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PIRMASENS , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Bavarian See also:Palatinate, 4o m. W. by S. of See also:Spires, on the railway from Biebermuhle. Pop. (1905), 34,002. The only noteworthy buildings are 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 and the See also:principal Evangelical 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, which contains a See also:fine See also:monument to See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis IX. (d. 1790), See also:landgrave of See also:Hesse-See also:Darmstadt, who made the town his See also:residence. The See also:staple See also:industry is the See also:production of boots and shoes; but musical See also:instruments, See also:leather and See also:machines are also manufactured. Pirmasens owes its name to a St Pirmin, who is said to have preached See also:Christianity here in the 8th See also:century. It originally belonged to the See also:count of See also:Hanau-See also:Lichtenberg, but passed to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1736. In See also:September 1793 the Prussians gained a victory here over a See also:body of See also:French troops.
See T. See also:Weiss, Pirmasens in der Franzosenzeit (Pirmasens, 1905).
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