Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

RUPPIN

Online Encyclopedia

Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 856 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.

Encyclopedia Home :: RON-SAC

Spread the word:

del.icio.us it!

RUPPIN , or Neuruppin, a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

province of See also:

BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, lies on the W. See also:

BANK

bank of a small See also:

lake, the Ruppiner See, 37 M. N.W. of See also:

Berlin by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1905) 18,555• The town, which was rebuilt in See also:

FINE

fine, See also:

REGULAR

regular See also:

FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion after a destructive See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1787, contains three See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant churches, a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

church and various educational and benevolent institutions. Its inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of See also:

CLOTH

cloth, See also:

STARCH

starch and machinery, in See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding and See also:

LITHOGRAPHY (Gr. MOOS, a stone, and ypakecv, to write)

lithography. Important See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse fairs are held here. • Ruppin received municipal rights in 1256. The small town of Altruppin, lying at the See also:

north end of the lake, has a 15th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century church and some small manufactures. Pop. (1905) 1813. See Heydemann, Neuere Geschichte der Stadt Neuruppin (Neuruppin, 1863) ; and G. Bittkau, Altere Geschichte der Stadt Neuruppin (Neuruppin, 1887).

End of Article: RUPPIN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
RUPILIUS, PUBLIUS

[next]
RUSELLAE