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PLAUEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, on the See also:Weisse See also:Elster, 6o m. See also:south of See also:Leipzig, on the railway to See also:Hof and See also:Munich and at the junction of lines to See also:Eger and See also:Gera. Pop.
(189o), 47,007; (1900), 73,891; (1905), 105,383. It was formerly
the See also:capital of See also:Vogtland, or Voigtland, a territory governed by the imperial See also:vogt, or See also:bailiff, and this name still clings in popular speech to the hilly See also:district in which the town lies. Of its three Evangelical churches the most prominent is the See also:fine See also:Gothic 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 of St See also:John, with twin See also:spires, which was restored in 1886. Other buildings of See also:note 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, dating from about 1550; and the old See also:castle of Hradschin, now used as a See also:law See also:court. Plauen is now the See also:chief See also:place in Germany for the manufacture of embroidered See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white goods of all kinds, for the See also:finishing of See also:woven See also:cotton fabrics, known as Plauen goods, and for the making of See also:lace.
Plauen was probably founded by the Slays. First mentioned in 1122, it passed under the authority of Bohemia in 1327 and came to Saxony in 1466, remaining permanently See also:united with the electorate since 1569. The manufacture of white goods was introduced by Swabian, or Swiss, immigrants. about 1570. The advance in its material prosperity has been especially rapid since the See also:incorporation of Saxony in the See also:German See also:Zollverein.
See Fiedler, See also:Die Stadt Plauen See also:im Vogtland (Plauen, 1874) ; and Beitrage zur Geschichte der Stadt Plauen (Plauen, 1876) ; Metzner, Fi hrer durch Plauen (1903) ; and the publications of the Altertumsverein zu Plauen (1875 seq.).
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