See also:KREMSIER (See also:Czech, Kromeriz)
, a See also:town of See also:Austria, in See also:Moravia, 37 M
.
E. by N. of Briinn by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1900), 13,991, mostly See also:Czech
.
It is situated on the See also:March, in the fertile region of the See also:Hanna, and not far from the confluence of these two See also:rivers
.
It is the summer See also:residence of the See also:bishop of See also:Olmutz, whose See also:palace, surrounded by a See also:fine See also:park and gardens, and containing a picture See also:gallery, library and various collections, forms the See also:chief See also:object of See also:interest
.
Its See also:industries include the manufacture of machinery and See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:brewing and See also:corn-milling, and there is a considerable See also:trade in corn, See also:cattle, See also:fruit and manufactures
.
In 1131 See also:Kremsier was the seat of a bishopric
.
It suffered considerably during the Hussite See also:war; and in 1643 it was taken and burned by the Swedes
.
After the rising of 1848 the See also:Austrian See also:parliament met in the palace at Kremsier from See also:November 1848 till March 1849
.
In See also:August 1885 a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting took See also:place here between the Austrian and the See also:Russian emperors
.
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