transit See also:trade between that See also:country and See also:Switzerland, situated on two islands off the See also:north-eastern See also:shore of See also:Lake See also:Constance. Pop. (1905) 6531. The town is a See also:terminus of the See also:Vorarlberg railway, and of the See also:Munich-Lindau See also:line of the Bavarian See also:state See also:railways, and is connected with the mainland both by a wooden See also:bridge and by a railway enbankment erected in 1853. There are a royal See also:palace and an old and a new 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 (the older one having been built in 1422 and restored in 1886-1888), a museum and a municipal library with interesting See also:manuscripts and a collection of Bibles, also classical, commercial and See also:industrial See also:schools. The See also:harbour is much frequented by steamers from Constance and other places on the lake. There are also some See also:Roman remains, the Heidenmauer, and a See also:fine See also:modern See also:fountain, the Reichsbrunnen. Opposite the See also:custom-See also:house is a See also:bronze statue of 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., erected in 1856.
On the site now occupied by the town there was a Roman See also:camp, the castrum Tiberii, and the See also:authentic records of Lindau date back to the end of the 9th See also:century, when it was known as Lintowa. In 1274, or earlier, it became a See also:free imperial town; in 1331 it joined the Swabian See also:league, and in 1531 became a member of the league of See also:Schmalkalden, having just previously accepted the reformed doctrines. In 1647 it was ineffectually besieged by the Swedes. In 1804 it lost its imperial privileges and passed to See also:Austria, being transferred to Bavaria in 1805.
See Boulan, Lindau, vor altem and jetzt (Lindau, 1872) ; and Stettners, Fi hrer durch Lindau and Umgebungen (Lindau, 1900).
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