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SCHWYZ , the See also:capital of the Swiss See also:canton of that name, a picturesque little See also:town, admirably situated, amid See also:fruit trees, on a See also:mountain See also:terrace (at a height of 1706 ft.), commanding a glorious view, at the See also:north-See also:west See also:foot of the conical See also:peak of the See also:Gross Mythen (624o ft.), and at a considerable height above the valley of the Muota. Besides a stately 18th See also:century 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 and several convents, it contains a 16th century 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 (See also:housing various See also:precious See also:MSS. and See also:banners captured in various See also:wars), as well as several curious old patrician houses, such as that of the Reding See also:family, a member of which, Aloys (1765–1818), headed the patriotic resistance to] the See also:French in 1798–1799., Including the neighbouring hamlets of Ibach, Rickenbach, &c., the parish had 7398 inhabitants in 1900, practically all See also:German-speaking and Romanists. The town is connected by an electric See also:tramway with the Schwyz-Seewen station on the St Gotthard railway, about 3 M. from Brunnen, the See also:port of Schwyz on the See also:lake of See also:Lucerne.
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