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LUXEMBURG , or LtiTZELBURG (i.e. the little fortress or See also:town), the See also:capital of the See also:grand-duchy of the same name (see above), situated on the Alzette, a tributary of the Sflre. Pop. (1905) 20,984. The situation is romantic, steep" cliffs over-See also:hanging the winding See also:river, and the See also:principal portion of the town with the See also:palace and public buildings covering a centralplateau. The more densely populated parishes of See also:Clausen, Pfaffenthal and Grund See also:lie in the valley. As a fortress Luxemburg was considered the strongest in See also:Europe after See also:Gibraltar, which it was supposed to resemble because many of its casemates were cut into the See also:rock. It was dismantled in 1867. Two See also:colossal viaducts carry the railway and the approach from the railway station to the town. Since the See also:place ceased to be a fortress the See also:population has more than doubled, and the Alzette is lined with tanneries, breweries and distilleries. The Hotel de Ville See also:dates from 1844 and contains a collection of antiquities. 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 Notre See also:Dame was built in 1613, and that of St See also:Michael, with parts dating from 1320, contains the See also:tomb of See also:blind See also:John of Luxemburg, 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 of Bohemia, slain at See also:Crecy. There are two See also:annual fete days, one in See also:honour of Our See also:Lady of Luxemburg, patroness of the See also:city, held on the See also:Sunday before See also:Ascension See also:Day, and the other the annual See also:fair or Schobermesse (See also:tent fair), instituted in 1340 and held each See also:year on the 24th of See also:August.
LUXEUIL-See also:LES-BAINS, a town of eastern See also:France, in the See also:department of Haute-See also:Saone, 18 m. N.E. of See also:Vesoul. Pop. (1906) 5195. It is situated in a region of forests on the right See also:bank of the Breuchin. It has an See also:abbey-church dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, containing a curious 17th-See also:century See also:organ See also:loft in the See also:form of an immense See also:bracket supported by a colossal figure of See also:Hercules. The See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot's palace (16th and 18th centuries) serves as See also:presbytery and 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. A See also:cloister of the 15th century and other buildings of the 17th century also remain. There are several mansions and houses dating from various periods from the 14th to the 16th century. The Maison Carl-6e, once the town hall, an interesting specimen of 15th-century See also:architecture, was built by Perrin See also:Jouffroy, See also:father of See also:Cardinal Jouffroy. The cardinal, who was See also:born at Luxeuil in 1412, built the See also:house with a graceful See also:balcony and See also:turret which faces the Maison Carree. The Maison de la Baille and the Maison See also:Francois I. are of the See also:Renaissance See also:period. The See also:fine See also:modern See also:Grammont See also:Hospital is in the See also:style of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIII. Luxeuil is renowned for its See also:mineral springs, of which there are seventeen, two being ferruginous, and the See also:rest charged with chloride of See also:sodium; their temperatures range from 7o° to 158° F. The See also:water is employed for drinking and for See also:baths. The bathing See also:establishment contains a museum of Gallo-See also:Roman antiquities and there are also remains of Roman baths and aqueducts to be seen in or near it. Luxeuil has a communal See also:college. See also:Copper-See also:founding, the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of See also:cotton, See also:lace-making, See also:dyeing and the distilling of See also:kirsch are carried on.
Luxeuil was the Roman Lixovium and contained many fine buildings at 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 its destruction by the See also:Huns under See also:Attila in 451. In 590 St Calumban here founded a monastery, afterwards one of the most famous in Franche See also:Comte. In the 8th century it was destroyed by the See also:Saracens; afterwards rebuilt, monastery and town were devastated by the See also:Normans in the 9th century and pillaged on several occasions afterwards. The abbey See also:schools were celebrated in the See also:middle ages and the abbots had See also:great See also:influence; but their See also:power was curtailed by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. and the abbey was suppressed at the Revolution.
See H. See also:Beaumont, Etude Kist. sur l'abbaye de Luxeuil, 590-1790 (Lux. 1895) ; Grandmongin and A. See also:Garnier, Hist. de la ville et See also:des thermes"de Luxeuil (See also:Paris, 1866), with 16 plates.
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