ALTENBURG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the duchy of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-Altenburg, situated near the See also:

• RIVER

river Pleisse, 23 M . S. of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and at the junction of the Saxon See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways Leipzig-See also:

• HOF

Hof and Altenburg-See also:

• ZEITZ

Zeitz . Pop . (1905) 38,811 . The town from its hilly position is irregularly built, but many of its streets are wide, and contain a number of large and beautiful buildings . Its See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle is picturesquely situated on a lofty See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, and is memorable as the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place from which, in 1455, Kunz von Kaufungen carried off the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young princes See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert and Ernest, the founders of the See also:

• PRESENT

present royal and ducal families of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . Its beautiful picture See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, containing portraits of several of the famous princes of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• WETTIN

Wettin, was almost totally destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1905 . Altenburg is the seat of the higher courts of the Saxon duchies, and possesses a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and several churches, See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, a library, a gallery of pictures and a school of See also:

• ART

art, an infirmary and various learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . There is also a museum, with natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, archaeological, and art collections, and among other buildings may be mentioned St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew's 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 (1089), 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 (1562–1564), a lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum, teachers' See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary and an agricultural See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy . There is considerable See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle brought from the surrounding districts; and twice a See also:

• YEAR

year there are large See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse fairs . Cigars, woollen goods, gloves, hats and See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain are among the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief manufactures . There are See also:

• LIGNITE (Lat. lignum, wood)

lignite mines in the vicinity .