HOLZMINDEN
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V13,
Page 624
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
HOLZMINDEN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the duchy of Bruns-See also:wick, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Weser, at the See also:foot of the Sollinger Mountains, at the junction of the See also:railways Scherfede-Holzminden and See also:Soest-Borssum, 56 m
.
S.W. of See also:Brunswick
.
Pop
.
(1905) 9938
.
It has an Evangelical and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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, a gymnasium, an architectural school and a school of See also:engineering
.
The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on See also:agriculture and the manufacture of See also:iron and See also:steel wares, and of chemicals, but See also:weaving and the making of pottery are also carried on, and there are baryta See also:mills and polishing-mills for See also:sandstone
.
By means of the Weser it carries on a lively See also:trade
.
Holzminden obtained municipal rights from See also:Count See also:Otto of Eberstein in 1245, and in 1410 it came into the See also:possession of Brunswick
.
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