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LINGEN , a See also:town in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, on the See also:Ems See also:canal, 43 M. N.N.W. of See also:Munster by See also:rail. Pop. 7500. It has See also:iron foundries, machinery factories, railway workshops and a considerable See also:trade in See also:cattle, and among its other See also:industries are See also:weaving and malting and the manufacture of See also:cloth. Lingen was the seat of a university from 1685 to 1819.
The See also:county of Lingen, of which this town was the See also:capital, was See also:united in the See also:middle ages with the county of Treklenburg. In 15o8, however, it was separated from this and was divided into an upper and a See also:lower county, but the two were united in 1541.
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A little. later Lingen was sold to the See also:emperor See also:Charles V., from whom it passed to his son, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. of See also:Spain, who ceded it in 1597 to See also:Maurice, See also:prince of See also:Orange. After the See also:death of the See also:English 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:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William III., in 1702, it passed to See also:Frederick I., king of See also:Prussia, and in 1815 the lower county was transferred to Hanover, only to be united again with Prussia in 1866.
See M611er, Geschichte der vormaligen Grafschaft Lingen (Lingen, 1874); Herrmann, See also:Die Erwerbung der Stadt and Grafschaft Lingen durch die Krone Preussen (Lingen, 19o2); and Schriever, Geschichte See also:des Kreiges Lingen (Lingen, 1905).
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