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SCHNEEBERG , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, in the See also:Erzgebirge, 14 M. S.E. from See also:Zwickau by See also:rail. Pop. (1905) 9034. It contains a handsome See also:Gothic See also:parish 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, one of the largest ecclesiastical buildings in Saxony, dedicated to St Wolfgang, with an See also:altar-piece by See also:Lucas See also:Cranach the See also:elder, and numerous tombs; a gymnasium; a school of See also:lace-making and a See also:hospital. Ha1id-made lace and See also:silver See also:mining, formerly its two most important See also:industries, have greatly declined. The first has been almost entirely superseded by See also:machine-made goods, while the second appears to have languished owing to exhaustion of the mines. See also:Cobalt, See also:bismuth and See also:nickel are worked and yield satisfactory results, and machine-made lace, See also:embroidery, See also:porcelain, corsets, shoes and See also:colours are among the See also:chief of its other See also:industrial products. Schneeberg is also noted for a See also:snuff made of aromatic herbs, which commands a ready See also:sale in the See also:district.
See See also:Lehmann, Chronik von Schneeberg (Schneeberg, 1837-1840).
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