DURKHEIM
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Bavarian See also:Palatinate, near the See also:foot of the See also:Hardt Mountains, and at the entrance of the valley of the Isenach, 15 M
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N.W. of See also:Spires on the railway Monsheim-See also:Neustadt
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Pop
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6300
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It possesses two Evangelical churches and one See also:Roman See also:Catholic, 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 occupying the site of the See also:castle of the princes of See also:Leiningen-Hartenburg, an antiquarian and a scientific society, a public library and a high school
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It is well known as a See also:health resort, for the See also:grape cure and for the See also:baths of the brine springs of Philippshalle, in the neighbourhood, which not only See also:supply the bathing See also:establishment, but produce considerable quantities of marketable See also:salt
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There is a brisk See also:trade in See also:wine and oil; See also:tobacco, See also:glass and See also:paper are manufactured
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As a dependency of the See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of See also:Limburg, which was built and endowed by See also:Conrad II., Durkheim or Thurnigheim came into the See also:possession of the See also:counts of Leiningen, who in the 14th See also:century made it the seat of a fortress, and enclosed it with See also:wall and ditch
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In the three following centuries it had its full See also:share of the military vicissitudes of the Palatinate; but it was rebuilt after the See also:French invasion of 1689, and greatly fostered by its counts in the beginning of next century
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In 1794 its new castle was sacked by the French, and in 1849 it was the See also:scene of a contest between the Prussians and the insurrectionists
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The ruins of the Benedictine abbey of Limburg See also:lie about x m
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S.W. of the town; and in the neighbourhood rises the Kastanienberg, with the See also:ancient See also:rude 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 fortification of the Heidenmauer or See also:Heathen's Wall
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