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PASSAU , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, picturesquely situated at the confluence of the See also:Danube, the See also:Inn and the Ilz, See also:close to the See also:Austrian frontier, 89 m. N.E. from See also:Munich and 74 S.E. of See also:Regensburg by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 18,003, nearly all being See also:Roman Catholics. Passau consists of the town proper, lying on the rocky See also:tongue of See also:land between the Danube and the Inn, and of four suburbs, Innstadt on the right See also:bank of the Inn, Ilzstadt on the See also:left bank of the Ilz, Anger in the See also:angle between Ilz and the Danube, and St Nikola. it is one of the most beautiful places on the Danube, a See also:fine effect being produced by the way in which the houses are piled up one above another on the heights rising from the See also:river. The best See also:general view is obtained from the Oberhaus, an old fortress, now used as a See also:prison, which crowns a 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 300 ft. high on the left bank of the Danube. Of the eleven churches, the most interesting is the See also:cathedral of St See also:Stephen, a florid, See also:rococo edifice. It was built after a See also:fire in the 17th See also:century on the site of a 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 said to have been founded in the 5th century; it has two towers, and contains some valuable See also:relics. Other churches are the See also:Gothic church of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost; the churches of St Severin, of St See also:Paul and of St Gertrude; the See also:double church of St Salvator; the Romanesque church of the Holy See also:Cross; the See also:pilgrimage church of Our See also:Lady of Succour (Mariahilf); the church of the hospitalof St See also:John; and the Romanesque Votiv Kirche. The See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office occupies the site of a See also:building in which in 1552 the Treaty of Passau was signed between the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. and See also:Maurice, elector of See also:Saxony. The fine Dom Platz contains a statue of the Bavarian 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, See also:Maximilian I. The old forts and bastions of the See also:city have been demolished, but the two linked fortresses, the Oberhaus and the Niederhaus, are still extant. The former was built See also:early in the 13th century by the See also:bishop in consequence of a revolt on the See also:part of the citizens; the latter, mentioned as early as 737, is now private See also:property. The See also:chief See also:industries are the manufacture of See also:tobacco, See also:beer, See also:leather, See also:porcelain, machinery and See also:paper. Large quantities of See also:timber are floated down the Ilz. The well-known Passau crucibles are made at the neighbouring See also:village of Obernzell.
Passau is of See also:ancient origin. The first See also:settlement was probably a See also:Celtic one, Boiudurum; this was on the site of the See also:present Innstadt. Afterwards the See also:Romans established a See also:colony of Batavian veterans, the castra batava here. It received civic rights in 1225, and soon became a prosperous See also:place, but much of its See also:history consists of broils between the bishops and the citizens. The strong fortress of the Oberhaus was taken by the Austrians in 1742, and again in 1805. The bishopric of Passau was founded by St See also:Boniface in 738. The See also:diocese was a large one, including until 1468 not only much of Bavaria, but practically the whole of the archduchy of See also:Austria. About 126o the bishop became a See also:prince of the See also:empire. Amongst the earlier bishops was Pilgrin or Piligrim (d. 991), and among the later ones were the Austrian archdukes, See also:Leopold and Leopold 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, the former a See also:brother and the latter a son of the emperor See also:Ferdinand II. In 1803 the bishopric was secularized, and in 18o5 its lands came into the See also:possession of Bavaria. The See also:area, which was diminished in the 15th, and again in the 18th century, was then about 350 sq. m., and the See also:population about 50,000. A new bishopric of Passau, with ecclesiastical See also:jurisdiction only, was established in 1817.
See Erhart, Geschichte der Stadi Passau (Passau, 1862–1864) ; and See also:Morin, Passau (1878). For the history of the bishopric see Schuller, See also:Die Bischofe von Passau (Passau, 1844) ; and Schrodl, Passavia sacra. Geschichte See also:des Bistums Passau (Passau, 1879).
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