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SELMECZBANYA , officially called SELMECZ-ES BELABANYA (Ger. Schemnitz), the See also:capital of the See also:county of Hont, See also:Hungary, 152 M. N. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 16,370, about two-thirds See also:Slovaks. It is an old See also:mining See also:town, situated at an See also:altitude of 1945 ft. in a deep See also:ravine in the Hungarian Ore Mountains, and is built in" terraces. Selmeczbanya is encircled by high mountains, notably the isolated See also:peak of the Calvarienberg (2385 ft.) on the S.W., on which are situated a See also:castle and a 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 the Paradiesberg (2400 ft.) on the N.W. It possesses a famous See also:academy of mining and forestry, founded by Maria See also:Theresa in 1760, to which are attached a remarkable collection of minerals, and a chemical laboratory. Among other buildings are a picturesque old castle dating from the 13th See also:century, now in ruins with the exception of a few rooms used as a See also:prison; thenew castle, used as a See also:fire See also:watch-See also:tower; and the 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. The mines, chiefly the See also:property of the See also:state and of the See also:corporation, yield See also:silver, See also:gold, See also:lead, See also:copper and See also:arsenic. The town contains also flourishing See also:potteries, where well-known See also:tobacco pipes are manufactured. About 7 M. to the S.W. of the town See also:lie the See also:baths of Vihnye, with springs of See also:iron, See also:lime and carbonic See also:acid, and about the same distance to the W. are the baths of Szkleno with springs of See also:sulphur and lime.
Selmeczbanya is an old town whose mines existed in the 8th century. In the 12th century, together with the whole mining region of See also:northern Hungary, it was colonized by See also:German settlers, who later embraced the See also:Reformation. Owing to the See also:counter-reformation the German See also:element was driven out during the 18th century, and its See also:place taken by the actual Slovak See also:population.
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