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SAALFELD , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the duchy of See also:Saxe-See also:Meiningen, picturesquely situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Saale, 24 M. S. of See also:Weimar and 77 S.W. of See also:Leipzig by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 13,245. One of the most See also:ancient towns in Thuringia, Saalfeld, once the See also:capital of the See also:extinct duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld, is still partly surrounded by old walls and bastions, and contains some interesting See also:medieval buildings, among them being a See also:palace, built in 1679 on the site of the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, which was destroyed during the Peasants' See also:War. Other notable edifices are the 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, dating from the beginning of the 13th See also:century; the Gothic 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, completed in 1537; and, See also:standing on an See also:eminence above the See also:river, the Kitzerstein, a palace said to have been originally erected by the See also:German 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 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry I., although the See also:present See also:building is not older than the 16th century. But perhaps the most interesting relic of the past in Saalfeld is the striking ruin of the Hoher Schwarm, called later the Sorbenburg, said to have been erected in the 7th century. Saalfeld is situated in one of the busiest parts of Meiningen and has a number of prosperous See also:industries, including the manufacture of machinery, bricks, See also:colours, See also:malt, cigars, See also:hosiery and See also:vinegar. Other industries are See also:brewing, See also:printing and See also:iron-See also:founding, and there are ochre and iron mines in the neighbourhood.
Saalfeld See also:grew up around the abbey founded in 1075 by See also:Anno, See also:archbishop of See also:Cologne, and the palace built by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick I. In 1389 it was See also:purchased by the See also:landgrave of Thuringia, and with this See also:district it formed See also:part of See also:Saxony. In 168o it became the capital of a See also:separate duchy, but in 1699 it was See also:united with Saxe-See also:Coburg, passing to Saxe-Meiningen in 1826. On the loth of See also:October r8o6 a See also:battle took See also:place near Saalfeld between the See also:French and the Prussians, during which See also:Prince See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis See also:Ferdinand of See also:Prussia was killed.
See See also:Wagner and Grobe, Chronik der Stadt Saalfeld (Saalfeld, 1865-1867), and See also:Thummel, Kriegstage aus Saalfelds Vergangenheit (See also:Berlin, 1882).
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