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See also:RAPPOLTSWEILER (See also:French Ribeauville) , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine. Pop. (1905) 5986. It lies at the entrance of the valley of the Strengbach, under the eastern slope of the See also:Vosges mountains, 33 M. S.W. of See also:Strassburg on the railway to See also:Basel, being connected with its station on that See also:line, 22 M. distant, by a See also:tramway. It is in See also:part surrounded by See also:ancient walls, and has many picturesque See also:medieval houses, and two old churches, of St See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory and St See also:Augustine, both See also:fine See also:Gothic buildings. 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 contains a valuable collection of antiquities. The Carolabad, a saline See also:spring with a temperature of 64° F., which had a See also:great repute in the See also:middle ages, was rediscovered in 1888, and made Rappoltsweiler awatering-See also:place. The See also:industries include the See also:spinning and See also:weaving of See also:cotton and See also:wool, See also:printing, See also:dyeing and tanning, while there is a brisk See also:trade in See also:wine.
Rappoltsweiler, known in the 8th See also:century as Rathaldovilare, passed from the bishops of Basel to the lords of Rappoltstein, who were among the most famous nobles in Alsace. The See also:lord of Rappoltstein was the 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 or See also:protector of the wandering minstrels of the See also:land, who See also:purchased his See also:protection by paying him a tax. When the See also:family became See also:extinct in 1673 this 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 of king of the pipers (Pfeiferkonig) passed to the See also:counts See also:palatine of See also:Zweibrucken-See also:Birkenfeld. The minstrels had a See also:pilgrimage See also:chapel near Rappoltsweiler, dedicated to their See also:patron See also:saint, Maria von Dusenbach, and here they held an See also:annual feast on the 8th of See also:September. Near the town are the ruins of three famous castles, Ulrichsburg, Girsberg and Hohrappoltstein, which formerly belonged to the lords of Rappoltstein.'
See Bernhard, Recherches sur l'histoire de la ville de Rappoltsweiler (See also:Colmar, 1888) ; and Kube, Rappoltsweiler, das Carolabad and Umgebung (Strassburg, 1905). For the lords of Rappoltstein, see Brieger, See also:Die Herrschaft Rappoltstein (Strassburg, 1907).
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