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ZEITZ , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the extreme See also:south of the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, pleasantly situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the See also:Weisse (See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White) See also:Elster, 28 m. by See also:rail S.S.W. of See also:Leipzig on the See also:line to See also:Gera, and with branches to See also:Altenburg and See also:Weissenfels. Pop. (1885) 19,797; (1900) 27,391. The See also:river is here crossed by two See also:iron See also:bridges, and one 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 and one See also:timber See also:bridge, and the upper and See also:lower towns are connected by a funicular railway. The See also:Gothic See also:abbey 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 See also:dates from the 15th See also:century, but its Romanesque See also:crypt from the 12th. The old Franciscan monastery, now occupied by a See also:seminary, contains a library of 20,000 volumes. Just outside the town rises the Moritzburg, built in 1564 by the See also:dukes of See also:Saxe-Zeitz, on the site of the See also:bishop's See also:palace; it is now a reformatory and poorhouse. Zeitz has manufactures of See also:cloth, cottons and other textiles, machinery, See also:wax-cloth, musical See also:instruments, See also:vinegar, cigars, &c.; and See also:wood-See also:carving, See also:dyeing and See also:calico-See also:printing are carried on. In the neighbourhood there are considerable deposits of See also:lignite, and See also:mineral-oil See also:works.
Zeitz is an See also:ancient See also:place of See also:Slavonic origin. From 968 till 1028 it was the seat of a bishopric, afterwards removed to See also:Naumburg, 151 M. to the N.W., and styled Naumburg-Zeitz. In 1564 the last See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishop died, and his dominions were thenceforward administered by princes of Saxony. From 1653 till 1718 Zeitz was the See also:capital of the dukes of Saxe-Zeitz or Sachsen-Zeitz. It thereafter remained in the See also:possession of the See also:electors of Saxony until 1815, when it passed to See also:Prussia.
See See also:Rothe, Aus der Geschichte der Sladt Zeitz (Zeitz, 1876); and See also:Lange, Chronik See also:des Bisthums Naumburg (Naumburg, 1891).
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