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See also:LOCSE (Ger. Leutschau) , the See also:capital of the See also:county of Szepes, in See also:Hungary, 230 M. N.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (lgoo) 6845, mostly Germans and See also:Slovaks. The county of Szepes is the highest See also:part of Hungary, and its See also:north-western portion is occupied by the Tatra Mountains. Locse lies in an elevated position surrounded by mountains, and is one of the See also:oldest towns of Hungary. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James is a See also:Gothic structure of the 13th See also:century, with richly carved See also:altar, several monuments, and a celebrated See also:organ erected in 1623, and See also:long reputed the largest in Hungary. The old See also: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, restored in 1894, contains a See also:Protestant upper gymnasium, founded in 1544, and one of the oldest See also:printing establishments in Hungary, founded in 1585. See also:Bee-keeping and the raising of See also:garden produce are the See also:chief See also:industries.
Founded by Saxon colonists in 1245, Locse had by the See also:early part of the 16th century attained a position of See also:great relative importance. In 5599 a See also:fire destroyed the greater part of the town, and during the 17th century it suffered repeatedly at the hands of the Transylvanian princes and leaders.
End of Article: LOCSE (Ger. Leutschau)
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