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NACHOD , a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 109 M. E.N.E. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 9899, mostly See also:Czech. It is situated on the Mettau See also:river, at the entrance of the Lewin-Nachod pass. The old See also:castle contains a collection of See also:historical paintings and archives, and there are several old churches, of which that of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence is mentioned as 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 in 1350. The town originally gathered See also:round the castle of Nachod, of which the first See also:lord was a member of the powerful See also:family of Hron, in the See also:middle of the 13th See also:century. It suffered much during the Hussite See also:Wars, and in 1437 was captured by the celebrated robber See also:knight Kolda of 2ampach, and retaken by See also:George of See also:Podebrad in 1456 and included in his estates. It was sold in 1623, and in 1634 given to Ottavio See also:Piccolomini; finally, after many changes of ownership, the castle and titular lordship came in 184o to the princes of Schaumburg-See also:Lippe. The important engagements fought near the town on the 27th and 28th of See also:June 1866 opened Bohemia to the victorious Prussians.
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