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NEUBREISACH , a See also:town and fortress of See also:Germany in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, situated on the See also:Rhine-See also:Rhone See also:canal, 12 M. E. from See also:Colmar by the railway to Freiburgim-See also:Breisgau. Pop. (19o5—including a See also:garrison of 2300 men) 3520. It is built in the See also:form of a hectagon, and together with Fort See also:Mortier, which lies on an See also:arm of the Rhine opposite, forms a See also:place of See also:great strategic strength. It contains an Evangelical (garrison) 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, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church and a non-commissioned See also:officers' school. There are See also:electrical See also:works in the town.
Neubreisach was founded by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. in 1699 and fortified by See also:Vauban, the Neubreisacher canal being constructed to transport the necessary materials. In the Franco-See also:German See also:War, it was bombarded by the Germans from the 2nd to the loth of See also:November 1870, when it capitulated.
See See also:Wolff, Geschichte See also:des Bombardements von See also:Schlettstadt and Neubreisach (See also:Berlin. 1874) ; and von See also:Neumann, See also:Die Eroberung von Schlettstadt and Neubreisach See also:im Jahre 187o (Berlin, 1876).
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