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NIEDERWALD , a broad See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hesse-See also:Nassau, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, between that See also:river and the Wisper, opposite See also:Bingen, forming the See also:south-western See also:apex of the See also:Taunus range. Its See also:summit is clothed with dense forests of See also:oak and See also:beech, while its See also:southern and western sides, which descend sharply to See also:Rudesheim and See also:Assmannshausen on the Rhine, are covered with vineyards, and produce some of the finest wines of the See also:district. At the edge of the See also:forest, on the See also:crest of the hill above Rudesheim, stands the gigantic " Germania " statue, the See also:national See also:monument of the See also:war of 1870-71, which was unveiled on the 28th of See also:September 1883 by the See also:emperor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I., in the presence of all the rulers in Germany or their representatives. It was designed by Johannes Schilling, and the See also:bronze figure of Germania is 33 ft. high; the
See also:pedestal is adorned with allegorical figures and portraits of See also:German princes and generals. Cogtooth See also:mountain See also:railways run up the hill from Rudesheim and Assmannshausen.
See Spielmann, Niederwald and Nalionaldenkmal (See also:Wiesbaden, 1898).
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