BRANDENBURG  , 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 See also:

• DISTRICT

district and See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of same name, on the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• HAVEL

Havel, 36 m . S.W. from See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line to See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . Pop . (1905) 51,251, including 3643 military . The town is enclosed by walls, and is divided into three parts by the river—the old town on the right and the new town on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank, while on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island between them is the " See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral town,"—and is also called, from its position, " See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice." Many of the houses are built on piles in the river . There are five old churches (See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant), all more or less noteworthy . These are the Katharinenkirche (See also:

• NAVE

nave 1381–1401, See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir c . 1410, western See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower 1583–1585), a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick 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 with a See also:

• FINE

fine carved wooden See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar and several interesting See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval tombs; the Petrikirche (14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century Gothic); the cathedral (Domkirche), originally a Romanesque See also:

• BASILICA

basilica (1170), but rebuilt in the Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style in the 14th century, with a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good altar-piece (1465), &c., and noted for its remarkable collection of medieval See also:

• VESTMENTS

vestments; the Gothardskirche, partly Romanesque (1160), partly Gothic (1348); the Nikolaikirche (12th and 13th centuries), now no longer used . There is also a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic church . Of other buildings may be mentioned the former 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 the " old town " (Altstadt Rathaus), built in the 13th and 14th centuries, now used as See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government offices; the new Real-gymnasium; and the town hall in the See also:

• NEUSTADT (Polish, Prudnik)

Neustadt, before which, in the See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

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

place, stands a Rolandssaule, a See also:

• COLOSSAL

colossal figure 18 ft. in height, hewn out of a single See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . A little See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the town is the See also:

• MARIENBERG

Marienberg, or Harlungerberg, on which the See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Triglaff and afterwards the church and See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary were built . On the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top stands a lofty See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick uI to the soldiers from the See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark who See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in the See also:

• WARS

wars of 1864, 1866 and 1870-71 .

The town has a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, with manufactures of woollens, silks, linens, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery and See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, as well as breweries, tanneries, See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building and See also:

• BICYCLE (from prefix bi = twice, and Gr. KuKXOr, a circle, wheel)

bicycle factories . Brandenburg, originally Brennaburg (Brennabor) or See also:

• BRENDAN, BRANDON

Brendan-See also:

• BURG

burg, was originally a town of the Slavic tribe of the Hevelli, from whom it was captured (927–928) by the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

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:

• 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 I . In 948 See also:

• OTTO

Otto I. founded a bishopric here, which was subordinated first to the archdiocese of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, but from 968 onwards to the newly created archbishopric of Magdeburg . It was, however, destroyed by the heathen See also:

• WENDS

Wends in 983, and was only restored when 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 the See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

Bear recaptured the town from them in 1153 . In 1539 the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Brandenburg, See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias von Jagow, embraced the Lutheran faith, and five years later the Protestant See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship was established in the cathedral . The see was administered by the elector of Brandenburg until 1598 and then abolished, its territories being for the most See also:

• PART

part incorporated in the electoral domains . The cathedral See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter, however, survived, and though suppressed in 181o, it was restored in 1824 . It consists of twelve canons, of whom three only are spiritual, the other nine prebends being held by noblemen; all are in the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of the king of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . The " old " and " new " towns of Brandenburg were for centuries See also:

• SEPARATE

separate towns, having been See also:

• UNITED

united under a single See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality so See also:

• LATE

late as 1717 . See Schillmann, Geschichte der Stadt Brandenburg (Brandenburg, 1874-1882) .