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See also:REICHENBERG (See also:Czech, Liberec) , a See also:town of Bohemia, 87 m. N.E. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 34,099, chiefly See also:German. The most prominent buildings are the new 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 (1893); the See also:castle of See also:Count Clam See also:Gallas, built in the 17th See also:century, with additions dating from 1774 and 1850; the Erzdekanatskirche, of the 16th century; the See also:Protestant 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 handsome See also:modern Romanesque edifice (1864–68) and the hall of the See also:cloth-workers. Reichenberg is one of the most important centres of See also:trade and See also:industry in Bohemia, its See also:staple industry being the cloth manufacture. Next in importance comes thespinning and See also:weaving of See also:wool, See also:cotton, See also:linen and See also:carpet manufactures, and See also:dyeing.
Reichenberg is first mentioned in a document of 1348, and from 1622 to 1634 was among the possessions of the See also:great See also:Wallenstein, since whose See also:death it has belonged to the Gallas and Clam Gallas families, though their See also:jurisdiction over the town has See also:long ceased. The cloth-making industry was introduced in 1579.
End of Article: REICHENBERG (Czech, Liberec)
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