See also:OLMUTZ (See also:Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)
, a See also:town of See also:Austria, in See also:Moravia, 67 m
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N.E. of Briinn by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1900) 21,933, of which two-thirds are Germans
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It is situated on the See also:March, and is the ecclesiastical See also:metropolis of Moravia
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Until 1886 See also:Olmutz was one of the strongest fortresses of Austria, but the fortifications have been removed, and their See also:place is occupied by a town See also:park, gardens and promenades
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Like .most See also:Slavonic towns, it contains several large squares, the See also:chief of which is adorned with a trinity See also:column, 115 ft. high, erected in 1740
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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, a See also:Gothic See also:building of the 14th See also:century, restored in 1883—1886, with a See also: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
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It contains the See also: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 III., who was murdered here in 1306
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The See also:Mauritius church, a See also:fine Gothic building of the 15th century, and the St See also:Michael church are also See also:worth mentioning
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The See also:principal See also: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 by a Gothic See also:chapel, trans-formed now into a museum
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It possesses a tower 250 ft. high, adorned with an astronomical See also:clock, an See also:artistic and famous See also:work, executed by Anton Pohl in 1422
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The old university, founded in 1570 and suppressed in 1858, is now represented by a theological See also:seminary, which contains a very valuable library and an important collection of See also:manuscripts and See also:early prints
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0lmutz is an important railway junction, and is the See also:emporium of a busy See also:mining and See also:industrial See also:district
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Its See also:industries include See also:brewing and distilling and the manufacture of See also:malt, See also:sugar and See also:starch
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Olmutz is said to occupy the site of a See also:Roman fort founded in the imperial See also:period, the See also:original name of which, See also:Mons Julii, has been gradually corrupted to the See also:present See also:form
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At a later period Olmutz was See also:long the See also:capital of the Slavonic See also:kingdom of Moravia, but it ceded that position to Briinn in 164o
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The See also:Mongols were defeated here in 1241 by Yaroslav von See also:Sternberg
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During the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War it was occupied by the Swedes for eight years
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The town was originally fortified by Maria See also:Theresa during the See also:wars with See also:Frederick the See also:Great, who besieged the to nn unsuccessfully for seven See also:weeks in 1758
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In 1848 Olmutz was the See also:scene of the See also:emperor See also:Ferdinand's See also:abdication, and in 185o an important See also:conference took place here between See also:Austrian and See also:German statesmen
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The bishopric of Olmutz was founded in 1073, and raised to the See also:rank of an archbishopric in 1777
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The bishops were created princes of the See also:empire in 1588
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The See also:archbishop is the only one in the Austrian empire who is elected by the cathedral See also:chapter
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See W
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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)
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