KAUFBEUREN
, a See also:town in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, on the Wertach, 55 M
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S.W. of See also:Munich by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1905), 8955
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Kaufbeuren is still surrounded by its See also:medieval walls and presents a picturesque See also:appearance
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It has a handsome town See also:- HALL
- 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 (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- 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)
hall with See also:fine paintings, an old See also:tower (the Hexenturm, or witches' tower), a museum and various educational institutions
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The most interesting of the ecclesiastical buildings is the See also:chapel of St See also:Blasius, which was restored in 1896
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The See also:chief See also:industries are See also:cotton See also:spinning, See also:weaving, See also:bleaching, See also:dyeing, See also:printing, See also:machine See also:building and See also:lithography, and there is an active See also:trade in See also:wine, See also:beer and See also:cheese
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Kaufbeuren is said to have been founded in 842, and is first mentioned in See also:chronicles of the See also:year 1126
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It appears to have become a See also:free imperial See also:city about 1288, retaining the dignity until 1803, when it passed to Bavaria
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It was formerly a resort of pilgrims, and See also:Roman coins have been found in the vicinity
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See F
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Stieve, See also:Die Reichsstadt Kaufbeurenund die bayrische Restaurationspolitik '(M unich, 187o); and See also:Schroder, Geschichte der Steal und Katholischen Pfarrei Kaufbeuren (See also:Augsburg, 1903)
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