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BIRKENFELD
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, See also:capital of the principality of the same name, on the Zimmerbach, 25 M
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S.E. of See also:Trier and on the See also:main See also:line of railway from See also:Bingerbruck to See also:Neunkirchen
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2500
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See also:Close by, on an See also:eminence, See also:lie the ruins of the See also:castle of Birkenfeld, dating from the 14th See also:century, once the See also:residence of the See also:counts See also:palatine of Zweibriicken
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The town has an Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also: b, Square cap of Archbishop See also:Cranmer (d . 1556) . c, Square cap of Archbishop See also:Parker (d . 1575) . d, Square cap of Archbishop See also:Whitgift (d . 1583) . e, Square cap of Archbishop See also:Laud (d . 1645) . All these are from portraits at See also:Lambeth . f, Square cap of of See also:George See also:Morley, See also:bishop of g, See also:Modern See also:college cap . f (Redrawn from Braun's Liturgische Gewandung.) a, See also:Brandenburg (1280. e, See also:Wurzburg (1521) . b, See also:Augsburg (1342). f, See also:Regensburg(1564) . c, See also:Bamberg (1483). g, ib . (16o5?) . d, Regensburg (1550). h, Bamberg (1626) . has an See also:area of 312 sq . M. and a See also:population (1900) of 43,409, chiefly Protestants . It is formed out of the former lordships of Dachstuhl and See also:Oberstein, of See also:part of the See also:ancient countship of Sponheim, and sections of the duchy of Jtilich, which were granted to the grand-See also:duke of See also:Oldenburg by the See also:congress of See also:Vienna in 1815 . It is entirely an See also:enclave in Prussian territory, and though it is represented in the Oldenburg See also:diet, it is governed by a See also:separate Regierungskollegium, consisting of a See also:president and two members, who are responsible to the Oldenburg See also:ministry . |
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