KONIGSTEIN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, situated in a deep valley on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe, at the influx of the Biela, in the centre of Saxon See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, 2.5 M . S.E. of See also:

• DRESDEN

Dresden by the railway to See also:

• BODENBACH (Czech Podmokly)

Bodenbach and Testchen . It contains a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic and a See also:

• PROTESTANT

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)

church, a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to the composer See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• OTTO

Otto, and has some small manufactures of machinery, celluloid, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar and buttons . It is chiefly remarkable for the huge fortress, lying immediately to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the town, which crowns a See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock rising abruptly from the Elbe to a height of 750 ft . Across the Elbe lies the Lilienstein, a similar formation, but unfortified . The fortress of Konigstein was probably a Slav stronghold as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but it is not mentioned in See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles before the See also:

• YEAR

year 1241, when it was a See also:

• FIEF

fief of Bohemia . In 1401 it passed to the margraves of See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen and by the treaty of See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger in 1459 it was formally ceded by Bohemia to Saxony . About 1540 the See also:

• WORKS

works were strengthened, and the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was used as a point d'appui against inroads from Bohemia . Hence the phrase frequently employed by historians that Konigstein is " the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key to Bohemia." As a fact, the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main road from Dresden into that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country lies across the hills several See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west, and the fortress has exercised little, if any, See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in strategic operations, either during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages or in See also:

• MODERN

modern times . It was further strengthened under the See also:

• ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian I., See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I. and See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus II. of Saxony, the last of whom completed it in its See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . During the Prussian invasion of Saxony in 1756 it served as a place of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, Augustus III., as it did also in 1849, during the Dresden insurrection of May in that year, to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II. and his ministers . It was occupied by the Prussians in 1867, who retained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it until the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of 1871 .

It is garrisoned by detachments of several Saxon See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry regiments, and serves as a treasure See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house for the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and also as a place of detention for See also:

• OFFICERS

officers sentenced to fortress imprisonment . A remarkable feature of the place is a well, hewn out of the solid rock to a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 470 ft . See Klemm, Der Konigstein in alter and neuer Zeit (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1905) ; and Gautsch, Aelteste Geschichte der sdchsischen Schweiz (Dresden, 188o) .