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PIRNA , a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Elbe, 11 m. above See also:Dresden, and on the railway to See also:Bodenbach and See also:Prague. Pop. (1905), 19,220. The town is regularly built, with promenades covering the site of the old fortifications; the most notable edifices are the See also:fine See also:Gothic See also:parish 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, built in the 16th See also:century and restored in 189o, 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. Excellent See also:sandstone is found on both See also:banks of the Elbe. There are manufactures of See also:glass, machinery, cigars, pottery and enamelled goods; and there is a See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:fruit and See also:timber, mainly carried on by See also:river, and a little See also:shipbuilding. Pirna, originally a See also:Slavonic See also:settlement, was for many years in the alternate See also:possession of Bohemia and See also:Meissen, but it became permanently See also:united with the latter, and thus with Saxony, in 1405. The Sonnenstein, a fortress on a commanding See also:eminence above the town, was erected in the 16th century on the site of an older See also:castle by the elector of Saxony, See also:Augustus I. It was once considered the most important fortress on the Elbe, and successfully withstood the Swedes in 1639, but it was captured and dismantled by the Prussians in 1758, and in 1813 was occupied by the See also:French.
See R. See also:Hofmann, Zur Geschichte der Stadt Pirna (Pirna, 1891); E. Kiingel, Fuhrer durch Pirna (Pirna, 1889) ; the Urkundenbuch der Steidle Dresden and Pirna, edited by C. F. von Posern-Klett (See also:Leipzig, 1875) ; and the publications of the Verein See also:fur Geschichte der Stadt Pirna (Pirna, 1897 seq.).
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