See also:

• OLMUTZ (Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)

OLMUTZ (See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, 67 m . N.E. of Briinn by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900) 21,933, of which two-thirds are Germans . It is situated on the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March, and is the ecclesiastical See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis of Moravia . Until 1886 See also:

• OLMUTZ (Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)

Olmutz was one of the strongest fortresses of Austria, but the fortifications have been removed, and their See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is occupied by a town See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park, gardens and promenades . Like .most See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic towns, it contains several large squares, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which is adorned with a trinity See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, 115 ft. high, erected in 1740 . The most prominent 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 is the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, a See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building of the 14th See also:

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

century, restored in 1883—1886, with a See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower 328 ft. high and the biggest church-See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell in Moravia . It contains the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus III., who was murdered here in 1306 . The See also:

• MAURITIUS

Mauritius church, a See also:

• FINE

fine Gothic building of the 15th century, and the St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael church are also See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth mentioning . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SECULAR (Lat. saecularis, of or belonging to an age or generation, saeculum)

secular building is 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, completed in, the 15th century, flanked on one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by a Gothic See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, trans-formed now into a museum . It possesses a tower 250 ft. high, adorned with an astronomical See also:

• CLOCK

clock, an See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic and famous See also:

• WORK

work, executed by Anton Pohl in 1422 .

The old university, founded in 1570 and suppressed in 1858, is now represented by a theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, which contains a very valuable library and an important collection of See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early prints . 0lmutz is an important railway junction, and is the See also:

• EMPORIUM (a Latin adaptation of the Gr. Eµabpuov, from f)

emporium of a busy See also:

• MINING

mining and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

• BREWING

brewing and distilling and the manufacture of See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and See also:

• STARCH

starch . Olmutz is said to occupy the site of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman fort founded in the imperial See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name of which, See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

Mons Julii, has been gradually corrupted to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . At a later period Olmutz was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Slavonic See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Moravia, but it ceded that position to Briinn in 164o . The See also:

• MONGOLS

Mongols were defeated here in 1241 by Yaroslav von See also:

• STERNBERG

Sternberg . During the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

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

War it was occupied by the Swedes for eight years . The town was originally fortified by Maria See also:

• THERESA, ST (1515-1582)

Theresa during the See also:

• WARS

wars with See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great, who besieged the to nn unsuccessfully for seven See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks in 1758 . In 1848 Olmutz was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the See also:

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

emperor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand's See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication, and in 185o an important See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference took place here between See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German statesmen . The bishopric of Olmutz was founded in 1073, and raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of an archbishopric in 1777 . The bishops were created princes of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire in 1588 . The See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop is the only one in the Austrian empire who is elected by the cathedral See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter .

See W . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Geschichte der koniglichen Flauptstadt Olmiitz (2nd ed., (Mmutz, 1895) .