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MEMMINGEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the Ach, a tributary of the See also:Iller, 35 m. S.W. of See also:Augsburg on the railway to See also:Ulm. Pop. (1905), 11,618. , It is partly surrounded with walls, and has some interesting old See also:gates and houses. It contains the See also:fine See also:Gothic 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:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, which contains 67 beautifully carved See also:choir-stalls, and a 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 dating from about 1580. Its See also:industrial products are See also:yarn, See also:calico, woollen goods, See also:- THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)
thread. A considerable See also:trade is carried on in hops, which are extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood, and in See also:cattle, See also:wool, See also:leather and See also:grain.
Memmingen, first mentioned in a document of tom, belonged originally to the Guelf See also:family, and later to the Hohenstaufens. In 1286 it became a See also:free See also:city of the See also:empire, a position which it See also:main-
See also:Brut. 70).
Another Gams MEieMIus, See also:tribune in III B.C., attacked the. aristocrats on a See also:charge of corrupt relations with Jugurtha. See also:Memmius subsequently stood for the consulship in 99, but was slain in a See also:riot stirred up by his See also:rival the See also:praetor Glaucia. See also:Sallust describes him as an orator, but See also:Cicero (De orator?, ii. 59, 70) had a poor See also:opinion of him.
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