JAGERNDORF (Czech, Krnov)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V15,
Page 125
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
JAGERNDORF (Czech, Krnov)
, a town of Austria, in Silesia, 18 m
.
N.W. of Troppau by rail
.
Pop
.
(1900), 14,675, mostly German
.
It is situated on the Oppa and possesses a chateau belonging to Prince Liechtenstein, who holds extensive estates in the district
.
Jagerndorf has large manufactories of cloth, woollens, linen and machines, and carries on an active trade
.
On the neighbouring See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
of Burgberg (1420 ft.) are a 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)
, much visited as a place of pilgrimage, and the ruins of the seat of the former princes of Jagerndorf
.
The claim of Prussia to the principality of Jagerndorf was the occasion of the first Silesian war (1740-1742), but in the partition, which followed, Austria retained the larger portion of it
.
Jagerndorf suffered severely during the Thirty Years' War, and was the scene of engagements between the Prussians and Austrians in May 1745 and in January 1779
.
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