ANNABERG
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Saxony, in the See also:Erzgebirge, 1894 ft. above the See also:sea, 6 m. from the Bohemian frontier, 181 m
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S. by E. from See also:Chemnitz by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1905) 16,811
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It has three Evangelical churches, among them that of St See also:Anne, built 1499–1525, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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, several public monuments, among them those of See also:Luther, of the famous arithmetician See also:Adam Riese, and of See also:Barbara Uttmann
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See also:Anna-See also:berg, together with the neighbouring suburb, See also:Buchholz, is the See also:chief seat of the See also:braid and See also:lace-making See also:industry in Germany, introduced here by Barbara Uttmann in 1561, and further See also:developed by Belgian refugees, who, driven from their See also:country by the See also:duke of See also:Alva, settled here in 1590
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The See also:mining industry, for which the town was formerly also famous and which embraced See also:tin, See also:silver and See also:cobalt, has now ceased
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Annaberg has technical See also:schools for lace-making, See also:commerce and See also:agriculture, in addition to high grade public schools for boys and girls
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