MERSEBURG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

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

province of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, on the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• SAALE

Saale, Io m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S. of See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle and 15 m . W. of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig . Pop . (1905), 20,024 . It consists of a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint and irregularly built old town, a, new See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter, and two extensive suburbs, See also:

• ALTENBURG

Altenburg and Neumarkt . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, which was restored in 1884-1886, has a See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir, a See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt and two towers of the 11th, a See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept of the 13th and a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• NAVE

nave of the 16th See also:

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

century . Among its numerous monuments is one to See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph of See also:

• SWABIA, SUABIA

Swabia, the See also:

• RIVAL

rival of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry IV . It contains a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ORGAN

organ dating from the 17th century . Near the cathedral is the Gothic See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, formerly the See also:

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

residence of the bishops of Merseburg, and now used as public offices . The 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 and the Standehaus, where the meetings of the provincial estates were held, are also noteworthy buildings . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of machinery, See also:

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

paper and celluloid, and tanning and See also:

• BREWING

brewing . Merseburg is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest towns in Germany .

From 968 until the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation, it was the seat of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, and in addition to being for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the residence of the margraves of See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen, it was a favourite residence of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings during the See also:

• ROTH, JUSTUS LUDWIG ADOLF (1818-1892)

roth, i 1th and 12th centuries . Fifteen diets were held here during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages, when its fairs enjoyed the importance which was afterwards transferred to those of Leipzig . The town suffered severely during the Peasants' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and also during the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War . From 1657 to 1738 it was the residence of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-Merseburg . See E . See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann, IZistorische Nachrichten aus Alt-Merseburg (Mers°See also:

• BURG

burg, 1903) .