HALBERSTADT  , a 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:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, 56 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.W. of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, and 29 S.W. of See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg . It lies in a fertile 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 to the See also:

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

north of the Harz Mountains, on the Holzemme, at the junction of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways to Halle, See also:

• GOSLAR

Goslar and See also:

• THALE

Thale . Pop . (1905) 45,534• The town has a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, many old houses decorated with beautiful See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-See also:

• CARVING

carving still surviving . The See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (now See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant), dating from the 13th and 14th centuries, is remarkable for the majestic impression made by the See also:

• GREAT

great height of the interior, with its slender columns and lofty, narrow aisles . The treasure, preserved in the former See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter-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, is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in reliquaries, See also:

• VESTMENTS

vestments and other See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of medieval 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 See also:

• ART

art . The beautiful See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires, which had become unsafe, were rebuilt in 189o–1895 . Among the other churches the only one of See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• INTEREST

interest is the Liebfrauenkirche (Church of Our See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady) . a See also:

• BASILICA

basilica, with four towers, in the later Romanesque See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries and restored in 1848, containing old mural frescoes and carved figures . Remarkable among the other old buildings are the 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, of the 14th See also:

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

century and restored in the 17th century, with a See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt, and the Petershof, formerly the episcopal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, but now utilized as See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law courts and a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal educational See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment is the gymnasium, with a library of 40,000 volumes . See also:

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

Close to the cathedral lies the house of the poet See also:

• GLEIM, JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG (1719-1803)

Gleim (q.v.), since 1899 the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality and converted into a museum .

It contains a collection of the portraits of the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of the poet-See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and some valuable See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts . The principal manufactures of the town are See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, cigars, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, gloves, chemical products, See also:

• BEER

beer and machinery . About a mile and a See also:

• HALF

half distant are the Spiegelsberge, from which a See also:

• FINE

fine view of the surrounding country is obtained, and the Klusberge, with pre-historic See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave-dwellings cut out in the See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone rocks . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of Halberstadt begins with the See also:

• TRANSFER (from Lat. transferre, to bear across, carry over)

transfer to it, by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop Hildegrim I., in 82o of the see founded by See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne at Seligenstadt . At the end of the loth century the bishops were granted by the emperors the right to exercise temporal See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction over their see, which became one of the most considerable of the ecclesiastical principalities of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . As such it survived the introduction of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation in 1542; but in 1566, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg (also See also:

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

archbishop of Madgeburg from 1552 to 1566), the last See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishop, the chapter from motives of See also:

• ECONOMY

economy elected the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant 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 See also:

• JULIUS

Julius of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick-See also:

• LUNEBURG

Luneburg . In 1589 he became See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Brunswick, and two years later he abolished the Catholic See also:

• RITES

rites in Halberstadt . The see was governed by See also:

• LAY

lay bishops until 1648, when it was formally converted by the treaty of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia into a See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular principality for the elector of Brandenburg . By the treaty of See also:

• TILSIT

Tilsit in 1807 it was annexed to the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Westphalia, but came again to See also:

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

Prussia on the downfall of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . The town received a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter from Bishop See also:

• ARNULF (c. 850-899)

Arnulf in 998 . In 1113 it was burnt by the See also:

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

emperor Henry V., and in 1179 by Henry the See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion . 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 it was occupied alternately by the Imperialists and the Swedes, the latter of whom handed it over to Brandenburg .

See Lucanus, Der Dom zu Halberstadt (1837), Wegweiser durch Halberstadt (2nd ed., 1866) and See also:

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

Die Liebfrauenkirche zu Halberstadt (1872); See also:

• SCHEFFER, ARY (1795-1858)

Scheffer, Inschriften and Legenden halbersiadtischer Bauten (1864); See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt, Urkundenbuch der Stadt Halberstadt (Halle, 1878); and Zschiesche, Halberstadt, sonst and jetzt (1882) .