LEMGO  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the principality of See also:

• LIPPE

Lippe, in a broad and fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, 9 M . N. from Detmold and on the railway See also:

• HAMELN

Hameln-Lage . Pop . (1900) 884o . Its somewhat gloomy aspect, enhanced by the tortuous narrow lanes flanked by gabled houses of the 15th See also:

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

century, has gained for it among countryfolk the See also:

• SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of the " Witches' See also:

• NEST

nest " (Hexen-Nest) . It is replete with See also:

• INTEREST

interest for the antiquarian . It has four Evangelical churches, two with curiously leaning, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead-covered See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires; an old 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; a gymnasium; and several philanthropic and religious institutions . Among the latter is the Jungfrauenstift, of which a princess of the reigning 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 of Lippe-Detmold has always been See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior since 1306 . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of Lemgo is the manufacture of See also:

• MEERSCHAUM

meerschaum pipes, which has attained here a high See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of excellence; other See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, See also:

• BREWING

brewing and the manufacture of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather and cigars . The town was a member of the Hanseatic See also:

• LEAGUE

league .