See also:

• GLATZ (Slay. Kladsko)

GLATZ (Slay. Kladsko)  , a fortified See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

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

province of See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, in a narrow valley on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• NEISSE

Neisse, not far from the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian frontier, 58 m . S.W. from See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1905) 16,051 . The town with its narrow streets winds up the fortified See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill which is crowned by the old citadel . Across the See also:

• RIVER

river, on the Schaferberg, lies a more See also:

• MODERN

modern fortress built by the Prussians about 1750 . Before the town on both See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the river there is a fortified See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp by which See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment from the neighbouring heights can be hindered and which affords See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for ro,000 men . The inner ceinture of walls was razed in 1891 and their site is now occupied by new streets . There are a Lutheran and two See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, one of which, 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:

• 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, contains the monuments of seven Silesian See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes . Among the other buildings the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal are the Royal Catholic gymnasium and the military See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine shops, breweries, and the manufacture of See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• DAMASK

damask, See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, beads and 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:

• GLATZ (Slay. Kladsko)

Glatz existed as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the loth See also:

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

century, and received See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German settlers about 1250 .

It was besieged several times during the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and during the Seven Years' War and came into the See also:

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

possession of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia in 1742 . In 1821 and 1883 See also:

• GREAT

great devastation was caused here by floods . The See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Glatz was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long contended for by the kingdoms of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland and of Bohemia . Eventually it became See also:

• PART

part of the latter See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and in 1534 was sold to 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 See also:

• HABSBURG, or HAPSBURG

Habsburg, from whom it was taken by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the Great during his attack on Silesia . See See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Grafschaft Glatz in Wort and Bild (Breslau, 1897) ; Kutzen, Die Grafschaft Glatz (See also:

• GLOGAU

Glogau, 1873) ; and Geschichtsquellen der Grafschaft Glatz, edited by F . Volkmer and Hohaus (1883-1891) .