OBERSTEIN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the principality of See also:

• BIRKENFELD

Birkenfeld, belonging to the See also:

• GRAND

grand duchy of See also:

• OLDENBURG

Oldenburg, on the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• NAHE

Nahe, 33m . S.W. of See also:

• KREUZNACH (CREUZNACH)

Kreuznach, by the railway to Mifnsteram-See also:

• STEIN, CHARLOTTE VON (1742-1827)
• STEIN, HEINRICH FRIEDRICH KARL, BARON VOM

Stein . Pop . (1905) 9669 . It is famous for the cutting and setting of agates and other See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious stones, an See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry which has been established here, and in the neighbouring township of See also:

• IDAR, or EDAR

Idar, since the 16th See also:

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

century . The 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, built in the 12th century and restored in 1482, is partly hewn out of the solid See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock . On the hills above the town are the ruins of two castles . Sec Hisserich, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Idar-Obersteiner Industrie (Oberstein, 1894) .