EHRENBREITSTEIN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine See also:

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

province, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Rhine, facing See also:

• COBLENZ (KOBLENZ)

Coblenz, with which it is connected by a railway See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge and a bridge of boats, 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 of railway See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort-on-Main-See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne . Pop . (including the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison) 5300 . It has an Evangelical and two See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, a Capuchin monastery, tanneries, See also:

• SOAP

soap-See also:

• WORKS

works and 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 in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . Above the town, facing the mouth of the See also:

• MOSEL (Fr. Moselle)

Mosel, on a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock 400 ft. high, lies the magnificent fortress of Ehrenbreitstein, considered practically impregnable . The sides towards the Rhine and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east are precipitous, and on the south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, on which is the winding approach, strongly defended . The central fort or citadel is flanked by a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double line of works with three tiers of See also:

• CASEMATE (Ital. casa, a house, and matta, dull or dim)

casemate batteries . The works towards the See also:

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

north and north-east See also:

• DEATH

Death of the khalifs . end in a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate outlying fort . The whole forms a See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of fortifications which surround Coblenz . The site of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle is said to have been occupied by a Roman fort built in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

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

emperor See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian . In the rrth See also:

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

century the castle was held by a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble named Erembert, from whom it is said to have derived its name .

In the 12th century it came into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop Hillin (de Fallemagne) of See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier, who strengthened the defences in 1153 . These were again extended by Archbishop 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 II . (de Fenetrange) in 1286, and by Archbishop See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John II. of See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden in 1481 . In 1631 it was surrendered by the archbishop elector See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher von Soetern to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, but was recovered by the Imperialists in 1637 and given to the archbishop elector of Cologne . It was restored to the elector of Trier in 165o, but was not strongly fortified until 1672 . In 1688 the French bombarded it in vain, but in 1759 they took it and held it till 1762 . It was again blockaded in 1995, 1996 and 1797, in vain; but in 1799 they starved it into surrender, and at the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• LUNEVILLE

Luneville in 18or blew it up before evacuating it . At the second peace of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris the French paid 15,000,000 francs to the Prussian 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 for its restoration, and from 1816 to 1826 the fortress was reconstructed by See also:

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

General E . L . See also:

• ASTER (Gr. /MrTI P, a star)

Aster (1778-1855) .