NORTHEIM
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V19,
Page 784
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
NORTHEIM
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover, on the Ruhme, 12 M. by See also:rail N. of See also:Gottingen and at the junction of See also:railways to See also:Cassel and See also:Nordhausen
.
Pop
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(19o5) 7984
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It has an interesting Evangelical 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, containing some old See also:wood-See also:carving and stained See also:glass, a See also:Roman See also:Catholic church, several See also:schools and a training See also:college for schoolmasters
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There are manufactures of See also:tobacco, See also:sugar and boots; other See also:industries are See also:flour-milling, tanning and See also:brewing
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The See also:place is said to date from the 9th See also:century; it obtained civic rights in 1208, and later became a member of the Hanseatic See also:League
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It was stormed by the imperial troops in See also:June 1627
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The See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of St See also:Blasius was founded in ra63 and dissolved at the See also:Reformation
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See Wennigerholz, Beschreibung and Geschichte der Stadt Northeim (Northeim, 1896)
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