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ZWICKAU , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, situated in a pleasant valley at the See also:foot of the See also:Erzgebirge, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Zwickauer See also:Mulde, 41 M. S. of See also:Leipzig and 20 m. S.W. of See also:Chemnitz on the See also:main See also:line of railway See also:Dresden-See also:Hof and at the junction of several other lines. Pop. (1834) 6701; (188o) 35,005; (1890) 44,198; (1905) 68,502. Among the nine churches. the See also:fine See also:Gothic 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:Mary (1451—1536 and restored 1885—91), with a See also:spire 285 ft. high and a See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell weighing 5z tons, is remarkable. The church contains an See also:altar with See also:wood-See also:carving and eight pictures by See also:Michael See also:Wohlgemuth and a remarkable Pietd in carved and painted wood, probably by See also:Veit See also:Stoss. The See also:late Gothic church of St Catharine (restored 1893—94) has an altarpiece ascribed to See also:Lucas See also:Cranach the See also:Elder, and is memorable for the pastorate (1520—22) of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Miinzer. Of the See also:secular buildings the most noteworthy are 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 of 1581, with the municipal archives, including documents dating back to the 13th See also:century and an autograph MS. of the See also:works of Hans See also:Sachs, and the late Gothic Gewandltaus (See also:cloth merchants' hall), built 1522—24 and now in See also:part converted into a See also:theatre. The manufactures of Zwickau include See also:spinning and See also:weaving, machinery, motor-cars, chemicals, See also:porcelain, See also:paper, See also:glass, dyestuffs, See also:wire goods, tinware, stockings, and curtains. There are also See also:steam saw-See also:mills, See also:diamond and glass polishing works, See also:iron-foundries, and breweries. Though no longer relatively so important as when it See also:lay on the See also:chief See also:trade route from Saxony to Bohemia and the See also:Danube, Zwickau carries on considerable See also:commerce in See also:grain, See also:linen, and See also:coal. The mainstay of the See also:industrial prosperity of the town is the adjacent coalfield, which in 1908 employed 13,000 hands, and yields 22 million tons of coal annually. The mines are mentioned as See also:early as 1348; but they have only been actively worked since 1823, during which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:population has increased more than tenfold.
Zwickau is of See also:Slavonic origin, and is mentioned in 1118 as a trading See also:place. The name is fancifully derived from the Latin cygnea, from a tradition that placed a " See also:swan See also:lake " here which had the See also:property of renewing the youth of those who bathed in it. Zwickau was an imperial See also:possession, but was pledged to 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 Illustrious, See also:margrave of See also:Meissen (d. 1288). The See also:German See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Charles VI. conferred it as a See also:fief in 1348 on the margraves of Meissen, and it thus passed to their successors the See also:electors of Saxony. The See also:discovery of See also:silver in the Schnee-See also:berg in 1470 brought it much See also:wealth. The Anabaptist See also:movement of 1525 began at Zwickau under the See also:inspiration of the " Zwickau prophets." See also:Robert See also:Schumann (1810—1856), the musical composer, was See also:born here in a See also:house which still stands in the See also:market-place.
See See also:Herzog, Chronik der Kreisstadt Zwickau (2 vols., Zwickau, 1839—45), Geschichte See also:des Zwickauer Steinkohlenbaues (Dresden, 1852) ; Hansch, Das Zwickau-Chemnitzer Kohlengebiet (Meissen, 1908).
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