BRUCHSAL
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Baden, prettily situated on the Saalbach, 14 M
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N. from See also:Karlsruhe, and an important junction on the See also:main railway from See also:Mannheim to See also:Constance
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Pop
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(Igoe)), including a small See also:garrison, 13,555
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There are an Evangelical and four See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, among the latter that of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, the See also:burial-See also:place of the bishopsof See also:Spires, whose princely See also:residence (now used as a See also:prison) lies in the vicinity
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Bruchsal has a See also:fine See also:palace, with beautiful grounds attached, a 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, a classical, a See also:modern and a commercial school, and manufactures of machinery, See also:paper, See also:tobacco, See also:soap and See also:beer, and does a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine
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Bruchsal (mentioned in 937 as Bruxolegum) was originally a royal See also:villa (Konigshof) belonging to the emperors and See also:German See also:kings
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Given in 1002 to See also:Otto, See also:duke of See also:Franconia, it was inherited by the See also:cadet See also:line of Spires, the See also:head of which, the See also:emperor 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 III., gave it to the see of Spires in 1095
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From 1105 onward it became the summer residence of the bishops, who in 1190 bought the Vogtei (advocateship) from the See also:counts of Caiw, and the place rapidly See also:developed into a town
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It remained in the See also:possession of the bishops till 1802, when by the treaty of See also:Luneville it was ceded, with other lands of the bishopric on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine, to Baden
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The Peasants' See also:War during the See also:Reformation See also:period first See also:broke out in Bruchsal
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In 1609 it was captured by the elector See also:palatine, and in 1676 and 1698 it was burnt down by the See also:French
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In 1849 it was the See also:scene of an engagement between the Prussians and the Baden revolutionists
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See Rossler,Geschichte der Stadt Bruchsal (2nd ed., Bruchsal,1894)
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