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PFALZBURG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace—See also:Lorraine, lies high on the See also:west slopes of the See also:Vosges, 25 M. N.W. of See also:Strassburg by See also:rail. Pop. (1905), 3716. It contains an Evangelical and a 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, a See also:synagogue and a teachers' See also:seminary. Its See also:industries include the manufacture of gloves, See also:straw hats and See also:liqueurs, and also See also:quarrying.
The principality of Pfalzburg, of which this town was the See also:capital, originally a See also:part of See also:Luxemburg, afterwards belonged in turn to the See also:bishop of See also:Metz, the bishop of Strassburg and the See also:duke of Lorraine, and passed into the See also:possession of See also:France in 1661. The town was of importance as commanding the passes of the Vosges, and was strongly fortified by See also:Vauban in 1680. The See also:works resisted the See also:Allies in 1814 and 1815, and the Germans for four months in 187o, but they were taken on the 12th of See also:December of that See also:year. They have since been razed.
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