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MEININGEN , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, See also:capital of the duchy of See also:Saxe-Meiningen, romantically situated in forests on the right See also:bank of the Werra, 40 M. S. of See also:Eisenach by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 15,989. It consists of an old town and several handsome suburbs, but much of the former has been rebuilt since a See also:fire in 1874. The See also:chief See also:building is the Elisabethenburg, or the old ducal See also:palace, containing several collections; it was built mainly about 168o, although See also:part of it is much older. Other buildings are the Henneberger Hans with a collection of antiquities, and the town See also:church, with twin towers, built by the See also:emperor See also:Henry II. in the 11th See also:century. The See also:theatre enjoyed for many years (1875–1890) a See also:European reputation for its actors and scenic effects. The See also:English See also:garden, a beautiful public See also:park, contains the ducal See also:mortuary See also:chapel and several monuments, including busts of See also:Brahms and See also:Jean See also:Paul See also:Richter. Meiningen, which was subject to the bishops of Wtirzburg (1000–1542), came into the See also:possession of the See also:duke of See also:Saxony in 1583, having in the meantime belonged to the See also:counts of Henneberg. At the See also:partition of 166o it See also:fell to the See also:share of Saxe-See also:Altenburg, and in 168o became the capital of Saxe-Meiningen. See E.

Dobner, Bausteine zu einer Geschichte der Stadt Meiningen (Meiningen, 1902). See Bacher, A gada der Tannaiten, vol. 11. ch. i. ; See also:

Graetz, See also:History of the See also:Jews (Eng. trans.), vol. 11. ch. xvi. ; Jewish Encyclopedia (whence some of the above cited sayings are quoted), viii. 432-435. On See also:Meir's See also:place in the history of the See also:fable, see J. See also:Jacobs, The Fables of See also:Aesop, i. 111, &c. (see See also:Index s.v.). (I.

A.)-'v.

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