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SOEST , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia, situated in a fertile See also:plain (Soester B6rde), 33 M. E.
of See also:Dortmund, on the See also:main railway See also:Cologne-See also:Elberfeld-See also:Berlin. Pop. (1905), 17394• Its See also:early importance is attested by its seven See also:fine churches (six See also:Protestant), of which the most striking are 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's, the Wiesenkirche, a See also:gem of See also:Gothic See also:architecture, Maria zur Hohe—St See also:Mary-on-the-height-with beautiful mural frescoes, founded in 1314 and restored in 1850-1852, and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral, founded in the loth See also:century by See also:Bruno, See also:brother of See also:Otto the See also:Great (the See also:present See also:building was erected in the 12th century). This last, with its very See also:original See also:facade, is one of the noblest ecclesiastical monuments of Germany. Remains of the broad See also:wall, now partly enclosing gardens and See also:fields, and one of the See also:gates remain; but the See also:thirty-six strong towers which once defended the town have disappeared and the moats have been converted into promenades. 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 (1701) contains valuable archives, and among the numerous educational establishments must be mentioned the gymnasium, founded in 1534, through the instrumentality of See also:Melanchthon, an evangelical teachers' See also:seminary, an agricultural school, and a See also:blind See also:asylum. See also:Iron-working, the manufacture of See also:soap, hats, See also:sugar, cigars, bricks and tiles, See also:linen-See also:weaving, tanning and See also:brewing, together with See also:market-gardening and farming In the neighbourhood, and See also:trade in See also:cattle and See also:grain are the leading See also:industries.
Mentioned in documents as early as the 9th century, Soest was one of the largest and most important Hanseatic towns in the See also:middle ages, with a See also:population estimated at from 30,000 to 6o,000. It was one of the See also:chief emporiums on the early trading route between Westphalia and See also:Lower See also:Saxony. Its See also:code of municipal See also:laws (Schran; See also:jus susatense), dating from 1144 to 1165, was one of the earliest and best, and served as a See also:model even to See also:Lubeck. On the fall of 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 the See also:Lion, See also:duke of Saxony, Soest passed with the See also:rest of Angria to Cologne. In the 15th century the strife between the towns-men and the archbishops See also:broke out in open See also:war, and in 1444 the strong fortifications of the town withstood a See also:long See also:siege by an See also:army of 6o,000 men. The See also:women of Soest are said to have distinguished themselves in this contest (Soester Fehde). Papal intervention ended the strife, and Soest was permitted to remain under the See also:protection .of the See also:dukes of See also:Cleves, The prosperity of the town waned in more See also:modern times: in 1763 its population was only 3800; in 1816 it was 6687.
See Vogeler, Soest, See also:seine Altertiimer and Sehenswiirdigkeiten (Soest, 189o) ; Hausberg, See also:Die soester Fehde (See also:Trier, 1882) ; Slimmer-mane, Die Wandmalereien in der Kirche Maria zur Heise in Soest (Soest, 189o) ; Aldenkirchen, Die mittelalterliche Kunst in Soest (See also:Bonn, 1875) ; Ludorff and Vogeler, Kunstdenkmtler See also:des Kreises Soest (Soest, 1905).
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