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STRAUBING , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, pleasantly situated in a fertile See also:plain, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Danube, here crossed by two See also:bridges, 25 m. S.E. of See also:Regensburg,on the railway to See also:Passau. Pop. (1905), 20,856, nearly all of whom are See also:Roman Catholics. Its See also:oldest and most characteristic See also:building is the tall square See also:tower with its five pointed turrets, dating from 1208. It has eight Roman See also:Catholic churches. among them being the 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 of St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, a handsome See also:Late See also:Gothic edifice, with some paintings. ascribed to See also:Wohlgemuth; the old Carmelite church containing a See also:monument to See also:Duke See also:Albert II. of Bavaria; and that of 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 with the See also:tomb of See also:Agnes See also:Bernauer. It has also a Gothic 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, a See also:castle, now used as See also:barracks, and two See also:fine squares. The numerous educational establishments include a gymnasium, an episcopal See also:seminary for boys and a normal school. The See also:industries of Straubing are tanning and See also:brewing, the manufacture of bricks and See also:cement, and See also:trade in See also:grain and See also:cattle. Straubing is a town of remote origin, believed to be identical with the Roman station of Sorbiodurum. In definite See also:history, however, it is known only as a Bavarian town, and from 1353 to 1425 it was the seat of the ducal See also:line of Bavaria-Straubing.. Its See also:chief See also:historical See also:interest attaches to its connexion with the unfortunate Agnes Bernauer (q.v.), who lived at the See also:chateau here with her See also:husband Duke Albert III.
See Wimmer, Sammelbldtter zur Geschichte der Sladt Straubing (Straubing, 1882-1884), and Ortner, Straubing in seiner Vergangenheit and Gegenwart (Straubing, 1902).
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