DOLHAIN
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V08,
Page 388
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
DOLHAIN
, the most eastern town of Belgium, situated on the Vesdre, N
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E. of Verviers and close to the Prussian frontier
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Pop
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(1904) 4757• It is quite a modern town, occupying the site of the lower town of the ancient city of Limburg, which was destroyed by See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
XIV. in 1675
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On a rocky eminence above Dolhain are still to be seen the fine ruins of the old castle of Limburg, the cradle of the ancient family of that name from which sprang the Luxemburg family and several emperors of Germany
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The Gothic 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)
of St George of the 13th century has been restored
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At a short distance from Dolhain is the"famous dam of the Gileppe, the vast reservoir constructed to supply Verviers with water free from lime for its cloth manufactures
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The aqueduct from Gileppe to Verviers is nearly 51 m. in length
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