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MONTBELIARD , a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Doubs, 49 M. N.E. of See also:Besancon on the See also:Paris–See also:Lyon See also:line between that town and See also:Belfort. Pop. (1906), town, 8723; See also:commune, 10,455. Montbeliard is situated 1050 ft. above See also:sea-level on the right See also:bank of the Allaine at its junction with the Luzine (Lizaine or Lisaine). It is an important point in the frontier defences of France since 1871. Forts on outlying hills connect it with Belfort on the one See also:side and (through Blamont and the Lomont fortifications) with Besancon on the other. The old See also:castle of the See also:counts of Montbeliard is now used as See also:barracks; its most conspicuous features, the Tour Bossue and the Tour See also:Neuve, date respectively from 1425 and 1594. Most of the inhabitants are See also:Protestant, and 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:- 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, built See also:early in the 17th See also:century, now serves as a Protestant See also:place of See also:worship. The old See also:market-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 and some old houses of the 16th century also remain. A See also:bronze statue of See also:George See also:Cuvier, the most illustrious native of Montbeliard, and several fountains adorn the town. Montbeliard is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has a tribunal of first instance, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators, a communal See also:college, a See also:practical school of See also:industry, a chamber of arts and manufactures and a museum of natural See also:history. Since 1870 a considerable impetus has been given to its prosperity by the Alsatian immigrants. Its See also:industries include See also:watch and See also:clock making and dependent trades, See also:cotton See also:spinning and See also:weaving, the manufacture of See also:hosiery, textile machinery, tools, nails and See also:wire, and See also:brewing. There is See also:commerce in See also:wine, See also:cheese, See also:wood and Montbeliard See also:cattle.
After belonging to the Burgundians and See also:Franks, Montbeliard (See also:Mons Peligardi) was, by the treaty of See also:Verdun (843), added to See also:Lorraine. In the 11th century it became the capital of a See also:count-See also:ship, which formed See also:part of the second See also:kingdom of See also:Burgundy and latterly of the See also:German See also:Empire. Its German name is Mompelgard. In 1397 it passed by See also:marriage to the See also:house of See also:Wurttemberg, to whom it belonged till 1793. It resisted the attacks of See also:Charles the Bold (1473), and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I. of Lorraine,
1 (1618-1699), a son of See also:Arnauld d'Andelly and See also:minister of See also:foreign affairs in See also:succession to See also:Lionne.(1587 and 1588), See also:duke of See also:Guise, but was taken in 1676 by See also:Marshal See also:Luxemburg, who razed its fortifications. The tolerance of the princes of Wurttemberg attracted to the town at the end of the 16th century a See also:colony of See also:Anabaptists from Frisia, and their descendants still See also:form a See also:separate community in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood. In 1793 the inhabitants voluntarily submitted to See also:annexation by France. In 1871 the See also:battle of the Lisaine between the See also:French and Germans was fought in the neighbourhood and partly within its walls.
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