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OLDENBURG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, and See also:capital of the See also:grand-duchy of Oldenburg. It is a quiet and pleasant-looking town, situated 27 M. by See also:rail W. of See also:Bremen, on the navigable Hunte and the Hunte-See also:Ems See also:canal. Pop. (1905), including the suburbs, 28,555. The inner or old town, with its somewhat narrow streets, is surrounded by avenues laid out on the site of the former ramparts, beyond which are the villas, promenades and gardens of the See also:modern quarters. Oldenburg has almost nothing to show in the shape of interesting old buildings. The
2 To this See also:branch belonged See also:Adolphus See also:Frederick, son of See also:Christian See also:Augustus See also:bishop of See also:Lubeck (d. 1726), who in 1751 became. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Sweden.
Another branch of the Oldenburg See also:family, descended from See also:John, son of Christian III. of See also:Denmark, is that of See also:Holstein-See also:Sonderburg. This was subdivided into the lines of Sonderburg-Augustenburg and Sonderburg-See also:Glucksburg. See also:Prince Christian, who married Princess See also:Helena of See also:Great See also:Britain, belongs to the former of them. To the latter belong the See also:kings of Denmark, See also:Greece and See also:Norway.
Evangelical Lambertikirche, though dating from the 13th See also:century, has been so transformed in the last century (1874–1886) as to show no trace of its antiquity. The palaces of the grand-See also:duke and the old 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 are See also:Renaissance buildings of the 17th and 18th centuMes. Among the other prominent buildings—all modern—are the See also:palace of the See also:heir apparent, the new town-hall, the See also:theatre, the See also:law-courts, the gymnasium, the commercial school, the three hospitals and the new See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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. The grand-ducal picture See also:gallery in the Augusteum includes See also:works by Veronese, Velasquez, See also:Murillo and See also:Rubens, and there are collections of modern paintings and sculptures in the two palaces. The public library contains iio,000 volumes and the duke's private library 55,000. There is also a large natural See also:history museum and a museum with a collection of antiquities. The See also:industries of Oldenburg, which are of no great importance, include See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:spinning and the making of See also:glass, See also:tobacco, gloves, See also:soap and See also:leather. A consider-able See also:trade is carried on in See also:grain, and the See also:horse fairs are largely frequented. According to popular tradition Oldenburg was founded by Walbert, See also:grandson of the Saxon See also:hero, See also:Widukind, and was named after his wife Altburga, but the first See also:historical mention of it occurs in a document of iio8. It was fortified in 1155, and received a municipal See also:charter in 1345. The subsequent history of the town is merged in that of the grand-duchy.
See Sello, Historische Wanderung durch See also:die Stadt Oldenburg (Olden-See also:burg, 1896) ; and Alt-Oldenburg (Oldenburg, 1903) ; and See also:Kohl, Die Allmende der Stadt Oldenburg (Oldenburg, 1903).
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