HELMSTEDT  , or more rarely Helmstedt, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the duchy of See also:

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

Brunswick, 3o m . N.W. of See also:

• MAGDEBURG

Magdeburg 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 to Brunswick . Pop . (1905) 15,415• The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are the Juleum, the former university, built in the See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

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

style towards the See also:

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

close of the 16th See also:

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

century, and containing a library of 40,000 volumes; the See also:

• FINE

fine Stephanskirche dating from the 12th century; the Walpurgiskirche restored in 1893–1894; the Marienberger Kirche, a beautiful 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 in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman style, and the Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic church . The Augustinian nunnery of See also:

• MARIENBERG

Marienberg founded in 1176 is now a Lutheran school . The town contains the ruins of the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

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

abbey of St Ludger, which was secularized in 1803 . The educational institutions include several See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . The principal manufactures are See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, See also:

• YARN

yarn, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• VITRIOL

vitriol and earthenware . Near the town is See also:

• BAD, BCD

Bad Helmstedt, which has an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and the Lii.bbensteine, two blocks of See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite on. which sacrifices to See also:

• WODEN

Woden are said to have been offered . Near Bad Helmstedt a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument has been erected to those who See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

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

War; in the town there is one to those killed at See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo . Helmstedt originated, according to See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, in connexion with the monastery founded by Ludger or Liudger (d . 809), the first 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 of See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster .

There appears, however, little doubt that this tradition is mythical and that Helmstedt was not founded until about goo . It obtained civic rights in 1099 and, although destroyed by the See also:

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

archbishop of Magdeburg in 1199, it was soon rebuilt . In 1457 it joined the Hanseatic See also:

• LEAGUE

League, and in 1490 it came into the See also:

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

possession of Brunswick . In 1576 See also:

• JULIUS

Julius, See also:

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

duke of Brunswick, founded a university here, and throughout the 17th century this was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seats of See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant learning . It was closed by See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome, 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:

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

Westphalia, in 1809 . See Ludewig, Geschichte and Beschreibung der Stadt Helmstedt (Helmstedt, 1821) .