ITZEHOE
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Schleswig-See also:Holstein, on the StSr, a navigable tributary of the See also:Elbe, 32 M. See also:north-See also:west of See also:Hamburg and 15 M. north of Gliickstadt
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Pop
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(1900) 15,649
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The 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 of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, dating from the 12th See also:century, and the See also:building in which the Holstein estates formerly met, are noteworthy
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The town has a See also:convent founded in 1256, a high school, a See also:hospital and other benevolent institutions
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Itzehoe is a busy commercial See also:place
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Its See also:sugar refineries are among the largest in Germany
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Ironfounding, See also:shipbuilding and See also:wool-See also:spinning are also carried on, and the manufactures include machinery, See also:tobacco, fishing-nets, See also:chicory, See also:soap, See also:cement and See also:beer
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Fishing employs some of the inhabitants, and the markets for See also:cattle and horses are important
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A considerable See also:trade is carried on in agricultural products and See also:wood, chiefly with Hamburg and See also:Altona
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Itzehoe is the See also:oldest town in Holstein
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Its See also:nucleus was a See also:castle, built in 809 by Egbert, one of See also:Charlemagne's See also:counts, against the Danes
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The community which sprang up around it was diversely called Esseveldoburg, Eselsfleth and Ezeho
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In 1201 the town was destroyed, but it was restored in 1224
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To the new town the See also:Lubeck rights were granted by See also:Adolphus IV. in 1238, and to the old town in 1303
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During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War Itzehoe was twice destroyed by the Swedes, in 1644 and 1657, but was rebuilt on each occasion
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It passed to See also:Prussia in 1867,with the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein
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