NIKOLSBURG (Czech, Mikulov)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V19,
Page 691
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
NIKOLSBURG (Czech, Mikulov)
, a town of Austria, in Moravia, 53 M
.
S. of Briinn by rail
.
Pop
.
(1900) 8091
.
It is situated at the foot of the Polau Mountains and near the border of Lower Austria
.
It possesses a chateau of Prince Dietrichstein-Mensdorff, which contains an extensive library, with some valuable manuscripts
.
The Heiliger Berg, in the immediate vicinity, has sixteen chapels, and a 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 in the Byzantine style
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The principal resources are viticulture, the manufacture of cloth, and trade in lime and limestone
.
On the 31st of December 1621 peace was concluded here between the emperor Ferdinand II. and Bethlen Gabor, prince of Transylvania; and on the 26th of July 1866 a preliminary treaty of peace between the Prussians and the Austrians was signed here
.
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