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See also:OPPELN (See also:Polish, Oppolie) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Silesia, lies on the right See also:bank of the See also:Oder, 51 M. S.E. of See also:Breslau, on the railway to See also:Kattowitz, and at the junction of lines to See also:Beuthen, See also:Neisse and Tarnowitz. Pop. (1905) 30,769: It is the seat of the provincial See also:administration of Upper Silesia, and contains the See also:oldest See also:Christian 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 in the See also:district, that of St See also:Adalbert, founded at the See also:close of the loth See also:century. It has two other churches and a ducal 15th-century See also:palace on an See also:island in the Oder. The most prominent among the other buildings are the offices of the district authorities, 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, the normal See also:seminary and the See also:hospital of St Adalbert. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic gymnasium is established in an old Jesuit See also:college. The See also:industries of Oppeln include the manufacture of See also:Portland See also:cement, machinery, See also:beer, See also:soap, cigars and See also:lime; See also:trade is carried on by See also:rail and See also:river in See also:cattle, See also:grain and the vast See also:mineral output of the district, of which Oppeln is the See also:chief centre. The upper classes speak See also:German, the See also:lower Polish.
Oppeln was a flourishing See also:place at the beginning of the Il th century, and became a town in 1228. It was the See also:capital of the duchy of Oppeln and the See also:residence of the See also:duke from 1163 to 1532, when the ruling See also:family became See also:extinct. Then it passed to See also:Austria, and with the See also:rest of Silesia was ceded to See also:Prussia in 1742.
See Idzikowski, Geschichte der Stadt Oppeln (Oppeln, 1863) ; and See also:Vogt, Oppeln beim Eintritt in das Jahr 1900 (Oppeln, 1900).
End of Article: OPPELN (Polish, Oppolie)
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