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ALZEY , a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Hesse-See also:Darmstadt, 18 m . S. of See also:Mainz by See also:rail . Pop . (1900) 6893 . There are a See also:Roman See also:Catholic and two See also:Protestant churches, several high-grade See also:schools and a teachers' See also:seminary . Alzey has See also:industries of See also:dyeing and See also:weaving, breweries, and does a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine . It is immortalized in the See also:Nibelungenlied in the See also:person of " Volker von Alzeie," the See also:warrior who in the last See also:part of the epic plays a part second only to that of See also:Hagen, and who " was called the See also:minstrel (spilman) because he could See also:fiddle." It became an imperial See also:city in 1277 . In 162o it was sacked by the Spaniards and in 1689 burnt by the See also:French . Annexed to See also:France during the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars, it passed in 1815 to the grand-duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt . |
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