OPPENHEIM  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• GRAND

grand duchy of See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse, picturesquely situated on the slope of See also:

• VINE

vine-clad hills, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, 20 M . S. of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, on the railway to See also:

• WORMS

Worms . Pop . (1905) 3696 . The only relic of its former importance is 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 of St See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, one of the most beautiful See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic edifices of the 13th and 14th centuries in Germany, and recently restored at the public expense . The town has a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic church, several See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and a memorial of the See also:

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

War of 1870-71 . Its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce are principally concerned with the manufacture and export of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . Above the town are the ruins of the fortress of Landskron, built in the 11th See also:

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

century and destroyed in 1689 . Oppenheim, which occupies the site of the Roman Bauconica, was formerly much larger than at See also:

• PRESENT

present . In 1226 it appears as a See also:

• FREE

free town of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire and later as one of the most important members of the Rhenish See also:

• LEAGUE

League . It lost its See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence in 1375, when it was given in See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge to the elector See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine of the Rhine . During the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' War it was alternately occupied by the Swedes and the Imperialists, and in 1689 it was entirely destroyed by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French .

See W . See also:

• FRANCK
• FRANCK, CESAR (1822-1890)
• FRANCK, or FRANK [latinized FRANCUS], SEBASTIAN (c. 1499-c. 1543)

Franck, Geschichte der ehemaligen Reichsstadt Oppenheim (See also:

• DARMSTADT

Darmstadt, 1859) .