See also:HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-See also:SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small See also:town of Halle in See also:Westphalia)
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Saxony, situated in a sandy See also:plain on the right See also:bank of the See also:Saale, which here divides into several arms, 21 M
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N.W. from See also:Leipzig by the railway to See also:Magdeburg
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Pop
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(1875), 60,503; (1885) 81,982; (1895) 116,304; (1905) 160,031
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Owing to its situation at the junction of six important lines of railway, bringing it into See also:direct communication with See also:Berlin, See also:Breslau, Leipzig, See also:Frankfort-on-See also:Main, the Harz See also:country and See also:Hanover, it has greatly See also:developed in See also:size and in commercial and See also:industrial importance
.
It consists of the old, or inner, town surrounded by promenades, which occupy the site of the former fortifications, and beyond these of two small towns, Glaucha in the See also:south and Neumarkt in the See also:north, and five rapidly in-creasing suburbs
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The inner town is irregularly built and presents a somewhat unattractive See also:appearance, but it has been much improved and modernized by the laying out of new streets
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The centre of the town proper is occupied by the imposing See also:market square, on which stand the See also:fine See also:medieval 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 (restored in 1883) and the handsome See also:Gothic Marienkirche, dating mainly from the 16th See also:century, with two towers connected by a See also:bridge
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In the See also:middle of the square are a See also:clock-See also:tower (Der rote Turm) 276 ft. in height, and a See also:bronze statue of See also:Handel, the composer, a native of See also:Halle
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See also:West of the market-square lies the Halle, or the Tal, where the brine springs (see below) issue
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Among the eleven churches, nine See also:Protestant and two See also:Roman See also:Catholic, may also be mentioned the St Moritzkirche, dating from the 12th century, with fine See also:wood carvings and sculptures, and the See also:cathedral (belonging since 1689 to the Reformed or Calvinistic 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), built in the 16th century and containing an See also:altar-piece representing See also:Duke See also:Augustus of Saxony and his See also:family
.
Of See also:secular buildings the most noticeable are the ruins of the See also:castle of Moritzburg, formerly a citadel and the See also:residence of the archbishops of Magdeburg, destroyed by See also:fire in the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, with the exception of the See also:left wing now used for military purposes, the university buildings, the See also:theatre and the new railway station
.
The famous university was founded by the elector See also:Frederick III. of See also:Brandenburg (afterwards See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Prussia), in 1694, on behalf of the jurist, See also:Christian See also:Thomasius (1655-1728), whom many students followed to Halle, when he was expelled from Leipzig through the enmity of his See also:fellow professors
.
It was closed by See also:Napoleon in 1806 and again in 1813, but in 1815 was re-established and augmented by the removal to it of the university of See also:Wittenberg, with which it thus became See also:united
.
It has faculties of See also:theology, See also:law, See also:medicine and See also:philosophy
.
From the first it has been recognized as one of the See also:principal seats of Protestant theology, originally of the pietistic and latterly of the rationalistic and See also:critical school
.
In connexion with the university there See also:area botanical See also:garden, a theological See also:seminary,
anatomical, pathological and See also:physical institutes, hospitals, an agricultural See also:institute—one of the foremost institutions of the See also:kind in Germany—a meteorological institute, an See also:observatory and a library of 18o,000 printed volumes and 800 See also:manuscripts
.
Among other educational establishments must be mentioned the See also:Francke'sche Stiftungen, founded in 1691 by See also:August See also:Hermann Francke (1663-1727), a bronze statue of whom by See also:Rauch was erected in, 1829 in the inner See also:court of the See also:building
.
They embrace an orphanage, a laboratory where medicines are prepared and distributed, a See also:Bible See also:press from which Bibles are issued at a cheap See also:rate, and eight See also:schools of various grades, attended in all by over 3000 pupils
.
The other principal institutions are the See also:city gymnasium, the provincial lunatic See also:asylum, the See also:prison, the town See also:hospital and infirmary, and the See also:deaf and dumb institute
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The See also:salt-springs of Halle have been known from a very See also:early See also:period
.
Some rise within the town and others on an See also:island in the Saale; and together their See also:annual yield of salt is about 8500 tons
.
The workmen employed at the salt-See also:works are of a See also:peculiar See also:race and are known as the Halloren
.
They have been usually regarded as descendants of the See also:original Wendish inhabitants, or as See also:Celtic immigrants, with an admixture of Frankish elements
.
They See also:wear a distinct See also:dress, the See also:ordinary See also:costume of about 1700, observe several See also:ancient customs, .and enjoy certain exemptions and privileges derived from those of the ancient Pfannerschaft (community of the salt-panners)
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Among the other See also:industries of Halle are See also:sugar refining, See also:machine building, the manufacture of See also:spirits, See also:malt, See also:chocolate, See also:cocoa, See also:confectionery, See also:cement, See also:paper, See also:chicory, lubricating and See also:illuminating oil, See also:wagon grease, carriages and playing See also:cards, See also:printing, See also:dyeing and See also:coal See also:mining (soft See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown coal)
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The See also:trade, which is supervised by a chamber of See also:commerce, is very considerable, the principal exports being machinery, raw sugar and See also:petroleum
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Halle is also noted as the seat of several important See also:publishing firms
.
The Bibelanstalt (Bible institution) of von Castein is the central authority for the revision of See also:Luther's Bible, of which it sells annually from 6o,000 to 70,000 copies
.
Halle is first mentioned as a fortress erected on the Saale in 8o6 by See also:Charles, son of See also:Charlemagne, during his expedition against the See also:Sorbs
.
The See also:place was, however, known See also:long before, and owes its origin as well as its name to the salt springs (Halis)
.
In 968 Halle, with the valuable salt works, was given by the See also:emperor See also:Otto I. to the newly founded archdiocese of Magdeburg, and in 981 Otto II. gave it a See also:charter as a town
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The interests of the See also:archbishop were watched over by a See also:Vogt (advocatus) and a See also:burgrave, and from the first there were See also:separate jurisdictions for the Halloren and the See also:German settlers in the town, the former being under that of the Salzgraf (comes salis), the latter of a Schultheiss or See also:bailiff, both subordinate to the burgrave
.
The conflict of interests and jurisdictions led to the usual internecine strife during the middle ages
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The panners (Planner) of the Tal, feudatories or officials, became a See also:close hereditary See also:aristocracy in perpetual rivalry with the See also:gilds in the town ; and both resisted the pretensions of the archbishops
.
At the beginning of the 12th century Halle had attained considerable importance, and in the 13th and 14th centuries as a member of the Hanseatic See also:League it carried on successful See also:wars with the archbishops of Magdeburg; and in 1435 it resisted an See also:army of 30,000 men under the elector of Saxony
.
Its See also:liberty perished, however, as a result of the See also:internal See also:feud between the democratic gilds and the patrician panners
.
On the loth of See also:September 1478 a See also:demagogue and cobbler named See also:Jakob Weissak, a member of the town See also:council, with his confederates opened the See also:gates to the soldiers of the archbishop
.
The townsmen were subdued, and to hold them in check the archbishop, Ernest of Saxony, built the castle of Moritzburg
.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the archbishops of See also:Mainz and Magdeburg, the See also:Reformation found an entrance into the city in 1522; and in 1541 a Lutheran See also:superintendent was appointed
.
After the See also:peace of See also:Westphalia in 1648 the city came into the See also:possession of the See also:house of Brandenburg
.
In 18o6 it was stormed and taken by the See also:French, after which, at the peace of See also:Tilsit, it was united to the new See also:kingdom of Westphalia
.
After the See also:battle between the Prussians and French, in May 1813, it was taken by the Prussians
.
The rise of Leipzig was for a long 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 hurtful to the prosperity of Halle, and its See also:present rapid increase in See also:population and trade is principally due to its position as the centre of a network of See also:railways
.
See Dreyhaupt, Ausfiihrliche Beschreibung See also:des Saalkreises (Halle, 2 vols., 1755; 3rd edition, 1842–1844) ; Hoffbauer, Geschichte der L ic~i-ersitdt zu Halle (1806) ; Halle in Vorzeit and Gegenwart (1851) ; K'iauth, Kurze Geschichte and Beschreibung der Stadt Halle (3rd ed., 1861) ; vom See also:Hagen, See also:Die Stadt Halle (1866–1867); See also:Hertzberg,
Geschichte der Vereinigung der Universitaten von Wittenberg and Halle (1867) ; See also:Voss, Zur Geschichte der Autonomie der Stadt Halle (1874) ; See also:Schrader, Geschichte der Friedrichs- Universitat zu Halle (Berlin, 1894) ; Karl See also:Hegel, See also:State and Gilden der germanischen Volker (Leipzig, 1891), it
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