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NORDHAUSEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of Prussian See also:Saxony. It is situated on the Zorge at the See also:south See also:base of the Harz Mountains, and at the See also:west end of the Goldene Aue (See also:Golden See also:Plain), a fruitful valley watered by the Helme, 6o m. by See also:rail W. of See also:Halle, on the See also:main See also:line to See also:Frankfort-on-Main and See also:Cassel, and at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Erfurt and Blankenheim. Pop. (1885) 27,083; (1905) 29,882. It is built partly on the slope of the mountains and partly on the plain, and the upper and See also:lower parts of the town are connected by flights of steps. Among its eight churches the most noteworthy are the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, See also:late See also:Gothic with a Romanesque See also:crypt, and the See also:Protestant 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:Blasius, containing two pictures by See also:Lucas See also:Cranach. Near the See also:medieval 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 stands a See also:Roland's See also:column, the See also:ancient See also:symbol of See also:free commercial inter-course and civic See also:liberty. The town has a museum of antiquities and various public monuments, notably a See also:fountain by See also:Ernst See also:Rietschel in the See also:corn See also:market, and another to See also:Luther in the market square. There are statues of the See also:emperor See also:Frederick III. and of See also:Prince See also:Bismarck. The See also:chief importance of the See also:place arises from its distilleries, which annually yield about ro,000,000 gallons of " Korn Schnapps," a spirit somewhat akin to See also:whisky. The breweries are also important and there are manufactures of See also:leather, See also:tobacco and cigars, See also:cotton, See also:linen goods, carpets, See also:chicory, See also:malt and chemicals. Nordhausen is sometimes called the See also:Cincinnati of Germany on See also:account of its extensive export See also:trade in pork, corned See also:beef, See also:ham and sausages. There is also a large trade in corn.
Nordhausen is one of the See also:oldest towns in See also:North Germany. It possessed a royal See also:palace in 874 and a See also:convent was founded here in 962. It was destroyed by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry the See also:Lion, See also:duke of Saxony, in 118o, but was soon rebuilt and was made a free imperial town in 1253. In this and the following See also:century several diets and other assemblies were held here. The See also:protector (See also:Vogt) of the town was the elector of Saxony and later for a few years (1702—1715) the elector of See also:Brandenburg. Nordhausen accepted the reformed doctrines in 1522. It was annexed by See also:Prussia in 1803 and againin 1815, having in the meantime belonged to the See also:kingdom of See also:Westphalia.
See Forstemann; Urkundliche Geschichte der Stadt Nordhausen bis See also:sago (Nordhausen, 1828—1840) and Kleine Schriften zur Geschichte der Stadt Nordhausen (Nordhausen, 1855) ; Lesser, Historische Nachrichten von Nordhausen, edited by Forstemann (Nordhausen 186o) ; J. See also:Schmidt, See also:Pau- and Kunstdenkmaler der Stadt Nordhausen (Halle, 1886) ; T. Eckart, Gedenkblatter aus der Geschichte der ehemaligen freien Reichsstadt Nordhausen (See also:Leipzig, 1895) ; See also:Heine, Nordhausen and Preussen (Nordhausen, 1902); and Girschner, Lokalfilhrer See also:fur Nordhausen and Umgebung (1891).
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