MERAN  , the See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the administrative See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the same name in the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of the See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, 20 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.W. of See also:

• BOTZEN, or BOZEN (Ital. Bolzano)

Botzen.on the See also:

• BRENNER

Brenner See also:

• LINE

line, while the Vintschgau railway connects it with Mals, 37 M . N.W . It is the chief town in the upper See also:

• ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)

Adige valley, a region which bears the See also:

• SPECIAL

special name of the Vintschgau, and is on the high road either to See also:

• LANDECK

Landeck and the See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• ENGADINE (Ger. Engadin; Ital. Engadina; Ladin, Engiadina)

Engadine by the Reschen Scheideck Pass (4902 ft.), or more directly to the Lower Engadine by the See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster valley and the Ofen Pass (7071 ft.) . In 1900 Meran had 9284 inhabitants (or, with the neighbouring villages of Untermais and Obermais, 13,201), mainly See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-speaking and Romanist . The town is picturesquely situated, at a height of See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

Tool ft., at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• VINE

vine-clad Kiichelberg, and on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Passer See also:

• RIVER

River, just above its junction with the Adige or Etsch . Meran proper consists mainly of one See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long narrow See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street, the Laubengasse, flanked by covered arcades, but the name is often used to include several adjacent villages, Untermais and Obermais being on the See also:

• LEFT

left bank of the Passer, while Gratsch is on its right bank and 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 See also:

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

main town . The most noteworthy buildings are the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish 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 (14th to 15th centuries) and the old See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence (15th See also:

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

century) of the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of the Tirol . Meran is best known as a much-frequented resort for consumptive patients, for whom it is well suited by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of the purity of the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air and the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• IMMUNITY (from Lat. immunis, not subject to a munus or public service)

immunity of the See also:

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

place from See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind and See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter . It is also visited in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring for the whey cure and in autumn for the See also:

• GRAPE

grape cure . To the north-west, on the Ktichelberg, is the See also:

• HALF

half-ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Tirol (2096 ft.), the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original seat of the See also:

• FAMILY

family which gave its name to the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . Meran may have been built on the site of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, but is first mentioned in 857 . From the 12th century to about 1420 it was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the ever-extending See also:

• LAND

land named after it Tirol, but then had to give way to See also:

• INNSBRUCK

Innsbruck, while the See also:

• BUILDING

building of the Brenner railway (1864–1867) and the rise of Botzen have decreased its commercial importance .

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