|
WERDEN , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the See also:river See also:Ruhr, 6 m. by See also:rail S. of See also:Essen. Pop. (1905) 11,029. It has an interesting See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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 which belonged to the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey founded about 800 by St Ludger, whose See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:coffin is preserved in the See also:crypt. The abbey buildings are used as a See also:prison. The manufacture of See also:cloth, woollens, shoes and See also:paper, See also:dyeing, tanning, See also:brewing and distilling are the See also:principal See also:industries. In the neighbourhood are stone quarries and See also:coal mines. Werden See also:grew up around the Benedictine abbey, which was dissolved in 1802. The Codex Argenteus of See also:Ulfilas, now
in the university library at See also:Upsala, was discovered here in the 16th See also:century.
See Flugge, Chronik der Stadt Werden (See also:Dusseldorf, 1887); and Ffihrer durch Werden (Werden, 1887).
End of Article: WERDEN
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!