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NEISSE , a See also:town and fortress of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of Prussian See also:Silesia, at the junction of the Neisse and the Biela, 32 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Oppeln. Pop. (1905) 25,394 (mostly See also:Roman Catholics) including a See also:garrison of about 5000. It consists of the town proper, on the right See also:bank of the Neisse, and the Friedrichstadt on the See also:left. The Roman See also:Catholic 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 of St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James (Jakobikirche) See also:dates mainly from the 13th See also:century, but was finished in 1430. The See also:chief See also:secular buildings are the old episcopal See also:residence, the new 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, the old Rathaus, with a See also:tower 205 ft. in height (1499), the beautiful See also:Renaissance Kiimmerei (See also:exchequer) with a high gabled roof ornamented with frescoes, and the See also:theatre. A considerable See also:trade is carried on in agricultural products.
Neisse, one of the See also:oldest towns in Silesia, is said to have been founded in the loth century, and afterwards became the See also:capital of a principality of its own name, which was incorporated with the bishopric of See also:Breslau about 1200. Its first walls were erected in 1350, and enabled it to repel an attack of the See also:Hussites in 1424. It was thrice besieged during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War. The end of the first Silesian War left Neisse in the hands of See also:Frederick the See also:Great, who laid the See also:foundations of its See also:modern fortifications.
The town was taken by the See also:French in 1807. Neisse can, at the will of the garrison, be protected by a See also:system of inundation.
See Kastner, Urkundliche Geschichte der Stadt Neisse (Neisse and Breslau, 1854-1867, 3 vols.); Schutte, Beitrage zur Geschichte von Neisse (Neisse, 1881) ; and Ruffert, Aus Neisse's Vergangenheit (1903).
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