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MEIRINGEN , the See also:principal See also:village on the Hasle (or the upper See also:Aar) valley in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Bern. It is built at a height of 1969 ft. on the right See also:bank of the Aar and on the level See also:floor of the valley, but is much exposed to the See also:south See also:wind (or See also:Fohn), and has several times been in See also:great See also:part destroyed by See also:fire (1632, 1879 and 1891). It has 3077 inhabitants, all See also:German-speaking and Protestants. The See also:parish 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 is See also:ancient, and above it are the ruins of the See also:medieval See also:castle of Resti. Meiringen is frequented by travellers in summer, as it is the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-point of many routes: from See also:Interlaken by the See also:lake of See also:Brienz and Brienz, from See also:Lucerne by the Brunig railway (28 m.), from See also:Engelberg by the Joch Pass (7267 ft.), from the upper See also:Valais by the Grimsel Pass (7100 ft.), and from See also:Grindelwald by the Great Scheidegg Pass (6434 ft.). Many waterfalls descend the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill-sides, the best known being the See also:Reichenbach and the Alpbach, while the great See also:gorge pierced by the Aar through the See also:limestone barrier of the Kirchet is remarkable. The village and valley belonged of old to the See also:emperor, who in 1234 gave the See also:advowson to the Knights of St See also:Lazarus, by whom it was sold in 1272 to the See also:Austin Canons of Interlaken, on the suppression of whom in 1528 it passed to the See also:state. In 1310 the emperor mortgaged the valley to the lords of See also:Weissenburg, who sold it in 1334 to the See also:town of Bern. (W. A. B.
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