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WESEL , a fortress See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Westphalia at the confluence of the See also:Rhine and the See also:Lippe, 46 m. S W. of See also:Munster and 35 M. N.W. of See also:Duisburg. Pop.(19o5) 23,237 (43 °A Protestants), including a considerable See also:garrison. There is a junction of five railway lines, and the Rhine is crossed by a large railway See also:bridge and by a bridge of boats. The inner See also:line of fortifications was razed in 1890, and the defensive See also:works now consist only of the citadel and three detached forts, one of which, Fort See also:Blucher, serves as a te"te-de-See also:pont on the See also:left See also:bank of the Rhine. Wesel contains some See also:quaint old houses, and a 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, dating from 1396, with an elaborate See also:facade, and containing a valuable collection of old See also:silver See also:plate. The large See also:Protestant 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:Willibrord has a See also:choir, built 1424-1526, which is one of the noblest See also:Gothic structures on the See also:Lower Rhine, and a See also:modern See also:nave (1882-96). The Mathena church See also:dates from1429-1477. The two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, the See also:castle, now the commandant's See also:house (built in 1417), the Berliner Tor—See also:Berlin See also:gate—(built in 1722 and recently restored), the Lower-Rhenish museum of antiquities and the modern gymnasium and military See also:hospital, are among the other See also:chief buildings. Wesel carries on a considerable See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:timber, colonial goods, See also:tobacco, &c., facilitated by new See also:harbour See also:accommodation and wharves at the mouth of the Lippe. It has manufactures of See also:wire, leaden pipes and other See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal goods, See also:cement, See also:sugar, &c.
Wesel, formerly known as Lippemunde, was one of the points from which See also:Charlemagne directed his operations against the See also:heathen See also:Saxons. Incorporated in 1241, it became a flourishing commercial town, and though repeatedly subject to the See also:counts of See also:Cleves, was a member of the Hanseatic See also:League, and as See also:late as 1521 a See also:free imperial See also:city. It was occupied by the Spaniards in 1614, by the Dutch in 1629, by the See also:French in 1672, also during the Seven Years' See also:War, and in 18o5, and was ceded to See also:Prussia in 1814. A See also:monument outside the town commemorates eleven of See also:Ferdinand von See also:Schill's See also:officers who were shot here on the 16th of See also:September 1809 after their unsuccessful See also:attempt at See also:Stralsund. Wesel is occasionally spoken of as Unterwesel, to distinguish it from Oberwesel, a small town on the Rhine, above St Goar.
See Gantesweiler, Chronik der Stadt Wesel (Wesel, 1881), and See also:Reinhold, Verfassungsgeschichte Wesels (See also:Breslau. 1888).
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