EINSIEDELN  , the most populous See also:

• TOWN

town in the Swiss See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

canton of See also:

• SCHWYZ
• SCHWYZ (modern spelling Schwiz)

Schwyz . It is built on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Alpbach (an affluent of the Sihl), at a height of 2908 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level on a rather See also:

• BARE

bare moorland, and by See also:

• RAIL

rail is 25 M . S.E. of See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, or by a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round-about railway route about 38 m. See also:

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

north of Schwyz, with which it communicates directly over the Hacken Pass (4649 ft.) or the Holzegg Pass (4616 ft.) . In 'goo the populati9n was 8496, all (See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save 75) Romanists and all (save See also:

• ILI

Ili) See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-speaking . The town is entirely dependent on the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey that rises slightly above it to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

Close to its See also:

• PRESENT

present site Meinrad, a See also:

• HERMIT

hermit, was murdered in 861 by two robbers, whose See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime was made known by Meinrad's two pet ravens . Earlyin the loth See also:

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

century See also:

• BENNO (Ioro—r xo6)

Benno, a hermit, rebuilt the See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell, but the abbey proper was not founded till about 934, the 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)

church having been consecrated (it is said by See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ Himself) in 948 . In 1274 the dignity of a See also:

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

prince of the Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire was confirmed by the See also:

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

emperor to the reigning See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot . Originally under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Rapperswil (to which town on the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake of Zurich the old pilgrims' way still leads over the Etzel Pass, 3146 ft., with its See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel and See also:

• INN

inn), this position passed by See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with their heiress in 1295 to the Laufenburg or See also:

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

cadet See also:

• LINE

line of the Habsburgs, but from 1386 was permanently occupied by Schwyz . A See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black wooden See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image of the Virgin and the fame of St Meinrad caused the throngs of pilgrims to resort to Einsiedeln in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, and even now it is much frequented, particularly about the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . The existing buildings date from the 18th century only, while the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury and the library still contain many See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, despite the See also:

• SACK

sack by the See also:

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

French in 1798 . There are now about roo fully professed monks, who See also:

• DIRECT

direct several educational institutions .

The Black Virgin has a See also:

• SPECIAL

special chapel in the stately church . See also:

• ZWINGLI, HULDREICH (1484—1531)

Zwingli was the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of Einsiedeln 1516—1518 (before he became a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant), while near the town See also:

• PARACELSUS (c. 1490-1541)

Paracelsus (1493-1541), the celebrated philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born . See See also:

• FATHER

Father O . Ringholz, Geschichte d. furstl . Benediktinerstiftes Einsiedeln, vol. i . (to 1526), (Einsiedeln, 1904) . (W . A . B .