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SCHLETTSTADT , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, on the See also:Ill; 26 m. S. of See also:Strassburg by the railway to See also:Basel. Pop. (19o5) 9700. It possesses two See also:fine See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a 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, numerous remains of its old walls and some See also:quaint houses of the 15th and 16th centuries. It has a See also:theatre, a municipal library, a gymnasium, and other educational establishments. The Roman Catholic churches are the See also:cathedral church of St See also:George, a fine See also:Gothic See also:building founded in the 13th See also:century, and the church of St Fides, dating from the 11th century. Its See also:industries comprise See also:wire-See also:drawing, tanning and saw-milling, and there is a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine, See also:fruit and other agricultural produce.
Schlettstadt is a See also:place of very See also:early origin. It was a royal See also:residence in Carolingian times and became a See also:free town of the See also:Empire in the 13th century. In the 15th century it was the seat of a celebrated See also:academy, founded by the humanist Rodolphus See also:Agricola, which contributed not a little to the revival of learning in this See also:part of Germany; See also:Erasmus of See also:Rotterdam was one of its students. In 1634 the town came into the See also:possession of See also:France, and it was afterwards fortified by See also:Vauban. It offered little resistance, however, to the Germans in 187o, and the fortifications have since been razed. The Hoh-Konigsburg, a See also:great See also:castle See also:standing at an See also:elevation of 2475 ft., was presented to the See also:emperor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William II. by the town of Schlettstadt in 1899, and was completely restored in 1908. The site is first mentioned as bearing a castle in the 8th century.
See See also:Naumann, See also:Die Eroberung von Schlettstadt (See also:Berlin, 1876) ; and J. Geny, Die See also:Reichstadt Schlettstadt 1490–1536 (See also:Freiburg i. B. 1900).
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