LAUCHSTADT
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V16,
Page 276
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
LAUCHSTADT
, a See also:town of See also:Germany in the See also:province of Prussian See also:Saxony, on the Laucha, 6 m
.
N.W. of See also:Merseburg by the railway to Schafstadt
.
Pop
.
(1905) 2034
.
It contains an Evangelical 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:theatre, a hydropathic See also:establishment and several educational institutions, among which is an agricultural school affiliated to the university of See also:Halle
.
Its See also:industries include malting, See also:vinegar-making and See also:brewing
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Lauchstadt was a popular watering-See also:place in the 18th See also:century, the See also:dukes of See also:Saxe-Merseburg often making it their summer See also:residence
.
From 1789 to 1811 the See also:Weimar See also:court theatrical See also:company gave performances here of the plays of See also:Schiller and See also:Goethe, an attraction which greatly contributed to the well-being of the town
.
See Maak, Das Goethetheater in Lauchstadt (Lauchstadt, 1905) ; and Nasemann, See also:Bad Lauchstadt (Halle, 1885)
.
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