MUNDEN
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, picturesquely situated at the confluence of the See also:Fulda and the Werra, 21 M
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N.E. of See also:Cassel by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1go5), 10,755
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It is an See also:ancient See also:place, municipal rights having been granted to it in 1247
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A few ruins of its former walls still survive
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The large Lutheran 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 of St See also:Blasius (14th–15th centuries) contains the See also:sarcophagus of See also:Duke See also:Eric of See also:Brunswick-See also:Calenberg (d
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1540)
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The 13th-See also:century Church of St Aegidius was injured in the See also:siege of 1625—26 but was subsequently restored
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There is a new See also:Roman See also:Catholic church (1895)
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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 (1619), and the ducal See also:castle, built by Duke Eric II. about 1570, and rebuilt in 1898, are the See also:principal See also:secular buildings
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In the latter is the municipal museum
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There are various small See also:industries and a See also:trade in See also:timber
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Munden, often called " Hannoversch-Munden " (i.e
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Hanoverian Munden), to distinguish it from Prussian See also:Minden, was founded by the landgraves of Thuringia, and passed in 1247 to the See also:house of Brunswick
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It was 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 See also:residence of the See also:dukes of Bnunswick-See also:Luneburg
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In 1626 it was destroyed by See also:Tilly
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See Willigerod, Geschichte von Munden (See also:Gottingen, 18o8); and Henze, Fuhrer durch Munden uad Umgegend (Munden, 1900)
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