COTHEN  , or KoTHEN, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the duchy of See also:

• ANHALT

Anhalt on the Ziethe, at the junction of several railway lines, 42 M . N.W. of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1905) 22,978 . It consists of an old and a new town with four suburbs . The former See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Anhalt-Cothen, in the old town, has See also:

• FINE

fine gardens and contains collections of pictures and coins, the famous ornithological collection of Johann See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• NAUMANN, GEORG AMADEUS CARL FRIEDRICH (1797-1873)

Naumann (1780-'857), and a library of some 20,000 volumes . Of the churches the Lutheran Jakobskirche (called the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral), a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building with some fine old stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, is noteworthy . Besides the usual classical and See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools (Gymnasium and Realschule) Cothen possesses a technical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, a school of gardening and a school of forestry . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding and the manufacture of agricultural and other machinery, See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt, See also:

• BEET

beet-See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, &c.; a tolerably active 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 is carried on in See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, potatoes and vegetables . Among others, there is a See also:

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

monument to See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian See also:

• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685–1750)
• BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-1788)

Bach, who was See also:

• MUSIC

music director here from '717 to 1723 . In the loth See also:

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

century Cothen was a Slav See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, which was captured and destroyed 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 927 . By the '2th century it had secured town rights and become a considerable centre of trade in agricultural produce .

In 1300 it was burned by the See also:

• MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

margrave of See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen . In 1547 the town was taken from its See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, Wolfgang (a See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Anhalt), who had joined the See also:

• LEAGUE

league of See also:

• SCHMALKALDEN

Schmalkalden, and given by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V., with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the prince's possessions, to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and painter, Felipe Ladron y See also:

• GUEVARA, ANTONIO DE (c. 1490-1544)
• GUEVARA, LUIS VELEZ DE (1579-1644)

Guevara (1510-1563), from whom it was, however, soon repurchased . See also:

• HAHNEMANN, SAMUEL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1755-'843)

Hahnemann, the founder of See also:

• HOMOEOPATHY (from the Greek 6p:nos, like, and 7raOos, feeling)

homoeopathy, lived and worked in Cothen . From 1603 to 1847 Cothen was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the principality, later duchy, of Anhalt-Cothen .