HOXTER
, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, prettily situated on the left bank of the Weser, and on the Prussian state railways Borssum- Soest and Scherfede- Holzminden, 32 M
.
N. of Cassel
.
Pop
.
(1905) 7699
.
It has a medieval town See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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, 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)
, and interesting houses with high gables and wood-carved facades of the 15th and 16th centuries
.
The most interesting of the churches is the Protestant 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)
of St Kilian,
with a pulpit dating from 1595 and a font dating from 1631
.
There are a gymnasium, a school of architecture and a monument to Hoffmann von Fallerslebenin the town
.
The Weser is crossed here by a See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
about 500 ft. in length, erected in 1833
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On the Brunsberg adjoining the town there is an old watch- tower, said to be the remains of a fortress built by Bruno, brother of Widukind
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Near Hoxter is the castle, formerly the Benedictine monastery, of Corvey
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The principal manufactures of the town are linen, cotton, cement and gutta-percha, and there is also a considerable shipping trade
.
Hoxter ( Lat
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Huxaria) in the 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
of Charlemagne was a villa regia, and was the scene of a battle between him and the Saxons
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Under the protection of the monastery of Corvey it gradually increased in prosperity, and became the chief town of the principality of Corvey
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Later it asserted its independence and joined the Hanseatic League
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It suffered severely during the Thirty Years' War
.
After the peace of Westphalia in 1648 it was united to Brunswick; in 1802 it was transferred to Nassau; and in 1807 to the kingdom of Westphalia, after the dismemberment of which, in 1814, it came into the possession of Prussia
.
See Kampschulte, Chronik der Stadt Hoxter (Hoxter, 1872)
.
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