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NEUSS , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, lies 4 M. to the W. of See also:Dusseldorf and 11 m. from the W. See also:bank of the Rhine, with which it is connected by the Erft See also:canal. It lies at the junction of lines to See also:Cologne, See also:Viersen, Zevenaar (See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland), Diisseldorf, See also:Duren and See also:Rheydt. Pop. (19o5) 30,494, of whom 95% were Catholics. The See also:chief See also:building in the town is 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:Quirinus, a remarkably See also:fine example of the transition from the See also:Round to the Pointed See also:style; and there are six other See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, two See also:Protestant churches and a gymnasium, which contains a collection of Roman antiquities. The 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 was built in the 17th and altered in the 18th See also:century. The old fortifications are now laid out as a See also:promenade encircling the town. Neuss produces oil and See also:meal, and also manufactures woollen stuffs, chemicals and See also:paper, bricks and See also:iron-See also:ware. Its markets for cereals are among the most important in See also:Prussia, and it is also the centre of a brisk See also:trade in See also:cattle, coals, building materials and the products of its various manufactories.
Neuss, the Novaesium of the See also:Romans, frequently mentioned by See also:Tacitus, formerly See also:lay See also:close to the Rhine, and was the natural centre of the See also:district of which Dusseldorf has become the chief town. See also:Drusus, See also:brother of the See also:emperor Tiberius, threw a See also:bridge across the Rhine here, and his name is preserved in the Drusustor, the See also:lower See also:half of which is of Roman See also:masonry. In 1474-1475 See also:Charles the Bold of See also:Burgundy besieged the town in vain for eleven months, during which he lost ,o,000 men; but it was taken and sacked by See also:Alexander See also:Farnese in 1586. Since 1887 extensive excavations have been made of the See also:foundations of a huge Roman See also:camp, and many valuable Roman treasures have
been unearthed.
See C. Tucking, Geschichte der Stadt Neuss (Diisseldorf, 1891) ; F. Schmitz, Der, Neusser Krieg, 1474–1475 (See also:Bonn, 1896); W. Effmann, See also:Die St Quirinus Kirche zu Neuss (Dusseldorf, 189o); and See also:Band xx. of the Chroniken der deutschen Stadte.
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